Panic #10
(June 1999)

Gemstone, 1997 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.50 USD; 4.00 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Gemstone Publishing
Brand
An Entertaining EC Comic
Editing
Al Feldstein (original); ?

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[Handle With Care] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Feldstein ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Package/mailing label cover. Cover blurb "Famous 1950s EC Comics!" was not part of original cover.

Captain Izzy and Washt Upps (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Mendelsohn
Pencils
Bill Elder (signed)
Inks
Bill Elder (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
satire-parody
Characters
Captain Izzy; Washt Upps; Irving Oops (cameo); Barney Google (cameo); Mr. Mceee; Carol; Bull; Charlie; Roscoe Swiney
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Parody of comic strip "Captain Easy and Wash Tubbs".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Crypt-Keeper's Page of Fine Arts / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ed Rock (credited as The Crypt-Keeper)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Keywords
fan art

Indexer Notes

Fan art by Pete McEvoy, Andy Patton, Paul Dale Roberts; poems by Barry J. McCollum & Robert Fuller.

A Star Is Corn (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Mendelsohn
Pencils
Jack Davis (signed)
Inks
Jack Davis (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
satire-parody
Characters
Norman Mainliner; Esther Blodgett; O. G. Oliver; mermaid
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Parody of movie "A Star Is Born".

Punch Lines (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Mendelsohn
Pencils
Bill Elder (signed)
Inks
Bill Elder (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Synopsis
Twelve "drunk" jokes.
Reprints

A Special Editorial (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Feldstein ?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
An appeal to readers to write your Senators regarding the true value of comic books.
Keywords
editorial

Now Take A Good Long Look At Yourself (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Feldstein ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Parody of self-help newspaper column, by "Melvin Potrezebie."

Foreign Movies (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Mendelsohn
Pencils
Jack Davis (signed)
Inks
Jack Davis (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
satire-parody
Characters
John; Marsha; Pierre; Reggie; Margaret; Oolong; Nikola; Tanya
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Parodies of foreign versions of a single movie script.

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

Pan-Mail / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Rock
Pencils
Marie Severin; Jack Davis
Inks
Marie Severin; Jack Davis
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters and fan art from: Rick Olson; Bob Gorby; Paul David Roberts; Timothy M. Walters, with 2 panels from Panic #11.

Subscribe! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Davis (signed)
Inks
Jack Davis (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints
  • From ads for the EC Fan-Addicts club in various EC comics of 1954, but text is modified.

Indexer Notes

House ad for subscriptions to Gemstone Publishing's EC Comics reprints.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Handle With Care]
  2. 1. Captain Izzy and Washt Upps
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    The Crypt-Keeper's Page of Fine Arts
  4. 3. A Star Is Corn
  5. 4. Punch Lines
  6. 5. A Special Editorial
  7. 6. Now Take A Good Long Look At Yourself
  8. 7. Foreign Movies
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Pan-Mail
  10. 9. Subscribe!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Chris Boyko
  • Hector G. DueƱas G.
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore