THE COMPLETE LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE Volume 16

In less than two years of stories, the little orphan gets run over by a car, shot with a pistol, whacked with a bludgeon, firebombed in her bed, shoved in a gunny sack, caught in a tornado, flung overboard in a raging storm, and thrown alive into an underground cemetery vault. Meanwhile, "Daddy" Warbucks, Punjab, and the Asp are a thousand miles away, with no clue to the whereabouts of America's spunkiest kid. Five long, complex stories replete with greed and murder, atomic boats, blackmailers, poisoners, and deadly mutineers! Yet also filled with good Samaritans and friendship from the most unexpected quarter, while also posing the question: can romance survive in a town called Futility? Jeet Heer gives us another fine biographical essay, and includes pictures of very cool 1940s Annie/Harold Gray Christmas Cards and a rare 1953 Calendar page. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow reprints all daily and color Sunday strips from October 29, 1951 through July 5, 1953. Out Of Print. Condition: Fine Plus. Soft corner bumps & light edge wear.