Comic Strips & Cartoons

 
A presentation copy warmly inscribed and dated by the artis, Very Good+ (top of spine bumped, corners rubbed, small dent to fore edge of rear board, 1/4" scratch on back cover), Gus Arriola, Harvey, R.C., Arriola, Gus, University of Mississippi Press, 2000, 1st, 157061601, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 256 pages, 460 black & white strips, 8pp of Sundays in color, Softcover, pictorial boards (without dust jacket as issued), English

A history of the long-running humor strip (1941 - 1985) as well as a biography of Arriola who was an animator at MGM, worked on Army training films, and...

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Gus Arriola, Arriola, Gus, Inscribed by Gus Arriola on the title pag, Near Fine (light shelfwear), Berkeley, CA, Celestial Arts, 1989, 1st, 0890875545, 11 inches, 8.6 inches, 144 pages, 140 Sundays in color, softcover, wraps, English

A full color collection of 140 Gordo Sundays. Inscribed by the artist and dated in the year of publication on the title page: "For Gary-Cheers! Gus Arriola...

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Axis in Agony!
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Boris Artzybasheff, Artzybasheff, Boris, Near Fine, Wickwire Spencer Steel Company, New York, 1944, 1st, 5.5 inches, 7.5 inches, 48 pages, 21 full-page and 1 smaller black & white illustration, Softcover, wraps, English

"Presenting a Series of Caricatures from the Brush of Boris Artzybasheff." The introduction: Boris Artzybasheff ... he hates in paint! How to present...

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Time for Frank and His Friend
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Kirstie Shepherd, Cesare Asaro, Shepherd, Kirstie, Asaro, Cesare, Signed by the author, Very Fine, Vienna, Curio & Co, 2012, 1st, 9783950296624, 7 inches, 4.25 inches, 108 pages, black & white, softcover, color wraps, English

"Previously unpublished work by Clarence "Otis" Dooley." As advertised, "It was easy to love Frank and his Friend, with its ice cream smudged logic and...

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Kyle Baker Cartoonist, Vol. 2
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Kyle Baker, Baker, Kyle, Very Fine, Kyle Baker Publishing, Woodstock, 2005, 1st, 10 inches, 6 inches, 128 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps, English

"Now With More Bakers!" A collection of cartoons and comic strips by Baker featuring cartoon versions of himself, his wife and children.

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Kyle Baker, Baker, Kyle, Signed by the artist with a quick sketch of a baby's head, Small, light scratch to the back cover otherwise Very Fine (still glossy, sharp, flat), Woodstock, Kyle Baker Publishing, 2005, 1st, 9780974721415, 10 inches, 6 inches, 128 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps, English

Inscribed by the artist "For Gary" with a quick sketch of a baby's head. Laid in is Baker's business card. A collection of cartoons and comic strips by...

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Kyle Baker, Baker, Kyle, Fine, New York, Kyle Baker, 2006, 1st, 9780974721439, 9.25 inches, 6.28 inches, 96 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

A collection of cartoons and comic strips by Baker featuring cartoon versions of himself, his wife and children. From the back cover: Lil, Ike, Jackie...

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Carl Barks, Barks, Carl, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Fantagraphics, Seattle, 2013, 1st, 10.25 inches, 7.5 inches, 216 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: Volume 5 of Carl Barks' world-famous Disney comics includes Uncle Scrooge's first appearance, a Christmas tale and many other...

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Carl Barks, Barks, Carl, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Seattle, Fantagraphics, 2016, 1st, 9781606999202, 10.25 inches, 7.5 inches, 232 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: There are sea monsters, millionaires, spies, and more in the latest volume of Carl Barks's internationally beloved Donald Duck...

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from the Very Big Desk of...
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Charles Barsotti, Barsotti, Charles, Very Fine in Fine dustjacket, Bulfinch, New York, 2006, 1st, 8.25 inches, 6.9 inches, 112 pages, 100 black & white cartoons, hardcover, boards, English

People on every step of the corporate ladder will identify with the 100 hilarious business cartoons from "New Yorker" cartoonist Barsotti.

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Kings Don't Carry Money
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Charles Barsotti, Barsotti, Charles, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Dodd, Mead, New York, 1987, 1st, 7.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 160 pages, 140 black & white drawings, hardcover, boards, English

Charlie Barsotti, one of the great cartoonists, drew close to fourteen hundred cartoons for The New Yorker over the years, beginning in the nineteen-sixties...

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Lisa's Legacy Trilogy - 3 Vols. in Slipcase
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Tom Batiuk, Batiuk, Tom, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in Fine slipcase in publisher's shrinkwrap, Kent State University Press, Kent, OH, 2017, 978-1-60635-327-1, 8.5 inches, 10.5 inches, 862 pages, color and black & white strips, Hardcover, cloth, English

Slip-cased Lisa's Legacy Trilogy containing all three cloth editions: Prelude: Lisa's Story Begins, Lisa's Story: The Other Shoe, and The Last Leaf: Lisa's...

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Dave Berg's Mad Trash
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Dave Berg, NF (very light shelfwear, no thumb creases), Berg, Dave, Warner, 1977, 3rd 1981, wraps

A retrospective collection of the best of the late Mad cartoonist. The Lighter Side and other articles 1958-1976.

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Blitt - Inscribed First
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Barry Blitt, Blitt, Barry, Inscribed by the artist on the title page "For Margo -- / Hello, cheers, best / (etc.) / Barry / Blitt", Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket (one small closed tear to the dustjacket edge), New York, Riverhead Books, 2017, 1st, 9780399576669, 11.5 inches, 9 inches, 176 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

"One of the great political cartoonists of our time." --David Remnick A gorgeous, hilarious, and provocative compendium of the award-winning artist's...

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John Wagner, Brian Bolland, Wagner, John, Bolland, Brian, Very slight rubbing to the tip of the bottom corner otherwise Very Fine, London, Titan Books, 1983, 1st, 090761017X, 11 inches, 8.7 inches, 64 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps, English

A very sharp, near pristine first printing of this collection from 1983. Two stories by Wagner and Bolland: Judge Death Lives (1981) and Father Earth...

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Boum (Samantha Leriche-Gionet), Boum (Samantha Leriche-Gionet), Signed by the artist with a drawing, Very Fine, Boum, Montreal, 2020, 1st, 6 inches, 9 inches, 120 pages, black & white with 4 pages in color, Softcover, color wraps, English

The final instalment of Boumeries, Boum's slice-of-life comic about geeky family life, which ended right before a certain pandemic started... It's Boumeries...

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Boum (Samantha Leriche-Gionet), Boum (Samantha Leriche-Gionet), Signed by the artist with a drawing, Very Fine, Boum, Montreal, 2014, 1st, 6 inches, 9 inches, 96 pages, black & white with 2 pages in color, Softcover, color wraps, English

When you're already making a journal comic about your life, having a baby means that you have countless new comic material. Boum discovers what being a new...

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Boum (Samantha Leriche-Gionet), Boum (Samantha Leriche-Gionet), Signed by the artist with a drawing, Very Fine, Boum, Montreal, 2015, 1st, 6 inches, 9 inches, 106 pages, black & white with 4 pages in color, Softcover, color wraps, English

Put a video game programmer and a cartoonist together so they have a baby, and you've got the recipe for Boumeries, Boum's award-winning journal comic. She...

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Boum (Samantha Leriche-Gionet), Boum (Samantha Leriche-Gionet), Signed by the artist with a drawing, Very Fine, Boum, Montreal, 2016, 1st, 6 inches, 9 inches, 124 pages, black & white with 3 pages in color, Softcover, color wraps, English

Boum is a cartoonist-at-home mom and makes a webcomic about her life with her partner and their young daughter: Boumeries. A second pregnancy is sure to...

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Boum (Samantha Leriche-Gionet), Boum (Samantha Leriche-Gionet), Signed by the artist with a drawing, Very Fine, Boum, Montreal, 2017, 1st, 6 inches, 9 inches, 96 pages, black & white with 8 pages in color, Softcover, color wraps, English

Now with two kids, Boum's slice-of-life webcomic Boumeries seems crazier than ever. Welcome to the chaos, it's Boumeries volume 7 Nominated at the...

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Boum (Samantha Leriche-Gionet), Boum (Samantha Leriche-Gionet), Signed by the artist with a drawing, Very Fine, Boum, Montreal, 2018, 1st, 6 inches, 9 inches, 120 pages, black & white with 5 pages in color, Softcover, color wraps, English

The geeky family shenanigans from Boum's award-winning webcomic Boumeries continue in this eighth instalment! Also: includes a complete chapter dedicated to...

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Boum (Samantha Leriche-Gionet), Boum (Samantha Leriche-Gionet), Signed by the artist with a drawing, Very Fine, Boum, Montreal, 2019, 1st, 6 inches, 9 inches, 122 pages, black & white with 3 pages in color, Softcover, color wraps, English

The ninth collection of Boumeries, Boum's slice-of-life comic about geeky family life! The children are older, the conversations are deeper and the toilet...

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Berkeley Breathed, Breathed, Berkeley, Signed by the artist, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Little Brown, Boston, 1986, 1st, 11.25 inches, 9 inches, 224 pages, color and black & white strips, hardcover, cloth spine, English

The first big Bloom County collection encompassing highlights from the first five years of the syndicated comic strip.  

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Berkeley Breathed, Breathed, Berkeley, Limited to 400 copies signed by the artist, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, IDW Publishing, San Diego, 2016, 1st, 10 inches, 12 inches, 144 pages, color and black & white, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

A SDCC Exclusive Hardcover Edition! Limited to 400 copies signed by the artist. Out of print. From the publisher: Berkeley Breathed's Pulitzer...

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Berkeley Breathed, Breathed, Berkeley, Near Fine, issued without dustjacket (light bump to the lower corners, light shelfwear), San Diego, Library of American Comics / IDW Publishing, 2009, 1st, 978-1600105319, 8.75 inches, 11.25 inches, 288 pages, color and black & white illustrations throughout, hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: This first volume includes every strip from the beginning through 1982. This is the first time that many of these comic strips have...

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Berkeley Breathed, Breathed, Berkeley, Slight spine slant otherwise Fine, issued without dustjacket, San Diego, Library of American Comics / IDW Publishing, 2010, 1st, 978-1-60010-583-8, 8.75 inches, 11.25 inches, 300 pages, color and black & white illustrations throughout, hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: This is the book that kicks Bloom County into high gear and sets the tone for all that is to come. Every Bloom County daily and color...

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Berkeley Breathed, Breathed, Berkeley, Fine, issued without dustjacket, San Diego, Library of American Comics / IDW Publishing, 2010, 1st, 978-1600107559, 8.75 inches, 11.25 inches, 272 pages, color and black & white illustrations throughout, hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: Bloom County: The Complete Library Volume 3 collects every strip from July 1984 through February 1986. Many fondly remembered strips...

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Berkeley Breathed, Breathed, Berkeley, Near Fine, issued without dustjacket (light shelfwear), San Diego, Library of American Comics / IDW Publishing, 2011, 1st, 978-1-60010-583-8, 8.75 inches, 11.25 inches, 288 pages, color and black & white illustrations throughout, hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: Book Four of Berkeley Breathed's Eisner Award-winning series and New York Times best-seller features some of the most fondly...

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Berkeley Breathed, Breathed, Berkeley, Near Fine, issued without dustjacket (light corner wear), San Diego, Library of American Comics / IDW Publishing, 2011, 1st, 978-1613770610, 8.75 inches, 11.25 inches, 288 pages, color and black & white illustrations throughout, hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: Collecting every strip from January 1,1985, through December 31,1985, in chronological order, with a new cover insert by Breathed....

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Berkeley Breathed, Breathed, Berkeley, Limited to 100 copies signed by the artist, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, San Diego, IDW, 2018, 1st, 827714016093, 10 inches, 12 inches, 144 pages, color and black & white, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The is the 2018 SDCC exclusive hardcover edition limited to 100 copies and signed by the artist. No other hardcover edition exists. Collecting year three...

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Berkeley Breathed, Breathed, Berkeley, Inscribed by the artist on the title pag, Fine, San Francisco, Cartoon Art Museum/IDW, 2011, 1st, 9781613770085, 8.625 inches, 11 inches, 96 pages, color illustrations, Softcover, color wraps, English

Inscribed by the artist on the title page: "For Gary, Thanks for everything!" From the publisher: A one-of-a-kind collection of artwork from the...

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Steve Brodner, Brodner, Steve, Near Fine (mild shelfwear), Fantagraphics, Seattle, WA, 2003, 1st, 12 inches, 9 inches, 240 pages, over 350 illustrations, most in color, softcover, wraps, English

Over 350 cartoons, illustrations, and comic strips, from the seventies through the nineties, hand-picked by the artist. Brodner's illustrations appeared...

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Jeffrey Brown, Brown, Jeffrey, Signed by the artist with a drawing of a cat purring, Fine, issued without dustjacket, San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 2007, 5th, 9780811858229, 6.8 inches, 6.8 inches, 108 pages, black & white, Hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

Signed by the artist with a drawing of a cat purring, in ink with shading in grey marker. From the publisher: Celebrated comic artist and graphic...

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Most
  $75.00
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Dik Browne, Fine/VG (slightly edgeworn) price-clipped dustjacket, Walker, Mort, Browne, Dik, Windmill, 1971, 1st, cloth

"Most is the name of a Princess who always got her own way and did everything she wanted, from driving the royal locomotive into the cotton candy machine to...

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Most
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Dik Browne, VG+/VG (dustjacket edgeworn with several tears and a piece missing from the back), Walker, Mort, Browne, Dik, Windmill, 1971, 1st, cloth

"Most is the name of a Princess who always got her own way and did everything she wanted, from driving the royal locomotive into the cotton candy machine to...

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Scott C. (Scott Campbell), C. (Scott Campbell), Scott, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Oni Press, Portland, OR, 2013, 1st thus, 9 inches, 9 inches, 128 pages, full-color and two-color illustrations, Hardcover, decorative cloth, English

The limited hardcover edition. Out of print. From the publisher: The first 300 of the original Double Fine Action Comics by Scott C (occasionally in...

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Scott C. (Scott Campbell), C. (Scott Campbell), Scott, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Oni Press, Portland, OR, 2013, 1st, 9 inches, 9 inches, 120 pages, two-color illustrations, Hardcover, decorative cloth, English

The limited hardcover edition. Out of print. From the publisher: Knight, Strongman, Captain, Thompson, and all the rest return in this the second...

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Great Showdowns
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Scott C. (Scott Campbell), C. (Scott Campbell), Scott, Fine, issued without dustjacket, London, Titan Books, 2012, 1st, 9781781162774, 7 inches, 7 inches, 144 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: Since the beginning of time, there has been struggle. The epic clash of being against being. Han vs the green fellow. Chief Brody vs...

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More Cuties In Arms
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E. Simms Campbell, VG+/VG+ (light bump to top corners, dustjacket lightly edgeworn), Campbell, E. Simms, David McKay, 1943, 1st, illustrated boards

E. Simms Campbell's popular syndicated panel cartoons of young single women. This volume collects 96 wartime themed panels. "You’ve admired his...

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April Kane And The Dragon Lady
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Very Good+, Milton Caniff, Caniff, Milton, Whitman, 1942, 8 inches, 5.5 inches, 252 pages, 21 full-page black & white illustrations, Hardcover, boards, English

A "Terry and the Pirates" Adventure. A Whitman juvenile novel based upon the comic strip.

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Caniff: A Visual Biography
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Dean Mullaney, Milton Caniff, Mullaney, Dean, Caniff, Milton, From the library of Disney Legend Burny Mattinson, Very Fine in Fine dustjacket, IDW Publishing, San Diego, 2011, 1st, 11.4 inches, 11.4 inches, 360 pages, color and black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

From the publisher: Produced with full access to Caniff's extensive personal archives at The Ohio State University, and with the cooperation of the...

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Caniff: A Visual Biography
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Dean Mullaney, Milton Caniff, Mullaney, Dean, Caniff, Milton, Fine in Fine dustjacket, IDW Publishing, San Diego, 2011, 2nd, 11.4 inches, 11.4 inches, 360 pages, color and black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

From the publisher: Produced with full access to Caniff's extensive personal archives at The Ohio State University, and with the cooperation of the...

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Caniff: A Visual Biography
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Dean Mullaney, Milton Caniff, Mullaney, Dean, Caniff, Milton, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (mild bump to the lower corner, otherwise Fine, light wear to the corners of the dustjacket), IDW Publishing, San Diego, 2011, 1st, 11.4 inches, 11.4 inches, 360 pages, color and black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

From the publisher: Produced with full access to Caniff's extensive personal archives at The Ohio State University, and with the cooperation of the...

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Milton Caniff, Caniff, Milton, Very Fine, Northampton, MA, Kitchen Sink Press, 1991, 1st, 9780878160612, 8.5 inches, 11 inches, 224 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps, English

Four complete Steve Canyon adventures from 11/29/1956 to 9/24/1957). Every strip was carefully reproduced from Caniff's own studio proof sheets for...

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Male Call (1945)
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Milton Caniff, Caniff, Milton, Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket (a few nicks to edges of bright, clean dustjacket), Simon & Schuster, New York, 1945, 3rd, 7.75 inches, 10 inches, 64 pages, 112 black & white strips, hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

A beautiful copy of the original collection from 1945! The original dustjacket was tape re-enforced on the backside at some time, leading to some...

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Male Call (1959)
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Milton Caniff, Caniff, Milton, Very Good+ (moderate cover and edge wear, binding is tight, interior sound), Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1959, 1st thus, 7.4 inches, 10 inches, 80 pages, 152 black & white strips, softcover, wraps, English

"The first complete collection of the uninhibited adventures of every GI's dream girl--Miss Lace" This is the "new, enlarged" 1959 edition of the...

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Fine, Milton Caniff, Caniff, Milton, Kitchen Sink, 1987, 2nd, 0878160272, Softcover, wraps, English

The definitive collection of Caniff's sexy strip (featuring Miss Lace) which was published exclusively in the armed forces newspapers. The strip is as...

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Very Fine, Milton Caniff, Caniff, Milton, Kitchen Sink, 1987, 2nd, 0878160272, Softcover, wraps, English

The definitive collection of Caniff's sexy strip (featuring Miss Lace) which was published exclusively in the armed forces newspapers. The strip is as...

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