From the radio appearances in the late 30's, to movie stardom in the 40's and television success in the 1950s, no comedy duo captured the American sense of humor better than ABBOTT AND COSTELLO. During World War Two they were the country's highest-paid entertainers, and their classic straight-man/fall guy style remains a standard today. It is natural that they should appear in the comics, but what you might not expect is the level of artistic excellence applied to these stories. It takes only a few pages to grasp the writing genius of John Graham, and perhaps only a couple panels to recognize the mastery of artists Lily Renee and Eric Peters. ABBOTT AND COSTELLO COMICS had a successful 40-issue run (1948-1956), a fitting exclamation point to their amazing careers! THIS BOOK: ISSUES #14-18, #20 and #22 (1952-1953; Issue #19 is a reprint of #2 and Issue #21 is a reprint of #3, so we did not include it in this volume; Issue #16 stories are taken from the reprinted version in #35, but do contain the same stories.)