Panic #8
(December 1998)

Gemstone, 1997 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.50 USD; 3.65 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Gemstone Publishing
Brand
An Entertaining EC Comic
Editing
Al Feldstein (original); ?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Feldstein ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Parody of eye chart. Cover blurb "Notorious 1950s EC Comics!" not part of original cover.

Irving Oops (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Mendelsohn
Pencils
Bill Elder (signed as Lo. Hemline)
Inks
Bill Elder (signed as Lo. Hemline)
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Wroten

Genre
satire-parody
Characters
Irving Oops; Dinah; King Zug; Grand Budwizer; Ooolala; Doctor Lostpuss; Fuzzy; Poopik The Sailor Man
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Parody of comic strip "Alley Oop".

It Shouldn't Have Happened Last Night (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Basil Metabolism]
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Parody of newspaper play review column by "Basil Metabolism. "

Carmen (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Mendelsohn
Pencils
Joe Orlando (signed)
Inks
Joe Orlando (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Wroten

Genre
satire-parody
Characters
Melvin Kross; Michaela; Carmen; Don Jose; Rose La Rose; Captain Zuniga; Escamillo
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Parody of Bizet's opera "Carmen."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Crypt-Keeper's Page of Fine Arts / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Rock (credited as The Crypt Keeper)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints
Keywords
fan art

Indexer Notes

Fan art by Paul Dale Roberts, Mr. Crow, Grant Smith, Frank X. Mattson; poems by Bob Gorby, Wendy Gunther, Joe Grotenrath II, Barry McCollumand; introduced by The Crypt-Keeper.

Panic Peeks Into Some Old Underpaints (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Mendelsohn
Pencils
Jack Davis (signed)
Inks
Jack Davis (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Wroten

Genre
humor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Gag captions for famous paintings.

Gone With The Widow (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Mendelsohn
Pencils
Wally Wood (signed)
Inks
Wally Wood (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Wroten

Genre
satire-parody
Characters
Scarlip O'Hare; Rhett Buttons; Mammy; Ashcan Milks; Mr. O'Hare; Shmoe Haminegg; Maladie Haminegg
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Parody of movie "Gone With The Wind".

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

Pan-Mail / letters page / 1.7 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Rock
Pencils
Marie Severin
Inks
Marie Severin
Letters
typeset

Characters
Albert B. Feldstein; William M. Gaines
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Bobby Gorby; Joe Grotenrath II; The Knave; David Dellario; Rick Olson; Richard Jaeger.

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

statement of ownership / 0.3 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Reprints

Subscribe! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Irving Oops
  3. 2. It Shouldn't Have Happened Last Night
  4. 3. Carmen
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Crypt-Keeper's Page of Fine Arts
  6. 5. Panic Peeks Into Some Old Underpaints
  7. 6. Gone With The Widow
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Pan-Mail
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
  10. 9. Subscribe!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Chris Boyko
  • Hector G. DueƱas G.
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore