Subject Matter
Genres:
humorous
Feature(s):
Enviable Comic Strip Character Dept.
Character(s):
Li'l Melvin [as Li'l Abner]; Rosie June [as Daisy Mae]; Pappy [Yokum]; Mammy [Yokum]; Popeye (cameo); Beulah Witch; Pogo; Marryin' Irving; Jody the Coyote (cameo)
Synopsis:
Unable to catch Li'l Melvin and convince him to marry her, Rosie asks Beulah Witch to make up a love potion that will make him fall in love with her. But it doesn't work and instead Li'l Melvin wants to marry up with the ugliest gal in the world!
Reprinting
In Content Item:
Panic #3 published September 1997
as Li'l Melvin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
8
Notes:
Parody of "Li'l Abner" comic strip.
Page 8 is titled "'Li'l Melvin'...A Threat to America!", six parody panels by "The Committee of Protecting the Soft Minds of Our Little Monsters", a sub-division of "The National Association of Cranks Criticizing the Comics", which investigated and analyzed the preceding lampooning strip, Li'l Melvin.