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The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes

Treasury

Published: October 1990

Coverage: Dailies & Sundays · Sundays in colour

Comics: 557 strips

Treasury of Books 3+4. Includes 7-page elephant story. Colour Sundays.

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Date Ranges
May 24, 1987 – November 26, 1988
December 1, 1988 – December 4, 1988
Arcs

1987

May 26–29
Hobbes pounces on Calvin whenever he comes home.
Jun 15–20
Calvin and Hobbes fly the hallway rug to Dad's office but go unnoticed.
Jul 8–9
Calvin schemes to get cookies from Mom.
Jul 13–18
Susie joins a water fight, and Hobbes defects to her side.
Jul 28–31
Calvin is sick and terrorizes the doctor.
Aug 10–20
The family's camping trip is rained out.
Aug 31 – Sep 11
Calvin's time machine aims for the future but lands among dinosaurs.
Sep 14–30
Calvin secedes from the family, heads for the Yukon, and loses Hobbes.
Oct 5–10
Rosalyn babysits and Calvin tries to escape, then reports hostages.
Oct 13–14
Calvin bothers Susie in class.
Oct 19–24
Calvin brings Hobbes to school to scare off Moe.
Nov 9–10
Calvin digs up Dad's embarrassing past for a character poll.
Nov 23–26
Calvin fears the sun is going out as winter nears.
Nov 30 – Dec 5
Calvin has Hobbes tie him to a chair and cannot escape.
Dec 16–25
Calvin questions Santa's fairness and existence before Christmas.
Dec 30, 1987 – Jan 2, 1988
Calvin and Hobbes build an invulnerable snow fort.

1988

Jan 5–6
Hobbes helps Calvin with his math homework.
Jan 11–22
Dad's brother Max visits and Calvin tries to leave with him.
Jan 25 – Feb 4
Calvin slacks on his planet Mercury report with Susie.
Feb 8–20
Calvin's Transmogrifier Gun malfunctions and leaves him an owl.
Feb 22 – Mar 2
Rosalyn babysits and Calvin makes her earn her pay.
Mar 7–24
Calvin tries living like a tiger until he learns tigers are endangered.
Mar 25–26
Hobbes pounces on Calvin the moment he gets home.
Apr 11–15
Calvin offers to be Dad's image consultant after bad polls.
Apr 19–24
Calvin and Hobbes botch building a model Phantom jet.
May 2–12
Calvin and Hobbes dig up litter and build a dinosaur from it.
May 16–26
Calvin breaks Dad's binoculars and agonizes over confessing.
May 30 – Jun 2
Hobbes claims a bee is on Calvin's back, then declares opposite day.
Jun 13–29
The family goes camping and Dad turns grouchy.
Jul 4–15
Calvin floats away on a balloon, then transmogrifies himself home.
Jul 18–28
Calvin wanders off at the zoo and Dad finds him at the tigers.
Aug 2–3
Hobbes's sudden pounces leave Calvin jumpy and on edge.
Aug 8–17
Calvin tries to fix the bathroom faucet and floods the bathroom.
Sep 5–8
Calvin grumbles about school starting again.
Sep 12 – Oct 1
Calvin and Hobbes flee polluted Earth for Mars, then return.
Oct 10–19
Calvin gets sick at night and stays home from school.
Nov 2–3
Calvin gets his Stupendous Man costume.
Nov 23–25
Calvin announces he is in a bad mood and no one cares.

Extras

  • Front cover art
  • Back cover art
  • Seven-page elephant story
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