(March 1970)
New American Library,
1970 Series
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- [none printed]
- Brand
- A Signet Book
- Editing
- Nick Meglin
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Nick Meglin outlines his career as a semi-successful author.
The Biggest Top on Earth
comic story / 27 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- An intrepid circus owner forges on in the face of sagging attendance, a devastating fire and a troupe with not a whole lot of talent.
Life-Dinghy
comic story / 18 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Six passengers and a junior officer are adrift in a single lifeboat from a sunken liner with the captain who sunk it.
The Case of the Man Who Died a Lot
comic story / 32 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A driven scientist is executed for his experiments in raising the dead. But his assistant proves his theories by raising him from the dead.
Periscopes Out of the Blue
comic story / 19 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A dimwitted captain commands a dimwitted crew aboard a submarine in World War II.
The Inventing Fool
comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- An impractical inventor stumbles onto several amazing discoveries while trying to invent something else.
Indexer Notes
The lead character is a thinly disguised parody of Thomas Edison. Porky Pig makes a cameo on the last page.
Flight 1313
comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- An intrepid but not too bright airline pilot struggles to keep his disabled airliner from crashing while a group of passengers make promises to rectify the sins they committed prior to the flight.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
The Biggest Top on Earth
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3.
Life-Dinghy
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4.
The Case of the Man Who Died a Lot
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5.
Periscopes Out of the Blue
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6.
The Inventing Fool
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7.
Flight 1313
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8.
Blazing Blades
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9.
Campus Capers
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- Igor Dybzinski
- Alan Hutchinson
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