Complete Little Orphan Annie Volume 11 : 1943-1945

by Harold Gray

Other authorsJeet Heer (Author Of Introduction), Dean Mullaney (Book Designer)

Hardcover, 2015

Status

Available

Call number

741.5

Publication

San Diego, Calif. : IDW Publishing (2015)

Description

In the depths of the Second World War, Harold Gray paints a dark vision of stateside America when Annie's most loyal friends turn out to be a boarding house full of thieves, forgers, and mindreaders. The red-garbed orphan sees that petty politicians and their underworld companions can deprive a small town of freedom just as easily as can foreign spies, and that a big city can be home to a larger and even more dangerous threat to national security. To Annie's initial joy, "Daddy" Warbucks comes home from war, but this time it's not to be with his beloved adopted daughter, but...to die. With "Daddy" gone, Annie ends up terrorized by the wretchedly evil Mrs. Bleating-Hart, who robs Annie of her liberty in a very real and personal way. Volume 11 of The Complete Little Orphan Annie reprints all daily and Sunday strips from August 8, 1943 to April 14, 1945, in the darkest hours before the dawn.… (more)

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LibraryThing member burnit99

In a new town, Annie again organizes her Junior Commandos to aid in the war effort. After running afoul of gangsters she is forced to flee town, runs into more trouble and is rescued from imminent death by Punjab, who brings her to her "Daddy" Warbucks, who is dying of an undisclosed illness. He is

taken away and reported dead, but the reader knows better than Annie remembers how many times Warbucks has been thought dead, only to come back when least expected. Annie is taken to an orphanage, where she is taken home by Mrs. Bleating-Hart as an unpaid servant. Not the best collection of strips; Gray sometimes seems lazy and repetitive in his plots here. But I'm still a sucker for the strip.

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LibraryThing member jjmcgaffey

Hmm. One good story – small town, Annie being a catalyst (though less so than the last – she’s helping around the edges rather than being the main cause of events). Junior Commandos again, though much more hobbled. And newspaper work, and a big mystery/scandal - that gets Annie in a very

dangerous position. Still, I think this is the first time she's run out before things were dealt with, of her own free will - she didn't know the problem was handled as she was leaving. An odd interlude, with the Duke - and more murder. And this time it's Punjab who shows up at the last minute and rescues her. Yet another report of "Daddy"s death - admittedly, a little more reliable than most, but still. And Annie gets into a very bad position. Mrs. B-H is way over the top - a lot worse than others with a similar surface, that Annie's encountered. And again Annie runs leaving the villain behind, though this time the threat is basically to her, not to others.

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Language

English

Physical description

282 p.; 29 cm

ISBN

9781631402234

Local notes

Complete Little Orphan Annie, 11

DDC/MDS

741.5

741.5

Rating

(3 ratings; 4)

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