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Issue: Crazy Magazine #1
Publication Date: October 1973
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Issues: #1 of 94 Issues (96 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Magazines [reading a magazine]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 07/10/1973
Volume: 1
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from The Comic Reader #98, June 1973.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: magazine
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration
Black and white. Parody of Kung Fu, the television series starring David Carradine.
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Explosive First Issue

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Crazy
Character(s): The Nebbish
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 published January 2012
as Crazy Magazine #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Virginia Slim Chances

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of Virginia Slims magazine ads.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various (thumbnails)
Inker(s): various (thumbnails)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Title, credits, contents, indicia.
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Kung Fooey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of the ABC television series "Kung Fu".
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Pages: 8
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Breaking And Entering Pandora's Box

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody article on post-nuclear Armageddon life.
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Pages: 1
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Daily Survivor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Sample of a post-apocalyptic newspaper.
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Pages: 7
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The Lighter Side Of Racial Violence

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of Dave Berg's "The Lighter Side" features from Mad Magazine.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: You guys are putting me on!
Synopsis: Two men try to convince the woman sitting in bed between them that posing topless for the camera will be striking a blow for free speech.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This is a parody of National Lampoon's "Foto Funnies" segment. Photographed by Michelle Wolfman. Marvel Comics editor Roy Thomas appeared as one of the men.
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Shush-Ups

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of Mad Magazine's "Shut up" recurring feature.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: No! I know it’s two pages later but I still won’t do it!
Synopsis: The two men prevail in getting their bed mate to take off her top, but she has a surprise waiting for them.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Photographed by Michelle Wolfman.
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The Great American Dream

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred Hawker (photo of Dick Giordano); John Williams (photo of Neal Adams); Marsha Williams (photo of Gayle Landers); The Daughter (photo of Mary McPherran); The Son (photo of Tony Isabella); The Mugger (photo of Alex Simmons)
Synopsis: A slick real estate agent tries to talk an unsuspecting couple into investing in a luxury condominium.
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Pages: 3
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An Independent Survey Today Announced...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A series of newspaper clippings from the future are presented.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Until you bought this book, you probably never heard of Crazy Magazine.
Synopsis: Editor Wolfman gives satirical biographies of this issue's contributors.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Announcement of the “Name-That-Nebbish” contest.
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The Upseidown Adventure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of the film "The Poseidon Adventure".
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Pages: 6
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Evolution And History Of Moosekind [Part I]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: The evolution of human history, parodied as it would apply to anthropomorphized moose. This chapter covers the evolution of prehistoric moose ancestors.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Continued in second issue.
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Foom-Etti

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Richard (played by Marv Wolfman); Wendy (played by Cristen Steen)
Synopsis: A desperate young man tries to convince a bored woman to show him the secret prize she got for subscribing to Crazy Magazine.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Sole Survivor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Junkwaffel
Character(s): Squirtvegger; Card Shark
Synopsis: Card Shark frets about the high mortality rate in the squadron.
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In Issue: FlagJunkwaffel #2 published February 1995
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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