Plop! #12
(May 1975)

DC, 1973 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1975-02-18
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 #115.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Plop! / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Basil Wolverton (signed)
Inks
Basil Wolverton (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The magazine of weird humor!
Genre
humor
Characters
Messy Tessie

Batman and the Mummy (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Batman; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[Welcome] (Table of Contents: 2)

Plop! / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
ZA-565
Genre
humor
Characters
Cain; Abel; Eve

Indexer Notes

Framing sequence.

The Escape (Table of Contents: 3)

Prison Plops / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
David Vern
Pencils
Robert Johnson
Inks
Robert Johnson
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
ZA-311
Genre
humor

What Are Little Ghouls Made Of? (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-1877
Genre
humor; horror-suspense
Reprints

Prescription Plops (Table of Contents: 5)

Plops / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Multiple gags. Multiple job numbers.
ZA-407 "More anesthetic, Doctor."
ZA-399 "Perhaps it would help if you stopped reading the adventures of Spider-Boy."

Monster Plops (Table of Contents: 6)

Plops / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Larter
Inks
John Larter
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Multiple gags. Multiple job numbers.
ZA-509 "I didn't mean nuthin' kid, honest... I think Lassie's a real nice name!"
ZA-515 "I forgot... you got a thing about garlic, don'tcha?"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Plop Drop / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
ZA-533

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Jason Williams, Zarkov, David Seidman, The Yorktown Phantom.

Dr. Varsag's Experiment (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
ZA-355
Genre
humor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Based on the short story "Dr. Varsag's Second Experiment" from Amazing Stories (August 1953) by David Vern (as Craig Ellis).

People Plops (Table of Contents: 9)

Plops / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Multiple gags. Multiple job numbers.
ZA-482 "Mr. Brannigan, I've been wanting to tell you this for a long time..."
ZA-20 "I wouldn't, Swartz - you might survive and you've used up all your sick leave."
ZA-165 "Well, so much for plastic nets."
ZA-257 "Oops? Is that all you can say?"
ZA-297 "Does this mean I'm fired, Mr. Gerberg?"

Famous Firsts (Table of Contents: 10)

Historical Plops / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don Edwing
Pencils
Dave Manak
Inks
Dave Manak
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
ZA-369
Genre
humor
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["The magazine of weird humor!"]
    Plop!
  2. 1. Batman and the Mummy
    Batman; Hostess Twinkies
  3. 2. [Welcome]
    Plop!
  4. 3. The Escape
    Prison Plops
  5. 4. What Are Little Ghouls Made Of?
  6. 5. Prescription Plops
    Plops
  7. 6. Monster Plops
    Plops
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Plop Drop
  9. 8. Dr. Varsag's Experiment
  10. 9. People Plops
    Plops
  11. 10. Famous Firsts
    Historical Plops
This issue was modified by, among others
  • CTGarry
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Steffen Nyeland
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Mark Semich
  • Jim Van Dore