Captain Kate

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Captain Kate, is a US newspaper comic strip created by Jerry and Hale Skelly. Captain Kate was Kate Stevens, a female captain/owner of a trading ship, the Wind Song, in the late 18th century.{{cite web|title=Lambiek.net|url=http://lambiek.net/artists/s/skelly_jerry.htm|access-date=2007-08-31}} The comic, written by Jerry's wife Hale Skelly, was distributed by King Features from May 28, 1967, to May 21, 1972.{{cite book |last1=Holtz |first1=Allan |title=American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide |date=2012 |publisher=The University of Michigan Press |location=Ann Arbor |isbn=9780472117567 |page=97}}