(May 2003)
Dark Horse,
2003 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 18.95 USD
- Pages
- 136
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dark Horse Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
Dark Horse Comics [facing left]
- ISBN
-
1-56971-959-4
- Barcode
- 9781569719596 51895
- Editing
- Denis Kitchen (editor); Dave Land (Dark Horse editor)
Issue Notes
Art Director: Mark Cox; Designer: Lia Ribacchi; Publisher: Mark Richardson. Printed in China.
[no title indexed]
Li'l Abner / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Moonbeam McSwine
- Synopsis
- Pinup pose of Moonbeam McSwine in front of monochrome reprints of Sunday pages.
[blank pages]
blank page(s) / 3 pages
Indexer Notes
Two red inside cover pages and one white page, all blank.
Al Capp Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years Volume 1 1954-1955
credits, title page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Title page with book name and no illustration.
Al Capp 1909-1979
illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Al Capp (photo)
- Synopsis
- Black and white portrait photo of Al Capp.
Al Capp Li'l Abner The Frazetta Years Volume 1 1954-1955
credits, title page / 1 page
- Characters
- Li'l Abner
- Synopsis
- Headshot of Li'l Abner with title information.
Fame and Anonymity
text article / 10 pages
- Script
- Denis Kitchen (article); Al Capp (strip reprints)
- Pencils
- Frank Frazetta
- Inks
- Frank Frazetta
- Letters
- typeset (article); ? (strip reprints)
- Characters
- Andy Amato (photo); Al Capp (photo); Walter Johnson (photo); Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Tiny Yokum (intro); Honest Abe; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Frankie the Biker (intro); Granny Groggins; The Wolf Gal
- Synopsis
- Article about Frank Frazetta's artwork on Li'l Abner with two daily strip sequences reprinted.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) daily strips from 1954.09.02-1954.09.14, 1954.09.22-1954.10.09
[The Wrecker]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Honest Abe; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; "The Wrecker"; C. C. "Complete Control" Yokum
- Synopsis
- "The Wrecker" is an otherwise average girl who drives men mad with lust when they see her. Mammy has to engage C.C. "Complete Control" Yokum to solve the mystery.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages 1953.11.15-1954.02.21
Indexer Notes
Pages numbered 15-29 in book. Tabloid format from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[Cousin Weakeyes the Babysitter]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Cousin Weakeyes; Ole Bucktooth (wolf)
- Synopsis
- While baby-sitting, Cousin Weakeyes mistakes "Ole Bucktooth," the wolf for Pappy Yokum.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper page from 1954.02.28
Indexer Notes
Page 30 in the book. Tabloid page from the Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[This Is Your Wife]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Alf Egbert; Sally Sweetlips; Betsy Bellbottom
- Synopsis
- Mammy and Pappy Yokum are featured on the "This Is Your Wife" television program.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages from 1954.03.07 to 1954.03.21
Indexer Notes
The TV program is a parody of "This is Your Life." Pages 31-33 of the book. Tabloid pages from the Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[The Slobbovian Bald Iggle]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Abner; Abijah Gooch; General Bullmoose; Senator Phogbound; Slobbovians; Bald Iggles
- Synopsis
- In order to sell $5 billion of unwanted dog food, General Bullmoose arranges for an atomic bomb test that uproots Lower Slobbovia. The icy wasteland drifts to Florida where it becomes part of the United States. Bullmoose plans to sell the dog food to the starving Slobbovians, but the bald iggles, little beasts whose gaze forces anyone to tell the truth, disrupt the plan. The bald iggles invade the United States, forcing people to tell the truth and causing havoc.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages from 1954.03.28 to 1954.06.13
Indexer Notes
Pages 34-45 of the book. Tabloid pages from the Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[Hairless Joe's and Lonesome Polecat's Insurance Policies]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hairless Joe; Lonesome Polecat; Minnie Mustache
- Synopsis
- An insurance salesman sells Hairless Joe and Lonesome Polecat life insurance policies so that each would receive $500 if the other would die.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages from 1954.06.20 to 1954.07.11
Indexer Notes
Kickapoo Joy Juice plays a part in the plot. Pages 46-49 of the book. Tabloid pages from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[Pappy's Tall Tales]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Honest Abe; The Wright Brothers; The Wrong Brothers; Jack Dempsey
- Synopsis
- Pappy tells Honest Abe a tall tale about how he invented the airplane. In the second strip, Pappy claims to have fought Jack Dempsey.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages from 1954.07.18 to 1954.07.25
Indexer Notes
Pages 50-51 of the book. Tabloid pages from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[The Most Successful Wife in Dogpatch]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Daisy Mae Yokum
- Synopsis
- A reporter from "Wife" magazine interviews Daisy Mae.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper page from 1954.08.01
Indexer Notes
Page 52 of the book. Tabloid page from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[Pappy's Criminal Double]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Sharpie Yokum; The Tigress
- Synopsis
- Pappy is mistaken for his cousin Sharpie Yokum, the "slickest racketeer east of the Mississippi."
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages from 1954.08.08 to 1954.08.22
Indexer Notes
Pages 53-55 of the book. Tabloid pages from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[Lonesome Polecat and Hairless Joe go to Harvard]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lonesome Polecat; Hairless Joe; Harvard G. Polecat; Ondine Onusual
- Synopsis
- Hairless Joe and Lonesome Polecat receive scholarships to Harvard. They take their pet dinosaur along and cause havoc at Yale and other places.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages from 1954.08.29 to 1954.10.10
Indexer Notes
Pages 56-62 of the book. Tabloid pages from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[Loverboynik the Pianist]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Abner; Loverboynik; Don Crabsey
- Synopsis
- When TV critic Don Crabsey gives TV pianist Loverboynik a bad review, Loverboynik plots to stage a catastrophe to get Crabsey's attention.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages from 1954.10.17 to 1954.10.31.
Indexer Notes
Pages 63-65 of the book. Tabloid pages from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.). Loverboynik is a parody of Liberace.
[Moonbeam McSwine trades places with Gloria Van Welbilt]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Abner Yokum; Daisy Mae Yokum; Moonbeam McSwine; Gloria Van Welbilt; C. C "Complete Control" Yokum
- Synopsis
- Moonbeam McSwine trades places with socialite Gloria Van Welbilt, but C. C. "Complete Control" Yokum causes complications.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages from 1954,11.07 to 1954.11.28
Indexer Notes
Pages 66-69 of the book. Tabloid pages from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
["Druthers," the Addictive Snack]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Abner Yokum; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Daisy Mae Yokum; Honest Abe Yokum; Ernest Hummingbird; General Bullmoose; Weakfish Bullmoose
- Synopsis
- An "X-Bomb" test results in strange plants growing on Bald Mountain. Their fruit is delicious, plentiful, and addictive. Mammy Yokum, who owns the mountain, sells the rights to package the snack to greedy financial genius Ernest Hummingbird, who will only charge for the packaging. Once Hummingbird has the populace addicted to the snack, he starts raising the price of the packaging.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages from 1954.12.05 to 1955.01.30
Indexer Notes
Pages 70-78 of the book. Tabloid pages from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.). "Ernest Hummingbird" is a take-off on the name of author Ernest Hemmingway, but has nothing else in common.
[Nightmare Alice and the "Moonwinkle" Cloth]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Nightmare Alice; Hernando Slideaway
- Synopsis
- A New York fashion designer pretends to be in love with Nightmare Alice, the witch, in order to learn the secret of her radiant "Moonwinkle" cloth.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages from 1955.02.06 to 1955.02.27
Indexer Notes
Pages 79-82 of the book Tabloid pages from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.). Hernando Slideaway's name is a take-off on the song title "Hernando's Hideaway."
[Professor Fleasong's Lectures]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Abner Yokum; Daisy Mae Yokum; Honest Abe Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Mammy Yokum; Professor Fleasong
- Synopsis
- Professor Fleasong gives a series of three lectures: "How to Jedge [sic] Character", "How Tragic is My Breakfast", and "Smiles."
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages from 1955.03.06 to 1955.03.20
Indexer Notes
Pages 83-85 of the book. Tabloid pages from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[The Yokums on TV in New York]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Abner Yokum; Daisy Mae Yokum; Honest Abe Yokum; Dave Grindaway; Mary Workhorse (cameo)
- Synopsis
- TV personality Dave Grindaway's network execs think Li'l Abner is the world's greatest comedian, so Grindaway moves their home (mountain and all) to New York to film a series with him. When the network people decide Daisy Mae isn't the right type to "play" Li'l Abner's wife, and replace her with a hard-edged double, Abner decides to quit.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages from 1955.03.27 to 1955.04.16
Indexer Notes
Pages 86-89 of the book. Tabloid pages from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.). Dave Grindaway is a parody of TV personality Dave Garroway. Mary Workhorse is a parody of comic strip character Mary Worth.
[Mammy and Race Driver "The Great Lasagna"]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Abner Yokum; Daisy Mae Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Mammy Yokum; Luigi Lasagna (The Great Lasagna)
- Synopsis
- Italian race driver Luigi Lasagna crashes into the Yokum's house and somehow he ends up in Mammy's bed and Mammy ends up in the race car, which continues on to finish the race.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages from 1955.04.24 to 1955.05.01
Indexer Notes
Pages 90-91 of the book. Tabloid pages from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[Nightmare Alice and Robert Midjutt]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mammy Yokum; Nightmare Alice; Robert Midjutt; Daisy Mae Yokum (cameo); Li'l Abner Yokum (cameo); Honest Abe Yokum (cameo); Pappy Yokum (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Nightmare Alice falls in love with fighter Robert Midjutt, but after she uses her voodoo magic to help win fights, she finds he's cheating on her with an old girlfriend.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages from 1955.05.08 to 1955.06.05
Indexer Notes
Pages 92-96 of the book. Tabloid pages from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.). Robert Midjutt is apparently supposed to be a parody of movie star Robert Mitchum in name and appearance.
[Pappy the Financial Genius]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Salome
- Synopsis
- Pappy inadvertently causes the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Feature Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1955.06.12
Indexer Notes
Page numbered 97 in book. Tabloid format from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[Tiny Gets Engaged]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mammy Yokum; Tiny Yokum;
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages 1955.06.19-1955.07.10
Indexer Notes
Pages numbered 98-101 in book. Tabloid format from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[Cousin Weakeyes and the Skunk]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Tiny; Cousin Weakeyes; Milton Catnip (cat)
- Synopsis
- Cousin Weakeyes accidentally brings a skunk to Mammy's trashbean supper.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper page from 1955.07.17
Indexer Notes
Page numbered 102 in book. Tabloid format from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[Raving Dove Goes to Washington]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Raving Dove; Flapping Tongue; Nervous Stomach
- Synopsis
- Raving Dove convinces her Indian tribe to go to Washington, D.C. and take the country back from the white man.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages from 1955.07.24-1955.08.07
Indexer Notes
Pages numbered 103-105 in book. Tabloid format from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[The Nightmare Alice Hairdo Fad]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Nightmare Alice
- Synopsis
- Teen girls copy Nightmare Alice's hairstyle, for a while.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper page from 1955.08.14
Indexer Notes
Page numbered 106 in book. Tabloid format from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[I Know Joe]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Honest Abe
- Synopsis
- Li'l Abner, Daisy Mae, and Honest Abe are stranded in a strange city where the phrase to cure all problems seems to be "I know Joe."
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages from 1955.08.21-1955.09.04
Indexer Notes
Pages numbered 107-109 in book. Tabloid format from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[Pappy the Joke Teller]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Pappy Yokum; Milton Berle (unnamed)
- Synopsis
- The boys at the stable don't appreciate Pappy's jokes. Pappy tells them to a stranger and a week later the boys at the stable laugh at the same jokes when they're told by (an unnamed) Milton Berle.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper page from 1955.09.11
Indexer Notes
Page numbered 110 in book. Tabloid format from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[Jack Benny's Vacation]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Jack Benny (unnamed)
- Synopsis
- Jack Benny (not named) spends a week's vacation with the Yokums for $1.00.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper page from 1955.09.18
Indexer Notes
Page numbered 111 in book. Tabloid format from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[The Monstrosaurus Egg]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lonesome Polecat; Hairless Joe; Raving Dove
- Synopsis
- Lonesome Polecat and Raving Dove take a Monstrosaurus egg to the Smithsonian Institute for a $10,000 reward, but the egg hatches en route.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages from 1955.09.25-1955.10.02
Indexer Notes
Pages numbered 112-113 in book. Tabloid format from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[The Honest Abe Mix-up]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Honest Abe; The Cornpones; Pappy Yokum
- Synopsis
- When the Cornpones bring their large family to visit the Yokums, one of their boys gets left behind and Honest Abe is taken home by the Cornpones.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages from 1955.10.09-1955-10.16
Indexer Notes
Pages numbered 114-115 in book. Tabloid format from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.).
[The Time Capsule]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Honest Abe; Granny Skragg
- Synopsis
- Li'l Abner accidentally gets locked in an indestructible time capsule and the government declares him legally dead.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages from 1955.10.23-1955.11.20
Indexer Notes
Kickapoo Joy Juice plays a part in the plot. Pages numbered 116-120 in book. Tabloid format from Sunday Mirror (New York, N.Y.). The plot of this strip was used in an unsuccessful pilot for a Li'l Abner TV series in 1966.
Annotations for Al Capp's LI'L ABNER: The Frazetta Sundays, Volume 1 (1954-55)
text article / 6 pages
- Synopsis
- Annotations explaining topical references in the strips, with small parts of panels reprinted.
Indexer Notes
Pages 121-126, 128 of the book.
[Jack and the Beanstalk Is a Crime Story]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Abner
- Synopsis
- When the "Dogpatch Mammy's Club" decides that comic strips are bad for children, Li'l Abner shows them that stories by Poe, Twain, Shakespeare, etc., were also full of violence.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper page from 1948.08.08
Indexer Notes
Full tabloid reprint from "The Standard" (Montreal, Canada). Used as part of annotation for Aug. 14, 1955 strip.
[Blank Pages]
blank page(s) / 4 pages
Indexer Notes
Four blank pages. The two pages after the last sequence are white, the next two, including the inside back cover, are solid red.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Li'l Abner -
1.
[blank pages]
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2.
Al Capp Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years Volume 1 1954-1955
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3.
Al Capp 1909-1979
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4.
Al Capp Li'l Abner The Frazetta Years Volume 1 1954-1955
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5.
[Credits]
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6.
Fame and Anonymity
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7.
[The Wrecker]
Li'l Abner -
8.
[Cousin Weakeyes the Babysitter]
Li'l Abner -
9.
[This Is Your Wife]
Li'l Abner -
10.
[The Slobbovian Bald Iggle]
Li'l Abner -
11.
[Hairless Joe's and Lonesome Polecat's Insurance Policies]
Li'l Abner -
12.
[Pappy's Tall Tales]
Li'l Abner -
13.
[The Most Successful Wife in Dogpatch]
Li'l Abner -
14.
[Pappy's Criminal Double]
Li'l Abner -
15.
[Lonesome Polecat and Hairless Joe go to Harvard]
Li'l Abner -
16.
[Loverboynik the Pianist]
Li'l Abner -
17.
[Moonbeam McSwine trades places with Gloria Van Welbilt]
Li'l Abner -
18.
["Druthers," the Addictive Snack]
Li'l Abner -
19.
[Nightmare Alice and the "Moonwinkle" Cloth]
Li'l Abner -
20.
[Professor Fleasong's Lectures]
Li'l Abner -
21.
[The Yokums on TV in New York]
Li'l Abner -
22.
[Mammy and Race Driver "The Great Lasagna"]
Li'l Abner -
23.
[Nightmare Alice and Robert Midjutt]
Li'l Abner -
24.
[Pappy the Financial Genius]
Li'l Abner -
25.
[Tiny Gets Engaged]
Li'l Abner -
26.
[Cousin Weakeyes and the Skunk]
Li'l Abner -
27.
[Raving Dove Goes to Washington]
Li'l Abner -
28.
[The Nightmare Alice Hairdo Fad]
Li'l Abner -
29.
[I Know Joe]
Li'l Abner -
30.
[Pappy the Joke Teller]
Li'l Abner -
31.
[Jack Benny's Vacation]
Li'l Abner -
32.
[The Monstrosaurus Egg]
Li'l Abner -
33.
[The Honest Abe Mix-up]
Li'l Abner -
34.
[The Time Capsule]
Li'l Abner -
35.
Annotations for Al Capp's LI'L ABNER: The Frazetta Sundays, Volume 1 (1954-55)
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36.
[Jack and the Beanstalk Is a Crime Story]
Li'l Abner -
37.
[Blank Pages]
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38.
Al Capp Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years Volume 1 1954-1955
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