(1975)
Rip Off Press,
1973 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Rip Off Press Inc.
- Brand
- Rip Off Press
Issue Notes
The issue is actually labelled volume II rather than issue 2 on the cover and in the indicia. This was published in 1975, while Print Mint had published issue 3 in 1973. The bottom of each page also features cartoons drawn by Shelton in the early 1960s.
Thanks for Vance Bass and his "Hog of Steel" archive for some of the reprint credit information.
Thanks for Vance Bass and his "Hog of Steel" archive for some of the reprint credit information.
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Reprints
- From Bacchanal (March 1962)
Indexer Notes
This reprints what was a color cover in black and white.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- High above the busy streets of the big city in one of the editorial offices of...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Philbert Desenex (Wonder Wart-Hog); Melody Lane; Lady; Harry
- Synopsis
- Wonder Wart-Hog deals with some bank robbers.
- Reprints
- from Bacchanal (March 1962)
Indexer Notes
This is the first Wonder Wart-Hog story. From January 1962. In these early stories Desanex's name was spelled differently.
Wonder Wart Hog Meets Super-Fool
comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- High above the city in the office of a great megatropolitan newspaper…
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Philbert Desenex (Wonder Wart-Hog); Meolody Lane; Super-Fool
- Synopsis
- Wonder Wart-Hog deals with Super-Fool
- Reprints
-
from Help! (Warren, 1960 series) #v2#4 (November 1962) which is reprinted - from Bacchanal (April 1962)
-
Wonder Wart-Hog Goes A-Freedom-Riding!
comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, Fellas!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Philbert Desenex (Wonder Wart-Hog); "Cattle Prod" Collins
- Synopsis
- Philbert Desenex is sent to the deep south.
- Reprints
- from Help! (Warren, 1960 series) #25 (July 1965)
-
Wonder Wart-Hog Encounters Super Granny
comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Eek! Eek!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Philbert Desenex (Wonder Wart-Hog); Super Granny
- Synopsis
- Philbert gets a vacation.
- Reprints
- from Help! (Warren, 1960 series) #24 (May 1965)
-
Wonder Wart-Hog and the Return of the Masked Meanie!
comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When I press this secret button on the control panel of my meaniemobile…
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Philbert Desenex (Wonder Wart-Hog); The Masked Meanie; Sparrow
- Synopsis
- After three years, the Masked Meanie escapes and decides to blow-up the Earth.
- Reprints
- from Help! (Warren, 1960 series) #26 (September 1965)
-
Wonder Wart-Hog and the Merciless, Menacing, Masked Meanie!
comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gasp! It's the Masked Meanie!!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Wonder Wart-Hog; The Masked Meanie
- Synopsis
- The Masked Meanie and Wonder Wart-Hog have a race.
- Reprints
- from Drag Cartoons (Millar Publishing Company, 1963 series) #29 (July 1966)
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The Adventures of Philbert Desenex
comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- (Yawn! Smack!) Ah, Sunday!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Philbert Desenex
- Synopsis
- Philbert has a cockroach problem and reads the funnies.
- Reprints
- from Wonder Wart-Hog (Millar Publishing Company, 1967 series) #2 (Spring 1967)
-
Wonder Wart-Hog Meets the Merangsters
comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The scene: Muthalode City, in the Roaring Twenties…
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Philbert Desenex (Wonder Wart-Hog); Al "Pieface" Capoon
- Synopsis
- Al Capoon is looking to take over Muthalode in the roaring twenties.
- Reprints
- from Help! (Warren, 1960 series) #22 (January 1965)
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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.
["High above the busy streets of the big city in one of the editorial offices of..."]
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3.
Wonder Wart Hog Meets Super-Fool
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4.
Wonder Wart-Hog Goes A-Freedom-Riding!
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5.
Wonder Wart-Hog Encounters Super Granny
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6.
Wonder Wart-Hog and the Return of the Masked Meanie!
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7.
Wonder Wart-Hog and the Merciless, Menacing, Masked Meanie!
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8.
The Adventures of Philbert Desenex
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9.
Wonder Wart-Hog Meets the Merangsters
This issue was modified by
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Frank Plowright
- Steven Samuels
- Douglas Sederberg
- Luther Weaver
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