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Issue: Crazy Magazine #4
Publication Date: May 1974
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Issues: #4 of 94 Issues (95 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Magazine Group
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.40 USD
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Content Items: 17 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Marv Wolfman
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Magazine size
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Binding: saddle-stitched; Perfect Bound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Crazy Gets Shafted

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Kelly Freas (signed)
Inker(s): Kelly Freas (signed)
Colorist(s): Kelly Freas (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Richard Roundtree (as Shaft); Raymond Burr (as Ironside); Peter Falk (as Columbo); William Conrad (as Cannon); Buddy Ebsen (as Barnaby Jones); Dennis Weaver (as McCloud); The Nebbish
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Pages: 1
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Mudge The Manicurist

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Commercials That Drive You Crazy
Character(s): Mudge (photo of Marie Severin); Mrs. Grousenagel
Synopsis: Parody of Madge the Manicurist, commercial symbol for Palmolive Dish detergent.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Photographs by Michelle Wolfman.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Marv Wolfman
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Crazy's Who's Who
Synopsis: Editor Wolfman gives satirical biographies of the issue's notable contributors.
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Pages: 0.33
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Shafted

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Mike Ploog (signed)
Inker(s): Mike Ploog (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of the television version of "Shaft".
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tony Isabella
Penciller(s): Dick Wright
Inker(s): Dick Wright
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Poli-Tickles
Character(s): Richard Nixon; Gerald Ford; Henry Kissinger; Jill St. John; Moshe Dayan; Anwar Sadat; Archibald Cox
Synopsis: Series of satirical strips on the Nixon White House.
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Pages: 3
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Stevens
Penciller(s): John Stevens
Inker(s): John Stevens
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Crazy's Crazies
Synopsis: Collection of single panel cartoons.
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Pages: 3
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[untitled]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Gerber
Penciller(s): Robert Graysmith
Inker(s): Robert Graysmith
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Crazy's Just Plain Folks
First Line: Isabelle Pogorny
Synopsis: First in a series of biographies of so-called least interesting people in the world.
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Pages: 2
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Classified Ads

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Kenneth Kaasen
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody classified ads.
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Pages: 1
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TV Misguide

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Marv Wolfman
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of TV Guide.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Some photos are by Michelle Wolfman, while others are vintage Hollywood publicity stills.
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Celebrity Sportsman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Skeates; Marv Wolfman
Penciller(s): Michael Sheeler
Inker(s): Michael Sheeler
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of the television show "American Sportsman".
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The host is a parody of ABC sportscaster Jim McKay.
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Evolution And History Of Moosekind, Part 4

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Foster
Penciller(s): Bob Foster
Inker(s): Bob Foster
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Spotlight on notable moose through the history of Italy.
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Pages: 4
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Liberty Leading The People

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Eugene Delacroix; Kelly Freas
Inker(s): Eugene Delacroix; Kelly Freas
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Kelly's Cockeyed Canvas
Synopsis: Kelly Freas takes a famous painting and flips the perspective so we can see the other side of the action.
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Pages: 2
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Lights On, Nobody

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Marv Wolfman
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Satire of radio dramas.
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Pages: 1
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The Boob Rube Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stu Schwartzberg
Penciller(s): Marie Severin
Inker(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Satirical version of the life story of baseball legend Babe Ruth.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The priest on the second page is drawn to look like Bing Crosby from "Going My Way".
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The Moe Jaymouth Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Marv Wolfman
Penciller(s): Marie Severin
Inker(s): Herb Trimpe
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Satirical version of Joe Namath's football career.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: A caricature of ABC sportscaster Howard Cosell appears as a generic symbol for the press. Caricatures of Marlon Brando (as Vito Corleone), Henry Kissinger, Johnny Carson, John Wayne and actress Sandy Dennis also appear at various moments.
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A Crazy Editorial

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Marv Wolfman
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Editor Wolfman apologizes to the various staffers he's ridiculed for being short.
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Pages: 0.33
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The (Golly!) Greed Giant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lenny Grow
Inker(s): Lenny Grow
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Commercials That Drive You Crazy
Synopsis: Satire of Green Giant canned vegetables commercials; the denizens of the valley revolt against the Jolly Green Giant.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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