Panic #7

(February-March 1955)

Mel Padooka (Table of Contents: 1)

Clean Living, Non-Smoking, Non-Drinking Comic Characters Dept. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Mendelsohn

Pencils

Bill Elder (signed as [also as a ghost for Hambone Fishead)

Inks

Bill Elder (signed as [also as a ghost for Hambone Fishead)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

satire-parody

Characters

Mel Padooka; Mammy Yockum (cameo); Nobby (Padooka's manager); Ann Hoohah (Mel's wife); Bat-Ears (Mel's French friend and new sparring partner); Jimmy Porous (broadcaster); Limey (Mel's best friend); Lit-ul Marx (newspaper boy); Mel's parents (cameo); Hungry Humphrey Meatloaf (villain, Padooka's boxing opponent)

Synopsis

Nobby is concerned that Mel is not in the best condition to take on his next opponent, Hungry Meatloaf, so he enlists Mel's wife to supervise his conditioning and to find a way to make him made enough to fight.

Reprints

• in Panic (Russ Cochran, 1984 series) #2 (1984)
• in Panic (Gemstone, 1997 series) #7 (September 1998)
which is reprinted
• in Panic Annual (Gemstone, 1997 series) #2 (1998)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #18 - The Million Year Picnic and Other Stories (January 2017) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Parody of the comic strip "Joe Palooka".

You Axed for It! (Table of Contents: 2)

Old Film Clips Passed Off as T.V. Entertainment Dept. / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Mendelsohn

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

satire-parody

Reprints

• in Panic (Russ Cochran, 1984 series) #2 (1984)
• in Panic (Gemstone, 1997 series) #7 (September 1998)
which is reprinted
• in Panic Annual (Gemstone, 1997 series) #2 (1998)

Indexer Notes

Parody of TV show "You Asked For It!".

Pan-Mail (Table of Contents: 3)

Pan-Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Advice to the Loveloon (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein ?

Letters

typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Reprints

• in Panic (Russ Cochran, 1984 series) #2 (1984)
• in Panic (Gemstone, 1997 series) #7 (September 1998)
which is reprinted
• in Panic Annual (Gemstone, 1997 series) #2 (1998)

Indexer Notes

Parody of Lonely Hearts newspaper columns.

Travel Posters (Table of Contents: 5)

The Urge to See the World Dept. / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Mendelsohn

Pencils

Joe Orlando (signed)

Inks

Joe Orlando (signed)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

satire-parody

Reprints

• in Panic (Russ Cochran, 1984 series) #2 (1984)
• in Panic (Gemstone, 1997 series) #7 (September 1998)
which is reprinted
• in Panic Annual (Gemstone, 1997 series) #2 (1998)
• in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #19 - The Thing from the Grave and Other Stories (October 2017) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Indexer Notes

Parody of typical travel posters.

Them There Those (Table of Contents: 6)

Fantastic Doom-Type Movies Dept. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Mendelsohn

Pencils

Wally Wood (signed as Wood)

Inks

Wally Wood (signed as Wood)

Colors

Marie Severin

Letters

Jim Wroten

Genre

satire-parody

Reprints

• in Panic (Russ Cochran, 1984 series) #2 (1984)
• in Panic (Gemstone, 1997 series) #7 (September 1998)
which is reprinted
• in Panic Annual (Gemstone, 1997 series) #2 (1998)

Indexer Notes

Parody of movie "Them!".