Lil Abner Reuben Award Winner Series (1985) comic books 1980-1989
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Issue #1
Published 1985 by Blackthorne.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Volume 1 - 1st printing. Stories by Al Capp, plus introductions by Elliot Caplin and Milton Caniff. Art and cover by Al Capp. Reprints of the Lil Abner newspaper strip. Once one of the most famous comic strips in the world, Lil Abner focuses on the antics of the Yokum family, hillbillies living in rural Dogpatch, Kentucky. Abner is good-hearted but not very bright, which makes him easy prey for flim-flam artists and con men. His main activity often involves avoiding beautiful Daisy Mae, who only wants to marry him. Also featuring retrospectives on Capp from his brother Elliot and legendary cartoonist Milton Caniff. We Called Him Alfred...; I Wanna Hold Your Ham; The Marriage Season(ing)!; Daisy Goes to Town; The Courtship of Li'l Orphan Antelope; I Get a Kick Out of You (and Vice-Versa)!; Comic Strip Circulation... 0,001; Tassel Buddy's Dotter; Meet "Marryin' Sam". 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.
