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Issue: The Sincerest Form of Parody: The Best 1950s MAD-Inspired Satirical Comics #[nn]
Publication Date: April 2012
 
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
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Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
On Sale Date: 03/28/2012
Volume:
Pages: 196
ISBN: 9781606995112
UPC/EAN: 978160699511252499
Price: $24.99 USD
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Content Items: 54 (33 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
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Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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reprinted 8 times from some/all in other Issues.
reprinted 39 times from Content Items in other Issues.
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The Sincerest Form of Parody

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From Issue: FlagFlip #1 published April 1954
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the competition

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Synopsis: The difficulties MAD writers have in coming up with ideas.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #17 published November 1954
was Julius Caesar! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The titles of MAD and 11 competitors are used in the narrative: Bughouse; Crazy; Eh!; Flip; Get Lost; MAD; Madhouse; Nuts!; Panic; Riot; Wild; Whack.

Script credits from John Benson.
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The Sincerest Form of Parody

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From Content Item: FlagNuts! #3 published July 1954
was So solly, Merywin... [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Publisher's Page

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Table of Contents

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Satire Comes up the River From Lafayette Street

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Jay Lynch

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Genres: biography
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Tales Calculated to Sell You...

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From Content Item: FlagBijou Funnies #8 [unnamed variant] published January 1973
was Tales Calculated to Sell You... [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
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From Content Item: FlagPanic #1 published February 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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My Gun Is The Jury!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
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From Content Item: FlagPanic #1 published February 1954
was My Gun Is the Jury! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Parody of Spillane's "Mike Hammer."
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The Lady or the Tiger?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Panic
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From Content Item: FlagPanic #2 published April 1954
was The Lady or the Tiger? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Single drawing by Basil Wolverton appears on page 6.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
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From Content Item: FlagWhack #3 published May 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Dr. Seekle and Mr. Hide

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Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous
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From Content Item: FlagWhack #3 published May 1954
was Dr. Seekle and Mr. Hide [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Believe It or Drop! ....Dead?

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Genres: humorous
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From Content Item: FlagWhack #3 published May 1954
was Believe It or Drop! ....Dead? [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Takeoff of the Ripley's Believe it or Not strip.
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He Died From Laughter!

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From Issue: FlagWhack #3 published May 1954
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Pages: 0.25
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Ancient Classic Comics Presents Little Awful Fannie

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Genres: humorous
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From Content Item: FlagWhack #3 published May 1954
was Ancient Classic Comics Presents Little Awful Fannie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Takeoff on Little Orphan Annie comic strip.
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The Great Mane Robbery

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Feature(s): Crisco Keed
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From Content Item: FlagThe Three Stooges #7 published October 1954
was The Great Mane Robbery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
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From Content Item: FlagEh! #4 published June 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Young Dr. Baloney!

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Genres: humorous
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From Content Item: FlagEh! #1 published December 1953
was Young Dr. Baloney! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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What's My Crime?

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Genres: humorous
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From Content Item: FlagEh! #4 published June 1954
was What's My Crime? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Expressions

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Genres: humorous
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From Content Item: FlagFrom Here to Insanity #11 published August 1955
was Expressions [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Rex Mortgage M.D.?

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From Content Item: FlagFrom Here to Insanity #11 published August 1955
was Rex Mortgage M.D.? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
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Comet Feldmeyer, the Ace of Space

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From Content Item: FlagFrom Here to Insanity #11 published August 1955
was Comet Feldmeyer, the Ace of Space [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
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From Content Item: FlagRiot #3 published August 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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From Here to There

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Genres: humorous
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From Content Item: FlagRiot #1 published April 1954
was From Here to There [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: E-87
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Whacks' Museum

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Genres: horror, humorous
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From Content Item: FlagCrazy #3 published February 1954
was Whacks' Museum [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: D-723
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Crazy's Fun Page

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From Content Item: FlagCrazy #7 published July 1954
was Crazy's Fun Page [Activity on Interior Page(s)]
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Job Number: E-566
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
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From Content Item: FlagGet Lost #1 published March 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Sewer Keeper

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From Content Item: FlagGet Lost #2 published April 1954
was The Sewer Keeper [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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S.S. Gigantic

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From Content Item: FlagGet Lost #2 published April 1954
was S.S. Gigantic [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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So solly, Merywin...

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From Content Item: FlagNuts! #3 published July 1954
was So solly, Merywin... [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Marvin's Monster

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Genres: humorous
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From Content Item: FlagNuts! #1 published March 1954
was Marvin's Monster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Signature is hidden on gravestone in splash.
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Marvin Shame, Shamus

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Genres: humorous
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From Content Item: FlagNuts! #2 published May 1954
was Marvin Shame, Shamus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Take-off on hard boiled detective novels
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How to Marry a Zillionaire

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Subtitled: "Or, Flat Foot Floosie Loves Me!"
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From Content Item: FlagNuts! #3 published July 1954
was How to Marry a Zillionaire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Comics Is Wonderful!

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Genres: humorous
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From Content Item: FlagNuts! #4 published September 1954
was Comics Is Wonderful! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Captain Marble Flies again

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Genres: humorous
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From Content Item: FlagNuts! #5 published November 1954
was Captain Marble Flies Again [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: Spoof on comic strip "Captain Marvel".

Otto Binder script credit from John Benson's book. Evonne Rae script credit from Alter Ego #33.
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Television... Blessing or Curse to Mankind

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Genres: humorous
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From Content Item: FlagNuts! #5 published November 1954
was Television... Blessing or Curse to Mankind [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

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From Content Item: FlagMadhouse #4 published September 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Oh, for the Life-of a Wife-of a Werewolf

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From Issue: FlagBughouse #2 published May 1954
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Late-Late-Late-Late Show

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From Issue: FlagBughouse #3 published July 1954
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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From Issue: FlagFlip #1 published April 1954
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Pages: 1
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Hector Protector

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes
First Line: We're all in the dump, for diamonds are trump...
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From Content Item: FlagWitches Tales #24 published April 1954
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.5
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Low Noon

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Genres: humorous
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlack Cat Comics #47 published December 1953
was Low Noon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: High Noon parody intended for the unpublished Flip #3.

Script credits from John Benson.
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Puncho Villa

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From Issue: FlagFlip #1 published April 1954
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Pages: 5
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Alladin's Lamp-oon

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From Issue: FlagFlip #1 published April 1954
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Pages: 5
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V...- for Wampire

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Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagFlip #1 published April 1954
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Pages: 5
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The Shriek of Araby

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Lady Diana Arbuthnott; Sheik Hassan Ben Sober
Synopsis: In a parody of the silent film "The Sheik," a desert prince abducts a British tourist and soon comes to regret it.
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From Content Item: FlagFlip #2 published June 1954
was The Shriek Of Araby [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Come Back Bathsheba

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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From Content Item: FlagBlack Cat Comics #51 published August 1954
was Come Back Bathsheba [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Shane parody intended for Flip #3. Howard Nostrand reports in Squa Tront #13 (2012) that this story was written by Nat Barnett.
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20,000 Leaks Under the Sea

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): King Farouk
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagUnsane #15 published June 1954
was "20,000 Leaks Under the Sea" [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Twenty Thousand Leaks Under The Sea

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jay Disbrow ? [as Jules Fern] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Captain Zemo; Munsky (Zemo's insane uncle)
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From Content Item: FlagUnsane #15 published June 1954
was Twenty Thousand Leaks Under The Sea [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: According to Alter Ego #117 (June 2013), this story is more likely a satire of the Walt Disney movie than a spoof of "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne.
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Notes

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 25
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Be a Successful 90-Pound Weakling

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Writer(s): ?
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Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFrom Here to Insanity #11 published August 1955
was Be a Successful 90-Pound Weakling [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: back cover
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art from Whack #3

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