Witzend #1

(Summer 1966)

Statement of NO Policy (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Wally Wood

Pencils

Wally Wood (illustration)

Inks

Wally Wood (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #[1] - Issues 1-7 (2014)

Indexer Notes

The editorial policy of Witzend to have no editorial policy but to allow artistic freedom.

Savage World! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Wally Wood

Pencils

Al Williamson; Angelo Torres; Wally Wood; Roy Krenkel

Inks

Al Williamson; Angelo Torres; Wally Wood; Roy Krenkel; Frank Frazetta

Letters

Arlene Williamson

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• in Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (January 1975)
• in Conan (Arédit-Artima, 1980 series) #2 - Le temple de l'idole d'or (4ème trimestre 1980)
• in Alien Worlds (Pacific Comics, 1982 series) #4 (September 1983)
• in Death Rattle (Kitchen Sink Press, 1985 series) #10 (April 1987)
• in Kitchen Sink Classics (Kitchen Sink Press, 1994 series) #3 (March 1994)
• in The Fleagles: The Classic E.C. Artists (Pure Imagination, 2011 series) (2011)
• in Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #[1] - Issues 1-7 (2014)
• in Best of Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) (2018)

Indexer Notes

Originally prepared for Lev Gleason's The Adventures of Buster Crabbe before the company went out of business. Rewritten by Wally Wood for Witzend.

And In The Offing... (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Wally Wood

Pencils

Dan Adkins; Steve Ditko; Jack Kirby; Gray Morrow; Leo Dillon; Diane Dillon; Gil Kane (illustrations)

Inks

Dan Adkins; Steve Ditko; Jack Kirby; Gray Morrow; Leo Dillon; Diane Dillon; Gil Kane (illustrations)

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #[1] - Issues 1-7 (2014)

Indexer Notes

Information on contributors and possible future contributors to Witzend accompanied by small illustrations by several of them.

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

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Reed Crandall

Inks

Reed Crandall

Genre

science fiction

Characters

John Carter of Mars

...And Thereby Hangs a Tale... (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Wally Wood

Pencils

Ralph Reese (illustrations)

Inks

Ralph Reese (illustrations)

Letters

Bill Yoshida ?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Reprints

• in Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #[1] - Issues 1-7 (2014)

Indexer Notes

Credits in issue #2 acknowledge Wood as author.

Sinner (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin

Pencils

Archie Goodwin

Inks

Archie Goodwin

Letters

Archie Goodwin ?

Reprints

• in Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction (Marvel, 1976 series) #1 (1976)
• in Epic Illustrated (Marvel, 1980 series) #2 (Summer 1980)
• in Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #[1] - Issues 1-7 (2014)
• in Best of Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) (2018)

[Poetry] (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Wally Wood

Pencils

Angelo Torres (illustration)

Inks

Angelo Torres (illustration)

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

drama

Reprints

• in Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #[1] - Issues 1-7 (2014)

Keywords

poetry

Indexer Notes

Includes the following poems: Progress; No Plan Apparent; Happy Holiday; Anyone Can Play; Quickly, Now; Morality; Innocence; Back Up and Push.

Credits in issue #2 acknowledge Wood as author.

Dedication, Credits, Some Acknowledgements, et Cetera (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Wally Wood

Pencils

Wally Wood (illustration)

Inks

Wally Wood (illustration)

Letters

Wally Wood ? (typeset)

Animan (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Wally Wood; Ralph Reese ? (see notes)

Pencils

Wally Wood

Inks

Wally Wood

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

jungle; superhero

Characters

Animan

Reprints

• in Witzend (Real Free Press, 1969 series) #2 ([1969])
• in Best of Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) (2018)

Indexer Notes

Wally Wood notes that Reese assisted him on this story, likely on the script.

Moon Critters (Table of Contents: 10)

Absurd Science Fiction Stories / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Gaughan

Pencils

Jack Gaughan

Inks

Jack Gaughan

Letters

Jack Gaughan

Genre

humor; science fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Slit Your Own Throat Dept. / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Wally Wood

Pencils

Wally Wood

Inks

Wally Wood

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As we go to press...

Stop the Presses! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Frank Frazetta

Inks

Frank Frazetta

Reprints

• in Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #[1] - Issues 1-7 (2014)
• in Best of Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) (2018) [Reprinted in reduced form as a quarter-page illustration.]

Indexer Notes

back cover illustration of Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon.