Issue Details

Issue	#23
Published	October 1950
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Leon Harvey
Notes	Based on the comic strip created by Milton Caniff. Cover art credits suggested by Gary Watson, June 2009.

Cover Details - "Terry and the Pirates"

Characters	Terry; Hotshot Charlie
Genre	Adventure
Pencils	Lee Elias ?
Inks	Lee Elias ?
Notes	Based on the comic strip created by Milton Caniff. Cover art credits suggested by Gary Watson, June 2009.

1 page Boys' Ranch advertisement "Cowboys Wanted!"

Characters	Clay Duncan
Genre	Western
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Notes	Half-page ad (inside front cover)

1 page Family Funnies advertisement "World's Best Known Comics All in One Magazine"

Characters	Blondie; Dagwood; Daisy; Daisy's Pups
Genre	Family
Pencils	? (signed by Chic Young)
Notes	Half-page ad (inside front cover)

3 page Terry and the Pirates story "[untitled] (Part 1)"

Characters	Lieutenant Terry Lee
Genre	Adventure
Script	Milton Caniff
Pencils	Milton Caniff
Inks	Milton Caniff
Reprinted	Newspaper strips distributed by the Chicago Tribune-New York Daily News Syndicate, Inc.

3 page Terry and the Pirates story "Sneak Attack (Part 2)"

Characters	Lieutenant Terry Lee
Genre	Adventure
Script	Milton Caniff
Pencils	Milton Caniff
Inks	Milton Caniff
Reprinted	Newspaper strips distributed by the Chicago Tribune-New York Daily News Syndicate, Inc.

6 page Terry and the Pirates story "Betrayed (Part 3)"

Characters	Lieutenant Terry Lee
Genre	Adventure
Script	Milton Caniff
Pencils	Milton Caniff
Inks	Milton Caniff
Reprinted	Newspaper strips distributed by the Chicago Tribune-New York Daily News Syndicate, Inc.

2 page Terry and the Pirates story "Jap Hostages (Part 4)"

Characters	Lieutenant Terry Lee
Genre	Adventure
Script	Milton Caniff
Pencils	Milton Caniff
Inks	Milton Caniff
Reprinted	Newspaper strips distributed by the Chicago Tribune-New York Daily News Syndicate, Inc.

1 page Terry and the Pirates story "Villain Unmasked (Part 5)"

Characters	Lieutenant Terry Lee
Genre	Adventure
Script	Milton Caniff
Pencils	Milton Caniff
Inks	Milton Caniff
Reprinted	Newspaper strips distributed by the Chicago Tribune-New York Daily News Syndicate, Inc.

2 page Terry and the Pirates story "Counter-Attack (Part 6)"

Characters	Lieutenant Terry Lee
Genre	Adventure
Script	Milton Caniff
Pencils	Milton Caniff
Inks	Milton Caniff
Reprinted	Newspaper strips distributed by the Chicago Tribune-New York Daily News Syndicate, Inc.

3 page Terry and the Pirates story "Maneuver Under Way (Part 7)"

Characters	Lieutenant Terry Lee
Genre	Adventure
Script	Milton Caniff
Pencils	Milton Caniff
Inks	Milton Caniff
Reprinted	Newspaper strips distributed by the Chicago Tribune-New York Daily News Syndicate, Inc.

1 page Terry and the Pirates advertisement "Thrilling December Issue (Preview)"

Characters	Lieutenant Terry Lee; Dragon Lady; Madame Grosse-nach; Tony Sandhurst; Slits; Bruthers; Hotshot Charlie
Genre	Adventure
Pencils	Milton Caniff
Inks	Milton Caniff

3 page The Adventures of Hotshot Charlie story "You Ought to Be in Pictures"

Characters	Hotshot Charlie; Patty; George
Genre	Humor
Pencils	Lee Elias
Inks	Lee Elias
Notes	Art credits from Gary Watson, June 2009.

1 page text story "Trouble Under Cover"

Genre

Adventure

1 page True Winged Wonders story "untitled"

Synopsis	The case of the would-be kidnapper who was thwarted by New York's flying policemen
Genre	Fact
Pencils	Bob Powell
Inks	Bob Powell
Notes	Art credits from Gary Watson, June 2009.

1 page Tops in Flying text article "Special Missions USAFE"

Genre

Fact

1 page Joe Palooka / Blondie / Dick Tracy advertisement "Harvey Comics "

Characters	Joe Palooka; Blondie; Dick Tracy
Genre	Family
Pencils	Various
Notes	Half-page ad for Harvey Comics

1 page Black Cat / Kerry Drake, Detective advertisement "Harvey Comics "

Characters	Black Cat; Kerry Drake; Sandy Burns; Darryl D. Turner; Julep Frost
Genre	Adventure
Pencils	Various
Notes	Ads for the latest issues of Black Cat and Kerry Drake, Detective