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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published March-April 1967
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Miller
Notes Contains a letters page. Additional indexing info by Donald Dale Milne.

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Awkwardman [Leander Brent]; Dumb Bunny [Athena Tremor]; Merryman [Myron Victor]; The Blimp [Herman Cramer]; White Feather [William King]; Yellowjacket [Reed Victor]; Plato; Powerhouse; The Missing Fink
Genre satire; super-hero
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Mike Esposito

24 page Inferior Five story "Five Characters In Search of A Plot!"

Characters Inferior Five (Awkwardman [Leander Brent]; Dumb Bunny [Athena Tremor]; Merryman [Myron Victor]; The Blimp [Herman Cramer];White Feather [William King]); Yellowjacket [Reed Victor] (intro); Plato (intro); H.U.R.R.I.C.A.N.E. (intro) agents (Tabby Katz; Blackbird; Crabgrass Wilde; Mr. Mental; Nitro Gleason; Powerhouse; The Missing Fink; The Yellow Streak); C.O.U.S.I.N. F.R.E.D (intro) agents (Mr. Ivanhoe; Caesar Single; Kwitcha Belliakin); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (image only); Chief Geronimo; Dumb-Ell (flashback); Mr. Might [Barb-Ell] (flashback); Mabel
Synopsis The Inferior Five meet and defeat parodies of the Men From U.N.C.L.E. and the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, with help from Myron Victor's grandfather and assistant Plato, and Dumb Bunny becomes a centerfold in Payboy Magazine.
Genre satire; super-hero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Mike Esposito
Letters Joe Letterese
Notes Part II has a separate title: "Super-Villains Have Their Troubles, Too!", and Part III has a separate title: "Watch Out For Hurricane Tabby!"

Half page Cap's Hobby Hints activity "Making a Model Mount"

Synopsis One boy describes to another how to make a plaster mount to hold a car model.
Genre fact
Script Henry Boltinoff; Andy Wong (idea)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes Between Parts I and II of story.

1 page public service announcement "Countdown on Excellence"

Characters Jerry; Jerry's father
Synopsis Jerry gets a lecture from his father on the importance of doing every job right.
Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Between pages 22 and 23 of story. Credits from a list by Lionel English.

1 page filler "Mad Mad World"

Genre gags
Pencils Mort Drucker
Inks Mort Drucker
Notes 4 gag panels