Better Little Book®; 1948. Hard cover. Standard size: 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 288 pages. Author: Don Moore. Artist: Alex Raymond. COLLECTOR'S NOTES: Reprinted from the Sunday pages beginning January 3, 1943 and ending June 1943—strips #470 through #495. Cover and spine are adapted from BLB page 109 (March 21, 1943). In 1944 Raymond left the strip to join the Marines. Austin Briggs took over the strip for the next 23 years.