The Complete Crumb Comics #1 (1987) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

Series: The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series)
Issue: #1
Issue title: The Early Years of Bitter Struggle
Publication date: October 1987
Key date: October 1987
On-sale date: 1987
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $12.95; 19.50 CAD
Pages: 152
ISBN: 0-930193-42-3

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Robert Crumb
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0	script: Marty Pahls
2	-	blank page(s)	2
3	The Complete Crumb	text story	1	pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
4	-	blank page(s)	1
5	The Complete Crumb volume 1: The Early Years of Bitter Struggle	credits, title page	1	pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
6	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
7	Contents	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
8	-	blank page(s)	1
9	Right Up to the Edge	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	6	script: Marty Pahls
10	-	blank page(s)	2
11	Report from the Brussels World's Fair!	comic story	7	script: R. Crumb, Charles Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb, Charles Crumb; inks: R. Crumb, Charles Crumb; letters: R. Crumb, Charles Crumb	R. Crumb [Robert Crumb]; Harry
12	My Encounter With Dracula	comic story	5	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	O.O.P.S. Morrison; Bently Flud; Dracula
13	The Clod Award of the Month	illustration	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Richard Nixon
14	Khrushchev Visits U.S. !!	comic story	2	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Nikita Khrushchev; President Eisenhower
15	Noah's Ark	comic story	5	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Doctor Limehart; Doctor Noah; Rover's Owner; Zelda's Owner
16	Treasure Island Days	comic story	22	script: C. Crumb, R. Crumb; pencils: C. Crumb, R. Crumb; inks: C. Crumb, R. Crumb; letters: C. Crumb, R. Crumb	Squire; Doctor Livesay; Jim; Long John Silver; Hans; Captain Smollet; George; Israel; Island Chief
17	Cat Life	comic story	18	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Fred; Fritz; Yimmy; Robert; Sandra; Mammy Chotta; Pappy; Inky
18	Robin Hood	comic story	6	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Fritz the Cat [Robin Hood]; Big John; Minerva the Chick [Maid Marian]; Blacky Crow [Sheriff of Nottingham]; Nero the Pig [Prince John]; Fuzzy the Bunny [A Merryman]; Big Louie [Little John]
19	Animal Town	comic story	15	script: C. Crumb, R. Crumb; pencils: C. Crumb, R. Crumb; inks: C. Crumb, R. Crumb; letters: C. Crumb, R. Crumb	Fritz the Cat; Harry; Mabel; Colonel Pickwick; Wiley Weasel; Blacky Crow
20	Fuzzy the Bunny and Brombo the Panda, 1953	illustration	1	pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Fuzzy the Bunny; Brombo the Panda
21	R. Crumb Almanac	illustration	1	pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; colors: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
22	R. Crumb Goes to New York	illustration	1	pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; colors: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Robert Crumb
23	R. Crumb Almanac	illustration	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; colors: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Robert Crumb
24	R. Crumb Almanac no. 22 cover	illustration	1	pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; colors: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
25	R. Crumb's Note to M. Pahls	illustration	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; colors: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
26	Arcade #4 - 1960	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; colors: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
27	Arcade #5 - 1960	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; colors: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
28	Madison Ave.	illustration	1	pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; colors: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
29	A Christmas Tale	comic story	4	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Fritz the Cat; Husband; Wife; Little Boy
30	Arcade	comic story	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Jack; Jean
31	-	comic story	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Man Wearing a Cap; Man Wearing Glasses
32	Three Little Boys	comic story	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
33	The Admirer	comic story	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Man; Woman
34	On Movie Mags	comic story	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Young Guy; Young Gal
35	The Art Museum	comic story	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
36	-	comic story	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
37	-	comic story	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
38	-	comic story	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Roy; Teenaged Girl
39	-	comic story	0.64	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
40	-	comic story	0.36	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
41	-	comic story	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
42	Animal Town	comic story	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Fritz the Cat; Sniffikins; Boy
43	Animal Town	comic story	3	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Fritz the Cat
44	Animal Town	comic story	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Fritz the Cat
45	R. Crumb's Animal Town Comics	comic story	12	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Fritz the Cat; Sniff the Panda; Mr. Denny; Flossy the Panda; Mae
46	-	comic story	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Mabel
47	A Sad Comic Strip	comic story	5	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
48	-	blank page(s)	4
49	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0	script: Marty Pahls
50	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Aline Kominsky-Crumb; inks: Aline Kominsky-Crumb; colors: Aline Kominsky-Crumb	Robert Crumb

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Second Printing	price 19.95 USD; 27.95 CAD; barcode 978093019342351995

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Early Years of Bitter Struggle [Expanded] ISBN 9781606995587	2012	On eBay ›

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Series context

1 of 18#1 [Fourth Printing] ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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