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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Penciller(s): Dick Frank (photograph)

Inker(s): Dick Frank (photograph)

Colorist(s): Dick Frank (photograph)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): Skippy (kangaroo) (photo)

First Line: Say, we don't get many kangaroos in here.

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Pages: 1

What Gives?

Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Fran Hollidge [as Hollidge] (signed)

Penciller(s): Fran Hollidge [as Hollidge] (signed)

Inker(s): Fran Hollidge [as Hollidge] (signed)

Letterer(s): Fran Hollidge

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): Russian Bear; Man on the Street; Mr. H-Bomb

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Pages: 0.3

Notes: Parody of editorial cartoons, bringing 19 different labeled symbols together for a street scene.

Attack of the Sizeable Beasts

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Brian McConnachie

Penciller(s): Fran Hollidge [as F. Hollidge]

Inker(s): Fran Hollidge [as F. Hollidge]

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, science fiction

Synopsis: A professor invents a growth serum and the few enlarged animals escape. A newspaper reporter is on the story, but is more interested in courting the professor's niece.

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Pages: 5

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Photo Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Michael O'Donoghue

Penciller(s): David Kaestle (photographer)

Inker(s): David Kaestle (photographer)

Colorist(s): Dolores Deluxe

Letterer(s): ?; Michael Doret (logo)

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Underwear for the Deaf

First Line: It is illegal to insult deaf women in all but fourteen states.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Hand-tinted photographs.

This Can Be Your "Big Break"

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Alan Kupperberg (signed)

Inker(s): Alan Kupperberg (signed)

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, nature

Synopsis: Parody of mail-order school ads, with an elephant sending away to the Serengeti Institute of Prehensile Proboscology for information on how to grow a trunk.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Part of "Popular Evolution" magazine parody.

Talkless Tool Use

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Alan Kupperberg [as Kupperberg] (signed)

Inker(s): Alan Kupperberg [as Kupperberg] (signed)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Synopsis: A caveman makes an animal skin holder for his stone tools.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Pantomime story. Parody of Roy Doty's "Wordless Workshop". Part of "Popular Evolution" magazine parody.

The Insult That Made a Meat Eater Out of a Mouse

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Ralph Reese ?

Inker(s): Ralph Reese ?

Letterer(s): ?; typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, nature

Synopsis: Parody of the Charles Atlas comic strip ads, with a mouse evolving into a fanged bat to take care of a bullying lizard.

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Ad includes a mail-in coupon to "Charles Darwin, Dept. B, Galapagos Islands." Part of "Popular Evolution" magazine parody.

The Nazi Doctor Doolittle

Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Anne Beatts

Penciller(s): Doug Taylor

Inker(s): Doug Taylor

Colorist(s): Doug Taylor ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Synopsis: Two-page drawing of a Nazi scientist performing cruel experiments on various animals.

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Pages: 2

Ill, But Still Smart

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Ed Bluestone

Penciller(s): Shary Flenniken

Inker(s): Shary Flenniken

Letterer(s): Shary Flenniken

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, nature

Synopsis: A boy takes an aging dog behind the barn to shoot it, but the dog shoots the boy instead.

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Pages: 1

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gahan Wilson (signed)

Penciller(s): Gahan Wilson (signed)

Inker(s): Gahan Wilson (signed)

Letterer(s): Gahan Wilson

Subject Matter

Genres: childrens

Feature(s): Nuts

First Line: Remember the first time when you weren't really sure...

Synopsis: The boy goes to a girl's party. She seems interested in seeing more of him, but he's not sure how he feels about the situation.

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Pages: 0.75

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jeff Jones [as J] (signed)

Penciller(s): Jeff Jones [as J] (signed)

Inker(s): Jeff Jones [as J] (signed)

Letterer(s): Jeff Jones

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Idyl

First Line: Get away or I'll harm you.

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Pages: 1

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Stan Mack

Penciller(s): Stan Mack

Inker(s): Stan Mack

Letterer(s): Stan Mack

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Mule's Diner

Character(s): Sarah Lee; Jonathan; Mule

First Line: Sarah Lee never smiled.

Synopsis: Sarah Lee marries a two-headed man, then finds the rest of his family also has multiple heads.

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Pages: 1

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Byron Preiss [as Preiss]

Penciller(s): Ralph Reese [as Reese]

Inker(s): Ralph Reese [as Reese]

Letterer(s): Ralph Reese

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Feature(s): One Year Affair

Character(s): Jill; Steve

First Line: Having clarified the situation on the home front...

Synopsis: Jill discusses her previous boyfriends.

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Pages: 0.25

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Shary Flenniken (signed)

Penciller(s): Shary Flenniken (signed)

Inker(s): Shary Flenniken (signed)

Letterer(s): Shary Flenniken

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Trots and Bonnie

Character(s): Trots (dog); Bonnie; Pepsi

First Line: That dress is really you!

Synopsis: Pepsi and Bonnie are trying on clothes at a boutique, but when they see two drag queens trying on the same styles, decide that they will shop elsewhere.

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Pages: 0.5

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Byron Preiss [as Preiss]

Penciller(s): Ralph Reese [as Reese]

Inker(s): Ralph Reese [as Reese]

Letterer(s): Ralph Reese

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Feature(s): One Year Affair

Character(s): Jill; Steve; Harold; Carole

First Line: Out with Jill, Harold, and Carole, Steve locks the keys...

Synopsis: While waiting around after Steve locks his keys in his car, Harold and Carole reveal that they are getting married.

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Cheech Wizard Turns a Buck

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Vaughn Bodé (signed)

Penciller(s): Vaughn Bodé (signed)

Inker(s): Vaughn Bodé (signed)

Colorist(s): Vaughn Bodé (graytones)

Letterer(s): Vaughn Bodé

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Bodé's Cartoon Concert

Character(s): Cheech Wizard

Synopsis: Cheech uses the stuffed corpse of his former apprentice as the star of a money-making enterprise.

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Pages: 1

Book IV, Chapter 2, "The Tempest"

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Charles Rodriguez [as Rodriguez] (signed)

Penciller(s): Charles Rodriguez [as Rodriguez] (signed)

Inker(s): Charles Rodriguez [as Rodriguez] (signed)

Letterer(s): Charles Rodriguez

Subject Matter

Feature(s): The Brothers Aesop Siamese Twins

Character(s): The Aesop Brothers [Alex; Carl]; Charles Rodriguez; Dr. Shibboleth

Synopsis: Alex is lying in a coffin, dying, and his doctor and the funeral home director are planning how to publicize the event when he dies. Artist Rodriguez ruins their plans by invading the funeral home and shooting everyone.

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Pages: 0.75

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Byron Preiss [as Preiss] (signed)

Penciller(s): Ralph Reese [as Reese] (signed)

Inker(s): Ralph Reese [as Reese] (signed)

Letterer(s): Ralph Reese

Subject Matter

Genres: romantic

Feature(s): One Year Affair

Character(s): Jill; Steve

First Line: A marriage in the near future!

Synopsis: With their roommates Harold and Carole leaving to get married, Jill and Steve consider moving in with each other.

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Pages: 0.25