A tense moment is quickly diffused, and pretty Carmelita introduces herself. Her appearance is familiar, which seems appropriate for a story arc so close to UP ANCHOR!’s swan song. Carmelita has the svelte build of many of Collins’ female characters—characters whose poses were originally modeled by Kreigh’s wife, Theresa. At this point in his career, however, it’s doubtful the artist employed his 65-year-old wife as a model.

As this chapter set sail, there might have been some confusion as to what the sequence was called. The first two episodes carried the line “The Adventures of Pedro and Kevin” but the third one, from August 15, 1971, reversed the characters’ order—”The Adventures of Kevin and Pedro”. Most likely it was a mistake made by the NEA artist that handled the lettering.

Kevin’s resourcefulness with the old culverin goes to no avail, and the pirates return fire.

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