Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years, Vol. 4: 1960-1961

Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years, Vol. 4: 1960-1961 by Capp, Al. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781593071332.

This volume features two separate Fearless Fosdick adventures. In one, our favorite bumbling detective moonlights as female officer Phyllis Fosdick. Paramount successfully released their Lil Abner movie in 1959, but here Lil Abner makes a separate film... with disastrous results. Years before Japan invaded the American auto market, Capp presciently depicts the success of the $19.95 Japanese Nomotocar (it has no motor), and Capp foresaw the cross-breeding of animals long before DNA manipulation. Also featured in this volume: jinx Joe Btfsplk, pilot Captain Eddie Ricketyback, corrupt Senator Jack S. Phogbound, and criminal Abner doppelganger Gat Garson! Each quarterly volume contains extensive story-by-story annotations by Lil Abner and Al Capp expert Denis Kitchen.