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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published February-March 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Albert B. Feldstein
Notes First issue. Banned in Massachusetts by their Attorney General due to parody of "The Night Before Christmas".

Cover Details

Genre humor
Pencils Albert B. Feldstein (signed)
Inks Albert B. Feldstein (signed)
Colors Marie Severin ?
Notes First issue. Banned in Massachusetts by their Attorney General due to parody of "The Night Before Christmas".
Reprinted in Panic (Gemstone, 1997 series) #1 (March 1997)

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Pan-Mail"

Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Marie Severin
Inks Marie Severin
Colors Marie Severin?
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover intro to Panic.

8 page story "My Gun Is The Jury!"

Genre parody
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Jack Davis
Inks Jack Davis
Colors Marie Severin
Letters typeset
Notes Parody of Spillane's "Mike Hammer."
Reprinted In Panic (Gemstone, 1997 series) #1 (March 1997)

7 page story "This Is Your Strife"

Genre parody
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Joe Orlando
Colors Marie Severin
Letters typeset
Notes Parody of TV show "This is Your Life."
Reprinted in Panic (Gemstone, 1997 series) #1 (March 1997)

1 page text article "How To Face Life Without Going Off The Deep End"

Genre parody
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Letters typeset
Notes Parody of newspaper psychiatric help columns.
Reprinted in Panic (Gemstone, 1997 series) #1 (March 1997)

1 page text article "The National association of Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturers"

Genre humor
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Letters typeset
Notes Parody transcript of "speech" by President of National Association of Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturers.
Reprinted in Panic (Gemstone, 1997 series) #1 (March 1997)

6 page story "Little Red Riding Hood"

Genre humor; horror
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Jack Kamen
Inks Jack Kamen
Colors Marie Severin
Letters typeset
Notes Last panel is modified reprint of final Orlando panel from "This Is Your Strife".
Reprinted in Panic (Gemstone, 1997 series) #1 (March 1997)

7 page story "The Night Before Christmas"

Genre parody
Script Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils Bill Elder
Inks Bill Elder
Colors Marie Severin
Letters typeset
Notes Last page is splash featuring drawings of the EC staffers.
Reprinted in Panic (Gemstone, 1997 series) #1 (March 1997)