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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published September 1997
Cover Price 2.50 USD 3.45 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Albert B. Feldstein
Notes Cover blurb "Famous 1950s EC Comics!" was not part of the original cover.

Cover Details

Characters Melv Neanderthal (statue)
Genre humor
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Albert B. Feldstein (signed)
Inks Albert B. Feldstein (signed)
Notes Cover blurb "Famous 1950s EC Comics!" was not part of the original cover.
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #3 (June-July 1954)

8 page story "Li'l Melvin"

Characters Li'l Melvin; Rosie June; Pappy; Mammy; Popeye lampoon; Lil' Turtle; Beulah Witch; Ollie; Jody The Coyote; Marryin' Irving; various "Pogo" characters
Genre parody
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Bill Elder (signed); Basil Wolverton (one panel on page 7)
Inks Bill Elder (signed); Basil Wolverton (one panel on page 7)
Letters typeset
Notes Parody of "Li'l Abner" comic strip. Last panel on page 7 may be partly by Basil Wolverton.
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #3 (June-July 1954)

7 page story "The Quite-A-Man"

Characters Berry Fitsgerry (also spelled Fitzgerry); John Weighin; Melvin O'Rourke; Mary Kin O'Hura; Mrs. Nitwit; Big Red Will Kin O'Hura; various "Pogo" characters
Genre parody
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Wallace Wood (signed)
Inks Wallace Wood (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Parody of "The Quiet Man" movie.
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #3 (June-July 1954)

2 page Pan-Mail letters page "Pan-Mail"

Characters Albert B. Feldstein; William M. Gaines
Script Stephen A. Geppi?
Pencils Marie Severin
Inks Marie Severin
Letters typeset
Notes Letters regarding Panic #2 and Shock #10 from: Carlos M. Federici; Bob La Tremouille; Rick Olson; Paul Dale Roberts; Richard Jepeal; Wilhelm Murg; David Dellario; "Exasperated". Also reprinted illustration.
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #3 (June-July 1954) [illustration only]

1 page text article "untitled"

Genre parody
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Letters tyepset
Notes Untitled short text feature "interview" with 3-D movie patron.
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #3 (June-July 1954)

6 page story "Mother Goon's Nertzery Rhymes"

Characters Old King Cole; little girl; Mary Quite Contrary; Jack Be Nimble; Black Sheep; Three Men; Old Mother Hubbard; Old Mother Hubbard's dog; Little Jack Horner; Jack; Jill; Little Miss Muffet; Little Tommy Tucker; Chef; Humpty-Dumpty; Mary; Peter, Peter; Peter, Peter's wife; Three Blind Mice
Genre parody
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Joe Orlando (signed)
Inks Joe Orlando (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Mother Goose parodies.
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #3 (June-July 1954)

7 page story "Strike It Richly!"

Characters Worryin' Hulk; Morris (Morose); Mrs. Imogene Fafufnick; Albert B. Feldstein; William M. Gaines; Arnold Minstermiser; Walt Kelly?
Genre parody
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Jack Davis (signed)
Inks Jack Davis (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Parody of TV game show "Strike It Rich!".
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #3 (June-July 1954)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscribe!"

Genre horror
Pencils Jack Davis (signed)
Inks Jack Davis (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes House ad for subscriptions to Gemstone Publishing's EC Comics reprints.
Reprinted From ads for the EC Fan-Addicts club in various EC comics of 1954, but text is modified.