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Issue: Al Capp's Li'l Abner #72
Publication Date: September 1949
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Issues: #72 of 28 Issues
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Publisher: FlagToby
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Indicia Publisher: Toby Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/19/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 10 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed by American News Company (ANC logo on cover.)

Li'l Abner contents copyright 1949 United Feature Syndicate. All other material copyright 1949 by Toby Press, Inc.

On sale date from the publication date as reported to the U.S. Copyright Office in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Volume 3, Part 2, Number 1, Periodicals, January-June 1949. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B206504.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Battle of the Century!!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Abner Yokum; Daisy Mae Scragg
Synopsis: Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae meet in a fighting ring.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Various Methods of Transporting One's Lunch to Work

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): High Class Stuff
Character(s): Professor Noodnik
Synopsis: How to get your lunch safely to work.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Li'l Abner vs Daisy May the Battle of the Century!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Abner Yokum; Daisy Mae Scragg; Gerta Girdlebuster; Mammy Yokum; members of the Lily-White League; Knuckles; Knuckles father; Ratsy Boy; Curmudgeon J. Skinflint (death); Harvey S. Timberwolf; Reactionary J. Repugnant; Hal Blockbuster; Dave Whopper
Synopsis: The Lily-White League arranges a goodness duel with the Sweet Innocence Society to be fought by the best examples of purity -- Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae.
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Reprint Notes: from Li'l Abner daily and Sundays (United Feature Syndicate) 194?-xx-xx [strip reformatted and portions redrawn to fit the comic book page]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Al Capp had a number of assistants on Li'l Abner. Until they can be positively identified and their contributions properly noted, writing and art credits will be attributed to Al Capp. Panels from Sunday and/or daily strips have been edited and re-arranged to tell a complete story (Gene Reed; 5 September 2015).
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Tap, Tap Tap

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Memphis Smith, Private Eye
Character(s): Memphis Smith; Chick Andrews (death); Mrs. Andrews; Mischa Vladimir; Harold Sniffin
Synopsis: Memphis Smith investigates the murder of Chick Andrews.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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From Out of Town

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Seymour
Character(s): Seymour; Nicky; Dick the Dip; Light Fingers Louie; Schnook the Crook
Synopsis: Seymour's friend Nicky keeps introducing him to people who keep robbing him.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: On the second page, copyright 1949 by Toby Press, Inc.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Abner Yokum; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum
First Line: There It Is!! - The Modern "House Beautiful"!!
Synopsis: The Yokums switch signs on two model homes.
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Reprint Notes: from Li'l Abner Sunday (United Feature Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx [strip reformatted and portions redrawn to fit the comic book page]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Al Capp had a number of assistants on Li'l Abner. Until they can be positively identified and their contributions properly noted, writing and art credits will be attributed to Al Capp. Panels from Sunday and/or daily strips have been edited and re-arranged to tell a complete story (Gene Reed; 5 September 2015).

This appears to be a full Sunday strip.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Irving]
Penciller(s): ? [as Irving]
Inker(s): ? [as Irving]
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Philo
Character(s): Philo Jones; Auntie; Mrs. Jones
First Line: Which one did you say is the gyp-artist, Auntie?
Synopsis: Five cartoons of Philo's antics.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page, copyright 1949 by Melvin Lazarus.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Kid Science
Character(s): Kid Science; Betty; Professor Kayo
First Line: Kid Science! What are you up to now?
Synopsis: A fighting hypnotist uses hypnosis to win his fights.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: On the first page, copyright 1949 by Toby Press, Inc.
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Best Buy for Fishing Fans!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ador Products Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

Ad for fishing equipment from Ador Products Co.
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Rubber Masks

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: nature
Feature(s): Rubber-For-Molds, Inc.
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Clown; Satan; Minstrel; Idiot; Monkey
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

This ad appears in magazines published by various companies during the years 1949-1952.

Ad for full-head covering rubber masks from the Rubber-For-Molds, Inc.

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