Fearless Fosdick: ...His Life and Deaths by Capp, Al - 1956

Kitchen Sink Press, 1992. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Al Capp. Softcover, 128 pages. "Fearless Fosdick", a ruthless parody of Chester Gould's "Dick Tracy", was one of Al Capp's many brilliant creations within his comic strip masterpiece "Li'l Abner". It was also one of the funniest things ever to appear in the funny pages. Fosdick, a skinny, hatchet-jawed detective who is frequently riddled with enormous bullet holes (hence the title of this book), is the ideal of Abner Yokum and every red-blooded American boy, and stars in their favorite comic strip, within the "Abner" strip itself. Fosdick endures a world of corruption and his seventeen-year engagement to the beastly Prudence Pimpleton in order to slaughter members of the criminal underword for twenty-two-fifty a week.This handsome paperback from Capp's faithful re-publisher Denis Kitchen picks up where an earlier volume left off, collecting a handful of Fosdick stories (and one about Fosdick's fictional creator, Lester Gooch) from the late… Read More

kitchen sink press, 1990 first edition. fine thin larger softcover

Princeton: Kitchen Sink Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1991. 3rd. Softcover. 0878161082 . Collects five Fearless Fosdick stories, Al Capp's parody of Dick Tracy.; quarto; 128 pages .

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Small quarto. 87pp. Fully illustrated. Pictorial wrappers over a stapled textblock. Wraps, with light wear, most notably along the spine, else near fine.

Kitchen Sink Press,, 1990.. Paperback. Used, like new. Like new. The two Fosdick book published by Kitchen Sink Press. Very large softcovers. Perfect condition. OVERSIZE. ** We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. **Your purchase supports our town's public library.

SIMON & SCHUSTER. NY 1956. 1956. First Edition. Softcover. A trade paperback original. A Vg.+ or better copy in pictorial printed wrappers. (Faint stain at fore edge. Hint of mild foxing & traces of shelf soiling to covers) .

Simon & Schuster, 1956-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 10x8x0. 1956 softcover with faint toning and very light cover wear. Please email for photos.