{"product_id":"freckles-and-his-friends-volume-one-standard-color-edition","title":"FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS VOLUME ONE STANDARD COLOR EDITION","description":"\u003cp\u003eFRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS was a long-running comic strip, primarily remembered for its continuing\u003cbr\u003e\nstoryline involving a group of teenagers. The stories were set in the peaceful small town of Shadyside\u003cbr\u003e\nwhere Freckles McGoosey and his various friends lived. Freckles, may appear at first brush to be yet\u003cbr\u003e\nanother redheaded teenage humor protagonist. His comic strips actually predates other red headed\u003cbr\u003e\ncharacters Hap Hazard, Henry Brewster and that Andrews kid. He had a goofy sidekick named Lard, and\u003cbr\u003e\nthe girls at his high school were, of course beautiful.\u003cbr\u003e\nAlthough Freckles and His Friends lasted more than half a century and was syndicated in nearly 700\u003cbr\u003e\nnewspapers, the strip was never adapted to radio, movies or television. It also was not a well known comic\u003cbr\u003e\nbook series. For all the series longevity in newspapers as a strip, it only had two comic series. The first comic\u003cbr\u003e\nbook series, published by Standard (Nedor) late in 1947 only lasted eight issues. The second series was\u003cbr\u003e\npublished by Argo in 1955 and lasted all of four issues. The first series, by Standard started at #5 and ran until\u003cbr\u003e\nissue 12. The second series began at issue #1 and went until issue #4, so the publishing sequence is #5-12 then\u003cbr\u003e\n#1-4É.weird.\u003cbr\u003e\nRetro Comic Reprints has all twelve issues. Volume One contains issues #5-9 of the Standard series and Volume\u003cbr\u003e\nTwo collects issues #10-12 of the Standard series and issues #1 through 4 of the Argo series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RETRO COMIC REPRINTS","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44928983695521,"sku":"9798889013778","price":47.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/q66nrv8-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1747585046","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/freckles-and-his-friends-volume-one-standard-color-edition","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}