This collection, from August 31, 1953 to February 12, 1954 introduces Miz Groundchuck and her infant Grundoon, Alf, Reggie and Sis Boombah, the Rhode Island Red. Much of Kelly's energies in the strip were focused on the growing Red paranoia in the country at the time, and the book begins with a long article about Kelly's testimony before Congress about the influence of comics on America's young people. Needless to say, Kelly handled himself with wit and aplomb, while upholding the rights of the artistic creator to be untrammelled by a panicky legislature. ( )