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Al Capp’s Li’l Abner Series

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Running from 1934 to 1977, Li’l Abner was immensely popular, carried in over 900 American papers and 100 foreign papers. While he employed many assistants, Capp wrote the strip and always drew and inked the faces and hands of the characters.


Books in the Al Capp’s Li’l Abner series:

Li’l Abner Volume 1 Dailies 1934-1935 (1988)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the first volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Li’l Abner Volume 2 Dailies 1936 (1988)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the second volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Li’l Abner Volume 3 Dailies 1937 (1988)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the third volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Li’l Abner Volume 4 Dailies 1938 (1989)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the fourth volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Li’l Abner Volume 5 Dailies 1939 (1989)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the fifth volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Li’l Abner Volume 6 Dailies 1940 (1989)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the sixth volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Moe Leff

Li’l Abner Volume 7 Dailies 1941 (1989)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the seventh volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Moe Leff

Li’l Abner Volume 10 Dailies 1944 (1990)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the tenth volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Moe Leff
Et al

Li’l Abner Volume 8 Dailies 1942 (1990)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the eighth volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Moe Leff
Et al

Li’l Abner Volume 9 Dailies 1943 (1990)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the ninth volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Moe Leff
Et al

Li’l Abner Volume 11 Dailies 1945 (1991)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the eleventh volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Moe Leff
Et al

Li’l Abner Volume 12 Dailies 1946 (1991)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the twelfth volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Moe Leff
Et al

Li’l Abner Volume 13 Dailies 1947 (1992)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the thirteenth volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Li’l Abner Volume 14 Dailies 1948 (1992)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the fourteenth volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Li’l Abner Volume 15 Dailies 1949 (1992)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the fifteenth volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Li’l Abner Volume 15 Dailies 1949 (1992)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the fifteenth volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Li’l Abner Volume 16 Dailies 1950 (1993)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the sixteenth volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Li’l Abner Volume 17 Dailies 1951 (1993)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the seventeenth volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Li’l Abner Volume 18 Dailies 1952 (1993)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the eighteenth volume in which Li’l Abner finally marries Daisy Mae.

Li’l Abner Volume 19 Dailies 1953 (1994)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the nineteenth volume in the reprinting of the strip.

Li’l Abner Volume 20 Dailies 1954 (1994)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the twentieth volume in the reprinting of the strip.

Li’l Abner Volume 21 Dailies 1955 (1995)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the twenty-first volume in the reprinting of the strip.

Li’l Abner Volume 22 Dailies 1956 (1995)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the twenty-second volume in the reprinting of the strip.

Li’l Abner Volume 23 Dailies 1957 (1996)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the twenty-third volume in the reprinting of the strip.

Li’l Abner Volume 24 Dailies 1958 (1996)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the twenty-fourth volume in the reprinting of the strip.

Li’l Abner Volume 25 Dailies 1959 (1997)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the twenty-fifth volume in the reprinting of the strip.

Li’l Abner Volume 26 Dailies 1960 (1997)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the twenty-sixth volume in the reprinting of the strip.

Li’l Abner Volume 27 Dailies 1961 (1998)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the twenty-seventh and last volume in this reprinting of the strip - but not the end of the strip.

Li’l Abner The Frazetta Years Volume 1 1954-1955 (2003)

This series reprints in full color the Sunday Li’l Abner continuity, which was different from the daily strips. Carried by over 900 newspapers, Li’l Abner was the most popular strip in America for decades.

Li’l Abner The Frazetta Years Volume 2 1956-1957 (2003)

This series reprints in full color the Sunday Li’l Abner continuity, which was different from the daily strips. Carried by over 900 newspapers, Li’l Abner was the most popular strip in America for decades. This is the second volume of Sunday strips.

Li’l Abner The Frazetta Years Volume 3 1958-1959 (2003)

This series reprints in full color the Sunday Li’l Abner continuity, which was different from the daily strips. Carried by over 900 newspapers, Li’l Abner was the most popular strip in America for decades. This is the third volume of Sunday strips.

Li’l Abner The Frazetta Years Volume 4 1960-1961 (2004)

This series reprints in full color the Sunday Li’l Abner continuity, which was different from the daily strips. Carried by over 900 newspapers, Li’l Abner was the most popular strip in America for decades. This is the fourth volume of Sunday strips.

Al Capp’s Li’l Abner The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays Volume One 1934-1936 (2010)

This reprinting includes both the daily strips and the color Sunday strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Et al

Al Capp’s Li’l Abner The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays Volume Two 1937-1938 (2010)

This reprinting includes both the daily strips and the color Sunday strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Et al

Al Capp’s Li’l Abner The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays Volume Three 1939-1940 (2011)

This reprinting includes both the daily strips and the color Sunday strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Et al

Al Capp’s Li’l Abner The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays Volume Five 1943-1944 (2012)

This reprinting includes both the daily strips and the color Sunday strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Et al

Al Capp’s Li’l Abner The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays Volume Four 1941-1942 (2012)

This reprinting includes both the daily strips and the color Sunday strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Et al

Al Capp’s Li’l Abner The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays Volume Six 1945-1946 (2013)

This reprinting includes both the daily strips and the color Sunday strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Et al

Al Capp’s Li’l Abner The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays Volume Seven 1947-1948 (2014)

This reprinting includes both the daily strips and the color Sunday strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Et al

Al Capp’s Li’l Abner The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays Volume Eight 1949-1950 (2016)

This reprinting includes both the daily strips and the color Sunday strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Et al

Al Capp’s Li’l Abner The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays Volume Nine 1951-1952 (2017)

This reprinting includes both the daily strips and the color Sunday strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Et al