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Genres: humorous, science and technology

First Line: If I were you I'd go to the country for a while...

Synopsis: A doctor give a patient some advice, then realizes the patient isn't as rich as he is.

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Genres: humorous

First Line: Me too...I'm an oppressed dissident novelist being kept here for political reasons.

Synopsis: Two patients in a psychiatric ward try to say they are political prisoners, but that may not be the case.

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Notes: Page 10.

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Writer(s): ? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)

Penciller(s): ? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)

Inker(s): ? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)

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Genres: humorous

First Line: You suggest honest. Good for you, sir. Mrs. Sullivan please write down 'honesty.'

Synopsis: A speaker at a business convention asks for suggestions.

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Notes: Page 12.

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Genres: humorous

First Line: I'm afraid, Mr. Botnick, this is just a bit too cutesie for us.

Synopsis: A publishers tells a rough-looking, dour writer that his manuscript is too light-hearted for them.

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Notes: Page 16.

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Genres: humorous

First Line: Oh, I really couldn't tell whether it was good or bad, but I think it's worth the price of admission...

Synopsis: When asked his opinion of the movie he just saw, a man is very noncommittal, and just gives a definition of how a movie works.

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Notes: Page 28.

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Writer(s): ?

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Foto Funnies

First Line: Rub-a-dub dub. De dum dub dub

Synopsis: A man rubs a lamb and a female genie appears, who is not fluent in English. The man does not make good choices in phrasing his wishes.

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Notes: Page 36.

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Writer(s): ? [as O'Neill] (signed)

Penciller(s): ? [as O'Neill] (signed)

Inker(s): ? [as O'Neill] (signed)

Letterer(s): ? [as O'Neill] (signed)

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Genres: humorous

First Line: Say, you know it's my birthday.

Synopsis: A dog is expecting some special food for its birthday, but the owner is reaching for a can of something he doesn't like.

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Notes: Page 40.

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Genres: humorous

First Line: Our entire management team has been enchanted. I alone was spared this fate because of my seniority.

Synopsis: The board of directors at a stockholder's meeting take the stage as four animals and a man. The man says he escaped enchantment because of his senority.

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Notes: Page 42.

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Genres: humorous, science fiction

Character(s): Captain Kirk; Mr. Spock

First Line: Tri-corder readings indicate the presence of hot bitches, Captain!

Synopsis: Kirk, Spock, and another crewman are checking out a desolate planet when Spock notes something of interest.

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Notes: Page 47. Star Trek parody.

Mr. T's Paradoxical Hypnodisc Riviera Enlightenment

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Mr. T; Buzz

First Line: Say Senator T. I like your new legislative assistant.

Synopsis: Mr. T is a United States Senator and gets involved with hypnodiscs.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Pages 50-53. Pages have six or seven tiers of panels.

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Genres: humorous

First Line: Why not drop by Tuesday and we'll discuss your socks.

Synopsis: A man answers the phone while sitting in a office where the "desk" consists of a washing machine and a dryer, side-by-side.

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Notes: Page 54.

A Child's Garden of Gross

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Genres: fantasy, humorous

Synopsis: Thirteen cartoons featuring nursery rhyme characters.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Page 56-59.

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Genres: humorous

First Line: Howard, pick up your Twinkie wrapper--there's a crying Indian staring at us.

Synopsis: A couple on a picnic are shamed into picking up their litter by an Indian.

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Notes: Page 66. The premise is based on a television public service announcement from 1971 that had a Native American canoeing through a heavily-polluted river in a desolate urban landscape.

The National Lampoon Festival of Foreign Film: Entry Number One. "...c'est naturel!"

Photo Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): L. Dennis Plunkett (credited)

Penciller(s): Jean-Pierre Muhlstein (photographs) (credited)

Inker(s): Jean-Pierre Muhlstein (photographs) (credited)

Colorist(s): ? (hand-tinted)

Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: humorous

First Line: The city arise itself within the morning...

Synopsis: A parody of "New Wave" European films, complete with subtitles. This one pretends to have deep symbolism, but in reality is just a soft-core porno flick.

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Notes: Pages 70-75. "Directed on the scene by Jean-Pierre Muhlstein. Art Direction by Francois Bouet."

My Cafe

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Genres: humorous

First Line: That's right, mine! All mine! Mine, mine, mine!

Synopsis: The owner of a small café is obsessed with owning it and it carries over to the signage on the building.

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Notes: Page 79. Pantomime cartoon.

Ask Zippy

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Zippy

Character(s): Zippy; Lance Lamonica; Shelf-Life; Jerry Lewis

First Line: I have opinions!!

Synopsis: Zippy is a guest on a talk show and is answering questions from the audience.

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Notes: Page 83.

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Trots and Bonnie

Character(s): Trots (dog); Bonnie

First Line: It would be nice to build a tree house up here.

Synopsis: Bonnie and a boy are sitting in a tree. The boys gives his reasons for not wanting to get romantically involved. Meanwhile, at the base of the tree, Trots is having a romantic encounter with another dog.

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Notes: Page 84.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Politenessman

Character(s): Politenessman; President Ronald Reagan

First Line: In an attempt to garner women's votes, for his reelection bid, President Reagan undergoes a sex change operation!!

Synopsis: After President Reagan undergoes a sex change operation, the President of France kisses her hand; which leads to a rebuke from Politenessman.

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Notes: Page 85.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Popular Problems

First Line: For 23 years my wife believed I made my fortune selling Bibles.

Synopsis: A husband and wife are both living a lie.

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Notes: Page 85.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Ray and Joe: The Story of a Man and His Dead Friend

Character(s): Ray; Joe; Tillie

First Line: Our story: To facilitate moving his dead friend about, Ray puts roller skates on him.

Synopsis: Ray saves Joe from Tillie's clutches, but as Ray rolls Joe across a street, Joe is hit by a car.

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Notes: Page 86. Part of a continued story.

Memory Tricks

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Mimi Pond's Famous Waitress School

First Line: Some restaurants require that you take orders without writing them down.

Synopsis: How to remember customers' orders without writing them down.

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Notes: Page 87.

Chocolate Mousse

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Aunt Mary's Kitchen

Character(s): Aunt Mary

First Line: We'll be making Chocolate Mousse as soon as this show is over.

Synopsis: Aunt Mary watches a soap opera on television.

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Notes: Page 87. Part of a continued story. Title from previous episode's "Next Month" blurb.

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Genres: espionage, humorous

Feature(s): Xico "X" Agente Superior

Character(s): Xico "X"; Mr. Subterraneo

First Line: The grand covert mission of Xico "X," most expert spying operative of all Mexico...

Synopsis: Xico "X" is thrown into a Russian jail, but is able to escape and finally finds his contact, Mr. Subterraneo.

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Notes: Page 88. Part of a continued story. This is presented as a translated foreign strip, with Tod Carroll listed as translator and all the text done in a typewriter monospace font.

Police Beat

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Excursions

Character(s): Rex; Jesus

First Line: Working the "Evening Watch" with Rex and Jesus.

Synopsis: What goes on during a small town police shift.

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Notes: Page 88.

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Genres: historical, humorous

Feature(s): King of the Castle

Character(s): Frodo Bonhomme; Jacques Bonhomme; Blind King Garth

First Line: The colors--the browns are so much browner--and the smells...

Synopsis: Frodo Bonhomme is high from eating ergot. He gets thrown out of his parents' house, but meets up with Blind King Garth of Scotland who is single-handedly laying siege to the castle of Sir William King. Frodo gives the King some ergot which restores his sight and convinces the King to wander off to a distant plain.

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Notes: Page 88. A parody done in the style of the classic Prince Valiant Sunday newspaper strips.

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Writer(s): B. K. Taylor (signed)

Penciller(s): B. K. Taylor (signed)

Inker(s): B. K. Taylor (signed)

Letterer(s): B. K. Taylor (signed)

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Timberland Tales

Character(s): Dr. Rogers; Kathleen; Maurice; Constable Tom; Foamy (dog)

First Line: In the cabin of Dr. Rogers, the group of friends has gathered to listen to the Doctor's symphonic record collection.

Synopsis: Convinced that Maurice's new dog has rabies, Dr. Rogers takes it into the forest to shoot it. But the dog scares off a bear, so it gets a reprieve.

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Notes: Page 90. Part of a continued story.

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Writer(s): ?

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Letterer(s): typeset ?

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Foto Funnies

First Line: The bourgeois sees in his wife a mere instrument of production.

Synopsis: A woman disrobes while spouting Marxist philosophy. It's all a clever plot by the Communists.

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Notes: Page 94.