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Issue: Boffo Laffs #2
Publication Date: October 1986
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Issues: #2 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagParaGraphics
Brand: ParaGraphics
Indicia Publisher: ParaGraphics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.95 CAD
$1.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ward Batty
Disclose Notes: Odd size: 7" x 10.75" (taller than usual comic)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
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Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Menace of Rex Luthor

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Charlie Williams [as Williams] (signed)
Inker(s): Charlie Williams [as Williams] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Ultraguy & Joe Power
Character(s): Joe Power; Ultraguy; Ward Batty; Charlie Williams
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Star Trek Parody

Story  on  Inside Front Cover (IFC)
Credits
Writer(s): Ward Batty ?
Penciller(s): Charlie Williams [as Williams] (signed)
Inker(s): Charlie Williams [as Williams] (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Captain James T. Kirk; Mr. Spock; Dr. McCoy; Poppinfresh
Synopsis: Poppinfresh, the Pillsbury Doughboy, is supposed to be a new crewman on the Enterprise. However, a glitz in the transporter fries him and he ends up as bread.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Characters aren't officially named, but it's obviously a Star Trek parody.
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The Menace of Rex Luthor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ward Batty
Penciller(s): Charlie Williams
Inker(s): Charlie Williams
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Ultraguy & Joe Power
Character(s): Joe Power; UItraguy; Rex Luthor
Synopsis: Comic collector Rex Luthor is frustrated when real superheroes appear, and they are incompetent (Ultraguy) or only concerned with self-promotion for wealth (Joe Power). So he sells his comic collection for enough money to equip a super-criminal laboratory with which he lures the pair into a death trap.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Continued later in the issue.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ward Batty
Penciller(s): Brian Pearce
Inker(s): Brian Pearce
Letterer(s): Brian Pearce
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shiso (That Giant Robot)
Character(s): Shiso; Ralph Digby
First Line: Ralph will be thrilled to learn...
Synopsis: Shiso, a giant (but not too bright) robot, decides he wants to be a crimefighter.
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ward Batty
Penciller(s): Charlie Williams
Inker(s): Charlie Williams
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Ultraguy & Joe Power
Character(s): Joe Power; Ultraguy
First Line: Meanwhile, back in the lab...
Synopsis: Ultraguy and Joe Power try to escape from their death trap, but fail.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Continued from earlier in the issue, continues later in the issue.
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The Big Break-Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ward Batty
Penciller(s): Charlie Williams; Rod Milligan (photographer)
Inker(s): Charlie WIlliams; Rod Milligan (photographer)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Trufan Adventures with Charlie & Ward
Character(s): Charlie; Ward; Charlie Williams; Ward Batty; Sylvia Williams; Chucky Williams; The Thing (cameo); The Hulk (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo)
Synopsis: Charlie and Ward, the cartoon alter-egos of Charlie Williams and Ward Batty, escape from the ink bottle into the real world, where they gain revenge on their creators by forcing them into the comic book world.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Panels are a mixture of photographs and art.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ward Batty
Penciller(s): Charlie Williams
Inker(s): Charlie Williams
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ultraguy & Joe Power
Character(s): Joe Power; Ultraguy; Norman Melchert
First Line: Meanwhile, back in the lab...
Synopsis: Ultraguy & Joe Power call for help from their United Federation of Comicbook Workers representative, Norman Melchert, and decide to go on strike.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Continued from earlier in the issue; continues later in the issue.
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My Cereal, My Enemy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ward Batty (script); Cliff Biggers (plot); Charles Rutledge (plot)
Penciller(s): Charles Rutledge
Inker(s): Charles Rutledge
Letterer(s): Doug Rutledge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Captain Teddy!
Character(s): Captain Teddy; Arthur Quinn; The Purple Brain
Synopsis: Captain Teddy's nemesis, the Purple Brain, comes to Earth and disguises himself as "Purple Bran" cereal to enslave the population.
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Pages: 9
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ward Batty
Penciller(s): Charlie Williams
Inker(s): Charlie WIlliams
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Ultraguy & Joe Power
Character(s): Ultraguy; Joe Power; Norman Melchert
First Line: Meanwhile, back in the lab..
Synopsis: Norman gets permission to wrap up the story in this issue.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Continued from earlier in the issue; concludes in the next sequence.
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The Final Solution

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ward Batty
Penciller(s): Charlie Williams
Inker(s): Charlie Williams
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Ultraguy & Joe Power
Character(s): Ultraguy; Joe Power; Rex Luthor
Synopsis: Rex Luthor is going to dip Ultraguy and Joe Power in a vat of acid; but Joe Power neutralizes the acid with a couple of Tums antacid tablets.
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ward Batty (signed)
Penciller(s): Charlie WIlliams [as CW] (signed)
Inker(s): Charlie WIlliams [as CW] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mailsville
Character(s): Gumby (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Two pages of letters column, but no letters since #1 hasn't been released yet. Batty talks about the black & white comics "bubble" about to burst and recommends Sugar & Spike and Little Archie comics. There is an untitled four-panel comic strip at the bottom of each page.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ward Batty (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Dear Readers,E
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Batty notes orders for the second issue have fallen to less than half of those for the first issue and encourages readers to tell their retailer they will support future issues.
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The Mindless Ripoff Comics Company

Story  on  Inside Back Cover (IBC)
Credits
Writer(s): Ward Batty
Penciller(s): Charlie Williams (signed)
Inker(s): Charlie Williams (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Spoof of the parodies of the Teen-Age Mutant Ninja Turtles that were flooding the black and white comics market.
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Walt Dinsey's Crime SuspenStories No. 33

Illustration  on  Cover, Back
Credits
Writer(s): Alan Hutchinson
Penciller(s): Alan Hutchinson
Inker(s): Alan Hutchinson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Alan Hutchinson
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Donald Duck; Mickey Mouse
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Parody of Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #22 cover with implied Mickey Mouse holding the severed head of Donald Duck.

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