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Issue Details

Issue #578
Published August 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "Milton Caniff's STEVE CANYON, No. 578." Code number is S.C.O.S. #578-548. Copyright 1954 by Field Enterprises, Inc. Based on the "Steve Canyon" newspaper strip by Milton Caniff. Second of seven Steve Canyon Four Color issues.

Cover Details

Characters Steve Canyon; Tuck O'Tucker
Genre adventure
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page Steve Canyon foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "India"

Characters Steve Canyon; Maharanee; Maharajah of Bahar
Synopsis Introduction of setting and main characters of the story.
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrations and typeset text.

34 page Steve Canyon story "The Missing Maharajah"

Characters Steve Canyon; Tuck O'Tucker; Maharanee; Maharajah of Bahar
Synopsis Steve Canyon and Tuck go to India as civilians to map out the best strategy for air support of supplies to a famine-stricken area. When they get to the area they find that the Maharajah who asked for help is reported to be dead and the Maharajah's brother is now in charge. The former Maharajah's wife thinks her husband is still alive and asks Canyon for help.
Genre adventure
Pencils William Overgard; Milton Caniff (see notes)
Inks William Overgard; Milton Caniff (see notes)
Notes Reference is made to the story in Steve Canyon Four Color #519. Story continues on the inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color. According to Alberto Becattini, Caniff only drew Steve Canyon's heads. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).