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Issue: Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years #2
Publication Date: October 2003
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Issues: #2 of 4 Issues
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Publisher: FlagDark Horse
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Indicia Publisher: Dark Horse Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 136
ISBN: 1569719764
UPC/EAN: 978156971976351895
Price: $18.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 45 (35 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Denis Kitchen; Dave Land (Dark Horse editor); Philip W. Simon (Dark Horse editor)
Disclose Notes: Printed in China. Design by Lia Ribacchi. The front matter states that Andy Amato, Harvey Curtis, and Walter Johnson also contributed to artwork in this volume.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color
Dimensions: 9 1/4" x 12"
Paper Stock: Slick paper
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Penciller(s): Al Capp; Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): Al Capp; Frank Frazetta
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First Line: Al Capp
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Al Capp 1909-1979

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Penciller(s): Al Capp; Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): Al Capp; Frank Frazetta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Character(s): Li'l Abner
First Line: Al Capp
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Milton the Masked Man

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Al Capp; Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): Al Capp; Frank Frazetta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Big Julius; Tiny Yokum [Milton the Masked Martian]; Educated Charlie; Swami Riva; Olman Riva; thugs; schoolgirls; Big Julius's daughter
Synopsis: Tiny plays a superhero for TV commercials. Racketeer Big Julius believes the character is real, and Swami Riva accidentally gives him powers.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Sunday strips originally published from November 27, 1955 though January 1, 1956.
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There's No Place Like Home

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Credits
Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Al Capp; Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): Al Capp; Frank Frazetta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Marilyn Monroe; Li'l Abner; Dogpatchers; reporter; Wolf Gal; Daisy Mae; Moonbeam McSwine
Synopsis: Marilyn Monroe goes to Dogpatch to get away from adoring fans, but she's miffed that Dogpatch gals get all the attention from the men.
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Disclose Notes: Sunday strip originally published January 8, 1956.
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What Are You Groping For, Van Grope?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Al Capp; Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): Al Capp; Frank Frazetta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Aunt Bessie; Crawley Van Grope; Tigerina; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Tiny Yokum; Salomey; Armand; Pierre; members of the Gourmet's Club
Synopsis: Aunt Bessie wants to marry Crawley Van Grope, but he won't marry her because he's ashamed that he can't get into the Gourmet's Club without a hammus alabammus, believed to be extinct; he'll marry exotic dancer Tigerina instead. Aunt Bessie and Tigerina battle over the last hammus alabammus on earth, and Tigerina wheedles it away from the chef. But the chef sacrifices himself to boil into the needed sauce, so Crawley marries Bessie anyway.
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Disclose Notes: Sunday strips originally ran from January 15, 1956 through February 19, 1956.
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Welcome (--Shudder!!--) Strangers!!

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Al Capp; Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): Al Capp; Frank Frazetta
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, opinion
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Mr. and Mrs. Goodpants; Moonbeam McSwine; Dan'l Dawgmeat; new neighors
Synopsis: Dogpatchers form a mob to drive out their new neighbors, because they have square eyes. Mammy muses that square eyes don't do any harm, then learns how human and humane the new folks are. She heads off the mob, and convinces Dogpatchers to welcome the new neighbors just as they would any others.
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Disclose Notes: Sunday strips originally appeared February 26, 1956 through March 11, 1956.
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Inside Lower Slobbovia

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Tiny Yokum; ship crew; sea captain; Lower Slobbovians; Mimikniks; cruise passengers; Pat Weeper
Synopsis: Tiny gets shanghaied to Lower Slobbovia. There he discovers Mimikniks, birds which can sing any voice and song that they hear.
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Disclose Notes: Originally appeared March 18, 1956 through April 1, 1956.
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A -- Shudder!! -- Star Is Born

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Dig Muddley; Nightmare Alice; Loverboynik; Rory McGoon; Piper Pincus; Marjorie Strain
Synopsis: Dig Muddley becomes Hollywood's greatest gossip columnist by making an alliance with Nightmare Alice. They make up gossip, then she uses her voodoo dolls to make it come true. Dig Muddley flees to outer space when he finds dolls of himself and Alice in wedding clothes.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally appeared April 8, 1956 through May 13, 1956.
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Will Success Spoil Jack Rockheart?

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Jack Rockheart Jr.; Tremblebottom; Daisy Mae; Li'l Abner; Honest Abe; Bing Crosnik; flunkies; census taker; best-dressed women; Prince of Monte Carload [Li'l Abner]
Synopsis: Thwarted in signing Grace Kelly for a movie, Jack Rockheart swears to make Daisy Mae just as big a star from scratch. This requires getting rid of her husband and child, which is done by expunging them from the census records, so that they don't officially exist. Jack Rockheart tries to crown his success by marrying Daisy Mae to Prince Charlie, who turns out to be Lil Abner in disguise.
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Disclose Notes: Originally appeared from May 20, 1956 through June 24, 1956.
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Mammy Knows Best

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Mammy Yokum; Tiny Yokum; Available Jones; city gal; Hopeful; Boyless Bailey
Synopsis: Tiny experiences a series of perplexing disasters with gals, and Mammy explains the facts of life to him.
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Disclose Notes: Originally appeared from July 1, 1956 through July 15, 1956.
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Mammy Conjures Up a Wide-Screen Vision, in Dazzling Technicolor!!

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Mammy Yokum; Lil Abner; Daisy Mae; Honest Abe; Evil-Eye Fleegle; Miss Blueboid
Synopsis: Trying to convince her kin that having everything does not necessarily make you happy, Mammy conjures up repeated visions of Evil-Eye Fleegle, exhausting herself before she finally gets a vision that proves her point.
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Disclose Notes: Originally appeared from July 22, 1956 through August 12, 1956.
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Doom It May Concern

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Pearly G. Yokum [Pearly Gates Yokum]; Dogpatch gal; Nelson E. Yokum (owl)
Synopsis: Pearly G. Yokum's visits always herald a death, and various family members attempt suicide so as to spare the others. It turns out that the victim is the family owl.
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Disclose Notes: Originally appeared from August 19, 1956 through September 16, 1956.
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Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Tiny Yokum; Mammy Yokum; Joan L. Sullivan; ambassador; government officials; Abdul the Indescribable; pilots; harem
Synopsis: After ruining his own clothes in a sewer, Tiny dons a harem outfit including veil, after which he whisked off as the latest bride for Abdul, the Indescribable. Tiny straightens out Abdul's back problems and gets sent home as a reward.
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Disclose Notes: Originally appeared from September 23, 1956 through October 14, 1956.
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The Prince and the Pauper

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): General Bullmoose; Bagmar; Bullmoose's double; bodyguards; Squirmingham; Li'l Abner
Synopsis: In hopes of pursuing exotic dancer Bagmar, General Bullmoose commissions a double, but the imitation Bullmoose is so successful that he takes over the real Bullmoose's life. General Bullmoose enlists Li'l Abner's help in confronting the double with a list of the real Bullmoose's crimes, which he threatens to publish. Aghast at having people think that he is so depraved, the double agrees to switch places again. But now Bagmar, having read the confession, spurns the real Bullmoose.
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Disclose Notes: Sunday newspaper strips originally running from October 21, 1946 through November 11, 1956.
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Beauty and the Beast

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Chester Ghoul; reporter; Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Dogpatchers
Synopsis: Aiming to prove that there is no such thing as a happy marriage, Chester Ghoul gives the Yokums $10,000 a week for as long as they stay happy together. To show that money means nothing compared to their happiness, Li'l Abner pledges it all to the people of Dogpatch. Once they get money they decide that the Yokums are too poor to remain in their neighborhood.
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Disclose Notes: Sunday strips originally appeared from November 18, 1956 through December 2, 1956.
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When McGoon Comes Over the Mountain

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Von Floogle; Dogpatchers; Earthquake McGoon
Synopsis: The first scientist in space blacks out and lands in Dogpatch. He assumes that the people there are a lower form of life.
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Disclose Notes: Sunday strip originally ran December 9, 1956.
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The McSwine System

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Moonshine McSwine; Moonbeam McSwine; Tyrone McSwine; Henry Cabbage Cod; Commissioner of Sanitation
Synopsis: Moonshine uses the Code of the Hills (and a shotgun) to force Henry Cabbage Cod into marriage with Moonbeam. But when pigs are banned from the mansion, the McSwines depart in a huff.
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Disclose Notes: Sunday strips originally ran December 16, 1956 through December 30, 1956.
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Yes, Sir, He's My Babysitter!!

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Honest Abe; Milton; Available Jones; Dogpatchers; residents of Pineapple Junction
Synopsis: The horrified Yokums barely rescue their child from the babysitter's perversion -- setting an example of hard work.
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Disclose Notes: Sunday strips originally ran January 6, 1957 through January 27, 1957.
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Watch That Bulganik

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Li'l Abner; General Bullmoose; Lower Slobbovians; bashful bulganiks; ship's crew; families
Synopsis: General Bullmoose corners the market on bashful bulganiks... invisible, silent birds. The public goes wild buying them, until Bullmoose realizes that people "watch" bulganiks so much that TV holdings are becoming worthless.
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Disclose Notes: Sunday strips originally ran February 3, 1957 through February 17, 1957.
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A Little Knowledge Is a Dangerous Thing

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Big Stanislouse; mobsters; molls; Four-Eyes; Li'l Abner; Rocky Punchiano; Tennessee Bernie
Synopsis: Big Stanislouse steals the statue of Jubilation T. Cornpone in order to get a diamond-studded belt hidden within. Unfortunately, Li'l Abner is also hidden within. He loses the statue, but wins the belt back in a fight with the world champion boxer.
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Disclose Notes: Sunday strips originally ran February 24, 1957 through March 17, 1957.
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One Woman's Family

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Aunt Bessie; Errol Skin; theatrical agent; actors; Earthquake McGoon
Synopsis: When a promising suitor insists on meeting her family, Aunt Bessie hires suave actors to make a good impression. He decides that since she has such an aristocratic family, he is clearly unworthy of her.
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Disclose Notes: Sunday strips originally ran March 24, 1957 through April 7, 1957.
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Mammy Knows Best

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Tiny Yokum; Mammy Yokum; Boyless Bailey; hayriders
Synopsis: Tiny doesn't get the point of the hayride, and manages to annoy everybody else on board.
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Disclose Notes: Sunday strip originally ran April 14, 1957. This is the second use of this title in this volume.
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Stranger in Paradise

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Honest Abe; Lem Scragg; Romeo Scragg; Tremobolino; bullfight spectators
Synopsis: After bullfighter Trembolino saves Honest Abe, Li'l Abner agrees to impersonate him in hopes of fending off the family curse of a family member being killed by a bull every 25 years. Li'l Abner succeeds, but Trembolino meets his doom anyway.
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Disclose Notes: Sunday strips originally ran April 21, 1957 through May 12, 1957.
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Love Song of the Flea

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Flea-Brain; Tiny Yokum; Jayne Mansfeet; Boyless Bailey; New York bachelor; Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae
Synopsis: Flea-Brain manages to foul up not only his own love life, but everybody else's too.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Sunday strips originally ran May 19, 1957 through June 2, 1957.
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Break the Bank!

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Tiny Yokum; Boyless Bailey; Mammy Yokum; bank manager; Mayor Dawgmeat
Synopsis: Boyless Bailey tries to arrange a marriage with Tiny, but he is determined to save her from such a fate.
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Disclose Notes: Original Sunday strip ran June 9, 1957.
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Handcuffs Across the Sea

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Tiny Yokum; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; tramp; Moore family; English exchange student
Synopsis: An exchange student learns that England and America are two countries divided by a common language.
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Disclose Notes: Original Sunday strip ran June 16, 1957.
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Oui, M-sieu, C'est Mon Bêbe!!

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Pepe Yokum; Mimi Yokum; Babette Yokum; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Tiny Yokum; Fifi; moderne artistes
Synopsis: Horrified by all the gangsters and savage Indians they see on the cinema, the French branch of the Yokums decides to save the "baby" of the Dogpatch branch by bringing him to France. Teenage daughter Babette is disgusted, until she learns that the baby is tall, muscular Tiny. She lures him into a competition for modern art. When he turns in a blank canvas, he wins by acclamation.
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Disclose Notes: Original Sunday strips ran June 23, 1957 though June 30, 1957.
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The Senator Investigates P.U.

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Brilliant young senator; scientists; Li'l Abner; general; nurse; spy; ambassador
Synopsis: Scientists need an empty-headed patriot (Li'l Abner) in whose skull they can place a mind-reading device for espionage. They finally give it up as useless, because everybody on both sides is constantly thinking of sex anyway.
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Disclose Notes: Sunday strips originally ran July 7, 1957 through July 21, 1957. The "brilliant young senator" resembles John F. Kennedy, then in his first Senate term.
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The Snake Slithers Into Eden

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; psychology professor; Hairless Joe; Lonesome Polecat; Dogpatchers
Synopsis: A professor tests Dogpatchers' honesty by leaving in their keeping a sealed box containing the most valuable stuff in the world. Most of them fail miserably, but all that's in the box is air.
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Disclose Notes: Original Sunday strips from July 28, 1957 through August 11, 1957.
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The Secret Life of Mary Worm

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Credits
Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Mary Worm; Alan Flounder; Mammy Yokum
Synopsis: Cartoonist Alan Flounder sends his meddlesome mother-in-law away to Dogpatch. Her advice is so aggressive that it breaks up Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae, until Mammy Yokum takes a hand.
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Disclose Notes: Original Sunday strips ran from August 18, 1957 through September 1, 1957. Spoofs the comic strip "Mary Worth" and its writer Allen Saunders.
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The Worm Turns!!

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Credits
Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Milton Goniff; Steve Cantor; Jewel Brynner; Red Chinese soldiers
Synopsis: Feeling that he's not improving his lot while working with Al Capp, Li'l Abner gets a job on the "Steve Cantor" strip. Steve and Li'l Abner deliberately land behind the Iron Curtain in order to capture Jewel Brynner, the dangerous bald girl spy. She defects when Li'l Abner gives her a hair restorative, but he decides to go back to his own strip.
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Disclose Notes: Original Sunday strips ran from September 8, 1957 through September 29, 1957. Spoofs the comic strip "Steve Canyon" and its creator Milton Caniff.
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Jayney Get Your Gum

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Jayne Cornfield; Mammy Yokum; Daisy Mae; announcer
Synopsis: Hollywood star Jayne Cornfield got her start when she beat out Daisy Mae as Miss Pumpkin Harvest in Dogpatch. Mammy discovers that Jayne cheated, and clobbers her.
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Disclose Notes: Sunday strip originally ran October 6, 1957.
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Nightmare Alice in Wonderland

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Nightmare Alice; quiz show hosts; TV executive
Synopsis: Nightmare Alice uses witchcraft to bankrupt the TV network until she gets her favorite show back on.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sunday strip originally ran October 13, 1957.
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The Wilkes-Barresaurus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Hairless Joe; Lonesome Polecat; anthropologists; steam shovel operators; Wilkes-Barresaurus
Synopsis: Hairless Joe and Lonesome Polecat are shielding a supposedly-extinct Wilkes-Barresaurus in their cave, but he falls in love with a steam shovel.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Original Sunday strips ran from October 20, 1957 through October 27, 1957.
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Hurricane Daisy!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Honest Abe; Mammy Yokum; Soft-Hearted John; producer; Randolph Squat
Synopsis: Daisy Mae is embarrassed that she has become bow-legged, but is forced to appear that way in TV westerns. Luckily she soon gets straightened out.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Original Sunday strips ran from November 3, 1957 through November 24, 1957.
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Go Home Joe Btfsplk!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Joe Btfsplk; Dogpatchers; Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Miss Fortune; Marryin' Sam; Dawn Ameche; Lucky Lipscomb; talent scout; Dorothy the talking mule
Synopsis: Joe Btfsplk meets Miss Fortune, who is just as big a jinx as he is. Marryin' Sam agrees to perform a wedding, but only if he, Joe, and Miss Fortune do it by telephone from three different locations. Crossed wires get all the wrong people married.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Original Sunday strips ran from December 1, 1957 through December 29, 1957.
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Annotations for Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Sundays, Volume 2 (1956-57)

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Denis Kitchen
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 10.67
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ken Ernst
Penciller(s): Allen Saunders
Inker(s): Allen Saunders ?
Letterer(s): Allen Saunders ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mary Worth
Character(s): Mary Worth; Hall Rapp; Joe; Fred; Ed
First Line: Really, Mr. Rapp!
Synopsis: Cartoonist Hal Rapp shows off his assembly-line studio for an uninterested Mary Worth.
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Daily comic strip originally published August 27, 1957. Spoofs Al Capp.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Frank Frazetta
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Moonbeam McSwine
First Line: Here comes a double whammy from your favorite comic strip
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Volume 1
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Limited Edition Li'l Abner Classic Comic Statues

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Fearless Fosdick; Shmoo
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Pages: 3
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Li'l Abner
First Line: Al Capp
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover

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