Panic
#1
(July 1958)
Panic Publications,
1958 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Panic Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Bob Farrell (credited as Big Chief: Robert Farrell) (publisher ?); Bob Powell (credited as Li'l Chief: Bob Powell) (editor ?); W. Morgan Thomas (credited as Chief) (?, house name)
Issue Notes
Spoofs and swipes format of MAD Magazine. The credits printed for this issue appear to be a mixture of real and made-up names and as such are unreliable for verification.
[Table of contents]
table of contents / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Includes an explanation as to why Issue #1 is labeled an Anniversary Issue.
Indexer Notes
Some of the creator credits on this page are fake/pseudonyms, particularly with reference to artist credits. There is a reference to real ads appearing on p. 9 and 40 but there are no real ads in evidence in the magazine with the exception of an in-house subscription promo ad at the back.
Intelectchual Comics
comic story / 1.5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Detective Racy; Toodles; Coffin Nails; B and O; Mudcake McGook; Delilah May; Commahnduh Whitehead
- Synopsis
- Dick Tracy spoof and Li'l Abner spoof.
Neversharp Sick Injector Switch Blades
illustration / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Parody advertisement.
Letters... You Write: We Snarl Back
letters page / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Fake letters page with illustrations. An editor's note on the page claims that "several friends" contributed letters to fill the feature since this is only the first issue. Includes 3 illustrations.
Indexer Notes
Runs between p. 6 and 7, bookended by the fake ads for Sick Injector and Deublien Cordials. One letter is supposedly from actress Jayne Meadows.
What to do with Ebbet's Field
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Steve Allen parody featuring likenesses of Allen, Don Knotts and Tom Poston.
Tranquilized Trauma
text story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Powell (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Powell (signed)
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Joke writing credit for '"Hap" Addict'.
Lest We Forget - Forgotten Firsters
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Powell (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Powell (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Spoofs of various Hollywood celebrities including Jane Russell, Veronica Lake, Charlie McCarthy, Milton Berle, Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Groucho Marx, Ava Gardner, and others.
Record Review or: Giving It the Big Needle
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Spoof of Hy Gardner Calling. Spoofs numerous music stars including Lawrence Welk, Mitch Miller, Elvis Presley, Mantovani, Patti Page, Xavier Cugat.
Art Sinkwetter's Birthday Party!
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Art Linkletter's House Party parody.
TV Advertisements or: It couldn't happen to a better fella...
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- TV commercial parodies.
Nature's Oddities
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Includes a note saying full-color versions of the illustrations used with the article are available upon request, however it's unclear whether this is a serious solicitation.
Do it Yaself, Wise Guy, Dept.
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Spoof do-it-yourself tips for restoring an antique dry-sink, restoring a 1907 Grand Prix Mercedes, and restoring an antique pistol.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Anniversary Issue
-
1.
Dr. Schoal's Zeno-Pads
-
2.
[Table of contents]
-
3.
Intelectchual Comics
-
4.
Hell & Bowells Electric Eye Camera
-
5.
Neversharp Sick Injector Switch Blades
-
6.
Letters... You Write: We Snarl Back
-
7.
Dull-Flavored Deublein Cordials
-
8.
What to do with Ebbet's Field
-
9.
Tranquilized Trauma
-
10.
Popsodent
-
11.
Cafe Society Capers
-
12.
The Cover Girl
-
13.
Le Sport Du Car, eh wot?
-
14.
The Questionable Photographer
-
15.
Lest We Forget - Forgotten Firsters
-
16.
Record Review or: Giving It the Big Needle
-
17.
A Look at the Weak World
-
18.
Art Sinkwetter's Birthday Party!
-
19.
TV Advertisements or: It couldn't happen to a better fella...
-
20.
Nature's Oddities
-
21.
Do it Yaself, Wise Guy, Dept.
-
22.
TV Review of the Month: Curley Schmerley's Gorybook
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23.
Good Housebreaking
-
24.
Now You Can Save a Million Dollars!
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25.
Mell Pell Famo's Cigarettes
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Devine
- Alex Frazer-Harrison
- Donald Dale Milne
- Jim Walls
- Chad Wicker
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