Bruce Gentry

• Title — Bruce Gentry • Author — Ray Bailey • Status — Finished • First — March 25, 1945 • Last — January 6, 1951 • Syndicate — Post-Hall Syndicate • Genre — Aviation adventure

Comic strip historian Coulton Waugh 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. Comics historian Don Markstein took note of the Milton Caniff influence:

• Illustration — Ray Bailey's Bruce Gentry (1948) with Bruce and Cleo In 1948-49, Four Star Publications and Superior Publishers, Ltd. teamed to publish eight issues of a Bruce Gentry reprint comic book. 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!!"