March 3, 1977: (First appearance of Liz at Irma’s diner. The dialogue in the final panel would be recycled for the June 26, 1979 strip in the syndicated version)
March 10, 1977: (First instance of Liz's name. Liz's sarcastic quip be reused for the syndicated version.)
March 17, 1977: (Remake of the Gnorm Gnat comic from June 14th, 1973)
May 26, 1977: (This strip would be re-adapted for the January 31, 1980 in the syndicated version)
June 2, 1977:
June 9, 1977: (This strip was recycled for the July 1st, 1978 comic strip in the syndicated version. This is one of the few strips prior to syndication that was in an official release, appearing in Garfield at 25: In Dog Years I'd Be Dead.)
June 16, 1977: (First appearance of Pooky, named "Huggy" in Jon. This strip was almost completely recycled for Pooky's introduction to the syndicated strip on October 23rd, 1978. Starting with this strip, Garfield is updated with a smoother design.)
June 23, 1977: (This strip was recycled for the October 26, 1978 strip in the syndicated version.)
June 30, 1977:
July 7, 1977: (This strip was recycled for the October 27, 1978 strip of the syndicated version, which was the last strip in the storyline that introduced Pooky.)
July 14, 1977:
July 28, 1977: (This was recycled for the July 5th 1978 comic strip in the syndicated version. This is one of the few strips prior to syndication that was in an official release, appearing in Garfield at 25: In Dog Years I'd Be Dead.)
August 4, 1977: (This was recycled for the July 12th 1978 comic strip in the syndicated version.)
August 11, 1977: (This was recycled for the October 28, 1978 strip in the syndicated version.)
August 18, 1977:
August 25, 1977: (Final strip to be labeled Jon; This was recycled for the July 21, 1978 strip in the syndicated version.)
September 1, 1977: (The first strip to be labeled Garfield; this was recycled for the July 20th, 1978 strip in the syndicated version.)
September 8, 1977:
September 15, 1977: (Readapted for the September 1st, 1978 strip in the syndicated version)
September 22, 1977: (The strip was recycled for the August 18, 1978 strip in the syndicated version)
September 29, 1977: (The strip was recycled for the July 7th 1978 strip in the syndicated version.)
October 6, 1977: (This strip was recycled for the October 5th, 1978 strip in the syndicated version.)
October 13, 1977: (This strip was recycled for the October 6th, 1978 strip in the syndicated version.)
October 20, 1977:
October 27, 1977: (This strip was recycled for the October 7th, 1978 strip in the syndicated version.)
November 3, 1977: (This strip was recycled for the July 17th, 1978 strip in the syndicated version.)
November 10, 1977: (This was recycled for the June 29th, 1978 comic strip in the syndicated version.)
November 17, 1977:
November 24, 1977:
December 1, 1977:
December 15, 1977:
December 22, 1977:
December 29, 1977: (This strip was recycled for the December 31, 1979 strip in the syndicated version.)
