New Comics Collected Editions: Sub-Mariner! Steve Canyon!

Our picks this week. Click the links to order from Amazon.

Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Namor, The Sub-Mariner Vol. 1 - The Quest Begins

Namor, the Sub-Mariner, is one of the first — and greatest — heroes in the Marvel pantheon. A volatile monarch, his temper is second only to his desire to serve the people of the mighty undersea kingdom of Atlantis. In this debut Mighty Marvel Masterworks edition, Stan Lee and Gene Colan send the subsea scion on a great quest for the trident of Neptune. Only by obtaining that mythic object can Namor put an end to the warlord Krang’s attempt to usurp the throne and thereby prove his status as right ruler of Atlantis. Along the way, you’ll experience a whole new realm of the Marvel Universe, meet Lady Dorma for the first time and witness Namor’s iconcic battle with Daredevil!
    Collecting TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) #70-80 and DAREDEVIL (1964) #7.

Steve Canyon Vol. 12: 1969-1970

The landmark Steve Canyon, Volume 12 brings Milton Caniff’s picaresque novel through the end of the tumultuous 1960s and into a brand-new decade. Everyone’s favorite bird colonel travels from Alaska to Latin America and romances women from dominating millionaire Copper Calhoon to… Poteet’s old friend, Bitsy Beekman? Things are not always as they seem, but the course of love finally runs true on April 24, 1970.

     The Rembrandt of the Comic Strips also does a serious turn, once again tackling the issue of addiction, more than eighteen months before President Nixon declared a “War on Drugs.” Meanwhile, Poteet Canyon covers the Powder Puff Derby as Bitsy enters the race, vying to become the champion woman pilot of 1969! On land or thousands of feet in the air, the action never stops in Steve Canyon, Volume 12!

     The Greatest Generation's cartoonist-in-chief, Milton Caniff, continues to appeal to two disparate groups--comics aficionados as well as active military and veterans. The Air Force created an official record for Steve Canyon, the only time a fictional character was so honored.