Plop! #6
(July-August 1974)

DC, 1973 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1974-04-16
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
The Line of DC Super-Stars
Editing
Joe Orlando (editor); Paul Levitz (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #105.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Plop! / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Basil Wolverton
Inks
Basil Wolverton
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
ZA-172
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The new magazine of weird humor!
Genre
humor
Characters
Josephine

Indexer Notes

Cover image is smaller version of back cover image.

Table of Plop-tents (Table of Contents: 1)

Plop! / table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Letters
typeset

Job Number
ZA-295
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover page.

[Welcome to Plop!] (Table of Contents: 2)

Plop! / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
ZA-289 ?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Back again, eh? Okay then, welcome to the sixth issue of Plop!
Genre
humor
Characters
Cain; Abel; Eve

Indexer Notes

Title from table of contents.

Monster Plops (Table of Contents: 3)

Plops / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dave Manak; Robert Johnson (signed)
Inks
Dave Manak; Robert Johnson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Multiple gags. Multiple job numbers.
ZA-270 "See - didn't I tell you that elephants were afraid of mice?"
ZA-265 "Somebody bring some bananas - QUICK!"
ZA-293 "Will you shut up about the energy crisis and get on with the experiment!"
ZA-292 "You sure seem grouchy today, Harold -- what's eating you?"

Bits and Pieces of a Corrupt Life! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Skeates
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-1878
Genre
humor
Reprints

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

Plop Drop / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
ZA-243

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Chris Bursey, David Bursey, Phantom of the Mists, Stuart Levinsky, Kenneth Hersbell, Kay, Your Pinko Friends, Sue Stuewer, Scott McMonigle, Richard Funn, Glen Banks, Lori Beth Forrester, John Cameron, Lee Cochenour, Michael Pollack.

Prison Plops (Table of Contents: 6)

Plops / cartoon / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Robert Johnson (signed); ?
Inks
Robert Johnson (signed); ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Multiple gags. Multiple job numbers.
ZA-176 "Cancel his writing privileges!"
ZA-286 "More salad?"
A-124 "Mercy! Mercy!"
ZA-278 "Well, that's one of our demands anyway."
ZA-275 "Don't you know any other expressions of disgust besides 'Oh, hang it all!'?"
ZA-273 "I don't care how they serve it, I still don't like squash."
ZA-279 "Will you please stop calling me 'Your Most Royal Majesty, Omnipotent Founder and Savior of Our Country'?"

Depressed Elephant (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Skeates
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
ZA-231
Genre
humor
Reprints

People Plops (Table of Contents: 8)

Plops / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
A. S. Habbick (signed); Robert Johnson (signed)
Inks
A. S. Habbick (signed); Robert Johnson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Multiple gags. Multiple job numbers.
ZA-89 "Who else but Delbert Culpepper would've thought of standing up to avoid being digested?"
ZA-271 "Quick, Bula-Bula, my elephant gun!"
ZA-210 "Excuse yourself when you belch, Quintley!"
A-154 "I can't believe I ate the whole thing."

Historical Plops (Table of Contents: 9)

Plops / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Robert Johnson (signed)
Inks
Robert Johnson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
ZA-55
First Line of Dialogue or Text
How about that - in one day I invented both the first wheel and the first traffic accident.
Genre
humor
Reprints

The Showdown Sonata (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Lee Marrs
Pencils
Lee Marrs
Inks
Lee Marrs
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
ZA-228
Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

Prescription Plops (Table of Contents: 11)

Plops / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Robert Johnson (signed); ?
Inks
Robert Johnson (signed); ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Multiple gags. Multiple job numbers.
ZA-234 "I told you not to take the stitches out yet!"
ZA-239 A vampire's blood unit is going to his mouth instead of his arm.
ZA-284 "Does anyone remember where this goes?"
ZA-110 "Surgery? No, just ate a pizza."

The Uninvited Guest! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
John Jacobson (plot); Steve Skeates
Pencils
Bill Draut
Inks
Bill Draut
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
ZA-58
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

[Closing] (Table of Contents: 13)

Plop! / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Letters
?

Job Number
ZA-290
Genre
humor
Characters
Cain; Abel; Eve

Indexer Notes

Sequence on inside back cover in black and white.

[Fly Me... I'm Josephine!] (Table of Contents: 14)

Plop! / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Basil Wolverton
Inks
Basil Wolverton
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Full size image of front cover image.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["The new magazine of weird humor!"]
    Plop!
  2. 1. Table of Plop-tents
    Plop!
  3. 2. [Welcome to Plop!]
    Plop!
  4. 3. Monster Plops
    Plops
  5. 4. Bits and Pieces of a Corrupt Life!
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Plop Drop
  7. 6. Prison Plops
    Plops
  8. 7. Depressed Elephant
  9. 8. People Plops
    Plops
  10. 9. Historical Plops
    Plops
  11. 10. The Showdown Sonata
  12. 11. Prescription Plops
    Plops
  13. 12. The Uninvited Guest!
  14. 13. [Closing]
    Plop!
  15. 14. [Fly Me... I'm Josephine!]
    Plop!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • CTGarry
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Steffen Nyeland
  • Mark Semich
  • Jim Van Dore