Whenever this blog’s anniversary rolls around, I try to come up with something interesting and comprehensive. This year, I decided to create an outline of all the chapters of my grandfather’s Sunday comics.

Kreigh Colins’ career as an NEA-syndicated cartoonist lasted for over 23 years. MITZI McCOY debuted in 1948 and ran for a couple years before it morphed into KEVIN THE BOLD in 1950. In 1968 it morphed again into UP ANCHOR! In all, they added up to 1,221 Sunday episodes spread across 105 chapters.

Here is the list, with links to the corresponding blog posts where applicable. (Apologies in advance for any linking errors! If you find one, please let me know). The chapter titles listed below aren’t official, they’re just things I came up with, often based on the villain or where the action takes place.

MITZI McCOY

1948
1. The Runaway Bride 

1949
2. The Shakedown
3. The Con Artist 
4. The Freedom Clarion
5. The History of the Irish Wolfhound
6. The Bow and Arrow Bear Hunt
7. The Christmas Story  (KEVIN THE BOLD version)
8. Tiny to the Rescue (from French comic book) (from Australian comic book)
9. The Living Pinups (from Australian comic book)
10. The Counterfeiters 

1950
11. Yolo 

KEVIN THE BOLD

12. The McCoy Legend (from Swedish comic book)
13. Count De Falcon (in Italian) (from Australian Comic Book)

1951
14. The Search for Sadea (from Italian comic book)
15. The Witch Hunt (from French comic book)
16. Baron Von Blunt

1952
17. The Deathtrap
18. The Treasure Hunt
19. Zyclos (Partial – in Serbian)
20. The Dragon (in Serbian)
21. Prince Rupert and the Legend of the Sword of Courage (Australian comic book)

1953
22. The Cave Bear 
23. The Ruthless Zameel
24. The Count del Morte
25. The Island of Death (in Danish)

1954
26. Toto and Grudja 
27. Sarrov
28. The Mountebank’s Lions
29. Gouda and Hunn

1955
30. Stormza
31. The Castle of the Sleeping Beauty 
32. Marriage by Proxy
33. Count Nargyle
34. Sari

1956
35. King Henry
36. Sir Guy Thornberry Seeks Revenge
38. The Isle of Sark
39. The Plot to Dethrone Henry VIII

1957
40. Shark Donnelly
41. Count Noir
42. David Drew the Shipwrecker
43. Spider the Stagecoach Robber

1958
44. The Dancing Bear
45. The Dragon Ship
46. Antonio’s Fencing Academy
47. The Powder Expert 

1959
48. Kidnaping a Princess (in Serbian) (from Swedish comic book)
49. Kevin vs. the Spanish Armada (redux)
50. Warden of the Smoke and Bells

1960
51. Leo’s Tale of Buried Treasure and Tyranny
52. The Allure of the Bad Boy 
53. Dover Pirates 
54. Two Sons
55. Hercules

1961
56. The Turkish Cannon
57. Elsa Van Loo Meets King Henr
58. King Henry Falls for Elsa Van Loo 
59. Kidnapping Queen Catherine
60. Bound for the New World 

1962
61. The Shah’s Gift
62. The Field of the Cloth of Gold
63. An Outing: Sir Duncan MacDonald and Louise
64. Kevin Plays Cupid
65. Governor Pedro

1963
66. Japan
67. Istanbul
68. The Parisian Underworld 
69. Queen Elizabeth

1964
70. The Musketeers
71. Hispaniola
72. Inky
73. Will Shakespeare

1965
74. The Hartz Family Fortune
75. Captain Duncan Bellows
76. Roanoke
77. A Story of Robin Hood

1966
78. Kevin the Warlock (from Dutch comic book)
79. The Search for the Northwest Passage
80. Sir Frances Drake
81. Stormy
82. The Story of the Norman Conquest (English and Serbian versions)

1967
83. Sir John Drayke Returns from Hispanola
84. Tankard the Bold
85. The True Story of Captain John Smith 
86. Leonardo DaVinci Redux 
87. Buried Treasure

1968
88. Saving the Lipizzans 
89. Mardoc

UP ANCHOR!

90. Introductory Sequence 

1969
91. Big Mac
92. The Singers
93. The Escaped Killer
94. Down the Mississippi 

1970
95. Shipjacked 
96. All-Girl Crew
97. Sir Robert and Mr. Chyppes
98. Boat Delivery
99. Who Murdered Don Olsen? 
100. The Seadog

1971
101. The Movie Star
102. The Intracoastal 
103. The Adventures of Pedro and Kevin
104. Returniung to Macatawa 

1972
105. Atlantic Crossing 

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More Mitzi McCoy

“The Lost Art of Kreigh Collins, the Complete Mitzi McCoy” features the entire run of Kreigh Collins’ first NEA feature.

MITZI McCOY ran from 1948 to 1950 and showcased Kreigh Collins’ skill as an illustrator and storyteller. His picturesque landscapes, lovely character designs, and thrilling action sequences brimmed with detail and charm, and the strip’s ensemble cast rotated in and out of the spotlight taking turns as protagonists in the dozen story arcs collected in this volume. The last story collected in “The Complete Mitzi McCoy” is the narrative bridge that set Collins and his characters off on a new journey, beautifully told for the next couple of decades in the much-lauded adventure strip Kevin the Bold.

The collection includes an introduction by Eisner Award-winning author Frank M. Young, an Afterward by Ithaca College’s Ed Catto, and previously unpublished artwork and photos. Longtime comics artist Butch Guice also provides a new pin-up of the character Mitzi McCoy.

The book is available for $30. For domestic shipping, add $4; for international orders, please add $25 to cover first class shipping. To place an order, leave a comment below or email me at BrianEdwardCollins1[at]gmail.com, and I will give you PayPal or Venmo information. Thank you!

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