Plop! #23
(September-October 1976)

DC, 1973 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1976-06-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
DC [circle]
Barcode
0709893061010
Editing
Joe Orlando (editor); Paul Levitz (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #131.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Plop! / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don Edwing ?
Pencils
Dave Manak (signed)
Inks
Dave Manak
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
ZA-250
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You'll go out of your mind
Genre
humor; sports
Keywords
skiing

Indexer Notes

Writing in Amazing World of DC Comics #11 (1976) before publication of this issue, Paul Levitz and Bob Rozakis provided the following credit: “Cover by Don Edwing and Dave Manak.”

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dave Manak
Inks
Dave Manak
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
ZA-679
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fear not, Sir Rudy... I have assigned the giant the task of doing away with your enemy, Peter Pureheart!
Genre
humor
Characters
Sir Rudy

The King of the Ring (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Wally Wood
Pencils
Wally Wood
Inks
Wally Wood
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
ZA-414 ?
Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Parody of The Lord of the Rings.

Crime Plops! (Table of Contents: 3)

Plops / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ron Stanfield (signed); Robert Johnson (signed)
Inks
Ron Stanfield (signed); Robert Johnson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Multiple gags. Multiple job numbers. Also multiple non-illustrated jokes.
ZA-552 "If you had any sporting blood, you'd play dead!"
ZA-487 "Say when, sir!"

Prescription Plops (Table of Contents: 4)

Plops / cartoon / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Robert Johnson (signed)
Inks
Robert Johnson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Multiple gags. Multiple job numbers. Also multiple non-illustrated jokes.
ZA-139 "Wait here just a second. I have to check with Dr. Farley about something."
ZA-434 "We've finally decided that this intense pain you're feeling is caused by some sort of illness."
ZA-199 "You know, some practical woodworking might take your mind off your illness, why don't you build a casket?"
ZA-336 "You have what we in the medical profession refer to as a splitting headache."
ZA-240 The founder of a blood bank is a vampire.
ZA-476 ? "A bit crude, perhaps, but you have to admire his enthusiasm."

Alfred Adamsapple (Table of Contents: 5)

Plopular Person of the Month! / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Basil Wolverton
Inks
Basil Wolverton
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
ZA-169
Genre
humor
Characters
Alfred Adamsapple

Indexer Notes

Pinup design similar to earlier cover layouts.

Prison Plops (Table of Contents: 6)

Plops / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Robert Johnson (signed)
Inks
Robert Johnson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Multiple gags. Multiple job numbers. Also multiple non-illustrated jokes.
ZA-159 Meat Tenderizer.
ZA-341 Swedish Foot Massage. "I t-t-told y-y-you I d-d-don't w-w-want one!"
ZA-427 "It must be bedtime -- here he comes with our pajamas."
ZA-98 ? "You win again! Boy, you sure are lucky!"

The Wizard of Plop! (Table of Contents: 7)

Plop! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don Edwing
Pencils
Dave Manak
Inks
Dave Manak
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
ZA-562
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Plop Drop / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
ZA-637

Tanks for the Memory! (Table of Contents: 9)

Peter Pureheart / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
ZA-683
Genre
humor
Characters
Peter Pureheart; Rudy

Strange Happenings! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
John Albano
Pencils
John Albano
Inks
John Albano
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
ZA-119
Genre
humor

The Lady Doth Protest! (Table of Contents: 11)

Peter Pureheart / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
ZA-68
Genre
humor
Characters
Peter Pureheart; Belinda

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Cross-Eyed Pussycat / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Albano
Pencils
Henry Scarpelli
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
ZA-684
Genre
humor
Characters
Cross-eyed Pussycat

Indexer Notes

Multiple gags. Multiple non-illustrated jokes.

Historical Plops (Table of Contents: 13)

Plops / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Robert Johnson (signed); ?; ? (as Mort, signed)
Inks
Robert Johnson (signed); ?; ? (as Mort, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Multiple gags. Multiple job numbers. Also multiple non-illustrated jokes.
ZA-182 The First Opera.
ZA-223 The Royal Court. "Bravo, Jester!"
ZA-454 The Middle Ages. "He gives me the creeps! Every time he gets paid, he calls it his severance pay!"

Monster Plops (Table of Contents: 14)

Plops / cartoon / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Workman (signed); Bob Schochet (signed); Robert Johnson (signed); Mal (signed)
Inks
John Workman (signed); Bob Schochet (signed); Robert Johnson (signed); Mal (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Multiple gags. Multiple job numbers. Also multiple non-illustrated jokes.
ZA193 A photographer uses a vulture for 'watch the birdie'.
ZA581 "Welcome to our giant sale!"
ZA-222 "Your neck electrodes are playing hell with my TV set!"
ZA582 A magician sawed a woman in half.

The Return of the Cross-Eyed Pussycat (Table of Contents: 15)

Cross-Eyed Pussycat / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Albano
Pencils
Henry Scarpelli
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
ZA-684
Genre
humor
Characters
Cross-eyed Pussycat

Indexer Notes

Multiple gags.

The Swami (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Atkins ?
Inks
Jim Atkins ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
ZA-502
Genre
humor

Good Deed for the Day! (Table of Contents: 17)

Peter Pureheart / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Peter Pureheart

On the Trail of Rudolph! (Table of Contents: 18)

Peter Pureheart / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Peter Pureheart

[PQR] (Table of Contents: 19)

Plopular Poetry! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Wally Wood
Pencils
Wally Wood
Inks
Wally Wood
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
ZA-695
Genre
humor
Synopsis
Short poems for the letters P, Q, and R.

Indexer Notes

P is for the Pignoramus.
Q is for the Quickquack.
R is for the Reverso.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["You'll go out of your mind"]
    Plop!
  2. 1. ["Fear not, Sir Rudy... I have assigned the giant the task of doing away with your enemy, Peter Pureheart!"]
    Peter Pureheart
  3. 2. The King of the Ring
  4. 3. Crime Plops!
    Plops
  5. 4. Prescription Plops
    Plops
  6. 5. Alfred Adamsapple
    Plopular Person of the Month!
  7. 6. Prison Plops
    Plops
  8. 7. The Wizard of Plop!
    Plop!
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Plop Drop
  10. 9. Tanks for the Memory!
    Peter Pureheart
  11. 10. Strange Happenings!
  12. 11. The Lady Doth Protest!
    Peter Pureheart
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Cross-Eyed Pussycat
  14. 13. Historical Plops
    Plops
  15. 14. Monster Plops
    Plops
  16. 15. The Return of the Cross-Eyed Pussycat
    Cross-Eyed Pussycat
  17. 16. The Swami
  18. 17. Good Deed for the Day!
    Peter Pureheart
  19. 18. On the Trail of Rudolph!
    Peter Pureheart
  20. 19. [PQR]
    Plopular Poetry!
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