Gil Thorp comic books issue 1

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One-shot issue of a comic book version of the long running comic strip Gil Thorp, the coach at Milford High School. Comic has book length story in which Gil Thorp is unexpectedly appointed as the coach of the Milford High School's varsity baseball team and has to contend with uncooperative and spoiled players, an interfering parent, gamblers, and more as he tries to get the team to work together and win. No art/story credits given but Jack Berrill, the creator, writer, and artist of the Gil Thorp comic strip had nothing to do with the comic nor was it sanctioned by the Chicago Tribune Syndicate which owns Gil Thorp. Cover price $0.12.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Edited by Matt Shaughnessy. Best of Gil Thorpe Volume One (September 1985) is a trade paperback edition reprinting Gil Thorpe comic strip dailies by creator Jack Berrill. Features selected 1963 to 1982 football, basketball, and baseball storylines centering on Gil Thorp, the coach at Milford High School. Also in this first volume, a summary of storyline for the Gil Thorp comic strip from 1958 through 1985. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 218 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Edited by Matt Shaughnessy. Best of Gil Thorpe Volume One (September 1985) is a trade paperback edition reprinting Gil Thorpe comic strip dailies by creator Jack Berrill. Features selected 1963 to 1982 football, basketball, and baseball storylines centering on Gil Thorp, the coach at Milford High School. Also in this first volume, a summary of storyline for the Gil Thorp comic strip from 1958 through 1985. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 218 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Jack Berrill. Introduction by Matt Shaughnessy. Don't miss this thrilling collection of baseball stories from the cartooning career of Jack Berrill, featuring his most successful creation, the coach of coaches, Gil Thorp! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 340 pages, B&W.

Fired Up! (1998) is a trade paperback edition reprinting Gil Thorp comic strip dailies by creator Jack Berrill. Features selected football, basketball, and baseball storylines from centering on Gil Thorp, the coach at Milford High School. Book also features a biography of Jack Berrill, which includes the original, unpublished Gil Thorp comic strip, 40 years of Gil Thorp holiday greetings, written summaries of all the Gil Thorp comic strips, a "Whatever Happpened To?" on some of the students at Milford High, reprints of the comic strips which show the "Greatest Plays in Milford High history, and more. Edited by Matt Shaughnessy. Published by Take Five Productions, 343 pages, black and white, 8.5-in. x 11-in.

1st printing. By Jack Berrill. This book collects the 1978-79 Gil Thorp comic strip during the football, basketball and baseball seasons at Milford High School. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.00.

1st printing. Art and Story by Jack Berrill. Softcover, 8.5-in. x 11-in., 148 pages, B&W Cover price $10.95.

1st printing. By Jack Berrill. In spring 1988, Jack Berrill introduced Bitsy Twill into the Gil Thorp comic strip storyline as a bad girl foil. Bitsy was originally supposed to be only a temporary supporting character. However, Berrill got interested in the character and kept her in the strip using her in both supporting and major roles in the storylines that followed. This book collects all of those storylines in one continuous run from 1988 to 1992 ? the entire "Bitsy Twill Saga." Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 314 pages, B&W. Cover price $35.95.

1st printing 07/2007. Letters from Camp Pinewood! A Gil Thorp Summer Story Collection Published by Take Five Productions (2007) Comic strips reprinted in book are by Jack Berrill, the creator of Gil Thorp Book is edited by Matt Shaughnessy Collection of summer season storylines for the Gil Thorp (the coach at Milford High School) comic strip dating from 1959 to 1993.

Rockin' the Armory! (1995) is a trade paperback edition reprinting Gil Thorp comic strip dailies by creator Jack Berrill. Features selected football, basketball, and baseball storylines from 1962 to 1989 centering on Gil Thorp, the coach at Milford High School. Book also features a Milford Hall of Fame and an overview of "Teen Wise," a weekly teenager advice comic strip that Jack Berrill wrote and drew between 1966 and 1976. Edited by Matt Shaughnessy. Published by Take Five Productions, 252 pages, black and white, 8.5-in. x 11-in.

Under the Friday Night Lights! (2004) is a trade paperback edition reprinting Gil Thorp comic strip dailies by creator Jack Berrill. Features selected football storylines from 1958 to 1989 centering on Gil Thorp, the coach at Milford High School. Book also reprints the Gil Thorp comic strips which show the greatest football plays and players at Milford High. Edited by Matt Shaughnessy. Published by Take Five Productions, 332 pages, black and white, 8.5-in. x 11-in.

Victory in the Valley! (April 1997) is a trade paperback edition reprinting Gil Thorpe comic strip dailies by creator Jack Berrill. Features selected 1961 to 1991 football, basketball, and baseball storylines centering on Gil Thorp, the coach at Milford High School. Milford Hall of Fame also featured in this volume. Edited by Matt Shaughnessy. Published by Take Five Productions. 254 pages, black and white, 8.5-in. x 11-in., no cover price, but originally released as $9.95 suggested retail. Cover price $9.95.