Conversely, a very popular story told about 'the first American Comic', is the publication of Famous Funnies (dated to either 1933 or 1934, depending on whether you count the test printing, or ...

All told, you're getting 1,440 pages of comic strips, some in color, others in black-and-white. The included slipcase features one of the illustrations that is most-associated with Calvin and Hobbes.