Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	September-October 1973
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.20 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Joe Orlando
Notes	No ads.

Cover Details - "The New Magazine of Weird Humor!"

Characters	"Arms" Armstrong
Genre	Humor
Pencils	Basil Wolverton (Signed); Sergio Aragones (Marginals)
Inks	Basil Wolverton (Signed); Sergio Aragones (Marginals)
Notes	Cover art is smaller version of back cover. No ads.
Reprinted	in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #63; in Millennium Edition: Plop! 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn (July 2000)

1 page credits "Table of Plop-Tents"

Genre	Humor
Pencils	Sergio Aragones (Signed)
Inks	Sergio Aragones (Signed)
Notes	Contents page with Sergio Aragones art filling in the marginals.

2 page Plop! foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Plops [I]"

Characters	Cain; Abel; Eve
Synopsis	A few warm-up chuckles to soften you up for the idiocy to come.
Genre	Humor
Pencils	Sergio Aragones
Inks	Sergio Aragones
Reprinted	in Millennium Edition: Plop! 1 (DC, 2000 Series) #nn (July 2000)

5 page Plop! story "The Escape!"

Characters	Cain (Story teller); Jonathan Francis
Synopsis	A whimsical look at dungeon life by Sergio Aragones.
Genre	Humor
Script	Sergio Aragones
Pencils	Sergio Aragones
Inks	Sergio Aragones
Notes	Nominated for a Shazam Award in 1973 for best Humor Story.
Reprinted	in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #63 (August 1985); in Millennium Edition: Plop! 1 (DC, 2000 Series) #nn (July 2000)

3 page Plop! filler "Plops [II]"

Synopsis	You need a rest from all this sick humor, right? Your belly hurts from laughing, right? Well -- TOO BAD!... have another stomach ache!
Genre	Humor
Notes	Multiple one-panel gags. Multiple job numbers.
Reprinted	in Millennium Edition: Plop! 1 (DC, 2000 Series) #nn (July 2000)

1 page Editorial text article "A Plop Is Born"

Genre	Humor
Script	Paul Levitz
Letters	Typeset
Notes	The Origin of Plop!
Reprinted	in Millennium Edition: Plop! 1 (DC, 2000 Series) #nn (July 2000)

5 page story "Kongzilla!"

Synopsis	What is this drooling, slurping, YEECHY thing emerging from the primeval slime and muck? You guessed it -- it's KONGZILLA!
Genre	Humor
Script	Frank Robbins
Pencils	George Evans
Inks	George Evans
Reprinted	in Millennium Edition: Plop! 1 (DC, 2000 Series) #nn (July 2000)

4 page Plop! filler "Plops [III]"

Synopsis	Time out for some more sicky-dickies, kids! Remember, PLOP and world PLOPS with you, right?
Genre	Humor
Notes	Multiple one-panel gags. Multiple job numbers.
Reprinted	in Millennium Edition: Plop! 1 (DC, 2000 Series) #nn (July 2000)

2 page story "The Message"

Synopsis	A brief yarn for those of you who've occasionally had you TV reception ruined by... ghosts!
Genre	Humor
Script	Sheldon Mayer
Pencils	Alfredo Alcala
Inks	Alfredo Alcala
Reprinted	in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #63; in Millennium Edition: Plop! 1 (DC, 2000 Series) #nn (July 2000)

4 page Plop! filler "Plops [IV]"

Synopsis	Gimme a P and an L O P! Whattay got? PLOP! PLOP!
Genre	Humor
Notes	Multiple one-panel gags. Multiple job numbers.
Reprinted	in Millennium Edition: Plop! 1 (DC, 2000 Series) #nn (July 2000)

6 page story "The Gourmet"

Characters	Cain (Story host); Vernon Glute; Hormsley (Death); Unnamed male and female customers at Slee-Zee Diner; Unnamed cook at Slee-Zee Diner; Unnamed male waiter at Slee-Zee Diner
Synopsis	Bernie Wrightson drew this tasteless tale about a man who would pay any price for a meal of frogs' legs. You heard us right, kiddies... any price !
Genre	Horror
Script	Steve Skeates
Pencils	Berni Wrightson [Bernie Wrightson] (Signed)
Inks	Berni Wrightson [Bernie Wrightson] (Signed)
Reprinted	in Masterworks Series of Great Comic Book Artists, The (1983 series) #3 (October 1983) [complete story and p. 5 used as cover]; in Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #60 (May 1985); in Welcome Back to the House of Mystery (DC, 1998 series) #1 (July 1998); in Millennium Edition: Plop! 1 (DC, 2000 Series) #nn (July 2000)

1 page Plop! recap "Closing"

Characters	Cain; Abel; Eve
Genre	Humor
Pencils	Sergio Aragones
Inks	Sergio Aragones
Notes	Sequence on inside back cover page in black and white.
Reprinted	in Millennium Edition: Plop! 1 (DC, 2000 Series) #nn (July 2000) [as back cover in color]

1 page Plop! illustration "Arms" Armstrong

Characters	"Arms" Armstrong
Genre	Humor
Pencils	Basil Wolverton; Sergio Aragones (Background)
Inks	Basil Wolverton; Sergio Aragones (Background)
Notes	Character artwork same as front cover with the Sergio Aragones artwork filling in entire background not just marginal border. Text and Wolverton's signature are ommitted as well.