The Press: Army's Terry

Milton Caniff is a youngish (34) comic strip artist whose Terry and the Pirates is popular (23,000,000 subscribing readers in some no civilian papers) partly because it is filled with lusciously sculptured ladies who move sensuously against a background of Oriental intrigue. In the early autumn Artist Caniff started drawing in spare time a special, once-a-week, superluscious Terry for Army newspapers. Said Artist Caniff: "I beamed it to the Army, in Army lingo. The boys like it sharp and lusty.""

Unlike the civilian Terry, the Army's version has had no continuity; each...

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