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Issue: Arcade the Comics Revue #5
Publication Date: January 1976
 
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Publisher: FlagThe Print Mint Inc
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Indicia Publisher: The Print Mint Inc.
On Sale Date: 1976
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 USD
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Content Items: 30 (19 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color covers; black and white interiors
Dimensions: Magazine size (8.12" x 10.5" (20.62 cm x 26.67 cm))
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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humorous
Soon a cleansing!
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Welcome to the Weird World of The Monster Times

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The Monster Times
Mr. Spock; Capt. Kirk
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Inside front cover. Ad for "The Monster Times" magazine, Spock and Kirk photo posters, and "Inside Comics" magazine.
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Arcade The Comics Revue

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Table of Contents, list of staff and writers and artists, each with a "self-portrait," and the indicia.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
humorous
The Outline
Bill Griffith; Art Spiegelman
Arcade Marks One Year of Fine Service..
The stress of publishing
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Illustrated editorial
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[untitled]

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Letters
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Letters from D. D. Drakely; Ralph Ginzburg; Bruce Sweeney; Erwin Bergdoll; Steve Fisk; Ann De Geer; Steve Anker; and Richard Levine.
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Crybaby's Blues

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Crybaby Beanhead
Crybaby Beanhead
The harshness of life
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FlagL'Écho des savanes #29 published March 1977
FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #11 [unnamed variant] published September 1995
as Crybaby's Blues [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book #[nn] published January 1997
as Crybaby's Blues [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Comedia Dell' Zippy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Zippy The Pinhead
Zani; Zippy The Pinhead (as Zerbino); Mr. Toad (as Amphibio); Bilko; Henshaw; Rocco; Paparelli; Isabella; Claudio; Griffiani; Bishop; Prince
In Northern Italy in the 16th Century, clowns put on a show, which is broken up by militant priests.
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FlagBill Griffith: Lost and Found - Comics 1969-2003 #[nn] published December 2011
as Commedia dell' Zippy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Griffith's usual cast of characters playing historical roles.
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The Great Ajeeb, Chess Playing Automaton

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humorous
Famous Frauds
Harry Nelson Pillsbury; Sam Gonotsky; Jesse Hanson; Bobby Fischer
The history of a fake chess-playing machine.
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FlagBeyond the Pale! Krazed Komics and Stories #[nn] published October 1989
FlagKnockabout Comics #10 published January 1985
as The Great Ajeeb, Chess Playing Automaton [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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No. 2 in a series.
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The Corpse Gobblin' Ogre of Columbite Mountain

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Checkered Demon; Hunchback Ogre; Fisk; Simpson
The Ogre hasn't eaten a good corpse in a while.
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FlagThe Best of Comix Book: When Marvel Went Underground #[nn] published January 2013
FlagThe Mythology of S. Clay Wilson #1 published June 2014
FlagComix Book #5 published July 1976
as The Corpse Gobblin' Ogre of Columbine Mountain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Collected Checkered Demon #1 published January 1998
as The Corpse Gobblin Ogre of Columbite Mountain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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DiDi Glitz & the 3 Bears

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Subject Matter
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DiDi Glitz
DiDi Glitz; Brillo; Burma; Bekins
DiDi renovates the three bears' house.
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FlagGlitz-2-Go #[nn] published January 2012
FlagThe Best of Wimmen's Comix #[nn] published January 1979
as Didi Glitz & the 3 Bears [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Parody of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears."
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Anthony and the Temptations

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fiction
St Anthony; Fontaine
St Anthony moves to the big city.
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Excerpted from an unfinished novel. George DiCaprio is the father of actor Leonard DiCaprio. Text with five illustrations.
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Luminescent Progeny

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science fiction
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Centerspread. Title from Table of Contents.
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Terror from the Grave

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Subject Matter
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Pooh Rass; Linda
Pooh murders Linda for her inheritance
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FlagThe New Comics Anthology #[nn] published January 1991
as Terror from the Grave [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWhere Demented Wented: The Art and Comics of Rory Hayes #[nn] published January 2008
as Terror from the Grave [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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A Modern Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Arnold Peck The Human Wreck
Arnold Peck; Wreckman; Commissioner; Ronald McDonald
Arnold is superhero Wreckman in his dreams.
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FlagFlamed-out Funnies #2 published November 1976
as A Modern Mystery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Some Boxes for the Salvation Army

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Subject Matter
humorous
Art Spiegelman; Shrink; Shorty
Scattershot panels
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FlagBreakdowns Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@?*! #[nn] published October 2008
as Some Boxes for the Salvation Army [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Calvin Coolidge Story

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
biography
Space Age Confidential
Calvin Coolidge
Snapshots from Coolidge's life.
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Five short text articles with seven illustrations.
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Self-Portrait

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Groucho Marx (cameo)
A woman's improbable biography.
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2
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Zen Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
A zen fable pastiche
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FlagApple Pie #2 published May 1975
 
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Götterdämmerung

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
historical
Colonel General Gotthard Heinrici; Rudolph Reschke; Adolf Hitler; Colonel Hanselman; Bormann; Josef Stalin; General Zhukov; General Koniev; Eva Braun; Captain Sergei Golbov
The last days of Nazi rule in Berlin.
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FlagMy True Story #[nn] published August 1994
as Götterdämmerung [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Mondo Condo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography
The Bunch and Her Family
Aline Kominsky's family
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FlagLove That Bunch #[nn] published July 1990
as Mondo Condo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Bughouse Fables

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Arcade Archives
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from Bughouse Fables daily (King Features Syndicate) 1921.03.12; 1921.03.19; 1921.02.04; 1921.03.03; 1921.03.10; 1921.01.21; 1921.03.17; 1921.01.19; 1921.02.11.
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Nine one-panel cartoon gags.
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Looking at the World Thru Rose Colored Glasses

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Subject Matter
humorous
The drunk meets the Swedes
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0.5
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Trexler the Trilobite

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous
A trilobite lands in the street
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A parody of Winsor McCay's Little Nemo In Slumberland
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A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Michele Brand [Michele Robinson]
Dream recollection.
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0.5
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Highlights in the Life of Kathi Smith

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
The eccentric Kathi Smith
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Subtitled 'A True Story'
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Bode's Cartoon Concert

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Cheech Wizard
Cheech Wizard
Cheech's sales pitch for his new collection.
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Ad in comic form with new material promoting the "Collected Adventures of Cheech Wizard" and "Deadbone."
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The Marijuana Grower's Guide

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Inside back cover. Ad for "The Marijuana Grower's Guide" for $4.00 from AND/OR, San Francisco, CA 94199.
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It's a Turn-On!!

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Kozmic Electric Yo-Yo
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Inside back cover. Ad for a yo-yo which lights up when it's spun. $2.50 from Kozmic Electric Yo-Yo, Philadelphia, PA 19123.
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The Adventures of Sweet Gwendoline

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Bélier Press
Sweet Gwendoline
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Inside back cover. Ad for "The Adventures of Sweet Gwendoline" for $13.50 from Bélier Press, New York, NY 10028. Cover is depicted.
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Deceasedland

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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FlagHysteria in Remission: The Comix & Drawings of Robt. Williams #[nn] published September 2002
as Deceasedland [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Back cover.

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