''Bruce Gentry'' was an aviation adventure
comic strip
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by , distributed by the
Post-Hall Syndicate
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. It debuted March 25, 1945, and by July the strip had expanded to 35 newspapers.
[Waugh, Coulton. ''The Comics''. New York: Luna Press, 1974 (original copyright 1947). p. 303.]
Characters and story
Comic strip historian
Coulton Waugh
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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."
[ 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.][''Bruce Gentry'']
at Don Markstein's Toonopedia
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. Retrieved December 11, 2007
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from the original on February 22, 2018.
Comics historian Don Markstein took note of the Milton Caniff
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Comic book
In 1948-49, Four Star Publications and Superior Publishers
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, Ltd. teamed to publish eight issues of a ''Bruce Gentry'' reprint comic book
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. 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!!"''Bruce Gentry''
at the Grand Comics Database
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. Retrieved on 12/11/07
Film
Bailey's strip was adapted into the 1949 ''Bruce Gentry
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'' movie serial
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with Tom Neal
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in the title role.
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