Captain Kate

Captain Kate, was a US newspaper comic strip created by Jerry and Halle Skelly. Captain Kate was a female captain of a ship in the late 18th century. The comic, written by Jerry's wife Halle Skelly, was distributed by King Features from 1967 to 1972.

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    But that his wife should be one of the performers, that she should be gazed at by a crowd as she tripped about, and that, after all that had been said, she should be tripping in the arms of Captain De Baron, was almost more than he could endure.
    Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

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