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{{Short description|Book series by Milton Caniff}}
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| startmo             = September
| startyr             = 2007
| endmo               = March
| endyr               = 2009
| issues              = 6
| main_char_team      = Terry Lee, Pat Ryan, Connie, Big Stoop, The [[Dragon Lady (Terry and the Pirates)|Dragon Lady]], Burma, Normandie Drake, Raven Sherman, April Kane, Flip Corkin, Taffy Tucker, Hotshot Charlie
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'''''The Complete Terry and The Pirates''''' is a collection of the [[United States|American]] [[comic strip]], ''[[Terry and the Pirates (comic strip)|Terry and the Pirates]].'' The strip was authored by [[Milton Caniff]] and originally appeared in newspapers between 1934 and 1946 by the [[Chicago Tribune Syndicate]] with over 31 million readers.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/terry-and-the-pirates-return-to-fight-the-good-fight/|title="Terry And The Pirates" Return To Fight The Good Fight &#124; CBR|website=www.cbr.com|date=20 March 2007 }}</ref> The collection comprises six hardcover volumes and was published by [[The Library of American Comics]] between 2007 and 2009. The series' first volume won the 2008 [[Eisner Award]] in the category ''Best Archival Collection - Project - Comic strips''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/2000s|title=2000s|date=December 2, 2012|website=Comic-Con International: San Diego}}</ref>

== Format==
The volumes measure 11 × 8.5 inches, (278 mm × 216 mm). The [[Sunday page]]s are reproduced in full color alongside the [[daily strips]] in [[black-and-white]]. The material was sourced from [[Dean Mullaney]]'s private collection with supplemental pages from [[Cartoon Research Library]] at [[Ohio State University]].<ref name="auto"/> Three black-and-white daily strips appear on each page. Each Sunday strip appears on a separate page. Introductions were written by [[Pete Hamill]], [[Howard Chaykin]] and Bruce Canwell, putting the strip and its plotlines in historical context.<ref name="auto"/> Background on the strip's characters, an overview of the cast, as well as an index are included. Each book has about 360 pages and comes with a dust jacket.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://comicsalternative.com/commentary-terry/|title=Commentary: An Appreciation of Terry and the Pirates -|date=January 13, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gocomics.typepad.com/rcharvey/2008/07/more-terry-and.html|title=MORE TERRY AND THE PIRATES|website=Rants & Raves}}</ref>

Since ''The Complete Terry and the Pirates'' would be The Library of American Comics' publishing debut, there were pre-launch questions about if the project would be completed as a whole or cancelled before completion. Dean Mullaney, the publisher and editor of the series had however already taken this risk in account, therefore all six volumes of the series were produced all in one go and in advance to the series' debut, so that LOAC later would be able to publish the whole series whatever response it would receive from buyers when the volumes were consecutively released.<ref name="auto"/>

==Volumes==

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|1||2007-09-04||''“The Complete Terry and the Pirates - Vol. 1”''||1934–1936||368||{{ISBNT|978-1-60010-100-7}}
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|2||2008-02-05||''“The Complete Terry and the Pirates - Vol. 2”''||1937–1938||352||{{ISBNT|978-1-60010-142-7}}
|-
|3||2008-05-06||''“The Complete Terry and the Pirates - Vol. 3”''||1939–1940||352||{{ISBNT|978-1-60010-144-1}}
|-
|4||2008-10-07||''“The Complete Terry and the Pirates - Vol. 4”''||1941–1942||352||{{ISBNT|978-1-60010-195-3}}
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|5||2008-12-16||''“The Complete Terry and the Pirates - Vol. 5”''||1943–1944||352||{{ISBNT|978-1-60010-247-9}}
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|6||2009-03-03||''“The Complete Terry and the Pirates - Vol. 6”''||1945–1946||352||{{ISBNT|978-1-60010-348-3}}
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==Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection==

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| publisher           = [[The Library of American Comics]]
| date                = 
| startmo             = August
| startyr             = 2022
| endmo               = 
| endyr               =  
| issues              = 13 planned
| main_char_team      = Terry Lee, Pat Ryan, Connie, Big Stoop, The [[Dragon Lady (Terry and the Pirates)|Dragon Lady]], Burma, Normandie Drake, Raven Sherman, April Kane, Flip Corkin, Taffy Tucker, Hotshot Charlie
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After LoAC ended their former publishing agreement with IDW Publishing to switch publishing companion to Clover Press, their first new reprint series to be announced was a new enhanced and reformatted version of their "original" reprint project ''The Complete Terry and the Pirates'', and now with the title ''Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection''. <ref>https://www.comicsbeat.com/clover-press-and-library-of-american-comics-team-up-for-terry-and-the-pirates-the-master-collection/ Retrieved 2023-05-20</ref>

==Format==

The hardcover volumes of the Master Collection are published in portrait orientation, each measuring 11 by 14 inches (approximately 368 by 286 millimeter). They contain one full color Sunday strip per page and three black-and-white daily strips per page.

==Volumes==

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! style="background-color:#D0E4FE" | Period
| style="background-color:#D0E4FE" | '''Page count'''
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|1||2022-08-09||''“Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection<br>Vol. 1 - 1934-1935 - Enter the Dragon Lady”''||1934–1935||192||{{ISBNT|978-1-95103-853-3}}
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|2||2022-11-29||''“Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection<br>Vol. 2 - 1936 - The Burma Blues”''||1936||164||{{ISBNT|978-1-95103-845-8}}
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|3||2022-11-29||''“Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection<br>Vol. 3 - 1937 - The Return of Normandie Drake”''||1937||164||{{ISBNT|978-1-95103-859-5}}
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|4||2023-05-16||''“Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection<br>Vol. 4 - 1938 - Pirate Queen and Patriot”''||1938||164||{{ISBNT|978-1-95103-864-9}}
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|5||2023-07-01||''“Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection<br>Vol. 5 - 1939 - The Hypnotic April Kane”''||1939||164||{{ISBNT|978-1-95103-865-6}}
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|6||2023-10-01||''“Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection<br>Vol. 6 - 1940 - The Time of Cholera”''||1940||164||{{ISBNT|978-1-95103-866-3}}
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|13||2022-08-09||''“Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection<br>Odyssey on the China Seas”''<br>(Volume containing extras and essays)||N/A||?||{{ISBNT|978-1-95103-853-3}}
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== References ==
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== External links ==

* [http://loac.idwpublishing.com/product-category/terry-and-the-pirates/ Publisher website - IDW Publishing - The Library of American Comics - ''The Complete Terry And The Pirates'']
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsfd8k9e-3U The Library of American Comics' YouTube channel - Inside look: ''Terry and the Pirates - Vol. 1'']
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct0WVHia8os The Library of American Comics' YouTube channel - Inside look: ''Terry and the Pirates - Vol. 2'']
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_ctw1w0nd0 The Library of American Comics' YouTube channel - Inside look: ''Terry and the Pirates - Vol. 3'']
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6K821V_dhc The Library of American Comics' YouTube channel - Inside look: ''Terry and the Pirates - Vol. 5'']
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wriRzzl4Gg The Library of American Comics' YouTube channel - Inside look: ''Terry and the Pirates - Vol. 6'']

*[https://libraryofamericancomics.com/terry/ The Library of American Comics- Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection announcement]
*[https://cloverpress.us/collections/terry-and-the-pirates-the-master-collection Clover Press - Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection]

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