(July 1974)
Marvel,
1973 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.40 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- seven times a year
- On-sale Date
- 1974-04-30
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
- Marvel Magazine Group
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Marv Wolfman (credited) (editor); Roy Thomas (credited as Roy T.) (executive editor)
Issue Notes
No issue number on cover.
On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #105, April 1974.
On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #105, April 1974.
Buy-Our Aspirin
Commercials That Drive You Crazy / photo story / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas; Jean Thomas
- Pencils
- Marie Severin (first two panels only)
- Inks
- Marie Severin (first two panels only)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Parody of Bayer Aspirin television commercials
- Reprints
-
in Crazy Super Special (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (Summer 1975) - in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #70 (January 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Photography by Vince Colletta. The pictures were retouched for humorous effect by Marie Severin. Inside front cover.
[no title indexed]
Crazy's Who's Who / text article / 1 page
- Script
- Marv Wolfman
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Editor Wolfman provides satirical biographies of this issue's contributors.
Daytime Television
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parodies of various daytime television shows. Shows parodied are The Dinah Shore Show, Dr. Joan Brothers, Jeopardy, Hollywood Squares, Calculus Explained, I Love Lucy, The CBS News, What's My Line, Let's Make A Deal, The Newlywed Game, General Hospital and The Mike Douglas Show.
- Reprints
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #70 (January 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Vice-President Spiro Agnew is a guest on the Dinah Shore Show, while Henry Kissinger appears on What's My Line. The parody is interrupted on page 5 by a photo skit in which Marvel staffer Don McGregor shoots editor Marv Wolfman for Wolfman intimating in a previous issue that McGregor is short.
Lights On, Nobody
photo story / 1 page
- Script
- Marv Wolfman
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Parody of radio dramas.
Nixonland
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Julie Nixon-Eisenhower; David Eisenhower
- Synopsis
- Richard Nixon's daughter and son-in-law lead a tour of the new theme park built around highlights from Nixon's political career.
- Reprints
- in Crazy Super Special (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (Summer 1975)
-
The History Of Moosekind, Part Five
History of Moosekind / text article / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- The evolution of civilization is traced, focusing on Asia.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Poli-tickles / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Richard Nixon; Gerald Ford; Hubert Humphrey; Pat Nixon; Howard Cosell, Don Meredith; Henry Kissinger; Moshe Dayan; Golda Meir; Spiro Agnew; Bobby Riggs; Billie Jean King; Bebe Rebozo; Jill St. John
- Synopsis
- Collection of cartoons satirizing the Nixon administration.
Indexer Notes
The caricature of Marv Wolfman on page 4, panel 2 was done by Marie Severin rather than Dick Wright.
Realistic Toy Catalogue
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Steve Gerber; Bruce Garlin; Allen Goffstein
- Pencils
- Marie Severin
- Inks
- Ralph Reese
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of toy catalogs.
- Reprints
- in Crazy Super Special (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (Summer 1975)
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #61 (April 1980)
-
[Clement Harboloy]
Crazy's Just Plain Folks / text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Biography of Norman, Oklahoma, shoe salesman Clement Harboloy.
The Heck We Were!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Robert Redford; Barbra Streisand
- Synopsis
- Parody of the film "The Way We Were".
- Reprints
- in Crazy Super Special (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (Summer 1975)
-
Oozie's Girls
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Ozzie Nelson; Harriet Nelson
- Synopsis
- Parody of the television show "Ozzie's Girls".
- Reprints
- in Crazy Super Special (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (Summer 1975)
-
Billy Jerk
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Tom Laughlin
- Synopsis
- Parody of the film "Billy Jack".
- Reprints
- in Crazy Super Special (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (Summer 1975)
-
The Starloose!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of the television series "The Starlost".
- Reprints
- in Crazy Super Special (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (Summer 1975)
-
WorstWorld
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Richard Benjamin; Yul Brenner; James Brolin; Henry Kissinger
- Synopsis
- Parody of the film "Westworld".
[no title indexed]
text article / 0.5 page
- Script
- Marv Wolfman
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It Is Time Once More
- Synopsis
- Editor Wolfman postulates solutions for the energy crisis.
Crust Toothpaste
Commercials That Drive You Crazy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Richard Nixon; Julie Nixon-Eisenhower
- Synopsis
- Parody of Crest television ads; President Nixon's daughter interrupts a press conference to announce that she passed her dental checkup.
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Buy-Our Aspirin
Commercials That Drive You Crazy -
2.
[no title indexed]
Crazy's Who's Who -
3.
Daytime Television
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4.
Streaking
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5.
Lights On, Nobody
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6.
Nixonland
-
7.
The History Of Moosekind, Part Five
History of Moosekind -
8.
[no title indexed]
Poli-tickles -
9.
Realistic Toy Catalogue
-
10.
[Clement Harboloy]
Crazy's Just Plain Folks -
11.
The Heck We Were!
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12.
Oozie's Girls
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13.
Billy Jerk
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14.
The Starloose!
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15.
WorstWorld
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16.
["It Is Time Once More"]
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17.
["If You're Afraid Of Losing Your Head"]
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18.
Crust Toothpaste
Commercials That Drive You Crazy
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Steve Coates
- Tom de Jong
- Igor Dybzinski
- Gregory Fischer
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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