Sick #v3#7 [21]
(June 1963)

Prize, 1960 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly except January, April, July, and October
On-sale Date
1963-04-23
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Headline Publications Inc.
Editing
Joe Simon (credited) (editor); Dee Caruso (feature editor); Bill Levine (feature editor); Bob Powell (credited) (art director)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1967 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Do Get Well Cards Spread Disease? (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor
Characters
Huckleberry Fink

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

Great Love Scenes / photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Darling, the detergent you are using in your automatic is murder on my T-shirts.
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

Features... (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
various
Inks
various
Letters
typeset

Late Night TV (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Al Hastings (credited)
Pencils
Richard Doxsee (credited)
Inks
Richard Doxsee (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Steve Allen; Johnny Carson

Indexer Notes

Parodies of the Steven Allen Show and the Tonight Show.

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

Sickcerely Yours / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Simon ?
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Letters
typeset

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

Sick-nificant News of the World / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Powell (credited)
Inks
Bob Powell (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We're just bubbling with news!
Genre
humor; satire-parody

What's My Salary? (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Parody of 'What's My Line?'

Windup Dolls (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

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

Sick, Sick World / text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You ever meet a psychiatrist on the street?
Genre
humor

TV Commercial (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)
Inks
Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Sick's Sickest Comic (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)
Inks
Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

The Dictator (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Caracu (credited, signed)
Pencils
Caracu (credited, signed)
Inks
Caracu (credited, signed)
Letters
Caracu (credited, signed)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A dictator asks his men for a light; so many hold up a lighter to him that he's burned to death.

Photo Quiz (Table of Contents: 12)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

Historical Heroes (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Dee Caruso (credited); Bill Levine (credited)
Pencils
Jack Davis (credited)
Inks
Jack Davis (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Reprints

Flood Hits New York (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

The Longest Day (Table of Contents: 15)

Movie Review / photo story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

News Briefs (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

American Comics Overseas (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Vic Martin (credited)
Inks
Vic Martin (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Synopsis
In Israel they read 'Shleperman.' In China there's 'Joe Palooza.'

Indexer Notes

Parodies of Superman and Joe Palooka. Small print on the Shleperman logo reads "apologies to National Comics."

Place the Face (Table of Contents: 18)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

Inventor's Agent (Table of Contents: 19)

Monologue / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dee Caruso (credited); Bill Levine (credited)
Pencils
Jack Davis (credited)
Inks
Jack Davis (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Presidential Stamps (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
John F. Kennedy

Indexer Notes

Last page is on back cover.

Amateur Hour Wrapup (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Ripcord (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Phoney Interviews (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Great Moments in Girl Scouting / photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
All right, Ethel, out of the pool!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

On inside back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Do Get Well Cards Spread Disease?
  2. 1. ["Darling, the detergent you are using in your automatic is murder on my T-shirts."]
    Great Love Scenes
  3. 2. Features...
  4. 3. Late Night TV
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Sickcerely Yours
  6. 5. ["We're just bubbling with news!"]
    Sick-nificant News of the World
  7. 6. What's My Salary?
  8. 7. Windup Dolls
  9. 8. ["You ever meet a psychiatrist on the street?"]
    Sick, Sick World
  10. 9. TV Commercial
  11. 10. Sick's Sickest Comic
  12. 11. The Dictator
  13. 12. Photo Quiz
  14. 13. Historical Heroes
  15. 14. Flood Hits New York
  16. 15. The Longest Day
    Movie Review
  17. 16. News Briefs
  18. 17. American Comics Overseas
  19. 18. Place the Face
  20. 19. Inventor's Agent
    Monologue
  21. 20. Presidential Stamps
  22. 21. Amateur Hour Wrapup
  23. 22. Ripcord
  24. 23. Phoney Interviews
  25. 24. ["All right, Ethel, out of the pool!"]
    Great Moments in Girl Scouting
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore