Sick (1961) 8
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Sick (1961) #8Published Sep 1961 by Charlton Comics Group.$19.00
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Painted cover by Leo Morey. Stories and art by Don Perlin, Leo Morey, Bill Majeski, Dee Caruso and Bill Levine. Sometimes listed as Vol. 2 No. 2. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Crestwood/Feature was the first of several publishers. Recruiting for the Army in the post-WWII, pre-Vietnam era. A review of Peyton Place and other "scandal cinema" of the 1960s. Parodies of the early Russian space program and razor ads. And a story with early art by future Marvel legend Don Perlin. Nothing Shaves Quite Like a Blade; What's My Plug; Educational TV Which Imparts Very Little Public Service; Banking Today; History Revisited; Monologue for Sick Comics in Glass Cages; Sickly Grin Ward; Recruiting for the Modern Army; Visitors' Day; Sick, Sick World; Scandalsville Revisited; People in the News: The Cosmonaut; Sick Calendar: September; Arresting Movies; Sick Newsreel Around the World; The Sick Lark Show; Housekeeper; Phone TV; The Invention of the Telephone; Professor Sickmunds Calendar of Sick Events; Minute Movies. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.