Volume: 1
Price: 0.75 USD
Pages: 96
On-sale Date: 1973-04-19
Editing: Henry Beard (editor); Michael O'Donoghue (editor); Tony Hendra (editor); Brian McConnachie (editor)
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Indexer Notes

The "Fraud" issue. Funny Pages on pages 82-92 (scattered). On-sale date from 1973 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Consumers Textbook
(Table of Contents: 1)

cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:satire-parody
Characters:
Ralph Nader

Indexer Notes

Parody of "Crimestopper's Textbook" feature in the Dick Tracy Sunday newspaper strips.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (photographs)
Inks:
? (photographs)
Letters:
?
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You'll enjoy this.
Characters:
Michael Gross (photo); David Kaestle (photo); Brian McConnachie (photo); Tony Hendra (photo); Henry Beard (photo); P. J. O'Rourke (photo)

A Legal Way to Buy into the Booming Gold Market
(Table of Contents: 3)

cartoon / 3 pages

Script:
B. Kliban (signed)
Pencils:
B. Kliban (signed)
Inks:
B. Kliban (signed)
Letters:
B. Kliban (signed)

Indexer Notes

Eight bizarre cartoons (including "Never Eat Anything Bigger than Your Head." which was a title of a book of Kliban's cartoons.) In keeping with the theme of the issue, none have anything to do with the gold market.

The Funniest Cartoon in the World
(Table of Contents: 4)

cartoon / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:satire-parody

Indexer Notes

A two-page cartoon, containing nearly every magazine cartoon cliche ever invented.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Nuts / comic story / 0.75 page

Script:
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Pencils:
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Inks:
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Letters:
Gahan Wilson (signed)
  • Genre:children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Remember the first time you had to wait for something...
  • Keywords:model-building
Synopsis:
The boy saves for a submarine model, but it doesn't meet his unrealistic expectations.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Idyl / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Jeff Jones (signed as J)
Pencils:
Jeff Jones (signed as J)
Inks:
Jeff Jones (signed as J)
Letters:
Jeff Jones (signed as J)
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ya know, kid. You, too, can become one.
Reprints (2)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Trots and Bonnie / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Raquel Welch!
Characters:
Trots (dog); Bonnie
Synopsis:
Using a towel in front of a mirror, Bonnie pretends to be famous sex symbols.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Dirty Duck / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Bobby London (signed as London)
Pencils:
Bobby London (signed as London)
Inks:
Bobby London (signed as London)
Letters:
Bobby London (signed as London)
  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Spare change?
Characters:
Dirty Duck; Weevil
Synopsis:
A panhandler asks Mr. Duck for a handout.

Night Rider
(Table of Contents: 9)

Beans Morocco / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
M. K. Brown (signed)
Pencils:
M. K. Brown (signed)
Inks:
M. K. Brown (signed)
Letters:
M. K. Brown (signed)
  • Genre:satire-parody; western-frontier
Characters:
Beans Morocco; King (horse)
Synopsis:
While riding across the desert at night, Beans and King are startled by a flock of stampeding chickens.

Cheech Wizard Spits Up
(Table of Contents: 10)

Bodé's Cartoon Concert / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Vaughn Bodé (signed)
Pencils:
Vaughn Bodé (signed)
Inks:
Vaughn Bodé (signed)
Colors:
Vaughn Bodé (signed) (graytones)
Letters:
Vaughn Bodé (signed)
Characters:
Cheech Wizard
Synopsis:
Having left his hat at the scene of last night's orgy, Cheech sends his apprentice to fetch it.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

The Aesop Brothers Siamese Twins / comic story / 0.75 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Brace yourself. Here comes Menshevik.
Characters:
Aesop Brothers [Alex; George]; Captain Menshevik
Synopsis:
The owner of the sideshow complains that Alex isn't keeping himself feminine-looking in order to make the male-female siamese twin fraud work.
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Consumers Textbook
  2. ["You'll enjoy this."]
    Foto Funnies
  3. A Legal Way to Buy into the Booming Gold Market
  4. The Funniest Cartoon in the World
  5. ["Remember the first time you had to wait for something..."]
    Nuts
  6. ["Ya know, kid. You, too, can become one."]
    Idyl
  7. ["Raquel Welch!"]
    Trots and Bonnie
  8. ["Spare change?"]
    Dirty Duck
  9. Night Rider
    Beans Morocco
  10. Cheech Wizard Spits Up
    Bodé's Cartoon Concert
  11. ["Brace yourself. Here comes Menshevik."]
    The Aesop Brothers Siamese Twins
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