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Hardcover edition available (ISBN 0-87816-082-5) at $29.95.
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Cover design and colors by Ray Fehrenbach, from art by Al Capp.
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Title page. One panel repeated oversize from interior.
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Front matter with illustration
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Introduction by Al Capp's sister. Al Capp's 1920s sketch of his mother. Family photos from 1938 through 1988.
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Excerpt from a Red Cross booklet in which Al tells how he lost his left leg. Distributed to amputee servicemen during and after World War II. Al in the story is about ten years older than the Al of real life who lost his leg.
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The editor's comments on 1945, in the world and in the strip. Includes a lengthy excerpt describing one of Al Capp's many visits to talk with amputees at veterans' hospitals.
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Compilation of daily newspaper comic strips from December 2, 1944 through November 17, 1945. Notable story arcs include: a formula to replace gasoline without cost; Dr. Rasputin tries to exploit Mammy's belief in spirits; Li'l Abner loses all of Aunt Bessie's money; Aunt Bessie arranges for him to marry with a 10 million dollar settlement, then finesses him out of the marriage and the money; Asian assassins pursue Li'l Abner; Inspector Blugstone pursues Li'l Abner; Orson Waggon tortures Li'l Abner for the sake of radio realism; Li'l Abner marries a tailor's dummy; Westbrook Buckingham is a Polecat Indian in disguise; Marryin' Sam insists that all the men run the Sadie Hawkins Race with their eyes and faces covered. Orson Waggon is a parody of Orson Welles.
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Includes black-and-white cover thumbnails of volumes One through Ten.
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Inside back cover
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Back cover. Design and color by Ray Fehrenbach from art by Al Capp.
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