The solution for the last one:
A) Jar
B) Obsolete
C) Hatch
D) Nook
E) Revoke
F) Ytterbium
G) Aft
H) Naked athlete
I) Practices deft twitch
J) Ask
K) Nut
L) Effect
M) Leslie Charteris
N) Both
O) Yttrium
P) Prodigal
Q) Add
R) Network
S) Egg
T) Loss

The first words of which read: John Ryan Panel by Panel.

The text: The story was set in the outback and covered the attempt of Blue, his girlfriend Kit, and their blacktracker jacky to locate the famous Pettigrew lost gold reef.