Issue Details

Issue	#79
Published	October 1981
Cover Price	1.25 USD
Pages	84
Editing	Larry Hama; Christopher Priest [as Jim Owsley] (managing editor); Marie Severin (art director)

Cover Details - "Crazy Super Special"

Characters	Obnoxio the Clown
Genre	Satire
Pencils	Gary Hallgren (painted)
Inks	Gary Hallgren (painted)
Colors	Gary Hallgren (painted)

1 page activity "Looney Labels"

Characters	Obnoxio the Clown
Genre	Satire
Script	Gary Hallgren
Pencils	Gary Hallgren
Inks	Gary Hallgren
Notes	On inside front cover. There are 3 pages of pull-out looney labels that are not included in the page count.

1 page credits "Table of Contents"

Letters

typeset

1 page Take A Letter to Crazy letters page "Take a Letter to Crazy"

Genre	Satire
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters from readers - Larry Barrows, Binky Snotslinger, Billy Hall, Audrey Washington, Barry Prioste, Keith Hobba, Jeff Kart, Samantha Polmanteer, Bill Skirnir, Lisa Fox, Jon Zava, The Incredible Hulk, William Wallace, Maude Walker, Simon Garth and Dean Wilson.

Half page Obnoxio's Abuse Column letters page "Obnoxio's Abuse Column"

Characters	Obnoxio the Clown
Genre	Satire
Script	? [as Obnoxio the Clown]
Letters	typeset
Notes	Obnoxio answers a letter from Dirk DeSouza.

6 page Nine to Five story "925"

Characters	Fruitty Ferntree; Mrs. Nuthead; Dododee; Hart Les Hart Junior III
Synopsis	A satire of the 1980 movie NINE TO FIVE.
Genre	Satire
Script	Paul Kupperberg
Pencils	Bob Camp
Inks	Bob Camp

1 page Crazy Gross Encounters story "Crazy Gross Encounters: High-Rise Hilarity Part 1"

Genre	Satire
Script	Ernie Kovacs
Pencils	Ernie Kovacs
Inks	Ernie Kovacs
Letters	Ernie Kovacs

4 page Teen Hulk story "A Secret Meeting at KGB Headquarters"

Characters	Teen Hulk [Chester Weems]; Bobby; Agent Shapiro; VILLAINS: Butcher; Baker; Candlestick Maker
Genre	Satire; Superhero
Script	Christopher Priest [as Jim Owsley]
Pencils	Marie Severin
Inks	Marie Severin
Letters	John Morelli

1 page story "The Titillating Fantasy... ...and the Tiresome Reality"

Genre	Satire
Script	Mary Wilshire
Pencils	Mary Wilshire
Inks	Mary Wilshire

2 page Dirk McGirk's Science Report story "The Circulartory Sistem"

Genre	Satire
Script	Michael Carlin
Pencils	Michael Carlin
Inks	Michael Carlin
Letters	Michael Carlin ?

3 page story "Doing Without"

Genre	Satire
Script	Dick Codor
Pencils	Dick Codor
Inks	Dick Codor

2 page Aunty Nuke story "Wanna Buy Some Sodium Nitrate?"

Characters	Aunty Nuke; Gee Whiz Kids [Elmo; Evita]
Genre	Satire
Script	Susan Bissett
Pencils	Steve Smallwood
Inks	Steve Smallwood

1 page story "The Big League Fantasy... ...and the Small Time Reality"

Genre	Satire
Script	Gary Hallgren
Pencils	Gary Hallgren
Inks	Gary Hallgren

2 page Crazy Looks story "Crazy Looks at a Construction Site"

Genre	Satire
Script	Paul Kupperberg
Pencils	Ned Sonntag
Inks	Ned Sonntag

1 page Crazy Gross Encounters story "Crazy Gross Encounters: High-Rise Hilarity Part 2"

Genre	Satire
Script	Ernie Kovacs
Pencils	Ernie Kovacs
Inks	Ernie Kovacs
Letters	Ernie Kovacs

3 page The Kinetic Kids activity "The Worm Song"

Characters	The Kinetic Kids
Genre	Satire
Script	Steve Mellor [as Stephen Mellor]
Pencils	Steve Mellor [as Stephen Mellor]
Inks	Steve Mellor [as Stephen Mellor]
Letters	Steve Mellor [as Stephen Mellor]
Notes	An optikinetic comic.

1 page Crazy Contest activity "Crazy Contest #2"

Characters	Obnoxio the Clown; Behemoth Jack; Teen-Hulk [Chester Weems]; Nebbish
Genre	Satire
Pencils	Alan Kupperberg
Inks	Alan Kupperberg
Notes	Funniest "Mommy Mommy" joke contest.

5 page story "Mistake on Mercury!"

Genre	Satire
Script	Marc Bilgrey
Pencils	Steve Ditko
Inks	Steve Ditko; Beth Firmin (tones)
Letters	Joe Albelo
Reprinted	from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #78 (March 1962) [originally titled "Monster on Mercury"; same art but new dialogue and lettering]

2 page story "Crazy Crimes and Punishments"

Genre	Satire
Script	Michael Pellowski
Pencils	Vic Martin
Inks	Vic Martin

7 page story "Rat"

Characters	The Rat [Ratzo]; Bender; Louie; Felix (cat)
Genre	Satire; Crime
Script	Tom Sutton?
Pencils	Tom Sutton
Inks	Jack Flynn?
Reprinted	from Arrgh (Marvel, 1974 series) #1.

4 page story "Whacks' Museum"

Genre	Satire
Pencils	Bill Everett (signed)
Inks	Bill Everett (signed)
Reprinted	from Arrgh (Marvel, 1974 series) #1.

3 page story "Bang!"

Characters	Marvin; Zelda
Genre	Satire; Crime
Reprinted	from Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #?

2 page story "If Comic Strip Characters Behaved Like Real People"

Characters	Dick Tracy; Beetle Bailey; Sgt. Snorkel; "Killer" Diller; Zero; Cookie; Private Blips; Dondi; Broom-Hilda; Irwin Troll; Gaylord Buzzard; Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Spider-Man [Peter Parker];
Genre	Satire
Script	J.M. DeMatteis [as J. Marc DeMatteis]
Pencils	Tony Tallarico
Inks	Tony Tallarico
Reprinted	from Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #?

2 page Obnoxio the Clown Funpages activity "Obnoxio the Clown Funpages"

Characters	Obnoxio the Clown
Genre	Satire
Script	Virgil Diamond
Pencils	Alan Kupperberg
Inks	Alan Kupperberg

2 page story "Designated Stand-Ins for Ordinary People"

Genre	Satire
Script	Michael Pellowski
Pencils	Vic Martin
Inks	Vic Martin

1 page Crazy Gross Encounters story "Crazy Gross Encounters: High-Rise Hilarity Part 3"

Genre	Satire
Script	Ernie Kovacs
Pencils	Ernie Kovacs
Inks	Ernie Kovacs
Letters	Ernie Kovacs

5 page Magnum, P.I. story "Makenumb, P.U."

Characters	Makenumb, P.I.; T.B.; Cheryl Tease; Brook Shrieks; Mrs. Shrieks; HeGains; Jack Load; Norman Mailer
Synopsis	A satire of the television series MAGNUM, P.I.
Genre	Satire; Detective
Script	Murad Gumen
Pencils	Kent Gamble
Inks	Kent Gamble

16 page story "How to Profit from the Coming Nuclear Holocaust"

Characters	Man of the Future; X-Men [Angel [Warren Worthington III] (cameo); Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (cameo); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (cameo); Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner] (cameo); Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde] (cameo); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (cameo); Wolverine [Logan; James Howlett] (cameo)]
Genre	Satire
Script	Steve Skeates
Pencils	Paul Kirchner
Inks	Paul Kirchner

1 page Crazy promo (ad from the publisher) "Crazy Subscriptions Dept."

Characters	Obnoxio the Clown
Genre	Satire
Pencils	Alan Kupperberg
Inks	Alan Kupperberg
Letters	typeset

1 page Michael Carlin's Page O' Stuff story "Michael Carlin's Page O' Stuff"

Genre	Satire
Script	Michael Carlin
Pencils	Michael Carlin
Inks	Michael Carlin
Letters	Michael Carlin ?

1 page story "Crazy Credit Cards"

Genre	Satire
Notes	On back cover.