Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years #2

(October 2003)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 4 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Al Capp

Indexer Notes

Half-title page

Al Capp 1909-1979 (Table of Contents: 3)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Characters

Al Capp

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Al Capp; Frank Frazetta

Inks

Al Capp; Frank Frazetta

Colors

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Letters

?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Al Capp

Characters

Li'l Abner

Indexer Notes

Title page, front matter

Milton the Masked Man (Table of Contents: 5)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Al Capp; Frank Frazetta

Inks

Al Capp; Frank Frazetta

Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Sunday strips originally published from November 27, 1955 though January 1, 1956.

There's No Place Like Home (Table of Contents: 6)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Al Capp; Frank Frazetta

Inks

Al Capp; Frank Frazetta

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Dogpatch; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Sunday strip originally published January 8, 1956.

What Are You Groping For, Van Grope? (Table of Contents: 7)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Al Capp; Frank Frazetta

Inks

Al Capp; Frank Frazetta

Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Gourmet's Club; hammus alabammus; newspaper comic strip; pig

Indexer Notes

Sunday strips originally ran from January 15, 1956 through February 19, 1956.

Welcome (--Shudder!!--) Strangers!! (Table of Contents: 8)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Al Capp; Frank Frazetta

Inks

Al Capp; Frank Frazetta

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; advocacy; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Dogpatch; newspaper comic strip; prejudice

Indexer Notes

Sunday strips originally appeared February 26, 1956 through March 11, 1956.

Inside Lower Slobbovia (Table of Contents: 9)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Lower Slobbovia; newspaper comic strip; shanghaied

Indexer Notes

Originally appeared March 18, 1956 through April 1, 1956.

A -- Shudder!! -- Star Is Born (Table of Contents: 10)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Hollywood; newspaper comic strip; voodoo doll; witch

Indexer Notes

Originally appeared April 8, 1956 through May 13, 1956.

Will Success Spoil Jack Rockheart? (Table of Contents: 11)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Disguise; Hollywood; mistaken identity; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Originally appeared from May 20, 1956 through June 24, 1956.

Mammy Knows Best (Table of Contents: 12)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Dogpatch; mother; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Originally appeared from July 1, 1956 through July 15, 1956.

Mammy Conjures Up a Wide-Screen Vision, in Dazzling Technicolor!! (Table of Contents: 13)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Brooklyn; newspaper comic strip; whammy

Indexer Notes

Originally appeared from July 22, 1956 through August 12, 1956.

Doom It May Concern (Table of Contents: 14)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Originally appeared from August 19, 1956 through September 16, 1956.

Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere (Table of Contents: 15)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Cross-dressing; Dogpatch; drag; harem; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Originally appeared from September 23, 1956 through October 14, 1956.

The Prince and the Pauper (Table of Contents: 16)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Double; mistaken identity; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Sunday newspaper strips originally running from October 21, 1946 through November 11, 1956.

Beauty and the Beast (Table of Contents: 17)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Marriage; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Sunday strips originally appeared from November 18, 1956 through December 2, 1956.

When McGoon Comes Over the Mountain (Table of Contents: 18)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Dogpatch; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Sunday strip originally ran December 9, 1956.

The McSwine System (Table of Contents: 19)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Boston; Code of the Hills; Dogpatch; newspaper comic strip; shotgun wedding; Yankee Chill

Indexer Notes

Sunday strips originally ran December 16, 1956 through December 30, 1956.

Yes, Sir, He's My Babysitter!! (Table of Contents: 20)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Babysitter; Dogpatch; newspaper comic strip; Pineapple Junction

Indexer Notes

Sunday strips originally ran January 6, 1957 through January 27, 1957.

Watch That Bulganik (Table of Contents: 21)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Bashful bulganik; Lower Slobbovia; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Sunday strips originally ran February 3, 1957 through February 17, 1957.

A Little Knowledge Is a Dangerous Thing (Table of Contents: 22)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Boxer; boxing; Dogpatch; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Sunday strips originally ran February 24, 1957 through March 17, 1957.

One Woman's Family (Table of Contents: 23)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Dogpatch; family; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Sunday strips originally ran March 24, 1957 through April 7, 1957.

Mammy Knows Best (Table of Contents: 24)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Dogpatch; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Sunday strip originally ran April 14, 1957. This is the second use of this title in this volume.

Stranger in Paradise (Table of Contents: 25)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Bullfighter; family curse; matador; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Sunday strips originally ran April 21, 1957 through May 12, 1957.

Love Song of the Flea (Table of Contents: 26)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Cross-dresser; cross-dressing; Dogpatch; drag; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Sunday strips originally ran May 19, 1957 through June 2, 1957.

Break the Bank! (Table of Contents: 27)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Code of the Hills; Dogpatch; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Original Sunday strip ran June 9, 1957.

Handcuffs Across the Sea (Table of Contents: 28)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Dogpatch

Indexer Notes

Original Sunday strip ran June 16, 1957.

Oui, M-sieu, C'est Mon Bêbe!! (Table of Contents: 29)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Modern art; newspaper comic strip; Paris

Indexer Notes

Original Sunday strips ran June 23, 1957 though June 30, 1957.

The Senator Investigates P.U. (Table of Contents: 30)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Mental telepathy; mind-reading; newspaper comic strip

Indexer 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.

The Snake Slithers Into Eden (Table of Contents: 31)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Dogpatch

Indexer Notes

Original Sunday strips from July 28, 1957 through August 11, 1957.

The Secret Life of Mary Worm (Table of Contents: 32)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Cartoonist; Dogpatch; mother; mother-in-law

Indexer Notes

Original Sunday strips ran from August 18, 1957 through September 1, 1957. Spoofs the comic strip "Mary Worth" and its writer Allen Saunders.

The Worm Turns!! (Table of Contents: 33)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Cartoonist; Iron Curtain; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Original Sunday strips ran from September 8, 1957 through September 29, 1957. Spoofs the comic strip "Steve Canyon" and its creator Milton Caniff.

Jayney Get Your Gum (Table of Contents: 34)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Sunday strip originally ran October 6, 1957.

Nightmare Alice in Wonderland (Table of Contents: 35)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Newspaper comic strip; T.V.; television; TiVo; TV; witch

Indexer Notes

Sunday strip originally ran October 13, 1957.

The Wilkes-Barresaurus (Table of Contents: 36)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Dinosaur; Dogpatch; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Original Sunday strips ran from October 20, 1957 through October 27, 1957.

Hurricane Daisy!! (Table of Contents: 37)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Dogpatch; newspaper comic strip; T.V.; television; TiVo; TV

Indexer Notes

Original Sunday strips ran from November 3, 1957 through November 24, 1957.

Go Home Joe Btfsplk!! (Table of Contents: 38)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

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.

Keywords

Dogpatch; jinx; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Original Sunday strips ran from December 1, 1957 through December 29, 1957.

Annotations for Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Sundays, Volume 2 (1956-57) (Table of Contents: 39)

text article / 10.67 pages (report information)

Script

Denis Kitchen

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

Cartoonist

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

Mary Worth / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Ken Ernst

Pencils

Allen Saunders

Inks

Allen Saunders ?

Letters

Allen Saunders ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Really, Mr. Rapp!

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Mary Worth; Hall Rapp; Joe; Fred; Ed

Synopsis

Cartoonist Hal Rapp shows off his assembly-line studio for an uninterested Mary Worth.

Keywords

Cartoonist; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Daily comic strip originally published August 27, 1957. Spoofs Al Capp.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here comes a double whammy from your favorite comic strip

Characters

Moonbeam McSwine

Reprints

• from Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #1 (May 2003)

Indexer Notes

Promo for Volume 1

Limited Edition Li'l Abner Classic Comic Statues (Table of Contents: 42)

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Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Fearless Fosdick; Shmoo

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Al Capp

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Li'l Abner

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