(August 1982)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.90 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-05-04
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
A Marvel Magazine [Spider-Man]
Barcode
0714860290408
Editing
Larry Hama (editor); Christopher Priest (Managing Editor); Marvin M. Mallard (Cartoon Editor); Marie Severin (art director); Joe Albelo (production)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #12.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Obnoxio / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Larkin (painting)
Inks
Bob Larkin (painting)
Colors
Bob Larkin (painting)
Letters
?

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Obnoxio the Clown

Indexer Notes

Parody of the motion picture 'Quest for Fire.'

[Life with Television] (Table of Contents: 1)

Jack Sparling's Pantomime Prologue / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Sparling (signed)
Pencils
Jack Sparling (signed)
Inks
Jack Sparling (signed)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
One person's life from infancy to old age, spent watching television.

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

In This Issue (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
various
Inks
various
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Take a Letter to Crazy / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Larry Hama
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Letters
typeset

Quest for 3rd Degree Burns (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Bob Camp
Inks
Bob Camp
Letters
Eliot R. Brown

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Parody of the motion picture 'Quest for Fire.'

Midnite Mass (Table of Contents: 5)

Crazy Gross Encounters / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bobby London (signed)
Pencils
Bobby London (signed)
Inks
Bobby London (signed)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A band of cultists meet to carve turkey upon their altar.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Teen Hulk / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Christopher Priest
Pencils
Gary Hallgren
Inks
Gary Hallgren
Letters
Gary Hallgren

First Line of Dialogue or Text
...Oh, Chester, be a dear and get me a jar of semi-dill sweet pickles?
Genre
humor; satire-parody

The Wimbledon Fantasy... and the Wimpy Reality (Table of Contents: 7)

Fantasy vs. Reality / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mary Wilshire
Pencils
Mary Wilshire
Inks
Mary Wilshire
Letters
Eliot R. Brown

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A girl imagines she's playing championship tennis but is actually playing table tennis.

Dirk McGirk's Offishell Handibook of the Secret Order of the Palmetto Street Raiders!!! (Table of Contents: 8)

Dirk McGirk / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Carlin
Pencils
Mike Carlin
Inks
Mike Carlin
Letters
Mike Carlin

Genre
humor

Crazy Airplanes of the Future (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Gary Hallgren
Pencils
Gary Hallgren
Inks
Gary Hallgren
Letters
Eliot R. Brown

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Aunty Nuke / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Susan Bissett
Pencils
Steve Smallwood
Inks
Steve Smallwood
Letters
Eliot R. Brown

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ya mean you got the government and the coal industry to back ya...
Genre
humor

Crazy Looks at a Pet Shop (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Leighton
Pencils
Ned Sonntag
Inks
Ned Sonntag
Letters
Eliot R. Brown

Genre
humor; satire-parody

The Raven (Table of Contents: 12)

Crazy Gross Encounters / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bobby London (signed)
Pencils
Bobby London (signed)
Inks
Bobby London (signed)

Genre
humor
Characters
Edgar Allan Poe; a raven
Synopsis
Poe has writer's block so a raven comes up with his next tale.

Spawn Lake (Table of Contents: 13)

The Kinetic Kids / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Mellor
Pencils
Steve Mellor
Inks
Steve Mellor
Letters
Steve Mellor

Genre
humor

The Sinking Fantasy... and the Stinking Reality (Table of Contents: 14)

Fantasy vs. Reality / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Peter Kuper
Pencils
Peter Kuper
Inks
Peter Kuper
Letters
Eliot R. Brown

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man dealing with a leaky basement imagines he's in a submarine.

Fast Food (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Codor
Pencils
Dick Codor
Inks
Dick Codor
Letters
Dick Codor

Genre
humor

You Know You're Real Fat When... (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
John Lakey
Pencils
John Lakey
Inks
John Lakey
Letters
Eliot R. Brown

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Obnoxio the Clown Fun Pages / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Virgil Diamond
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg
Inks
Alan Kupperberg
Letters
Eliot R. Brown

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What can you hide under your bedroom carpet?
Genre
humor

[The Yo-Yo's] (Table of Contents: 18)

The Eleventh Hour Special / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
David Allikas
Pencils
Dave Morris
Inks
Dave Morris
Letters
Eliot R. Brown

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Meaning of Life (Table of Contents: 19)

Crazy Gross Encounters / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bobby London (signed)
Pencils
Bobby London (signed)
Inks
Bobby London (signed)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man climbs a mountain to meet a guru. The guru kicks him off the mountain.

Shaky's Mashing (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Murad Gümen
Pencils
Kent Gamble
Inks
Kent Gamble
Letters
Eliot R. Brown

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Parody of the motion picture 'Sharky's Machine.'

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Michael Carlin's Page o' Stuff / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mike Carlin
Pencils
Mike Carlin
Inks
Mike Carlin
Letters
Mike Carlin

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's a noying!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

On inside back cover.

Commercials That Drive You Crazy No. 45 (Table of Contents: 23)

Commercials That Drive You Crazy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Codor
Pencils
Dick Codor
Inks
Dick Codor
Colors
?
Letters
Eliot R. Brown

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Synopsis
A video game commercial collides with a bubblegum commercial.

Indexer Notes

On back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Obnoxio
  2. 1. [Life with Television]
    Jack Sparling's Pantomime Prologue
  3. 2. In This Issue
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Take a Letter to Crazy
  5. 4. Quest for 3rd Degree Burns
  6. 5. Midnite Mass
    Crazy Gross Encounters
  7. 6. ["...Oh, Chester, be a dear and get me a jar of semi-dill sweet pickles?"]
    Teen Hulk
  8. 7. The Wimbledon Fantasy... and the Wimpy Reality
    Fantasy vs. Reality
  9. 8. Dirk McGirk's Offishell Handibook of the Secret Order of the Palmetto Street Raiders!!!
    Dirk McGirk
  10. 9. Crazy Airplanes of the Future
  11. 10. ["Ya mean you got the government and the coal industry to back ya..."]
    Aunty Nuke
  12. 11. Crazy Looks at a Pet Shop
  13. 12. The Raven
    Crazy Gross Encounters
  14. 13. Spawn Lake
    The Kinetic Kids
  15. 14. The Sinking Fantasy... and the Stinking Reality
    Fantasy vs. Reality
  16. 15. Fast Food
  17. 16. You Know You're Real Fat When...
  18. 17. ["What can you hide under your bedroom carpet?"]
    Obnoxio the Clown Fun Pages
  19. 18. [The Yo-Yo's]
    The Eleventh Hour Special
  20. 19. Meaning of Life
    Crazy Gross Encounters
  21. 20. Shaky's Mashing
  22. 21. ["We will sell no Crazy before its time!"]
    Crazy Magazine
  23. 22. ["It's a noying!"]
    Michael Carlin's Page o' Stuff
  24. 23. Commercials That Drive You Crazy No. 45
    Commercials That Drive You Crazy
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Richard Thomson