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The Essential Calvin and Hobbes

Treasury

Published: September 1988

Coverage: Dailies & Sundays · Sundays in colour

Comics: 552 strips

Treasury of Books 1+2. Foreword by Charles M. Schulz. Includes 'A Nauseous Nocturne'. Colour Sundays.

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Date Ranges
November 18, 1985 – May 23, 1987
Arcs

1985

Nov 18–19
Calvin traps a tiger, Hobbes, in the backyard with a sandwich-baited rope.
Dec 3–6
Susie Derkins joins Calvin's class and he immediately insults her.
Dec 23–25
Calvin readies for Santa on Christmas Eve but forgets Hobbes's gift.

1986

Jan 2–3
Calvin and Hobbes discuss kissing girls and what makes them attractive.
Jan 13–18
Susie's passed notes land her and Calvin in the principal's office.
Jan 27–28
Calvin floods the house, and Dad's poll numbers drop.
Jan 30 – Feb 1
Moe the class bully takes Calvin's ball and swing.
Feb 12–14
Calvin sends Susie a hate-mail valentine with dumpster flowers.
Mar 4–6
Alone for an evening, Calvin and Hobbes rent a scary movie.
Mar 13–14
Calvin tries to get an outrageous haircut from the barber.
Mar 31 – Apr 1
Calvin gets a checkup at the doctor's office.
Apr 18–19
Calvin goes fishing at the pier with little success.
May 12–13
Calvin the human insect shows off his insect strength.
May 15–17
Rosalyn babysits, locks Calvin in the garage, and he ambushes her car.
May 19–22
Calvin and Hobbes get lost on a Cub Scout outing.
May 26–31
A dog steals Hobbes, and Susie rescues him for her tea party.
Jun 3–4
Calvin asks Hobbes to eat Moe, who's coming to beat him up.
Jun 12–13
Calvin's bath turns into a shark-infested adventure.
Jun 18–19
Calvin and Hobbes play rowdy shooting games.
Jul 7–17
The family's lakeside cabin vacation bores Calvin and Mom, delights Dad.
Jul 21–26
Calvin hates swimming lessons taught by Rosalyn.
Jul 28–30
Calvin brushes off Susie, then lets her play.
Aug 11–14
Calvin and Hobbes try to freeze their faces in hideous expressions.
Aug 28–29
Calvin drinks an elixir and turns invisible.
Sep 1–4
Calvin tries to ride his new bicycle, which seems to attack him.
Sep 22–25
Moe extorts Calvin's money until Mom calls the school.
Sep 29 – Oct 1
Calvin tries to teach Hobbes to act cool.
Oct 29 – Nov 1
Calvin and Hobbes prepare for Halloween and suffer the candy afterward.
Nov 3–8
Mom falls ill and Calvin and Dad struggle to care for her.
Nov 10–21
Calvin plays an onion in the school play but gets stuck in his costume.
Dec 1–6
Calvin and Hobbes provoke Rosalyn and are sent to bed early.
Dec 17–19
Calvin and Hobbes consult a Ouija board.
Dec 22–23
Calvin sculpts a clay Christmas present for his parents.

1987

Jan 12–17
Calvin calls Susie a name, feels guilty, and apologizes.
Jan 19–30
Hobbes is invited to Susie's birthday party and Calvin tags along.
Feb 2–4
Calvin's bad report card means mandatory homework time.
Feb 23–28
Calvin styles his hair with Crisco and paints his stomach for school pictures.
Mar 2–6
Calvin fakes amnesia after a bad test score.
Mar 9–18
Calvin and Hobbes find an injured baby raccoon and then grieve its death.
Mar 19–21
Bulldozers clear the woods for a condominium development.
Mar 23 – Apr 3
Calvin transmogrifies into a tiger, then changes back.
Apr 6–11
Calvin rips his pants at recess and must go to the chalkboard.
Apr 13–15
A substitute teacher takes over Miss Wormwood's class.
Apr 20–23
Calvin prepares and gives an oral report on the brain with noodles.
Apr 27–30
Calvin and Hobbes play zombies.
May 11–21
Hobbes botches Calvin's haircut and draws hair on his head.

Extras

  • Front cover art
  • Back cover art — giant Calvin rampaging through Chagrin Falls
  • Foreword by Charles M. Schulz
  • A Nauseous Nocturne (illustrated poem)
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