Sick (1961) comic books

Add to cart VG 4.0 $19.00 View scan Centerfold detached at one staple. Chew to spine.

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.

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Cover by Jack Davis. Stories and art by Jack Davis, Bob Powell, Dee Caruso, Bill Levine, Angelo Torres, and Joe Simon. 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. A spoof of Tarzan. A movie fumetti featuring Frank Sinatra, Ursula Andress, Anita Ekberg, and Dean Martin, based on the Western 4 for Texas. Ad spoofs, cartoons, and a Sick look at race relations in 1960s America. Pvt. Bo Reargard; Liz Taylor - Richard Burton Photo Pinup Page; Sick Sick World. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Joe Simon. Stories and art by Joe Simon, Art Buchwald, Glendon Swarthout, Don Orehek, Aron Mayer, Marilyn Ippolito, Tony Tallarico, Bernie Cooter, Joe McNeill, John Dromey, Bob Taylor, John Langton, Robert Heit, Dennis Snee, Earle Tempel, and Fred Wolfe. Sometimes listed as Vol. 13 No. 4. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. An article on football by legendary political commentator and humorist Art Buchwald. An article by famed novelist Glendon Swarthout. A profile of comedian Jack E. Leonard, plus a "centerfold" featuring Israeli prime minister Golda Meir. The wit and wisdom of the Watergate hearings. A look at kung fu movies. A Sick look at TV detective Columbo. A parody of advice columns. Also featuring a cover by Captain America co-creator (and Sick creator/editor) Joe Simon. The Watergate Game; Sick, Sick World; The Return of the Mummy; Football Isn't All Kicks; Fly-Me Ads from Other Countries; The Revolting Leo Lovejoy; The Wit and Wisdom of Watergate; Modern Day Fairy Tales; Where Do We Park the Wheels?; Playmate of the Month: In Golda We Trust; Columboob!!; If Bills Were Written as Poetry; Join the New Movement: Pay Toilets Are Unconstitutional; You Know You're in a Small Town When...; Comedian of the Month: Jack E. Leonard; Movie Review: Kung Fooey; The High School Etiquette Quiz; Soap Operas for Other Members of the Family; Humor in the Headlines; Dear Crabbie; Sick As It Seems; Mount Rushmore: 1980. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.40.

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Cover by Joe Simon. Stories and art by Paul Laikin, Bob Heit, Marylyn Ippolito, Len Herman, John Farris, Warren Emery, Aron Mayer, Eden Norah, Gregg Axelrod, Hope Lee, Tony Tallarico, Bernie Cootner, Bill Burke, John Ryan, Bert Houle, Diane Levin, Jerry Grandenetti, and Joe Simon. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Pyramid Books was the publisher during this run. Spoofs of the cop drama Serpico, sportscaster Howard Cosell, and undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau. A look at the 1960s "streaking" fad. Ad spoofs, cartoons, and Pickle Jokes. Ser-pig-o; The Henry Kissinger Sing-along Group; A Sick Look at Fathers; Barklett's Unfamiliar Quotations; How to Make Big Money in a Big Hurry; Sick Gets Even with the Telephone Company; Crime and Astonishment; Training Schools for Ushers; 101 Pickle Jokes; Streakers Nudes-letter; Civil Service Tests for Uncivil Employees; Inside Howard Cosell's Wallet; Gag Mag Covers; Going Phrasy; The Undersea World of Jerque Kooksteau; Sick Sick World; Sick as It Seems. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.40.

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Cover by Joe Simon. Stories and art by Joe Simon, Bill Burke, Don Orehek, Bert Houle, Marilyn Ippolito, Tony Tallarico, Michael Pellowski, Len Herman, Joe McNeill, Diane Levin, Hope Lee, John Langton, Phil Hirsch, Jerry Grandenetti, Jack Sparling, Bernie Cootner, Bob Schochet, Paul Laikin, and Fred Wolfe. Sometimes listed as Vol. 14 No. 5. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. A parody of Dick Tracy. Shakespeare updated for modern times. A spoof of the Richard Lester Three Musketeers movie. A parody of Let's Make a Deal. Also featuring art and a cover by Captain America co-creator (and Sick creator/editor) Joe Simon. The Three Dunce-keteers; Aggravation Is...; A Sick Look at Losers; Sick, Sick World; When Japan Owns the U.S.A.; School Bulletin Board; Tick Dracy; Playmate of the Month: Ralph Nader; Sick's Gall-American Team; Vampire Jokes and Cartoons; A Sick Interview with Euell Gibbons; A Real Sick Maze; Loony Limericks; Shakespeare Contemporary Style; Let's Make a Steal!; Sick As It Seems. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W.

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Painted cover by Joe Simon. Stories and art by Bill Burke, Paul Laikin, Bob Taylor, Marilyn Ippolito, Tony Tallarico, Michael Pellowski, Len Herman, Aron Mayer, Diane Levin, Kim Bene, Bernard Baily, John Langton, Phil Hirsch, Jerry Grandenetti, Robert Heit, Bernie Cootner, Simie Maryles and Fred Wolfe. Sometimes listed as Vol. 15 No. 4. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Comedian of the Month profiles short-lived comedy genius Freddie Prinze. A parody of the Peanuts comic strip. A spoof of the disaster classic The Towering Inferno. Sick looks at two hit television series, Wild Kingdom and Rhoda. Also featuring a cover by Captain America co-creator (and Sick creator/editor) Joe Simon. The Souring Inferno; School for TV Repairmen; Money Pies; Celebrity Classifieds; Different Types of Sports Announcers; Fleanuts; Did They Serve Matzoh Balls at the Last Supper?; Jobs Celebrities Would Have If they Werent Celebrities; Sick TV Satire: Rhodant; Corn Jokes; Great Moments in Science; If Monsters Ran For Public Office; Comedian of the Month: Freddie Prinze; Crosses You Have to Bear; Sick As It Seems; Sick Takes Stock of the Stock Market; Sick Sick World; Great Telethons for Greater Diseases; Sick TV Review: Vile Kingdom. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.