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Rover from Gasoline Alley TPB (1984 Blackthorne) comic books 1980-1989

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Rover from Gasoline Alley TPB (1984 Blackthorne) 1-1ST

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    Volume 1 – 1st printing. Stories by Dick Moores, plus introductions by Shel Dorf and Milton Caniff. Art by Dick Moores and Jim Scancarelli. Cover by Dick Moores and Jim Scancarelli. Reprints the Gasoline Alley daily comics from April 6 - December 28, 1981. The long-running strip, created in 1918 by Frank King, famously had its characters age in real time. Slim, a third-generation member of the cast, marries Clovia Skinner, and the couple takes in and adopts a neglected child named Rover. Also, a profile of Gasoline Alley artist Dick Moores by Shel Dorf; coverage of the National Cartoonist Society's 1975 Reuben Awards; and a list of Reuben winners from 1946 to 1983. An Enduring Art; Dick Moores, Cartoonist; Rover from Gasoline Alley; A Special Night; The Reuben. 76 pages, 7-in x 10-in., B&W. Cover price $5.95.