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Issue Details

Issue #6
Published June 1998
Cover Price 2.50 USD 3.65 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Albert B. Feldstein
Notes Blank cover designed to offend no one. Cover blurb "Notorious 1950s EC Comics!" was not part of original cover.

Cover Details

Genre parody
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Letters typeset
Notes Blank cover designed to offend no one. Cover blurb "Notorious 1950s EC Comics!" was not part of original cover.
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #6 (December 1954-January 1955)

6 page story "The Phansom"

Characters Dinah Potrzebie; The Phansom; Devil; pirates; The Phansom's father; Hero
Genre parody
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Bill Elder (signed)
Inks Bill Elder (signed)
Notes Parody of "The Phantom" comic strip.
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #6 (December 1954-January 1955).

7 page story "Executive Seat"

Characters Averice Bullhead; Walter Casual; Eroica Margin; Mr. Potrzebie; Walter Pigeonstool; Walter Dud; Walter Grimace; Walter P. Shawhead; Walter Holdenout; Barbara Bullhead; Walter; Walter Wynchill; Mrs. Holdenout
Genre parody
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Wallace Wood (signed)
Inks Wallace Wood (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Parody of movie "Executive Suite".
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #6 (December 1954-January 1955)

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 from: David Dellario; Bob Gorby; Paul Dale Roberts; Ted Stevens; E. J. Hamacher
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #6 (December 1954-January 1955) [illustration only]

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "E. C. Went To Sea"

Genre pirates
Pencils Wallace Wood (signed)
Inks Wallace Wood (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Ad for comic book "Piracy."
Reprinted From various EC comics of 1953, but text is modified.

6 page story "Comic Strip Advertising Dept."

Genre parody
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Joe Orlando (signed)
Inks Joe Orlando (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Parodies of comic-strip-style advertisements for: Ben-Goo pain relief rub, body-building course, Neveready batteries, Belch-Not Gum, Joweletch Straight Razor, and Pepto-Abysmal stomach remedy. Idea from Nick Meglin.
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #6 (December 1954-January 1955)

1 page text article "Marilyn Monroe"

Genre humor
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Letters typeset
Notes Commentary on Marilyn Monroe's figure.
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #6 (December 1954-January 1955)

1 page The Crypt-Keeper's Page of Fine Arts letters page "The Crypt-Keeper's Page of Fine Arts #65"

Genre fan art
Script ? (as The Crypt-Keeper); Sarah Mankowski
Pencils Grant Smith; Mr. Crow
Inks Grant Smith; Mr. Crow
Letters typeset
Notes Fan art and fan story, introduced by The Crypt-Keeper.

7 page story "Popular Mecpanics Magazine"

Characters Irving Friddle; Melvin Sturdley
Genre parody
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Jack Davis (signed)
Inks Jack Davis (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Parody of Popular Mechanics magazine.
Reprinted from Panic (EC, 1954 series) #6 (December 1954-January 1955)

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.