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Issue Details

Issue #Vol. 1
Published May 2003
Cover Price 18.95 USD
Pages 136
Editing Denis Kitchen
Notes Dark Horse editor: Dave Land; Art Director: Mark Cox; Designer: Lia Ribacchi; publisher: Mark Richardson.

Cover Details

Characters Moonbeam McSwine
Synopsis Pinup pose of Moonbeam McSwine in front of monochrome reprints of Sunday pages.
Genre Satire
Pencils Frank Frazetta
Inks Frank Frazetta
Notes Dark Horse editor: Dave Land; Art Director: Mark Cox; Designer: Lia Ribacchi; publisher: Mark Richardson.

3 page filler "blank pages"

Notes Two red inside cover pages and one white page, all blank.

1 page filler "Al Capp Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years Volume 1 1954-1955"

Characters none.
Notes Title page with book name and no illustration.

1 page illustration "Al Capp 1909-1979"

Characters Al Capp
Synopsis Black and white portrait photo of Al Capp.
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Letters typeset

1 page [Lil Abner] filler "Al Capp Li' Abner The Frazetta Years Volume 1 1954-1955"

Characters Lil Abner
Synopsis Headshot of Li'l Abner with title information.
Genre satire
Pencils Frank Frazetta
Inks Frank Frazetta

1 page credits "Credits"

Synopsis Credits.
Notes ISBN 1-56971-959-4.

10 page text article "Fame and Anonymity"

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. Daily strips reprinted in black and white from Sept. 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30 and Oct. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1954.
Script Denis Kitchen
Pencils Frank Frazetta
Inks Frank Frazetta
Letters typeset (article)
Reprinted Li'l Abner daily strips from 1954.

15 page Li'l Abner story "The Wrecker"

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.
Genre satire
Pencils Frank Frazetta
Reprinted Li'l Abner Sunday newspaper pages from Nov. 15, 22, 29; Dec. 6, 13, 20, 27, 1953. Jan. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31; Feb. 7, 14, 21, 1954