History of the Comic Strip comic books issue 1

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2nd and later printings. By Pierre Couperie, Maurice C. Horn, Proto Destefanis, Edouard Francois, Claude Moliterni, and Gerald Gassiot-Talabot. Translated from the French by Eileen B. Hennessy. Published by Crown Publishers, Inc. This is a comprehensive look back at the history of comic strips from ancient times to the modern era. Includes such classics as Popeye, Tarzan, Flash Gordon, the Peanuts, and many, many more. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 256 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

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1st printing.

Story and art by Jimmy Kugler. Compiled with an Introduction by Michael Kugler.

Near the end of World War II and after, a small-town Nebraska youth, Jimmy Kugler, drew more than a hundred double-sided sheets of comic strip stories. Over half of these six-panel tales retold the Pacific War as fought by "Frogs" and "Toads," humanoid creatures brutally committed to a kill-or-be-killed struggle. Michael Kugler reproduces the never-before-published comics of his father's adolescent imagination as a microhistory of American youth in that formative era.

Also included in Into the Jungle! A Boy's Comic Strip History of World War II are the likely comic book models for these stories and inspiration from news coverage in newspapers, radio, movies, and newsreels.

Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, B&W.

Cover price $25.00.