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Issue: Plop! #1
Publication Date: September 1973
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Issues: #1 of 24 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [circle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/21/1973
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #97. No ads.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy Covers; Newsprint Interiors
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Plop!
Character(s): "Arms" Armstrong
First Line: The new magazine of weird humor!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #63 [Direct Sales] published August 1985
as Arms Armstrong [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Plop! 1 #[nn] published July 2000
as Humor and Horror Collide in a Unique Comics Series [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover art is a smaller version of the back cover. Logo design credit from Todd Klein (confirmed by Aragonés through Mark Evanier) via his Facebook page, used with permission.
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Table of Plop-tents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: A-122
Disclose Notes: Contents page with Sergio Aragonés art filling in the marginals.
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I

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Plops
Character(s): Cain; Abel; Eve
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Plop! 1 #[nn] published July 2000
as Plops [I] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: ZA-46
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The Escape!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Plop!
Character(s): Cain (Story teller); Jonathan Francis
Synopsis: A whimsical look at dungeon life by Sergio Aragonés.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #63 [Direct Sales] published August 1985
as The Escape! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Plop! 1 #[nn] published July 2000
as The Escape! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: ZA-39
Disclose Notes: Nominated for a Shazam Award in 1973 for Best Humor Story.
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II

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Plops
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Plop! 1 #[nn] published July 2000
as Plops [II] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Multiple one-panel gags. Multiple job numbers.
A-125A - "I love a parade!"
ZA-16 - "Now tell us about the time you rubbed your eye with the wrong hand..."
ZA-106 - "We had the cap on the lens, could you please hit him a few more times?"
ZA-90 - "Wow... it sure doesn't taste like tomato juice!"
ZA-30 - "Don't take too much off the top."
ZA-21 - Small guard at cemetery plot.
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A Plop Is Born

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Plop! 1 #[nn] published July 2000
as A Plop Is Born [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: ZA-79
Disclose Notes: The Origin of Plop!
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Kongzilla!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: What is this drooling, slurping, YEECHY thing emerging from the primeval slime and muck? You guessed it -- it's KONGZILLA!
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In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Plop! 1 #[nn] published July 2000
as Kongzilla! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: ZA-76
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III

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Plops
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Plop! 1 #[nn] published July 2000
as Plops [III] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Multiple one-panel gags. Multiple job numbers.
A-137 - X marks the spot - for the letter X.
ZA-8 - A bucket of coins above a door falls on a bank robber.
ZA-85 - Guy wheeling patient to surgery gets distracted by nurse.
A-160 - "So, what's so strange about an ingrown hair?"
A-136 - "Dad, Dad, I only had one cavity!"
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The Message

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A ghost reports back to his friends in the graveyard what the score of the ballgame was.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #63 [Direct Sales] published August 1985
as The Message [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Plop! 1 #[nn] published July 2000
as The Message [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-1822
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IV

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (as Dawson)
Inker(s): ?; ? (as Dawson)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Plops
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Plop! 1 #[nn] published July 2000
as Plops [IV] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Multiple one-panel gags. Multiple job numbers.
ZA-27 - "Mother, look - a ghost!" Baby fish sees fish skeleton.
ZA-11 - "This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home, this little..."
ZA-109 - Eternal Peace Monument Co. Lifetime Guarantee.
ZA-12 - Lady takes dog to cemetery so the dog can bury a bone.
A-139 - Sweeping the dirt under a dungeon prisoner.
ZA-70 - "April Fool!" Mad doctor switches a monsters hands and feet.
ZA-19 - "You the party who advertised for a young man with a good brain?"
A-140 - Doggone kids leavin' toys all over the park!
J-1461 - A pointy tailed guy visits his friend in a hospital; Referee check the rule book on a fighter eating his opponent; Airplane pilots wearing parachutes run past passengers.
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The Gourmet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cain (Story host); Vernon Glute; Hormsley (Death); Unnamed male and female customers at Slee-Zee Diner; Unnamed cook at Slee-Zee Diner; Unnamed male waiter at Slee-Zee Diner
First Line: Fat... gross... a slob... any of these terms would apply to Vernon Glute...
Synopsis: Bernie Wrightson drew this tale about a man who would pay any price for a meal of frogs' legs. You heard us right, kiddies... any price !
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagSpécial USA #14 / 15 published June 1985
In Content Item: FlagThe Masterworks Series of Great Comic Book Artists #3 published October 1983
as The Gourmet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #60 [Direct Sales] published May 1985
as The Gourmet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWelcome Back to the House of Mystery #1 published July 1998
as The Gourmet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Plop! 1 #[nn] published July 2000
as The Gourmet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-1810
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Closing

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Plops
Character(s): Cain; Abel; Eve
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Plop! 1 #[nn] published July 2000
as Closing [Story on Interior Page(s)]reprint is colored
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: ZA-47
Disclose Notes: Sequence on inside back cover page in black and white.
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"Arms" Armstrong

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Plop!
Character(s): "Arms" Armstrong
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Character artwork same as front cover with the Sergio Aragonés artwork filling in entire background not just marginal border. Text and Wolverton's signature are omitted as well.

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