Compiled newstrips of classic fighter pilot Buz Sawyer. These are packaged into storyline 'books'.
Buz Sawyer was a popular comic strip created by Roy Crane and highly regarded by comic strip historians. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, it had a long run from November 1, 1943 to 1989. The last strip signed by Crane was dated 21 April 1979.
During World War II, the adventurous John "Buz" Sawyer flew as an ace Navy fighter pilot in the Pacific Theater. As a civilian in the post-WWII years, he became an oil company troubleshooter. He rejoined the Navy in the 1950s and flew carrier-based reconnaissance attack jets over Vietnam during the 1960s.
Roy Crane was one of the innovators of the adventure comic strip. Wash Tubbs began in 1924 as a humorous story about the romantic adventures of Washington Tubbs, but increasingly Tubbs became involved in exciting adventures in exotic places. With the creation of the popular soldier of fortune Captain Easy in 1929, the strip became, along with Tarzan of the Apes and Buck Rogers, one of the first adventure strips. However, Crane was an employee of the Newspaper Enterprise Association syndicate, which owned the rights to the Tubbs and Easy characters. Crane approached King Features with an idea for a new strip, and when they offered him ownership, he abandoned Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy in 1943, giving full concentration to launching Buz Sawyer.
Edwin Granberry began writing Buz Sawyer during the 1940s, continuing as the strip's scripter until 1983. Henry Schlensker, who had created Biff Baker with Ernest Lynn (1941-45), became Crane's art assistant in 1946. An ulcer resulted in Crane's retirement from the strip in the 1960s, but he continued to work closely with Granberry and Schlensker. After Crane's death in 1977, Schlensker began signing the strip. The duo continued as a team until 1983. When they retired, John Celardo drew the daily until it was discontinued in 1989.
*1943 Sunday color strips
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1 - war in the pacific 1943-44
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2-island raids 1944
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3-sultry 1944
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4-civilian life 1944-45
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5-mr flint 1945
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6-sultrys tiger 1945-46
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7-mad baron 1946
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8-salvaduros 1946-47
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9-Africa 1947
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10 vacation with Christy-1947
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11 Collins of the Caribbean 1947
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#12 harry sparrow 1947/8
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13 Miss Freeze 1948
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14 search for Buz 1948
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15 women in his life 1948
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16 wedding present 1948/9
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17 African honeymoon 1949
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18 Monkey 1949
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19 revolution 1949
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20 Buz alone1950
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21 Diana 1950
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22 william 1950/51
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23 wish jones 1951
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24 little icky 1951
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