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The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 3

Compendium

Published: October 1, 2024

Coverage: Dailies & Sundays · Sundays in colour

Comics: 480 strips

Nearly 500 comics from June 1988 to November 1989. Third of seven sets.

Date Ranges
June 26, 1988
July 2, 1988 – July 3, 1988
July 10, 1988
July 16, 1988 – October 28, 1989
October 30, 1989 – November 4, 1989
Arcs

1988

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.
Dec 14–17
Calvin makes faces while Dad tries to take a Christmas card photo.
Dec 28–29
Calvin dresses oddly for school and gets in mysterious trouble.

1989

Jan 16–21
Calvin tries to skip school as Spaceman Spiff but gets caught.
Feb 6–18
Calvin holds Rosalyn's study notes hostage in the bathroom.
Feb 27 – Mar 18
Calvin eats endless cereal to get a propeller beanie that won't fly.
Mar 20 – Apr 7
Calvin fakes a forgotten insect collection and gets Susie in trouble.
Apr 17–21
Calvin gets the hiccups and Hobbes tries to scare them away.
Apr 24 – May 13
Calvin's family returns from a wedding to find the house burgled.
May 15 – Jun 10
Calvin starts a club, rolls the car into a ditch, and runs away.
Jun 19–23
Calvin and Hobbes rush cleaning his room by stuffing everything in the closet.
Jul 17–29
The family endures another miserable camping trip on Itchy Island.
Aug 9–12
The family visits the natural history museum.
Aug 28 – Sep 2
Calvin and Hobbes try to build a robot to make his bed.
Sep 4–8
Calvin endures his first day back at school.
Sep 11–21
Moe steals Calvin's toy truck and Calvin cannot get it back.
Sep 25 – Oct 7
Calvin tricks Rosalyn outside and locks her out.
Oct 9–14
Stupendous Man fries Calvin's school with a giant telescope lens.
Oct 18–19
Dad talks to Calvin about his report card and homework.
Oct 27 – Nov 4
Calvin bluffs his way through a school report on bats.

Extras

  • Two 144-page paperback books in archival slipcase
  • Cover art selected by Bill Watterson

Links

Andrews McMeel Publishing
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