Buz Sawyer HC (2011-2025 Fantagraphics) By Roy Crane comic books

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The War in the Pacific!"

Story and art by Roy Crane.

Everywhere Buz goes, he finds high adventure and beautiful women. This book reprints all of the daily Buz Sawyer strips published during World War II. Buz serves aboard an aircraft carrier, flies combat missions against the notorious Japanese Zeros, crash lands behind enemy lines, and is captured by a Japanese submarine.

Also includes a selection of the best of the Sunday strips, which featured Buz Sawyer's pal and gunner, Roscoe Sweeny.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 9-in., 336 pages, B&W.

Cover price $35.00.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Sultry's Tiger!"

Story and art by Roy Crane.

With this volume of Buz Sawyer reprints from 1945 to 1947, creator Roy Crane really hit his stride. Adventure and, of course, romance follow Buz on his globe-spanning travels. This volume contains both daily strips plus more full color Sunday pages than our first Buz volume!

A perfect combination of masterful cartooning and rip-roaring storytelling sure to please young and old alike.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 9-in., 210 pages, B&W.

Cover price $35.00.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Typhoons and Honeymoons!"

Story and art by Roy Crane.

The third installment in the rollicking adventures of bon vivant Buz Sawyer are brought vividly and gorgeously to life through creator Roy Crane's surefooted writing and stunning storytelling. Swashbuckling Buz sally-forths once again on a series of adventures filled with knock-out women, brutal assassins, and extremely bad weather.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 9-in., 224 pages, B&W.

Cover price $39.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Zazarof's Revenge!"

Story and art by Roy Crane.

This volume picks up where Book 3 left off and continues Roy Crane's classic strip through the end of the 1940s and into the 1950s - ten complete stories. And all of it is brought vividly to life through a rollicking series of adventures filled with knockout women, brutal assassins, and precarious situations.

Also: Roy Crane's acceptance speech for the Banshee Silver Lady Award; letters of congratulation from Walt Disney, J. Edgar Hoover, and Richard Nixon; and rare illustrations of Crane's own trip to Europe in 1922.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 9-in., 224 pages, B&W.

Cover price $39.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Island of the Lotus Eaters!" Story and art by Roy Crane. Ripped from the headlines of the day, these eleven stories propel ace troubleshooter Buz Sawyer from Africa to South America to the Arctic Circle, from the heart of a hurricane to a plague of ravenous locusts. Meanwhile, back home, a femme fatale seduces Buzs C.O. to steal military secrets. Then, its every parents worst nightmare — Buz and Christys new baby is kidnapped right in the hospital! Roy Crane, dean of the golden age of adventure comic strips, peppers these rollicking tales with rapid-fire action, suspense, intrigue, humor, unforgettable characters, and brilliant art. Now, at last, you can enjoy these stories, unseen since the 1950s. Look inside — and brace yourself for a wild ride! Hardcover, 9-in. x 9-in., 344 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.