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Issue: The Sincerest Form of Parody: The Best 1950s MAD-Inspired Satirical Comics #[nn]
Publication Date: April 2012
 
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
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Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
On Sale Date: 03/2012
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Pages: 196
ISBN: 9781606995112
UPC/EAN: 978160699511252499
Price: $24.99 USD
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Content Items: 54 (33 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John Benson; Gary Groth (Editorial Liaison)
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Color: color
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Binding: Softcover
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The Sincerest Form of Parody

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Howard Nostrand
Howard Nostrand
?
?
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FlagFlip #1 published April 1954
 
Miscellaneous
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the competition

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Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
Marie Severin
?
Subject Matter
The difficulties MAD writers have in coming up with ideas.
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FlagMad #17 published November 1954
was Julius Caesar! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The titles of MAD and 11 competitors are used in the narrative: Bughouse; Crazy; Eh!; Flip; Get Lost; MAD; Madhouse; Nuts!; Panic; Riot; Wild; Whack.

Script credits from John Benson.
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The Sincerest Form of Parody

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Hy Fleishman ?
Hy Fleishman ?
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?
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FlagNuts! #3 published July 1954
was So solly, Merywin... [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Publisher's Page

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Credits
typeset
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Table of Contents

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typeset
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Satire Comes up the River From Lafayette Street

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jay Lynch
typeset
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Jay Lynch

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jay Lynch
typeset
Subject Matter
biography
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Tales Calculated to Sell You...

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Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Harvey Kurtzman
Harvey Kurtzman ?
Harvey Kurtzman
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FlagBijou Funnies #8 [unnamed variant] published January 1973
was Tales Calculated to Sell You... [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Albert B. Feldstein (signed)
Albert B. Feldstein (signed)
Marie Severin ?
Subject Matter
humorous
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FlagPanic #1 published February 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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My Gun Is The Jury!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Albert B. Feldstein
Jack Davis
Jack Davis
Marie Severin
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
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FlagPanic #1 published February 1954
was My Gun Is the Jury! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Parody of Spillane's "Mike Hammer."
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The Lady or the Tiger?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Albert B. Feldstein
Bill Elder (signed); Basil Wolverton (panel 7 page 6)
Bill Elder (signed); Basil Wolverton (panel 7 page 6)
Marie Severin
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Panic
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FlagPanic #2 published April 1954
was The Lady or the Tiger? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Single drawing by Basil Wolverton appears on page 6.
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[untitled]

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Norman Maurer (signed)
Norman Maurer (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
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FlagWhack #3 published May 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Dr. Seekle and Mr. Hide

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Virginia Hubbell (signed)
Norman Maurer (signed)
Norman Maurer (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
horror, humorous
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FlagWhack #3 published May 1954
was Dr. Seekle and Mr. Hide [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Believe It or Drop! ....Dead?

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joan Maurer (signed)
Norman Maurer (signed)
Norman Maurer (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
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FlagWhack #3 published May 1954
was Believe It or Drop! ....Dead? [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Takeoff of the Ripley's Believe it or Not strip.
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He Died From Laughter!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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?
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?
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FlagWhack #3 published May 1954
 
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Ancient Classic Comics Presents Little Awful Fannie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Hubbell ?
Carl Hubbell (signed)
Carl Hubbell (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
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FlagWhack #3 published May 1954
was Ancient Classic Comics Presents Little Awful Fannie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Takeoff on Little Orphan Annie comic strip.
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The Great Mane Robbery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William Overgard
William Overgard
William Overgard
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?
Subject Matter
Crisco Keed
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FlagThe Three Stooges #7 published October 1954
was The Great Mane Robbery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[untitled]

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?
Fred Ottenheimer ?
Fred Ottenheimer ?
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
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FlagEh! #4 published June 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Young Dr. Baloney!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Dick Ayers
Dick Ayers
?
Dick Ayers
Subject Matter
humorous
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FlagEh! #1 published December 1953
was Young Dr. Baloney! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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What's My Crime?

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Credits
?
Dick Ayers
?
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
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FlagEh! #4 published June 1954
was What's My Crime? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Expressions

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?
Jack Kirby
?
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
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FlagFrom Here to Insanity #11 published August 1955
was Expressions [Filler on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Rex Mortgage M.D.?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
?
?
?
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FlagFrom Here to Insanity #11 published August 1955
was Rex Mortgage M.D.? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Comet Feldmeyer, the Ace of Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
?
?
?
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FlagFrom Here to Insanity #11 published August 1955
was Comet Feldmeyer, the Ace of Space [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Maneely (signed)
Joe Maneely (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
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FlagRiot #3 published August 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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From Here to There

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al Hartley (signed)
Al Hartley (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
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FlagRiot #1 published April 1954
was From Here to There [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Whacks' Museum

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Bill Everett (signed)
Bill Everett (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
horror, humorous
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FlagCrazy #3 published February 1954
was Whacks' Museum [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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D-723
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Crazy's Fun Page

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dan DeCarlo
Dan DeCarlo
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?
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FlagCrazy #7 published July 1954
was Crazy's Fun Page [Activity on Interior Page(s)]
 
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E-566
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[untitled]

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Ross Andru
Mike Esposito
Ross Andru; Mike Esposito ?
Ross Andru; Mike Esposito ?
Subject Matter
humorous
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FlagGet Lost #1 published March 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Sewer Keeper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Ross Andru; Mike Esposito
Ross Andru
Mike Esposito
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?
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FlagGet Lost #2 published April 1954
was The Sewer Keeper [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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S.S. Gigantic

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Ross Andru; Mike Esposito
Ross Andru
Mike Esposito
?
?
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FlagGet Lost #2 published April 1954
was S.S. Gigantic [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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So solly, Merywin...

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Credits
Hy Fleishman ?
Hy Fleishman ?
?
?
Reprinting
FlagNuts! #3 published July 1954
was So solly, Merywin... [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Marvin's Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Hy Fleishman (signed)
Hy Fleishman (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
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FlagNuts! #1 published March 1954
was Marvin's Monster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Signature is hidden on gravestone in splash.
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Marvin Shame, Shamus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Hy Fleishman (signed)
Hy Fleishman (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
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FlagNuts! #2 published May 1954
was Marvin Shame, Shamus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Take-off on hard boiled detective novels
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How to Marry a Zillionaire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Hy Fleishman (signed) [as H. F.]
Hy Fleishman (signed) [as H. F.]
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Subtitled: "Or, Flat Foot Floosie Loves Me!"
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FlagNuts! #3 published July 1954
was How to Marry a Zillionaire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Comics Is Wonderful!

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Credits
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Hy Fleishman ?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
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FlagNuts! #4 published September 1954
was Comics Is Wonderful! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Captain Marble Flies again

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Otto Binder ?; Evonne Rae ?
Ross Andru; Mike Esposito ?
Ross Andru ?; Mike Esposito ?
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
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FlagNuts! #5 published November 1954
was Captain Marble Flies Again [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Spoof on comic strip "Captain Marvel".

Otto Binder script credit from John Benson's book. Evonne Rae script credit from Alter Ego #33.
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Television... Blessing or Curse to Mankind

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Hy Fleishman
Hy Fleishman
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
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FlagNuts! #5 published November 1954
was Television... Blessing or Curse to Mankind [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
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?
?
?
?
?
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FlagMadhouse #4 published September 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Oh, for the Life-of a Wife-of a Werewolf

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Credits
?
?
?
?
?
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FlagBughouse #2 published May 1954
 
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The Late-Late-Late-Late Show

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?
?
?
?
?
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FlagBughouse #3 published July 1954
 
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Howard Nostrand
Howard Nostrand
?
?
Reprinting
FlagFlip #1 published April 1954
 
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Hector Protector

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Howard Nostrand
Howard Nostrand
?
?
Subject Matter
Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes
Reprinting
 
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Howard Nostrand
Howard Nostrand
?
?
Subject Matter
Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes
We're all in the dump, for diamonds are trump...
Reprinting
FlagWitches Tales #24 published April 1954
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Low Noon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Nat Barnett ?
Howard Nostrand
Howard Nostrand
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
FlagBlack Cat #47 published December 1953
was Low Noon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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High Noon parody intended for the unpublished Flip #3.

Script credits from John Benson.
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Puncho Villa

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Howard Nostrand
Howard Nostrand
?
?
Reprinting
FlagFlip #1 published April 1954
 
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5
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Alladin's Lamp-oon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bob Powell
Bob Powell
?
?
Reprinting
FlagFlip #1 published April 1954
 
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5
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V...- for Wampire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Howard Nostrand
Howard Nostrand
?
?
Reprinting
FlagFlip #1 published April 1954
 
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The Shriek of Araby

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Howard Nostrand
Howard Nostrand
Howard Nostrand
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Lady Diana Arbuthnott; Sheik Hassan Ben Sober
In a parody of the silent film "The Sheik," a desert prince abducts a British tourist and soon comes to regret it.
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FlagFlip #2 published June 1954
was The Shriek Of Araby [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Come Back Bathsheba

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Nat Barnett
Howard Nostrand
Howard Nostrand
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
FlagBlack Cat #51 published August 1954
was Come Back Bathsheba [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Shane parody intended for Flip #3. Howard Nostrand reports in Squa Tront #13 (2012) that this story was written by Nat Barnett.
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20,000 Leaks Under the Sea

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
L. B. Cole (signed)
L. B. Cole (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
King Farouk
Reprinting
FlagUnsane #15 published June 1954
was "20,000 Leaks Under the Sea" [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Twenty Thousand Leaks Under The Sea

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jay Disbrow ? [as Jules Fern] (signed)
Jay Disbrow (signed)
Jay Disbrow (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Captain Zemo; Munsky (Zemo's insane uncle)
Reprinting
FlagUnsane #15 published June 1954
was Twenty Thousand Leaks Under The Sea [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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According to Alter Ego #117 (June 2013), this story is more likely a satire of the Walt Disney movie than a spoof of "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne.
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Notes

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Benson
typeset
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Miscellaneous
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Be a Successful 90-Pound Weakling

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jack Kirby
?
?
Reprinting
FlagFrom Here to Insanity #11 published August 1955
was Be a Successful 90-Pound Weakling [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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back cover
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Benson
Norman Maurer
Norman Maurer
?
typeset
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Art from Whack #3

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