Li'l Abner The Complete Dailes and Color Sundays HC (2010- IDW) comic books

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1934-1936!" Story and art by Al Capp. Volume 1 of The Complete L'il Abner contains Al Capp's comedy masterpiece from 1934-1936, including full-color Sunday pages never before collected in book form. Li'l Abner moves to New York to live with his rich aunt and has to dodge both kidnappers and grasping socialites! Then it's a classic case of mistaken identity when Li'l Abner's evil twin, the ruthless criminal Gat Garson, comes to town. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 288 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "1934-1936!" Story and art by Al Capp. Volume 1 of The Complete L'il Abner contains Al Capp's comedy masterpiece from 1934-1936, including full-color Sunday pages never before collected in book form. Li'l Abner moves to New York to live with his rich aunt and has to dodge both kidnappers and grasping socialites! Then it's a classic case of mistaken identity when Li'l Abner's evil twin, the ruthless criminal Gat Garson, comes to town. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 288 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "1937-1938!" Story and art by Al Capp. The big news in the second volume of the complete Li'l Abner is Al Capp's creation of the first Sadie Hawkins Day, in which the womenfolk chase the menfolk, and whosoever gets caught is brought to the altar before Marryin' Sam himself. Presenting the daily strips and color Sundays from 1937 and 1938. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 272 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "1939-1940!" Story and art by Al Capp. IDW's The Library of American Comics invites you to (g-gulp!), (chuckle), (sigh!!), and (*moan*) like a real Dogpatcher at all the fun and excitement in Volume 3 of The Complete Li'l Abner! Enjoy breakneck comedy in these daily and full-color comic strips from 1939 and 1940, as Al Capp spoofs the movies Topper and The Grapes of Wrath-sends Lonesome Polecat and Hairless Joe to New York, armed with a fresh batch of Kickapoo Joy Juice-gets Adam Lazonga, the world's greatest lover, to give lessons in how to woo a gal "Dogpatch-style"- and stages a battle for the ages as Mammy Yokum throws down against mean ol' Mother Ratfield! Eisner-winning editor and designer Dean Mullaney and writer Bruce Canwell continue to examine this slice of pure Americana. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 272 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 3 - 2nd and later printings. 1939-1940!" Story and art by Al Capp. IDW's The Library of American Comics invites you to (g-gulp!), (chuckle), (sigh!!), and (*moan*) like a real Dogpatcher at all the fun and excitement in Volume 3 of The Complete Li'l Abner! Enjoy breakneck comedy in these daily and full-color comic strips from 1939 and 1940, as Al Capp spoofs the movies Topper and The Grapes of Wrath-sends Lonesome Polecat and Hairless Joe to New York, armed with a fresh batch of Kickapoo Joy Juice-gets Adam Lazonga, the world's greatest lover, to give lessons in how to woo a gal "Dogpatch-style"- and stages a battle for the ages as Mammy Yokum throws down against mean ol' Mother Ratfield! Eisner-winning editor and designer Dean Mullaney and writer Bruce Canwell continue to examine this slice of pure Americana. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 272 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "1941-1942!" Story and art by Al Capp. ...You'll Believe a Hillbilly Can Fly! High-octane humor and cockeyed characters - it's the Cappian way! Sit a spell and you'll meet Available Jones ("Is yo' available, Available?"), Swami Riva, Big Stanislouse, Joe Btfsplk (the world's greatest jinx!), Dorothy Lamour (yes, that Dorothy Lamour), Lorna Goon, Orville Wolf, Cherry Blossom, the parents of Gat Garson, Sadie Hawkins V, Dinsmore Jerque, J.P. Fangsby, Tiny Mite, and that hog-wallowin' bundle of pulchritude, Moonbeam McSwine! They help make 1941 and 1942 fast, funny, and unforgettable! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 272 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "1943-1944!" Story and art by Al Capp. In the darkest hours of World War II, why were millions of people laughing? Because they were reading Li'l Abner, that's why! The fifth volume of this series features daily strips and full-color Sundays from 1943 and 1944, with a zany cast of characters that includes Shadrack Throwback, "The Monster," Madame Lazonga, and Joan L. Sullivan, plus returning favorites like Moonbeam McSwine, Swami Riva, and Available Jones. Capp also aims his satirical barbs at teen idol Frank Sinatra (yes, Frank Sinatra!), as a starving Li'l Abner Yokum croons his way into female hearts. Meanwhile, the hilarious take-off on Dick Tracy, Fearless Fosdick, is like getting two comic strips in one! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 272 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "1945-1946!" Story and art by Al Capp. Beware, readers, beware! Amidst such buxom beauties as Daisy Mae, Wolf Gal, and Moonbeam McSwine, nothing can prepare Abner-or you!-for (*choke*) Lena the Hyena, the woman so hideous, so frightening, that men literally leave their country to avoid her face. When Fearless Fosdick cartoonist Lester Gooch plans to bring Lena from Lower Slobbovia to America, it sets off a fantastic chain of events that ropes in Boris Karloff, Frank Sinatra, and Salvador Dali! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 272 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "The Coming of the Shmoos!" Story and art by Al Capp. Shmoo's Who?! What has been called "the greatest run of Li'l Abner ever" begins with Abner and Daisy Mae on a quest to locate the elusive Stanley Steamer. Meanwhile, Kickapoo Joy Juice prevents atomic disaster, while Fearless Fosdick tackles Anyface and the Chippendale Chair. "Evil Eye" Fleegle and Stupefyin' Jones make their inaugural appearances (not together, thank goodness), and Tenderleif Ericson creates a memorable Sadie Hawkins Day, by Yiminy! But when Abner makes a trip to the Valley of the Shmoon, he finds mankind's greatest benefactor-and mankind's gravest threat! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 272 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "Evil-Eve Fleegle!" Story and art by Al Capp. "Start the day right-kick a Kigmy and avoid a fight!" Introducing the hilarious Kigmy, the critter that loves to be kicked in order to relieve the world's frustrations! Plus, Abner takes on Evil-Eye Fleegle and Battlin' McNoodnik, while Wolf Gal, Hawk Gal, and Pig Gal create a frantic Sadie Hawkins Day. Then Abner goes out west in search of Three-Gun Carson and tours the sights in the republic of El Passionato. But that's nothing-Mammy travels all the way to Planet Pincus Number Seven! It's out of this world action and laughs in Li'l Abner Volume 8! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 272 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. "Married at Last!" Story and art by Al Capp. To millions of daily readers spanning five decades, Al Capp was the man whose biting satire made them laugh as he injected "Lower Slobbovia," "the double whammy," and "Sadie Hawkins Day" into our popular lexicon. This series is the first-ever comprehensive reprinting of the comic strip-including both dailies and meticulously-restored full-color Sundays. At long last Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae get married in a story so big it earned the cover of Life magazine! But the course of true love never runs smoothly, especially when the newlyweds adopt Li'l Orphan Hammy. All in the complete daily and color Sunday comic strips from 1951 and '52! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 256 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.