Blast #1
(February 1971)

Price
0.40 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1970 ?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
G. & D. Publications Inc.
Editing
Al Forman

Issue Notes

Date purchased of 1970-11-11 on an issue.

Why Is Muggles Mohasky Popping his Cork? (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Everett
Inks
Bill Everett
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Characters
Muggles Mohasky

Indexer Notes

"Everett" in typeset letters by illustration.

Why? (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Everett (illo)
Inks
Bill Everett (illo)
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Re-uses the cover art as an illustration.

[Indicia, masthead, illustration from each story] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1.67 pages (report information)

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

Genre
satire-parody

Intro [duck] Shun (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Instead of the word "duck" there is a primitive picture of a duck.

Ethics (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Stan Goldberg
Letters
?

Genre
satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Not signed. Typeset "Goldberg" by a panel.

Beneath the Dignity of the Apes (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman
Pencils
Bernie Wrightson
Inks
Bernie Wrightson
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Parody of the "Planet of the Apes" movies.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Straight Jacket / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've lost 4 of these nuts...
Genre
humor

Diplomacy in Africa (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Smolin
Pencils
Bob Jenney (signed)
Inks
Bob Jenney (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

Newspaper Headlines... (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chuck McNaughton
Pencils
Mike Kaluta
Inks
Mike Kaluta
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

How a Newscast Should Really Be (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

I Know Him from Somewhere (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg [as Stan G.] (signed)
Inks
Stan Goldberg [as Stan G.] (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

World Newsfronts (Table of Contents: 11)

photo story / 2 pages (report information)

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

Genre
satire-parody
Characters
Raquel Welch (photo); Tiny Tim (photo); Maple Leaf hockey player Mike Walton (photo); Maple Leaf hockey player Jim McKenney (photo); Spirou Agnew (photo); Willy Brandt (photo); Wernher von Brauhn (photo); Chou En-Lai (photo); Dan Rowan (photo); Dick Martin (photo); Jerry Rubin (photo; Jacques Levy (photo); Abbie Hoffman (photo)

Indexer Notes

UPI news photos with humorous word balloons added.

Body Language (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Stu Schwartzberg
Pencils
Stu Schwartzberg [as Schwartzberg] (signed)
Inks
Stu Schwartzberg [as Schwartzberg] (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

Mathematical Encounter (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Mooney
Inks
Jim Mooney
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

On Campus (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Kaluta (signed)
Inks
Mike Kaluta (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

How to Insult People (Table of Contents: 15)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Don Pickles]
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

White House Party (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Smolin
Pencils
Bob Jenney
Inks
Bob Jenney
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Characters
Richard Nixon; Pat Nixon; Charles DeGaulle; John Mitchell; Martha Mitchell; William F. Buckley; Ted Kennedy; Melvin Laird; Eugene "Bull" Connor

R.O.T.C. Notebook (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Nicola Cuti
Pencils
Stan Goldberg [as Stan G.] (signed)
Inks
Stan Goldberg [as Stan G.] (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
satire-parody

Up the Corporation (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
Pencils
Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
Inks
Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

Reagan Preferred by 87.5% of all Californians (Table of Contents: 19)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Parody of a page from the report of a polling company.

Birthstones (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Smolin
Pencils
Mike Kaluta
Inks
Mike Kaluta
Letters
?

Genre
satire-parody

Evolution - the New Homo Sapiens (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Smolin
Pencils
Bob Jenney
Inks
Bob Jenney
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

The Gardener (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Kenji Morita
Pencils
Kenji Morita
Inks
Kenji Morita

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Pantomime story.

Uni-Law (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Smolin
Pencils
Jim Mooney
Inks
Jim Mooney
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

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

Straight Jacket / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey Mister Farmer...
Genre
humor

Election Time (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Weiss
Pencils
Al Weiss
Inks
Al Weiss
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Fashion Show (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Jenney
Pencils
Bob Jenney
Inks
Bob Jenney
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Why Is Muggles Mohasky Popping his Cork?
  2. 1. Why?
  3. 2. [Indicia, masthead, illustration from each story]
  4. 3. Intro [duck] Shun
  5. 4. Ethics
  6. 5. Beneath the Dignity of the Apes
  7. 6. ["I've lost 4 of these nuts..."]
    Straight Jacket
  8. 7. Diplomacy in Africa
  9. 8. Newspaper Headlines...
  10. 9. How a Newscast Should Really Be
  11. 10. I Know Him from Somewhere
  12. 11. World Newsfronts
  13. 12. Body Language
  14. 13. Mathematical Encounter
  15. 14. On Campus
  16. 15. How to Insult People
  17. 16. White House Party
  18. 17. R.O.T.C. Notebook
  19. 18. Up the Corporation
  20. 19. Reagan Preferred by 87.5% of all Californians
  21. 20. Birthstones
  22. 21. Evolution - the New Homo Sapiens
  23. 22. The Gardener
  24. 23. Uni-Law
  25. 24. ["Hey Mister Farmer..."]
    Straight Jacket
  26. 25. Election Time
  27. 26. Fashion Show
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Ramon Schenk