Volume 11 - 1st printing. "Man's Best Friend!" Stories by Ward Greene and Alex Raymond. Art and cover by Alex Raymond. Reprints of the classic adventure strip from Flash Gordon creator Alex Raymond. Rip Kirby is an urbane, pipe-smoking detective who puzzles out mysteries with the help of his assistant Desmond. Collects the Rip Kirby daily strips from May 21 to Sept. 3, 1949. Rip's gal-pal Pagan Lee goes to stay at a remote bed-and-breakfast in New England, where she becomes embroiled in a blackmail plot that only Rip can get her out of. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched), 10-in. x 13-in. 24 pages, B&W.