(September 1997)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 2.50 USD; 3.45 CAD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- quarterly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Gemstone Publishing
- Brand:
- An Entertaining EC Comic
- Editing:
- Albert B. Feldstein
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Modern Age U.S.
- Paper Stock:
- Newsprint
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
Cover blurb "Famous 1950s EC Comics!" was not part of the original cover.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Albert B. Feldstein
- Pencils:
- Albert B. Feldstein (signed)
- Inks:
- Albert B. Feldstein (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Melv Neanderthal (statue)
- Reprints:
-
from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #3 (June-July 1954)
-
Li'l Melvin
comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Albert B. Feldstein
- Pencils:
- Bill Elder (signed); Basil Wolverton (one panel on page 7)
- Inks:
- Bill Elder (signed); Basil Wolverton (one panel on page 7)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- satire-parody
- Characters:
- Li'l Melvin; Rosie June; Pappy; Mammy; Popeye lampoon; Lil' Turtle; Beulah Witch; Ollie; Jody The Coyote; Marryin' Irving; various "Pogo" characters
- Reprints:
- from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #3 (June-July 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Parody of "Li'l Abner" comic strip. Last panel on page 7 may be partly by Basil Wolverton.
The Quite-A-Man
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Albert B. Feldstein
- Pencils:
- Wallace Wood (signed)
- Inks:
- Wallace Wood (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- satire-parody
- Characters:
- Berry Fitsgerry (also spelled Fitzgerry); John Weighin; Melvin O'Rourke; Mary Kin O'Hura; Mrs. Nitwit; Big Red Will Kin O'Hura; various "Pogo" characters
- Reprints:
- from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #3 (June-July 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Parody of "The Quiet Man" movie.
Pan-Mail
Pan-Mail / letters page / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stephen A. Geppi?
- Pencils:
- Marie Severin
- Inks:
- Marie Severin
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- Albert B. Feldstein; William M. Gaines
- Reprints:
- from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #3 (June-July 1954) [illustration only]
-
Indexer Notes
Letters regarding Panic #2 and Shock #10 from: Carlos M. Federici; Bob La Tremouille; Rick Olson; Paul Dale Roberts; Richard Jepeal; Wilhelm Murg; David Dellario; "Exasperated". Also reprinted illustration.
[no title indexed]
text article / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Albert B. Feldstein
- Letters:
- tyepset
Content Information
- Genre:
- satire-parody
- Reprints:
- from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #3 (June-July 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Untitled short text feature "interview" with 3-D movie patron.
Mother Goon's Nertzery Rhymes
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Albert B. Feldstein
- Pencils:
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Inks:
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- satire-parody
- Characters:
- Old King Cole; little girl; Mary Quite Contrary; Jack Be Nimble; Black Sheep; Three Men; Old Mother Hubbard; Old Mother Hubbard's dog; Little Jack Horner; Jack; Jill; Little Miss Muffet; Little Tommy Tucker; Chef; Humpty-Dumpty; Mary; Peter, Peter; Peter, Peter's wife; Three Blind Mice
- Reprints:
- from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #3 (June-July 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Mother Goose parodies.
Strike It Richly!
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Albert B. Feldstein
- Pencils:
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks:
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- satire-parody
- Characters:
- Worryin' Hulk; Morris (Morose); Mrs. Imogene Fafufnick; Albert B. Feldstein; William M. Gaines; Arnold Minstermiser; Walt Kelly?
- Reprints:
- from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #3 (June-July 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Parody of TV game show "Strike It Rich!".
Subscribe!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks:
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Reprints:
- From ads for the EC Fan-Addicts club in various EC comics of 1954, but text is modified.
Indexer Notes
House ad for subscriptions to Gemstone Publishing's EC Comics reprints.
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Li'l Melvin
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2.
The Quite-A-Man
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3.
Pan-Mail
Pan-Mail -
4.
[no title indexed]
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5.
Mother Goon's Nertzery Rhymes
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6.
Strike It Richly!
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7.
Subscribe!
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- R. J. Roper
- Donald Dale Milne
- Jerry Hillegas
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