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Issue: Panic #1
Publication Date: February 1954
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Issues: #1 of 12 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Tiny Tot Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 1953
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Copyrighted 1953. First issue.
Banned in Massachusetts due to parody of "The Night Before Christmas". On December 18, 1953, under orders of the Massachusetts Governor's Council, state Attorney General George Fingold directed the state police to stop the distribution of Panic #1 and remove all copies from newsstands in greater Boston, which they did by December 21st. (Reported in the New York Times, 12/28/1953.)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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In Content Item: FlagPanic #1 published March 1997
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Sincerest Form of Parody: The Best 1950s MAD-Inspired Satirical Comics #[nn] published April 2012
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Pan-Mail

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover intro to Panic.
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My Gun Is the Jury!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sex and Sadism Dept.
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In Content Item: FlagPanic #1 published March 1997
as My Gun Is The Jury! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Sincerest Form of Parody: The Best 1950s MAD-Inspired Satirical Comics #[nn] published April 2012
as My Gun Is The Jury! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Parody of Spillane's "Mike Hammer."
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This Is Your Strife

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sloppy Sentimentalism Dept.
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In Content Item: FlagPanic #1 published March 1997
as This Is Your Strife [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Parody of TV show "This is Your Life."
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How to Face Life Without Going Off the Deep End

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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In Content Item: FlagPanic #1 published March 1997
as How To Face Life Without Going Off The Deep End [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of newspaper psychiatric help columns.
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The National Association of Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturers

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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In Content Item: FlagPanic #1 published March 1997
as The National Association of Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturers [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody transcript of "speech" by President of National Association of Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturers.
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Little Red Riding Hood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous
Feature(s): Grim Fairy Tale Dept.
First Line: Come away, dear reader!
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In Content Item: FlagPanic #1 published March 1997
as Little Red Riding Hood [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Last panel is modified reprint of final Orlando panel from "This Is Your Strife".
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The Night Before Christmas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Clement Moore
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Poetry Dept.
Character(s): Jane Russell (actress, image only); Marilyn Monroe (actress, image only); The Old Witch (image only); St. Nick [also doing Al Jolson parody]
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In Content Item: FlagPanic #1 published March 1997
as The Night Before Christmas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFoul Play! The Art and Artists of the Notorious E.C. Comics! #[nn] published January 2005
as The Night Before Christmas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The story is a parody of Moore's "The Night Before Christmas".

Last page is a splash featuring drawings of the EC staffers, featuring Bill Gaines, Nancy Siegel, Al Feldstein, Bill Elder, Al Williamson, George Evans, Joe Orlando, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Reed Crandall, Bernie Krigstein, Marie Severin, Jack Davis, Graham Ingels, Johnny Craig, John Severin, and Jack Kamen.

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