Li'l Abner Dailies #4

(1989)

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

blank page(s) / 3 pages (report information)

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

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Al Capp

Inks

Al Capp

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Li'l Abner Dailies Volume 4: 1938

Characters

Li'l Abner; Strange Gal

Indexer Notes

Title page; front matter; The image of Li'l Abner and Strange Gal is an enlarged reprint of the third panel of the 24 October 1938 comic strip reprinted on page 144.

Introduction (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Williamson (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When I started reading Li'l Abner at the age of seven or eight, I thought it was Mammy Yokum's strip.

Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

Bogota; Columbia; newspaper comic strip; South America

Indexer Notes

Introduction: Al Williamson's reverie on discovering the strip as a young boy in Bogota, Columbia.

1938: Soap and Slapstick (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Schreiner (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

1938

Indexer Notes

The editor's review of the year in the world, the nation, and the strip.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 158 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp (credited) (signed as Al Capp)

Pencils

Al Capp (credited) (signed as Al Capp)

Inks

Al Capp (credited) (signed as Al Capp)

Letters

Al Capp (credited) (signed as Al Capp)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

New York City --

Genre

humor

Characters

Li'l Abner; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Daisy Mae; Salomey; Gat Garson; Herkimer Hosschild; Angela Serpentina; Strange Gal; Dr. Michael Paradise; Ol' Man Mose (first appearance)

Keywords

Blind; Boston; doppelganger; double; hillbillies; hillbilly; lookalike; mistaken identity; newspaper comic strip; orphan; orphanage; pig; prison; swindle

Indexer Notes

Compilation of daily newspaper strips from December 11, 1937 through December 14, 1938. Notable story arcs include: the Yokums own New York City; Daisy Mae is a wild west dance hall girl; Daisy Mae loses her sight; Daisy Mae gets engaged in Boston, and the Scraggs try to cash in; Li'l Abner is mistakenly imprisoned in place of lookalike Gat Garson, then escapes; city slickers try to buy Salomey; Li'l Abner is sent to the orphan home; swindlers pursue Herkimer Hosschild's fortune; friends of Yancey; Li'l Abner meets Strange Gal in the swamp, becomes engaged, then gives her up.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

blank page(s) / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Li'l Abner / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Al Capp

Inks

Al Capp

Colors

Ray Fehrenbach (credited)

Letters

Al Capp; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A bunch o' unarmed women-folks -- HUMAN LIKE ME -- surrounded by 'MEN-BEASTS!'

Genre

humor

Characters

Li'l Abner; Strange Gal; Mammy Yokum

Indexer Notes

Back cover. The first panel of the 13 October 1938 comic strip reprinted on page 140 is repeated oversize and with color added.