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Issue: The Mad Archives #3
Publication Date: July 2012
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 05/23/2012
Volume: 3
Pages: 232
ISBN: 9781401234270
UPC/EAN: 978140123427055999
Price: $68.00 CAD
$59.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 57 (27 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
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Binding: hardcover with dust jacket; sewn binding
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Bah! We Haven't Found A Trace of Anything!
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Illustration taken from the cover of MAD (EC, 1952 series) #6.
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Table of Contents

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Introduction...

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This Cover... MAD's Answer to Comic Book Titles... The Cover with the Smallest Title in the World!

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Stoppit!

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Panic
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House ad for Panic subscriptions.
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Prince Violent!

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historical, humorous
Prince Violent; Maid Alota; King Arthur
Prince Violent pursues Maid Alota, hacking many a foe before meeting her.
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A parody of the Prince Valiant comic strip.
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Book! Movie!

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humorous
a man; Rosie; Ellen
Parallel stories point out the differences between modern novels and modern movies.
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OEATPIKO EPLO

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Analysis of the Greek political situation -- in Greek.
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Entire page except an introduction is written in apparent Greek characters. Title given uses closest Latin characters.
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You, Too, Can Meet New Friends!

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E. C. Fan-Addict Club!
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House ad for the E.C. Fan-Addict Fan Club.
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[untitled]

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Letters of comment from Reg. B. Wag 6 7/8, Texas A&M, TX; Buck Knight, Waterford, CN; Chick Casady, Fairborn, OH; Colin Rowe, Jr; Two Kool Kats, Philadelphia, PA; Marcia Barritt, Langlois, OR; Paul Wolfowitz; Strange Brice Jr; John Harrahy, Worcester, MA; Martin Jukovsky, Woodside, NY; Carles Sampson, Lexington, KY; J.D. Carlson, Ridgewood, NJ; John Varvel III, Oklahoma City, OK; Floyd Seimes, Crescent Park, NJ.
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Baby Quips!

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Photographic portraits with humorous captions.
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Robinson Crusoe!

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historical, humorous
Robinson Crusoe; Joe Friday
A parody of the novel Robinson Crusoe.
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Mona Lisa

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Leonardo's "Mona Lisa" holding an issue of MAD (EC, 1952 series) #9 February-March 1954.
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No Need to Fight Over Mad

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Mad Magazine
House ad for MAD subscriptions featuring a photograph of the Lacoon, an ancient Roman sculpture.
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Manduck the Magician

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Manduck; Loathar; Charles Atlas (cameo); Lamont Shadowskeedeeboomboom; Narda
Manduck is reduced to using his hypnotic spells to sell snake oil on the street, until he matches spells with Lamont Shadowskeedeeboomboom.
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A parody of the comic strip Mandrake the Magician.
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Movie...Ads!

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The differences between scenes in a movie and the way the movies are advertised.
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Mszentelési Ün Jubileumi Ban

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A report on the Hungarian political situation -- in Hungarian.
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The Hungarian is suspect, as each paragraph heading is "Potrzebie."
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You, Too, Can Meet New Friends!

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E. C. Fan-Addict Club!
House ad for the E.C. Fan-Addict fan Club.
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MAD Mumblings

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Letters of comment from Mrs. Harriette K. Vandenbaun, New Haven, CT; David Reiff, Kew Gardens, NY; Doug Yonnick & Joe Kowall, Mattydale, NY; Mrs. E.K., Brooklyn, NY; Cosulnd, Chandler, Rush, Fitz, Sturdivia, and Harris, Chanute, KS; Robert Chichester, Mariette, OH; Keith Nutt; Roy Pender, Dallas, TX; Jackson Kranes and Dave Kranes, Belmont, MA; and Richard Christen
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The Countynental!

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A parody of the television program "The Continental."
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Plastic Sam!

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humorous, superhero
Plastic Sam; Wheezy Wunks [aka. Wizzy Woonks, Wowzy, Wuzzy Wurnks, Wozzy Wanks, Wazzy Wunks, Weezy Wonks, Wonkzy Weez]; Joe Friday; Ed Saturday; Imitation Plastic Sam
Plastic Sam meets an imitation who is a bank robber.
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A parody of Plastic Man (Quality, 1943 series).
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...a MAD tea party.

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Alice In Wonderland
Alice; Mad Hatter; March Hare; Doormouse
An illustration from Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" with MAD comics added in the characters' hands.
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Proof...Of 8 Brands Tested, Panic is best imitation of MAD

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House ad for Panic and MAD subscriptions
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Gasoline Valley!

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Wilt Willit; Skizziks Willit; Phyllus Willit; bully; Alexander Bumpstead; Juddy Willit; Caulky Willit; Nin O'Clock; Smilin' Jack (cameo); Wilber Booble; Cleavia Willit
Where the question of "will Caulky ever grow" is answered.
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A parody of the Gasoline Alley comic strip. Will Elder's signature grows larger with each page.
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Pot-Shot Pete Sheriff of Yucca-pucca Gulch!

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humorous, western
Pot-Shot Pete; Pot-Shot's girl; Poopy; Apaches; Muzzle; arms dealer; the U.S. Calvary
Pot-Shot tries to halt arms sales to the Apaches.
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A western parody.
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[untitled]

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Continuing along the same sober lines that we did in our last issue...
An analysis of the Chinese political situation -- in Chinese.
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"Potrzebie" appears several times in the text.
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Now...If You Join...You Get the Bulletin...Free!

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E. C. Fan-Addict Club!
House ad for the E.C. Fan-Addict fan Club.
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[untitled]

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Letters of comment from John Davidson, Sparks NV; Charles Chapocon, Aiken SC; Bob Henning, Brooklyn NY; David Anderson, Washington DC; Daniel Markewich, New York NY; I. Carnel, Bay Saint Louis MS; Victor Goff, Ft. Bragg NC; Walt Place, Detroit MI.
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Wild 1/2

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Johnny [played by Marlon Branflakes]; Johnny's gang; a girl; the girl's father
Johnny and his gang give up motorcycles.
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Parody of the movie "The Wild One."
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Captain Tvideo!

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Captain Tvideo; Venusian; Commissioner; Lone Ranger (cameo); assistant Ranger; commercial announcer
A parody of the Captain Video television program.
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Humor In A Jugular Vein

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"Stories" on comic book artists being arrested and comics being sold on black market.
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Cover mimics a newspaper page.
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Proof... of 8 Brands Tested, Panic is Best Imitation of MAD

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Panic; Mad
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House ad for Panic and MAD subscriptions.
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Shermlock Shomes in the Hound of The Basketballs!

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humorous, mystery
Shermlock Shomes; Dr. Whatsit; Arty Morty (cameo); Pru Basketball; Coolidge Basketball (corpse); the devil
Shermlock captures the hound that has cursed the Basketball family.
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Parody of Sherlock Holmes mystery.
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Newspapers!

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The Press Dept.
Various fake newspaper stories and ads.
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Only the first page is colored.
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In Hieroglyphics

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An analysis of the Egyptian political situation -- in hieroglyphics.
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E. C. Went To Sea In Search Of Another New Trend...

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adventure, humorous
Piracy
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House ad for Piracy comic subscriptions. Drawing includes caricatures of E. C. staffers, including Bill Gaines and Al Williamson.
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[untitled]

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Letters from Hal Higdon, Paul Anderson, Paul Cummino, Richard Bassford, Dawn McAllister, Personnel of the 8th R.S.M., Frank Quinn, LeRoy Furguson, Marvin Galper, Edwin L. Magee, Scooter, Eddie Essen, N.S., Hopee Saunders.
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Restaurant!

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Mr. Sturdley; Mrs. Sturdley; Smurdley Sturdley; junior Sturdley; baby Sturdley
The deprivations the Sturdleys suffer at a "typical" Sunday restaurant outing.
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Wreck of The Hesperus

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Skipper; Skipper's daughter; Popeye (cameo)
Relates the wreck of the ship Hesperus on the reef at Norman's Woe.
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This is the text of the famous poem accompanied by humorous illustrations.
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This Issue Is Going To Change Your Whole Viewpoint of MAD...

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Mad Magazine
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Julius Caesar!

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historical, humorous
Julius Caesar; Willie The Elder (cameo); Dick Tracy (cameo); Martin Walkingkane (cameo); Shermlock Shomes (cameo); Marlon Branflakes; Calphurnia; Marilyn Monroe (cameo); Fearless Feasdick; Junior; Mickey Mouse (cameo); Donald Duck (cameo); Pluto (cameo); Goofy (cameo)
MAD writer points out standard lampoon shtick elements during a portion of Julius Caesar story.
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The titles of MAD and 11 competitors are used in the narrative on the first page: Bughouse; Crazy; Eh!; Flip; Get Lost; MAD; Madhouse; Nuts!; Panic; Riot; Wild; Whack. This page is a setup for the following story (intro and main story are consecutively paginated).
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Meet Miss Potgold

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A collection of drawings of grotesque women entered in the Miss Potgold of 1955 contest.
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First page is a parody of a Rheingold Beer ad with Bill Gaines in the photo.
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[untitled]

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Letters from Blue Beathard, Rocky Colassanti, Burl Moss, "no name given," Stan the Garbageman, Robert Glaberson, Frank Smith, Gilbert O'Connell, Phillip Loeb, Keith Nutt, Ginger Adler, Sam Browman, J. D. Carlson, Richard Scott.
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E. C. Went To Sea In Search Of Another New Trend...

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historical
Piracy
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House ad for Piracy comic subscriptions. Drawing are caricatures of E. C. staffers.
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Dra

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Appears to be an excerpt from some history text.
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Gag is that this is the small countries' viewpoint, and type is very tiny. In fact it's almost unreadable and indexer is uncertain of title. Dra it is (but you have to use a magnifying glass to read it).
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What's My Shine!

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Jay Renkins; Everett Dirkdaughter; Henry Doorshack; Charles Potrzebie; John McLellillellillin; Stuart Sawhimintown; Henry Jackdaughter; Lana Cheesecake; Joseph McCartaway; Even Steven; Sturdley Smurdley; Karl Weekdt
How the Senate Subcomittee hearings would go if they were run like a tv game show.
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Game show style loosely based on "What's My Line?" First page is photo of Senate subcommittee.
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Bringing Back Father!

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Jiggie; Maggs; Little Orphan Annie (cameo); Dinty Moore; Jiggie's brother-in-law; Jiggie's daughter
Jiggie cannot take Maggs's abuse any longer so when he has his serious moments he hires some goons to beat her into submission.
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Drawn in 2 different styles by the 2 different artists: odd pages in the cartoon style and even pages in a more realistic style where Jiggie is shown to be severly injured by Maggs's constant violence.
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King of Clubs

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Panic; Mad
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House ad for Panic and MAD subscriptions.
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Look Gang! Another Surprise! In This Issue...YOU Draw The Cover!

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Cover drawing includes a connect the dots activity to complete.
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King of Clubs

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Panic; Mad
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House ad for Panic and MAD subscriptions.
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Alice in Wonderland!

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Alice; Alice's sister; the White Rabbit [Bugs Bunny]; Mad Hatter; Knave of Hearts; Queen of Hearts
After Alice's adventures, her sister takes her to a psycho-analyst.
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A parody of parts of both Alice In Wonderland and Alice Through The Looking Glass, using some of the original John Tenniel illustrations as base drawings. The poem "Jabberwocky" is quoted in its entirety.
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How Our Opinions Sound

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An excerpt from a musical score, presented as an explanation of how we sound to others.
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Howdy Dooit!

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Buffalo Bill; Mickey Mouse (cameo); Howdy Dooit; Clarabella; Big Chief Thundamelvin; The PeeWee Gallery; guard
Howdy hawks advertisers' wares while Buffalo Bill tries to keep the crowd in line...but fails.
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A parody of the Howdy Doody tv show.
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E. C. Went To Sea In Search Of Another New Trend...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
historical
Piracy
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House ad for Piracy comic subscriptions. Drawing may be caricatures of E. C. staffers.
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Pot-Shot Pete...

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Subject Matter
humorous, western
Pot-Shot Pete; Poopy; Pot-Shot Pete's girl; a young gunzel; Mrs. McYetnit; Marvin McYetnit; Sheldon McYetnit
Pete brings in the McYetnits against all odds.
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[untitled]

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Letters from Pete McDole, Anonymous, Roland Juge, Yale Greenspoon, Anonymous, Genghis Khan, A Girl in Oswego, Dick Regentz, Virginia Barron, Gary Barlet, Pat McKelvey, Bill Mattson, Coraline Haas, Anonymous, Anonymous (by George! This is getting repetitious!), Mike Melner, Carol Craven, Anonymous.
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Stalag 18!

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Lt. Wunbar; The Animal; Security; Stepton; Feldwessel Johann Sebastian Shmaltz; Nazi General; Russian prisoners
Stepton and Lt. Wunbar excape the stalag after finding a spy in the prisoners' ranks.
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Parody of movie Stalag 17.

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