Further Reading
Representative samplings of Fearless Fosdick have been collected in two reprint anthologies, both published by Kitchen Sink Press. All titles are by Al Capp:
- Al Capp's Li'l Abner #68 - Fearless Fosdick Battles Anyface (January 1949) Toby Press
- Fearless Fosdick and the Case of the Red Feather (1951) Public services giveaway issued by Red Feather Services, (a forerunner of United Way)
- Al Capp's Li'l Abner #95 - Fearless Fosdick Is Back (September 1954) Toby Press
- Al Capp's Fearless Fosdick: His Life and Deaths (1956) Simon & Schuster
- Pappagalli e Fagioli di Al Capp (1970) Milano Libri Edizioni
- L'Ossobuco Vivente di Al Capp (1970) Milano Libri Edizioni
- Fearless Fosdick (1990) Kitchen Sink (A new edition of the above 1956 title) ISBN 0-87816-108-2
- Fearless Fosdick: The Hole Story (1992) Kitchen Sink ISBN 0-87816-164-3
- L'Anglais par la BD: Fosdick Super-Detective (1992) Presses-Pocket ISBN 2-266-05050-8
Fosdick also appears sporadically, but memorably, in:
- Pageant Digest - Vol. 7, #11 (May 1952) A 20-page exposé on Fearless Fosdick, with strip excerpts
- The World of Li'l Abner (1953) Farrar, Straus & Young
- Charlie Mensuel #20 (September 1970) A French monthly periodical devoted to comics
- Charlie Mensuel #27 (April 1971)
- Charlie Mensuel #115 (August 1978)
- The Best of Li'l Abner (1978) Holt, Rinehart & Winston ISBN 0-03-045516-2
- Li'l Abner Dailies - 27 volumes (1988–1998) Kitchen Sink (Fosdick first appears in Vol. 10, ISBN 0-87816-079-5)
- The Comics Journal #141 (April 1991) "Ideelism" in Comics and Law: Li'l Abner's Fearless Fosdick by Kyle Rothweiler
- Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years - 4 volumes (2003–2004) Dark Horse Comics
- Li'l Abner: The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays Vol. 4: 1941–1942 (2012) IDW ISBN 1-61377-123-1
- Li'l Abner: The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays Vol. 5: 1943–1944 (2012) IDW ISBN 1-61377-514-8
Among Fosdick's initial appearances in Li'l Abner are:
- Aug. 30–Sept. 20, 1942 (first appearance of Fearless Fosdick and Lester Gooch)
- Nov. 22–Dec. 6, 1942
- May 30, 1943 (featuring Bomb Face)
- June 6–July 10, 1943 (featuring Stone Face)
- June 19, 1944 (rejecting the romantic advances of the Countess Wolfina)
- June 28, 1944
- July 12–15, 1944 (featuring Rattop)
- Aug. 26–Sept. 16, 1945 (featuring "The Hat")
- April 21, 1947
- May 1–31, 1947 (featuring Anyface)
- Jan. 30–March 21, 1948 (featuring the Chippendale Chair)
- July 4–Aug. 29, 1948 (first appearance of Fosdick Sr., "The Original")
- Dec. 25, 1949
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