Lucy Rules OK?
by Charles M. Schulz (Hodder and Stoughton, 1978)
At time of printing there were fewer than 1,000 Peanuts Sunday strips to choose from. Still this is a very patchy collection. Of the forty-three selected (colour, A4), few do Lucy justice. In most she is an incidental character (or absent altogether!).
The Complete Peanuts: 1971 to 1972
by Charles M. Schulz (Fantagraphics Books, 2009)
An evocatively drawn mix of wit, whimsy and preternatural wisdom. Poor old wishy-washy Charlie Brown remains the unifying figure but there are a good number of delightfully droll (and character-defining) strips involving Peppermint Patty, Sally Brown, and in particular Lucy van Pelt.