(October 1976)
DC,
1974 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 1.50 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly with a special edition in February
- On-sale Date
- 1976-12-08
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Paul Levitz (editor); Carl Gafford (co-editor)
Issue Notes
Official DC fanzine, published by DC. Mostly articles on DC characters and their creators.
On-sale date from copyright registration.
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.
Incredible Unpredictable Issue
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Sugar & Spike; Cain; Winky, Blinky, & Noddy; Woozy Winks; Bat-Mite; Quisp (from Aquaman); Mr. Mxyzptlk; Wonder Woman; Bizarro No. 1; Fox & Crow; Jonah Hex
Indexer Notes
Cover has "Nov." date.
[no title indexed]
Jonah Hex / comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- A-118
- Genre
- satire-parody; western-frontier
- Characters
- Jonah Hex
- Synopsis
- Parody using Jonah Hex. Hex finds 80,000 Indians surrounding a fort and decides to join the winning side.
- Reprints
-
in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #87 (13 Oktobar 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
Pages 17-20. Unpublished story intended for DC parody book "Zany", which was never produced.
The Gnark is Coming! The Gnark is Coming!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- ZA-531
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A bumkin aspires to be a squire. He must give a gnark a potion or it will go insane and go on a killing rampage.
- Reprints
-
in Spécial USA (Albin Michel, 1985 series) #14 / 15 (juin 1985)
-
Indexer Notes
Pages 21-24. Apparently an unpublished story intended for the "Plop!" comic book.
Friendship (Sugar Style)
Sugar & Spike / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Sugar; Spike
- Synopsis
- Sugar and Spike are at the beach. Sugar pretends to be Spike's servant.
Indexer Notes
Page 48. Unpublished Sugar & Spike one-page story?
Spike vs. the Football!
Sugar & Spike / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Spike
- Synopsis
- Spike get hit in the posterior when a football goes over the fence from a neighbor's yard. He trades the football for a helmet to protect himself (giving a new meaning to "cover your butt.")
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Unpublished Sugar & Spike one-pager?
[Sportsman]
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed Wood)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed Wood)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Genre
- satire-parody; sports
- Synopsis
- A four-armed "athlete" plays many games simultaneously.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Possibly an unpublished cover for the "Plop!" comic book?
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
Incredible Unpredictable Issue
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2.
[no title indexed]
Jonah Hex -
3.
The Gnark is Coming! The Gnark is Coming!
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4.
Friendship (Sugar Style)
Sugar & Spike -
5.
Spike vs. the Football!
Sugar & Spike -
6.
[Sportsman]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Juan Gonzalez
- Clayton Graham
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Daniel Thingvold
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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