Book excerpt: This is a facsimile of the first american comics book ever, titlted The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck. It was published in Manhattan, New York City, in 1842.Finding a copy of this comic book as clean as this republishing is impossible. After we digitalized several original copies, we selected the best pictures and restored them one by one, drawings, typography and frames separately. This is a collectible of historical interest any comics lover must read and own.