Plop! #2
(November-December 1973)

DC, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1973-08-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
DC [circle]
Editing
Joe Orlando (editor); Michael Fleisher (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #99. No ads.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Plop! / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Basil Wolverton (signed)
Inks
Basil Wolverton (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The new magazine of weird humor!
Genre
humor
Characters
Art Arteries
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover art is a smaller version of the back cover.

Table of Plop-tents (Table of Contents: 1)

Plop! / table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
ZA-142
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Contents page with Sergio Aragonés border art.

[Welcome to Plop] (Table of Contents: 2)

Plops / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
ZA-82A; ZA-57; ZA-120
Genre
humor
Characters
Cain; Abel; Eve

Indexer Notes

Title from Table of Contents.

Page 1 has Cain, Abel and Eve introduction.
Page 2 has multiple single panel gags with job number ZA-57 in first panel.
Page 3 has multiple single panel gags with job number ZA-120 in last panel.

The Demand (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Sergio Aragonés
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
ZA-48
Genre
humor
Reprints

[I] (Table of Contents: 4)

Plops / cartoon / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
A. S. Habbick (signed); Robert Johnson (signed); ?
Inks
A. S. Habbick (signed); Robert Johnson (signed); ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Multiple one-panel gags. Multiple job numbers.
ZA-34 Man jumps in after a drowning man to rescue his expensive ring.
ZA-63 "I have your dentures ready for you."
ZA-135 "Longest roots I've ever seen."
ZA-127 Cleaning lady at funeral home hides dirt under man in casket.
ZA-45 "Good riddance, ya bum." Man yells into a funeral home.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Plop Drop / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
ZA-121

Indexer Notes

Letters from: The Midnight Phantom, Guy H. Lillian III, Paul Kupperberg, Carl Gafford.

No Ghoul Like an Old Ghoul (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Oleck
Pencils
Alfredo Alcala
Inks
Alfredo Alcala
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-3057
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

[II] (Table of Contents: 7)

Plops / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Robert Johnson (signed); Joe Dare (signed as Dare)
Inks
Robert Johnson (signed); Joe Dare (signed as Dare)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Multiple one-panel gags. Multiple job numbers.
ZA-128 "I didn't have the heart to shoot him - that's my wife in there."
ZA-129 "Mind splashing around to keep our vegetables from sticking?"
ZA-141 "I thought it would be nice for Easter."
ZA-130 "We'll get a confession soon... we're grilling the suspect now."

Hey, Skinny! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Skeates
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
ZA-40
Genre
humor
Reprints

[III] (Table of Contents: 9)

Plops / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Atkins (signed); Robert Johnson (signed); ?
Inks
Jim Atkins (signed); Robert Johnson (signed); ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Multiple one-panel gags. Multiple job numbers.
ZA-53 Angels playing ring toss with their halos.
ZA-18 Big man on raft steers with smaller man tied to tiller.
ZA-28 Playing ball with a hand grenade.

The Man Who Came to Dinner (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
George Kashdan
Pencils
Nick Cardy
Inks
Nick Cardy
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
J-1969
Genre
humor
Reprints

[Closing] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Letters
?

Job Number
ZA-82B
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Sequence on inside back cover in black and white.

[Art Arteries] (Table of Contents: 12)

Plop! / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Basil Wolverton
Inks
Basil Wolverton
Colors
?

Genre
humor
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["The new magazine of weird humor!"]
    Plop!
  2. 1. Table of Plop-tents
    Plop!
  3. 2. [Welcome to Plop]
    Plops
  4. 3. The Demand
  5. 4. [I]
    Plops
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Plop Drop
  7. 6. No Ghoul Like an Old Ghoul
  8. 7. [II]
    Plops
  9. 8. Hey, Skinny!
  10. 9. [III]
    Plops
  11. 10. The Man Who Came to Dinner
  12. 11. [Closing]
    Plops
  13. 12. [Art Arteries]
    Plop!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mark Semich
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore