(October 1974)
Marvel,
1973 Series
- Price
- 0.40 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- seven times per year
- On-sale Date
- 1974-06-18
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
- Marvel Magazine Group
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Marv Wolfman (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #107, June 1974.
Special Reject Issue
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy (signed)
- Inks
- Nick Cardy (signed)
- Colors
- Nick Cardy (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- David Carradine [as Quai Chang Kane]; The Nebbish
Jaundice Baby Shampoo
Commercials That Drive You Crazy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Marv Wolfman
- Pencils
- Vic Martin
- Inks
- Vic Martin
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Parody of Johnson's Baby Shampoo television commercials.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
[no title indexed]
Crazy's Who's Who / text article / 0.66 page
- Script
- Marv Wolfman
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're Probably Asking Yourself
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Editor Wolfman explains why the theme of this issue is rejected stories.
Indexer Notes
The article is illustrated with pictures of Stan Lee, Roy Thomas and Marv Wolfman.
Kung Fooey
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- David Carradine; Keye Luke; James Arness [as Matt Dillon]; William Conrad [as Frank Cannon]; Clayton Moore [as The Lone Ranger]; Bruce Lee [as Kato]; John Wayne; Fred Williamson
- Synopsis
- Parody of the television series "Kung Fu".
- Reprints
-
in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #67 (October 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
William Conrad, who played Matt Dillon on radio, appears with James Arness, television's Matt Dillon, in the same sequence.
Divorce Letters You've Never Seen Before
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Examples of letters to famous historical figures, asking for a divorce.
- Reprints
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #18 (July 1976)
-
Getting Around The Big City
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Stuart Schwartzberg
- Pencils
- Vic Martin
- Inks
- Vic Martin
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Tips for surviving and succeeding in New York City.
- Reprints
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #18 (July 1976), #64 (July 1980)
-
[The Sistine Chapel Ceiling]
Kelly's Kockeyed Kanvas / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Kelly Freas portrays the Sistine Chapel Ceiling's point of view of Michelangelo.
[Basil O'Gawannee]
Crazy's Just Plain Folks / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Portrait of another odd person.
Liquid Crazies
Crazy's Crazies / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Collection of cartoons with a water theme.
[no title indexed]
Crazy's Craziest Radio Show / photo story / 1 page
- Script
- Marv Wolfman
- Pencils
- ? (photo)
- Inks
- ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Last issue, Billy, Mitchell and Bonzo, the dancing nine-foot gorilla, found themselves trapped in a gigantic watermelon pit while the band of deadly Nazi midgets...
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of radio dramas.
- Reprints
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #73 (April 1981)
-
The History of Moosekind, Part Seven
History of Moosekind / text story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Presentation of the history of civilization, concentrating on China.
- Reprints
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #67 (October 1980)
- in The Evolution & History of Moosekind (Fantagraphics, 1989 series) (1989)
-
[Girl Asleep]
Kelly's Kockeyed Kanvas / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Reversing the perspective of Johannes Vermeer's "Girl Asleep".
The White House Transcripts
text story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Richard Nixon; John Ehrlichman; John Dean; H. R. Haldeman; Henry Kissinger; David Eisenhower; Julie Nixon-Eisenhower; Pat Nixon
- Synopsis
- Book parody, allegedly collecting transcripts of Richard Nixon's White House tapes.
[Blowing Bubbles]
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Reversing the perspective of Jean Baptiste-Simeon Chardin's "Blowing Bubbles".
The Tattletale Heart
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Robert Redford; Will Geer; Martin Milner [as Officer Malloy]; Kent McCord [as Officer Reed]; Ellen Corby
- Synopsis
- Retelling of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Telltale Heart".
- Reprints
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #73 (April 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Sonny And Cher appear as inmates in an asylum.
Toads
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Series of gags involving toads.
- Reprints
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #61 (April 1980)
-
Charming Tissues
Commercials That Drive You Crazy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Parody of Charmin Bath Tissue commercials; Mr. Whipple finally snaps.
- Reprints
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #64 (July 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Special Reject Issue
-
1.
Jaundice Baby Shampoo
Commercials That Drive You Crazy -
2.
["You're Probably Asking Yourself"]
Crazy's Who's Who -
3.
Kung Fooey
-
4.
Divorce Letters You've Never Seen Before
-
5.
Getting Around The Big City
-
6.
[The Sistine Chapel Ceiling]
Kelly's Kockeyed Kanvas -
7.
[Basil O'Gawannee]
Crazy's Just Plain Folks -
8.
Liquid Crazies
Crazy's Crazies -
9.
["Last issue, Billy, Mitchell and Bonzo, the dancing nine-foot gorilla, found themselves trapped in a gigantic watermelon pit while the band of deadly Nazi midgets..."]
Crazy's Craziest Radio Show -
10.
The History of Moosekind, Part Seven
History of Moosekind -
11.
[Girl Asleep]
Kelly's Kockeyed Kanvas -
12.
The White House Transcripts
-
13.
[Blowing Bubbles]
-
14.
The Tattletale Heart
-
15.
Toads
-
16.
Can You Spot The Crazy Reader?
-
17.
Charming Tissues
Commercials That Drive You Crazy
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Tom de Jong
- Igor Dybzinski
- Steven Samuels
- Richard Thomson
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