Template:Short description Template:Infobox comic strip Bruce Gentry was an aviation adventure comic strip by Template:Ill, distributed by the Post-Hall Syndicate. The stories deal with an ex-United States Air Force pilot trying to run an airline in South America.[1] Bruce Gentry debuted March 25, 1945, and by July the strip had expanded to 35 newspapers.[2]
Characters and story
Comic strip historian Coulton Waugh called Bailey's Bruce Gentry a "job of very high technical skill." He further credited the artist with mastery of "exact perspective, high flexibility of expression and a feeling for drama."[2] Despite such high praise near the time of its inception, the Bruce Gentry series was not a long-term success. It ended January 6, 1951 with Gentry marrying his sweetheart Cleo Patric.[2][3]
Comics historian Don Markstein took note of the Milton Caniff influence:
Comic book
In 1948-49, Four Star Publications and Superior Publishers, Ltd. teamed to publish eight issues of a Bruce Gentry reprint comic book. After the first issue (January 1948) from Four Star, the numbering was continued by Superior when it published issue #2 (November 1948). The earliest issues carried the subtitle, "America's Famous Newspaper Comic Strip". Superior maintained the run until issue #8 (July 1949). The subtitle on the final issue was "Romantic Adventures for Teen-agers!!"[4]
Film
Template:Main Bailey's strip was adapted into the 1949 movie serial Bruce Gentry – Daredevil of the Skies with Tom Neal in the title role.
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Waugh, Coulton. The Comics. New York: Luna Press, 1974 (original copyright 1947). p. 303.
- ↑ Bruce Gentry at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved December 11, 2007. Archived from the original on February 22, 2018.
- ↑ Bruce Gentry at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on 12/11/07