Comic Strips Started in the 1930s: Dick Tracy, Flash Gordon, the Shadow, Prince Valiant, Charlie Chan, Li'l Abner, the Phantom

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 121. Chapters: Dick Tracy, Flash Gordon, The Shadow, Prince Valiant, Charlie Chan, Li'l Abner, The Phantom, Donald Duck in comics, Betty Boop, Little Lulu, Blondie, List of Flash Gordon comic strips, Mandrake the Magician, Terry and the Pirates, Smokey Stover, Steve Roper and Mike Nomad, Brick Bradford, Mary Worth, Nancy, Red Ryder, The Broons, Alley Oop, List of Terry and the Pirates comic strips, Secret Agent X-9, Joe Palooka, Mickey Finn, Oor Wullie, The Adventures of Smilin' Jack, Captain Easy, Jungle Jim, Superman, Don Winslow of the Navy, Red Barry, Jane, Pete the Tramp, Henry, Room and Board, The Little King, Scorchy Smith, Oaky Doaks, Life's Like That, Abbie an' Slats, Ferd'nand, Animal Crackers, Radio Patrol, Barney Baxter, Dan Dunn, Dickie Dare, Brown Boys, Right Around Home, Flyin' Jenny, Grin and Bear It, Napoleon and Uncle Elby, The Adventures of Patsy, The Ambassador, Little Joe, Bronc Peeler, Beelzebub Jones, Hejji, Ace Drummond, The World Museum, Just Jake, The Neighbors, Mopsy, Alec the Great, Belinda, Buck Ryan, Rip Van Wink. Excerpt: Li'l Abner is a satirical American comic strip that appeared in many newspapers in the United States, Canada and Europe, featuring a fictional clan of hillbillies in the impoverished town of Dogpatch, Kentucky. Written and drawn by Al Capp (1909-1979), the strip ran for 43 years, from August 13, 1934 through November 13, 1977. It was distributed by United Feature Syndicate. Read daily by scores of millions of people, the strip's characters and humor had a powerful cultural impact. Li'l Abner Yokum: The star of Capp's classic comic strip was hardly little; Abner was 6' 3 in his stockinged feet (if he wore stockings), and perpetually 19-years old. A naive, simple-minded and sweet-natured hillbilly boy, he lived in a ramshackle log cabin with his pint-sized parents. He inherited hi...