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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published March 1998
Cover Price 2.50 USD 3.45 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Albert B. Feldstein
Notes Cover blurb "Legendary 1950s EC Comics!" was not part of original cover.

Cover Details

Genre parody
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Albert B. Feldstein (signed)
Inks Albert B. Feldstein (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Cover blurb "Legendary 1950s EC Comics!" was not part of original cover.
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #5 (October-November 1954)

8 page story "Tick Dracy"

Characters Tick Dracy; Mess Falseheart Dracy; Junyor; Pit Pitter; Raisin Puss; Aircraft-Carrier-Noggin; Shivery; P. U. Potrezebie; Fershlugginer Fanny [Sandy Selma]; Tonic Sparkheart
Genre parody
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Bill Elder (signed)
Inks Bill Elder (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Parody of "Dick Tracy" comic strip. Idea from Nick Meglin.
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #5 (October-November 1954)

7 page story "Panic's Dictionary of Sports Dept."

Synopsis Foolish pictures using baseball phrases as captions.
Genre humor
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Jack Davis (signed)
Inks Jack Davis (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Sections titled "Baseball Jargon", "Golf Match!", "Football Terms!", and "Basketball!".
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #5 (October-November 1954)

1 page text article "The Stars And You And What You Should Do"

Genre parody
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Letters typeset
Notes Horoscope parody by "Swami River."
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #5 (October-November 1954)

1 page Pan-Mail letters page "Pan-Mail"

Script Stephen A. Geppi?
Pencils Marie Severin
Inks Marie Severin
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from: "The Knave"; Bob Gorby; David Dellario. Also includes reprinted illustration.
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #5 (October-November 1954) [illustration only]

1 page The Crypt-Keeper's Page of Fine Arts letters page "The Crypt-Keeper's Page of Fine Arts #62"

Genre fan art
Script ? (as The Crypt-Keeper); Frank X. Mattson
Pencils Andrew Stewart; Paul D. Roberts
Inks Andrew Stewart; Paul D. Roberts
Letters typeset
Notes Fan art and fan poems, introduced by The Crypt-Keeper.

6 page story "T.V. Commercials Dept."

Characters Mel Irving; John Isobar; Charles Compost
Genre parody
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Joe Orlando (signed)
Inks Joe Orlando (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes TV news show commercials parody. 2 page sequences titled "The Late Evening Sportcaster", "The Weatherman", and "The Home Gardener".
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #5 (October-November 1954)

7 page story "You Too Can Hook A Zillionaire!"

Characters Marilyn Mahrone; Betty Graball; Lauren Backache; Lotka
Genre parody
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Wallace Wood (signed)
Inks Wallace Wood (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Parody of movie "How To Marry A Millionaire".
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #5 (October-November 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.