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Issue: Sick #6 [6]
Publication Date: June 1961
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Issues: #6 [6] of 62 Issues
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Publisher: FlagPrize
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Headline Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/11/1961
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
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Content Items: 28 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard magazine size U.S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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The Show That Was Too Sick for TV

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman; Professor Sickmund
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Genres: humorous
First Line: In the mature male and the mature female statues, large glands located under the curve of the arm…
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Beauty Expert

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Richard Illness
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Contents, credits, indicia.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Leo Morey (photos); Professor Sickmund
First Line: With the prestige of our country at stake in the race for space, Sick feels that no area of propaganda be overlooked.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Martin P. Duffy, Mike Kagy, Bob Zeamon, Buddy Plank, J. Richardson, Jim Ivers, Harold Sandell, John Huemrich, Rickey Garrison, Al Brent, Olivia R. Moore. Dick Fletcher, D.F. Sythe, Joe Pilati, Kenneth Pitt. Uncredited editorial “ Chimps in Space”. Stand-up jokes by Professor Sickmund.
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Twentieth Century

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Walter Cranklite; Waite Awhile; Shoelace Yo-Yo
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Disclose Notes: Parody of 1950’s tv show Twentieth Century hosted by Walter Cronkite.
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Woman Embezzles 2 Million from Bank

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Beatrice Bonnet
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Sick Award

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Genres: humorous
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Disclose Notes: Single-page gag cartoon.
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Hollywood: Animal Stars

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Din Din Din Jr.; F.S.; S.D.; D.M.
Synopsis: Hollywood mogul F.S. tries to capitalize on the death of his top animal star, Din Din Din, Jr.
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Hollywood Producer: The Sol Burlap Story

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Genres: humorous
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Fan Magazine Fans

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A married couple obsess over movie star gossip they read in fan magazines.
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The Marilyn Monroe Story

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Marilyn Monroe (photos); Amanda Dell (photo of Marilyn Monroe); Tony Danton (photo of Frankie Vaughan); Jean-Marc Clément (photo of Yves Montand)
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Disclose Notes: Pun-filled “biography” of Marilyn Monroe.
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Academy Award Speech

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Helton Charleston
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Edmond O’Brien (photo); Otto Kruger (photos); Bert Freed (photos); Don Porter (photo)
First Line: Scenes that annoy us are the ones in those spy movies where the two spies meet in Ankara…
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Disclose Notes: Series of corny jokes, with illustrations. Movie stills from 711 Ocean Drive (1950), with humorous fumetti-style dialogue balloons.
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The Show That Was Too Sick for TV

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): John F. Kennedy; Jacqueline Kennedy; Caroline Kennedy
Synopsis: What if the Kennedys starred in their own situation comedy tv show?
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The Capital Punishment Record Club

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Genres: humorous
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Disclose Notes: Parody of Capitol Record Club advertisements.
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Saga of a Sick Ship

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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: A humorous take on World War II movies, using stills from The Wackiest Ship in the Army (Columbia Pictures, 1960) done as fumetti-style jokes.
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Police to Pose as Taxi Drivers

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Genres: humorous
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Sneaky Camera

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Arhur Godly; Allen Blunt; Rocky Lasagna
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Disclose Notes: Parody of long-running TV show Candid Camera (ABC-TV, 1960).
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Contest

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
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Disclose Notes: Leftover cartoons from previous contest are shown. Contest art by James Goodne, M. Buckley, George H. Croom Jr.
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From Sick Friends

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Genres: humorous
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Disclose Notes: Jokes from Ellen Holtsberg, Ed Berg, Ray Passman, John E. Dolan, Earl Ireland, Paul Manoogian, Lee Kirkman, Billy Stephens, K. Crowe, Jack D. Godler, Robert Lord, David Feigel, Charles R. Baker. List of “Outstanding Contributors”.
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A Career in Spying

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Genres: humorous
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News Headline: Spy Captured in Gotham

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Genres: humorous
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The Invention of the Telephone

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dr. Alexander Graham Bell; Dr. Watson; Bob Young
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Professor Sickmund’s Calendar of Sick Events

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Professor Sickmund
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Disclose Notes: Humorous calendar for May and June of 1961. Humorous, fake ads on either side of calendar.
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Bathing Beauty

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
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First Line: All right, fellas, recess is over.
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Disclose Notes: Funny dialogue added to movie still from Riot in Juvenile Prison (United Artists, 1959).
Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Professor Sickmund; Alfred E. Neuman
First Line: In Tokyo nearly everybody reads Sick - - sideways!
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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