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Male Call by Milton Caniff

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Artist: Milton Caniff (All)

Location: Milton Caniff other art
Title: Male Call by Milton Caniff*
Artist: Milton Caniff (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Comic Strip
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 2922
Likes on CAF: 16
Favorited on CAF: 3
Comments: 36
Added to Site: 6/19/2020

Milton Caniff created Male Call as his contribution to the war effort and to keep the enlisted men's spirits up. These were drawn strictly for publication in military newspapers. It originally started out as an alternative Terry and Pirates strip prominently featuring Burma but when domestic newspapers complained, Caniff was forced to abandon that idea after only 14 episodes. Male Call was created as was the female lead, Miss Lace. Male Call ran from January 1943 to March 1946 for a total of 158 episodes which were printed weekly. These strips are extremely rare and coveted by collectors of Caniff like myself. How rare? In the 20 years I have been looking and talking to collectors I am aware of 6 in private collections including this one. I started this year with a trip to a veteran Caniff collectors collection and came away with the goal of finding a truly top tier Caniff piece for my collection. I think this fits the bill. The piece arrived here from Italy and the reality of it is just sinking in.

Placed 2nd in best Strip Art for 2020.

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Mark Yanko Member Since 2009

Posted On 6/19/2020

Holy Smoke, this is fabulous! Big congrats, Jeff! :-D

Rafa Roldan Member Since 2010

Posted On 6/19/2020

What a beautiful strip!

Oystein Sorensen Member Since 2005

Posted On 6/19/2020

Magnificent!

Malcolm Bourne Member Since 2005

Posted On 6/19/2020

Wonderful acquistion!! You must be delighted ;)

Dries D Member Since 2008

Posted On 6/19/2020

I'm sure it found a good home!

ENRIQUE ALONSO Member Since 2005

Posted On 6/19/2020

woww !!

GAB R Member Since 2007

Posted On 6/19/2020

What a treasure!...just great.

Mark Howland Member Since 2004

Posted On 6/19/2020

The unreality of reality? "Truly (tip) top Caniff!"

Sylvain R Member Since 2014

Posted On 6/19/2020

Wonderful daily!

Sean Clarke Member Since 2005

Posted On 6/19/2020

ADEQUATE!!!!!!

Benno Rothschild Member Since 2003

Posted On 6/19/2020

Damn Jeff, that is truly outstanding!

John Livesay Member Since 2009

Posted On 6/19/2020

Benno Rothschild wrote:

" Damn Jeff, that is truly outstanding!
"

Ditto!

Ron S Member Since 2007

Posted On 6/19/2020

An awesome Male Call. Just fantastic.

Rob Stolzer Member Since 2004

Posted On 6/19/2020

Terrific stuff is an understatement, Jeff. This is incredible. Mazel Tov!

Aaron N. Member Since 2009

Posted On 6/19/2020

Ooof! Wotta strip! Zowie!!!

Ray Cuthbert Member Since 2003

Posted On 6/19/2020

Congratulations Jeff! For a Caniff collector this has got to be one of the most cherished things to have found and have added to your collection!

Kevin Stawieray Member Since 2004

Posted On 6/19/2020

Exquisite piece of Caniff's art. Congratulations.

Matt Dicke Member Since 2006

Posted On 6/19/2020

Top tier Caniff for sure. Congrats on getting such a great piece.

Garry Goodwin Member Since 2003

Posted On 6/19/2020

Singularly Smashing, incredible score!

Steve Kro Member Since 2007

Posted On 6/19/2020

110% awesome! Love this. Congrats!

Ruben DaCollector Member Since 2008

Posted On 6/19/2020

Such an incredibly high level example, and also so rare. Magnificent!

Brian Peck Member Since 2003

Posted On 6/19/2020

WOW!!!!! This is very rare and a great example. Major Congrats!!!!

Alex Johnson Member Since 2006
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Posted On 6/19/2020

I think you found a great example. Congratulations!

D. J. Peters Member Since 2006

Posted On 6/20/2020

How great is this?! Thanks for sharing!

Steven Ng Member Since 2005

Posted On 6/21/2020

Truly a top level Caniff daily. I cannot imagine a better one.

Francisco Lopez Member Since 2009

Posted On 6/22/2020

Probably the best Caniff strip in the market. Congratulations.

M,B The collector Member Since 2008

Posted On 6/23/2020

Woooow Felicitaciones Gaby !!!!!!

Max C Member Since 2004

Posted On 6/24/2020

Man, this is fantastic. I hate you :)

Chris K. Member Since 2008

Posted On 6/24/2020

Late to the party on this one - what a beauty, Jeff!

artless artmore Member Since 2013

Posted On 6/26/2020

Gorgeous!

Max Comic Box . Member Since 2006

Posted On 6/29/2020

OMG

George Hagenauer Member Since 2005

Posted On 1/10/2021

Essentially the best strip(!) of the entire Male Call run Congrats on getting this beautiful example

West Stephan Member Since 2007

Posted On 4/9/2021

That's a BEAUTIFUL piece! To me, very reminiscent of Bettie Page.

Peter Sullivan Member Since 2006

Posted On 8/7/2024

Shes smoking...She must be hot...

L. F. Antelo Member Since 2008

Posted On 8/7/2025

One of the most coveted Grails in Original Comic Art. Pure beauty, pure history. My respects, Jeff, this piece is a collection in itself.

Phill R Member Since 2010

Posted On 8/10/2025

What an absolutely exceptional piece of strip art!

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Male Call by Milton Caniff

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