Review: ‘The Complete Steve Canyon on TV Vol. 1’

Robert Greenberger

Robert Greenberger is best known to comics fans as the editor of Who's Who In The DC Universe, Suicide Squad, and Doom Patrol. He's written and edited several Star Trek novels and is the author of The Essential Batman Encyclopedia. He's known for his work as an editor for Comics Scene, Starlog, and Weekly World News, as well as holding executive positions at both Marvel Comics and DC Comics.

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2 Responses

  1. R. Maheras says:

    Robert wrote: "While the strip was popular with readers, and respected by fellow cartoonists, it didn’t spawn the usual assortment of merchandise."Actually, this is statement is quite incorrect. During the strip's popularity zenith, which I would "guess-timate" at about 1958, there was Steve Canyon merchandise galore available. There were games, toys, the TV show, books, comic books, public appearances by Caniff around the country, and, of course, the strip itself. As a matter of fact, based on the number of newspapers carrying "Steve Canyon," the strip was twice as popular as "Terry and the Pirates" ever was under Caniff's 13-year stint as writer-artist. Regarding the DVD itself, I really enjoyed this first volume. For its era, "Steve Canyon" was a pretty intense and sophisticated show — clearly targeting adults, rather than the "Rin Tin Tin" crowd.

  2. John Ellis says:

    Thanks for the kind comments Russ! It would help if they would mention in these reviews the ONLY place you can get our DVDs (until further notice)! The Complete Steve Canyon On TV Volume 1 is ONLY available exclusively from us (The Milton Caniff Estate) at: http://stevecanyondvd.blogspot.com