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The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 5

Compendium

Published: October 7, 2025

Coverage: Dailies & Sundays · Sundays in colour

Comics: 480 strips

Nearly 500 comics from March 1991 to March 1993. Fifth of seven sets.

Date Ranges
February 25, 1991 – May 4, 1991
February 2, 1992 – March 18, 1993
Arcs

1991

Feb 25 – Mar 2
Tracer Bullet investigates who broke the living room lamp.
Mar 18 – Apr 3
Calvin duplicates his good side, which falls for Susie.
Apr 8–10
Calvin demands to be called Calvin the Bold.
Apr 22 – May 1
G.R.O.S.S. splits over the anthem and then ambushes Susie with rotten apples.

1992

Feb 10–12
Calvin boasts that skipping homework boosts his self-esteem.
Feb 19–20
Calvin builds pretentious avant-garde snowmen and seeks a grant.
Mar 4–7
Calvin discovers the joys of mud and tracks it everywhere.
Mar 19–21
Calvin insists on being called Calvin, Boy of Destiny.
Mar 25–26
Calvin flubs Miss Wormwood's history questions.
Apr 9–10
Dad fixes his bicycle and heads out in full riding gear.
Apr 13–25
Calvin trusts astrology until a horoscope has Susie finding him irresistible.
May 4–8
Calvin subscribes to a magazine for gum chewers.
May 20 – Jun 6
Calvin time-travels to get his homework story written by future selves.
Jun 15–17
Calvin sells great ideas from a sidewalk booth.
Jun 22–27
Calvin and Hobbes sculpt with modeling clay.
Jul 6–7
Calvin sees a cloud shaped like himself and fears an omen.
Jul 20–22
Calvin raves about his Captain Steroid comic books.
Aug 17–22
Calvin tries to cope with the monsters under his bed.
Aug 25–26
Calvin starts a journal of his brilliant thoughts.
Sep 16–18
Calvin stages photos to fake a well-adjusted childhood.
Sep 23–24
Calvin complains about going to school.
Sep 28–30
Calvin uses denial to dodge homework and baths.
Oct 23–25
Calvin and Hobbes squabble over a football.
Oct 26–28
Calvin enjoys his routine at school recess.
Oct 30–31
Calvin fumbles and flubs football again.
Nov 2–14
Calvin gets coded hate mail that turns out to be from Hobbes.
Dec 8–11
Calvin writes manipulative letters to Santa.
Dec 17–24
Calvin tries to be good to impress Santa.

1993

Jan 4–6
Calvin refuses to get out of bed and dreads school.
Feb 22 – Mar 6
Stupendous Man takes over Calvin's history test after Calvin gets stuck in his locker.

Extras

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

Links

Andrews McMeel Publishing
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