The continuing adventures of Buz Sawyer, formerly a fighter pilot during WWII, now happily married and a trouble-shooter for Frontier Oil, a position which frequently involves Buz in dangerous situations in all manner of exotic locales. "Buz Sawyer" remains one of my favorite adventure strips. The stories are generally varied and interesting, the action is exciting and suspenseful, there is a welcome light touch to the episodes, and I really enjoy the bantering, but always loving, relationship between Buz and his wife Christy, who often accompanies him on his employer's missions. I will admit that the impact of the strip has diminished since the end of the War, and Buz's marriage to Christy, however satisfying their relationship is. Also, I learned in this issue's foreword that by this time Roy Crane had assistants handling the art and writing; Crane merely acted as a general director who would provide guidance and strip approval. I suppose it was naive to have thought otherwise. But Crane chose his assistants well. The artwork and writing have remained remarkably consistent with Crane's earlier style, and the strip remains one of my favorite newspaper adventure comic strips. ( )