(February 1975)
Marvel,
1973 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- 7 times a year
- On-sale Date
- 1974-12-31
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
- Marvel Magazine Group
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Marv Wolfman (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #113, December 1974.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #67 (October 1980)
-
[The Flasher]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Kelly Freas (signed)
- Inks
- Kelly Freas (signed)
- Colors
- Kelly Freas (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Nebbish
- Synopsis
- The Nebbish flashes a group of people, revealing something vile and disgusting: A complete set of Crazy Magazine.
The Insult That Made A Corpse Out Of "Mac"
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of Charles Atlas comic book ads.
- Reprints
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #26 (June 1977), #61 (April 1980)
- in The Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 1/2 (December 1999) which is reprinted
-
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Script credit per Russ Maheras.
[no title indexed]
Crazy's Who's Who / text article / 0.66 page
- Script
- Marv Wolfman
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Nephew
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Editor Wolfman relates several satirical "incidents" involving Crazy Magazine contributors as a letter between relatives.
Chinesetown
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Jack Nicholson [as J.J. Giddy]; Faye Dunaway [as Mrs. Mulroy]; John Huston [as Mr. Mulroy]; Roman Polanski [as the assassin]
- Synopsis
- Parody of the movie "Chinatown".
- Reprints
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #76 (July 1981)
-
Crazy's Useless Machines
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Illustrations of impractical inventions.
Will Eisner's Gleeful Guide To Sex
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An illustrated overview of various sexual phenomena.
[A New Style Of Leadership]
Poli-tickles / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Gerald Ford
- Synopsis
- President Ford gives a speech to the American public with an aide whispers everything he's to say into his ear.
Crazy's Craziest Radio Show Returns! (ta ta)
Crazy's Craziest Radio Show / photo story / 1 page
- Script
- Marv Wolfman
- Pencils
- ? (photo)
- Inks
- ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of old-time radio shows.
- Reprints
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #73 (April 1981)
-
Crazy's Guide To Professional (?) Wrestling
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Satirical look at professional wrestling.
- Reprints
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #61 (April 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Richard Nixon makes a cameo as a villainous wrestler. The illustration of The Nebbish on page 5 is a paste up of Marie Severin's work.
The History Of Moosekind, Part Nine
History of Moosekind / text article / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Continuation of the history of moose civilization, focusing on the evolution of French society.
- Reprints
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #67 (October 1980)
- in The Evolution & History of Moosekind (Fantagraphics, 1989 series) (1989)
-
Underground Almanac
text article / 6 pages
- Script
- Steve Gerber ?
- Pencils
- Vic Martin
- Inks
- Vic Martin
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of counter-culture publications.
Crazy's Medical Crazies
Crazy's Crazies / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Series of one panel cartoons with a medical theme.
How To Recognize An Aquarius
Will Eisner's Gleeful Guide To Astrology / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A satirical look at the various behavior and characteristics that are common to people born under the sign of Aquarius.
The Nebbish
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- The Nebbish; Alfred E. Neuman; Sylvester P. Smythe; Huckleberry Fink; The Joker; The Old Witch; Little Annie Fanny; Stepin Fetchit; Harpo Marx; Moe Howard; Irving Forbush
- Synopsis
- The Nebbish is summoned to the old hosts home to meet with Alfred E. Neuman, now a doddering old man, because The Nebbish is embarrassing Neuman by being too funny.
Uncle Stan Wants You
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Stan Lee [as Uncle Stan]
- Synopsis
- Stan Lee solicits subscribers while dressed in a star-spangled tuxedo and top hat.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
American Expresses Traveling Checks
Commercials That Drive You Crazy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Karl Malden
- Synopsis
- Karl Malden demonstrates how it's better to carry American Expresses Traveling Checks than cash.
- Reprints
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #67 (October 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[The Flasher]
-
1.
The Insult That Made A Corpse Out Of "Mac"
-
2.
["Dear Nephew"]
Crazy's Who's Who -
3.
Chinesetown
-
4.
Crazy's Useless Machines
-
5.
Will Eisner's Gleeful Guide To Sex
-
6.
[A New Style Of Leadership]
Poli-tickles -
7.
Crazy's Craziest Radio Show Returns! (ta ta)
Crazy's Craziest Radio Show -
8.
Crazy's Guide To Professional (?) Wrestling
-
9.
The History Of Moosekind, Part Nine
History of Moosekind -
10.
Underground Almanac
-
11.
Crazy's Medical Crazies
Crazy's Crazies -
12.
How To Recognize An Aquarius
Will Eisner's Gleeful Guide To Astrology -
13.
The Nebbish
-
14.
Uncle Stan Wants You
-
15.
American Expresses Traveling Checks
Commercials That Drive You Crazy
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Tom de Jong
- Igor Dybzinski
- Gregory Fischer
- Steven Samuels
- Richard Thomson
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