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Writer(s): Glenn Eichler (credited)

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Blandie

Character(s): Ronald Reagan; Nancy Reagan

First Line: That surprise tax cut speech should really seal the election.

Synopsis: President Reagan writes a speech with a tax cut.

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Notes: Page 12. A parody of the "Blondie" newspaper strip. No artists are listed.

Ain't No Sunshine

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Writer(s): ?

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Genres: humorous

Synopsis: A sidewalk vendor, who sells sunglasses, watches dejectedly at the rain outside his window.

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Notes: Page 32. Pantomime cartoon. Artist signature is not clear. May be Bill Woodman?

Overt Aid

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Genres: humorous

Synopsis: A man in a business suit delivers a military tank to a peasant.

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Notes: Page 38. Title is a play on "covert aid," which was major topic with USA aid to Nicaragua.

Grim Reaper at Airport

Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Grim Reaper

Synopsis: In a line of people holding identification cards for travelers departing an airplane, the Grim Reaper has one with a name on it.

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Notes: Page 42. Pantomime cartoon.

Weather Vane Theater Presents Cumulus and Remus

Photo Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Mat Jacobs (credited)

Penciller(s): Robert Lewis (photographs, credited)

Inker(s): Robert Lewis (photographs, credited)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

First Line: This is the life, isn't it?

Synopsis: Two clouds, with human faces superimposed on them, have a conversation.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Page 43.

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Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

First Line: I suggest that we grab a bite first.

Synopsis: Two men come to the end of hall. There are two signs: one pointing to a "Snack Bar," the other to "Eternal Damnation."

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Notes: Page 48.

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Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

First Line: Miss Reed, could you please bring me a palm tree and some ragged clothes?

Synopsis: A man at his desk, floating in the ocean, asks his secretary to bring him the proper accessories.

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Notes: Page 74.

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Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

First Line: Keep that up and you won't have any friends left!

Synopsis: A father reprimands his son after the boy shoots his friend with a handgun.

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Notes: Page 76.

The Hymie Towner

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Genres: humorous

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Notes: Page 77. A parody of "The New Yorker" cover of March 29, 1976, by Saul Steinberg, changed to fit the reference to New York as "Hymie Town" in a newspaper interview by Jesse Jackson in January 1984.

Am I Re-Elected Yet?

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Zippy

Character(s): Zippy; Shelf-Life

First Line: The Ministry of Propaganda, Moscow...

Synopsis: The Soviet Ministry of Propaganda randomly selects Zippy as a typical American worker and brings him to Moscow.

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Notes: Page 81.

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Trots and Bonnie

Character(s): Trots (dog); Bonnie; Bonnie's mother; Bonnie's father

First Line: Come on, Bonnie. It's a beautiful day.

Synopsis: Bonnie's mother and father take her and Trots for a drive in the country, but the parents do nothing but bicker at each other.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Page 82.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Politenessman

Character(s): Politenessman

First Line: The New York City Marathon - Where thousands pit pluck against pavement!

Synopsis: Politenessman gives his usual dubious advice to a runner in the New York Marathon.

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Notes: Page 83.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Popular Problems

First Line: Sometimes when you meet someone by accident...

Synopsis: The problem with dealing with unpleasant people.

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Notes: Page 83.

Cupid Wears Sunglasses

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Mimi Pond, Girl Reporter

Character(s): Mimi Pond; Jacqueline Onassis; Timmy

First Line: The doorbell woke me from the sleep of the dead...

Synopsis: Mimi is visited by Jacqueline Onassis, who wants to set her up with Michael Jackson.

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Notes: Page 84. First part of a continued story.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Ray and Joe: The Story of a Man and His Dead Friend

Character(s): Ray (death)

First Line: The story: Ray's dead friend Joe is kidnapped for $5000 ransom.

Synopsis: The kidnapper sends Joe's foot in a box. Ray makes a bad pun and his neighbor in the next apartment shoots him for doing so.

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Notes: Page 85. Final episode.

Make a Wish!

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Excursions

First Line: Sometimes a friend and I happen to say the same thing. . .

Synopsis: Two girls go through an elaborate ritual when they happen to say the same thing at the same time.

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Notes: Page 85.

The Many and Heroic Adventures of Hercules

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Hercules

Character(s): Hercules

First Line: According to legend...

Synopsis: Hercules mistakes a subway train for a monster and slays it.

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Notes: Page 86.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): It's Jackie Drake!

Character(s): Jackie Drake

First Line: That's $2.80 on the meter.

Synopsis: Jackie gets in an argument with a taxi driver.

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Notes: Page 87.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Aunt Mary's Kitchen

Character(s): Aunt Mary

First Line: While the huge silver spaceship hovers silently over Center Blvd.

Synopsis: Aliens hover their spacecraft over the city, recording everything. Aunt Mary decides she's not going to get lunch, so prepares to drive home.

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Notes: Page 87. Part of a continued story.