"MILTON CANIFF'S STEVE CANYON 1949" SHIPPING IMMEDIATELY DAYTON, Ohio: Checker Book Publishing Group has confirmation from the tower that Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon - 1949 (ISBN 0-9710249-1-X, $15.95, tpb) has taxied to the gates at the warehouses of all of its distribution partners, and should be landing on retail shelves this week. The third installment in Checker’s ambitious reprinting of the signature work by the “Rembrandt of Cartooning.” The volume contains Canyon strips published between February 9, 1949 and February 18, 1950, wherein the intrepid lead character shoulders the Cold Warrior mantle he would wear for the next 38 years. The first two volumes in the series, published in 2003, have received considerable critical acclaim. Publishers Weekly said, “Any reader interested in graphic storytelling would do well to pick up this collection of all the daily and Sunday installments from… Caniff's legendary adventure comic strip.” While the Washington Post noted, “Steve Canyon remains about as satisfying as an adventure strip can be.”