Sick (1961) comic books 1960-1962

Cover by Joe Simon. Stories and art by Dee Caruso, Bill Levine, Angelo Torres, and Joe Simon. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Crestwood/Feature was the first of several publishers. Spoofs of The Untouchables cop show and Ben-Hur. What if comedy writers wrote Lincoln's Gettysburg Address? Ad spoofs, cartoons, profiles of humor icons Jack Paar and Dean Martin, and even a fumetti (photo-comic) satirizing late-night movies on TV. The Birth of Sick; My Sick Sick World; If Certain Citizens Ran the Government; Creating New Animals by Cross Breeding; Monologue for Sick Comics; The Retouchables; Bitter For Life; Hitler Is Still Alive; History in the Making; Products of the Fertil-ized Mind; Sick Nursery Rhymes; Bin Her; Late Late Movies; Academy Awards for Other Industries; Doubleheader Award; The Hand-Wrought Jewelry of Olga Murch; Fan Magazines for Movie Monsters. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Leo Morey. Stories and art by Lenny Bruce, Bob Powell, Dee Caruso, Bill Levine, Angelo Torres, and Joe Simon. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Crestwood/Feature was the first of several publishers. Paper dolls of Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, with their various dresses from Some Like It Hot. A profile of legendary comedian Lenny Bruce, featuring multiple quotes from his act, and Bruce portraits by Joe Simon. Ad spoofs, cartoons, and satires of Sherlock Holmes and Elvis Presley movies. Know-It-Alls; Airline Ads; Gambling Preacher; Lenny Bruce Profile; Manikins; Nite-Heat; Queen for the Day; Sherlock Holmes' Most Famous Case; Future Movie Roles for Elvis; Queen for the Day; Sick Sick World; Monologue. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Painted cover by Leo Morey. Stories and art by Joe Simon, Bob Powell, Leo Morey, Paul Bayon, Dee Caruso and Bill Levine. Sometimes listed as Vol. 1 No. 3. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Crestwood/Feature was the first of several publishers. This issue points its barbs at Soviet premier Khrushchev and then-current TV shows "The Huntley Brinkley Report" and the Jack Paar "Tonight Show." The life of a teen rock star in the early 1960s. Parodies of sports pages and airline ads. Plus paper dolls featuring neo-Nazi George Lincoln Rockwell. The Bruntley Hinkley Report; Its a Sick, Sick, Sick, World; Captured Nazi Newsreels; The Commercial That Was Never Finished; Divorce, of Course; Sick Sports Page; If Sick Ran the Jack Paar Show; Get Sick Cards; Sick Award For the Best Legal Action of the Year; Poetry to Jazz; Travel Agent; Artists Agent; Booking Agent; Sicks Hollywood; Elmer Gantry; Consult Dr. Sisters; Conversation; Marine Sergeant; Fly Now, Pay Later!; The Rise and Fall of a Teenage Idol; Sicks Presidential Poll; How Times Have Changed; Shoppers Guide for the Sick Man Who Has Everything; Sicktificate of Merit; Four Big Reasons Why Khrushchev Came Back; Great Speeches That Were Never Made; Mussolini Always Poses This Way! 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Bob Powell. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Leo Morey, Bill Majeski, Dee Caruso and Bill Levine. Sometimes listed as Vol. 1 No. 4. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Crestwood/Feature was the first of several publishers. A review of John Wayne's Alamo movie, and parodies of then-current TV shows "Sea Hunt" and "The Jack LaLanne Show." After losing the election to President Kennedy, Richard Nixon wants another televised debate. Christmas cards that were better left unsent. Parodies of Olympic Coaches and silent movies. The Yule Log; Newscaster; I Lead Three Lives; Insurance Lover; Sick, Sick World; Early, Early Movies; Monologamy as Practiced by Sick; Hollywood Advance Man; Foreign Affair; What Really Happened; The Detective; Sickboy Guide to Better Living; David Susskind; Olympic Coach; The Jack Lalane Show; Sea Haunt; The Alamo; Person to Persons; Talented Scouts; Xmas Cards That Were Never Mailed. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Leo Morey. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Leo Morey, Bill Majeski, George Gregg, Dee Caruso and Bill Levine. Sometimes listed as Vol. 1 No. 6. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Crestwood/Feature was the first of several publishers. After the death of his top animal star, Din Din Din, Jr., a Hollywood mogul seeks a way to keep the franchise going. A joke biography of Marilyn Monroe (still alive in 1961). A sitcom featuring the First Family, The Kennedys. A parody of record-club ads in comics, and a candid look at Candid Camera. Cover includes an appearance by Mad mascot Alfred E. Neuman. Beauty Expert; Twentieth Century; Woman Embezzles 2 Million from Bank; Sick Award; Hollywood Animal Stars; Hollywood Producer: The Sol Burlap Story; Fan Magazine Fans; The Marilyn Monroe Story; Academy Award Speech; Sick, Sick World; The Show That Was Too Sick for TV; The Capital Punishment Record Club; Saga of a Sick Ship; Police to Pose as Taxi Drivers; Sneaky Camera; From Sick Friends; A Career in Spying; News Headline: Spy Captured in Gotham; The Invention of the Telephone; Professor Sickmunds Calendar of Sick Events; Minute Movies. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Leo Morey. Stories and art by Don Perlin, Bob Powell, E. Morey, Howard Ostwind, Bernie Kahn, and Joe Simon. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Crestwood/Feature was the first of several publishers. Spoofs of Playboy and TV preachers. A Marlon Brando movie fumetti. Ad spoofs, cartoons, and satires of historical figures from Gen. Custer to Adolf Hitler. Saga of Buffalo Bill; Sick-iatry; Mein-Sick; Liz Taylor Photo Pinup Page; History Lesson; TV Commercials; There's No Business Like the Snow Job Business; Sick Sick World. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Painted cover by Leo Morey. Stories and art by Don Perlin, Leo Morey, Bill Majeski, Dee Caruso and Bill Levine. Sometimes listed as Vol. 2 No. 2. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Crestwood/Feature was the first of several publishers. Recruiting for the Army in the post-WWII, pre-Vietnam era. A review of Peyton Place and other "scandal cinema" of the 1960s. Parodies of the early Russian space program and razor ads. And a story with early art by future Marvel legend Don Perlin. Nothing Shaves Quite Like a Blade; What's My Plug; Educational TV Which Imparts Very Little Public Service; Banking Today; History Revisited; Monologue for Sick Comics in Glass Cages; Sickly Grin Ward; Recruiting for the Modern Army; Visitors' Day; Sick, Sick World; Scandalsville Revisited; People in the News: The Cosmonaut; Sick Calendar: September; Arresting Movies; Sick Newsreel Around the World; The Sick Lark Show; Housekeeper; Phone TV; The Invention of the Telephone; Professor Sickmunds Calendar of Sick Events; Minute Movies. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Bill Dixon, Bill Majeski, Dee Caruso and Bill Levine. Sometimes listed as Vol. 2 No. 3. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Crestwood/Feature was the first of several publishers. A parody of John F. Kennedy's presidential press conferences. The life of movie legend Rudolph Valentino, Sick-style. The marriage of Pocahontas and John Smith as seen through the lens of 1960s race relations. Parodies of TV shows "Checkmate" and "What's My Line?" Back cover includes an appearance by Mad mascot Alfred E. Neuman. What's My Line?; Sick Newsreel; Sick Movie Review; The Legend of Rudolph Valentino; Baby Ann Marie Frazee; Presidential Press Conference; Sick History; British Spies; The Labor Movement; Sick, Sick World. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Painted cover by Leo Morey. Stories and art by Bill Majeski, Dee Caruso and Bill Levine. Sometimes listed as Vol. 2 No. 4. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Crestwood/Feature was the first of several publishers. A parody of the TV show Candid Camera. A Sick look at airplane hijackings (then a new-ish phenomenon) and prison reform. A parody of King Kong. Candid Camera Conscious; Sick, Sick World; The Warden: A Monologue for Sick Comics; Sick Monologue; Sick History; Movie Review; Jack Paar's Know-It-Alls; Sick Biography: The Legend of King Kong; Sickiatry; Sick Newsreel; How to Hijack an Airplane. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Painted cover by Leo Morey. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Leo Morey, Ernest Schroeder, Bill Majeski, Dee Caruso and Bill Levine. Sometimes listed as Vol. 2 No. 5. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Crestwood/Feature was the first of several publishers. A parody of National Geographic. A Sick look at monster movies. A parody of The Untouchables. Poking fun at President Kennedy, as well as future president Nixon. Great Moments in Medicine; Newscast; The Untouchables; Sicknificant News of the World; Sick, Sick World; Sickly Grins; Our Own Monster Movie; The Teach; The Natural Geogphsick Magazine; JFK at the A&P; Wadja Say, Mr. K?; Minute Monologues; Seventy; Lone Stranger's Arraignment; Headline: Assassination Attempt on DeGaulle Fails; Booking Agent; Our Favorite Movie Scenes; Mr. Nixon Meets the Press; Sick Guide for Losers; Interesting Occupations; Great Courtroom Scenes; International Losers Convention. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Bob Powell. Stories and art by Angelo Torres, Bob Powell, Leo Morey, Ernest Schroeder, Bill Majeski, Zbigniew Lengren, Dee Caruso and Bill Levine. Sometimes listed as Vol. 2 No. 6. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Crestwood/Feature was the first of several publishers. A newspaper for beatniks. A Sick look at Lassie. What happens to characters on TV commercials after the ad is over. Nightclub comics of the 1960s, and Cold War "Commies." Plus early art by future Mad artist Angelo Torres. Great Moments in Medicine; Toothpaste Commercial; Sicknificant News of the World; Curlylocks and the Three Hoods; Sick, Sick World; Commie Comics; Daily Beatnik; Beatnik Television; Sickest Nite Club Comic; The Late Show; Sin and Censorship in the Movies; The Big Top; Sportsman's Corner; Sports Absurdities; Memory Expert; Sick Sports Page; What Happens to People on TV Commercials After the Camera Goes Off; The Lassie Show; How to Start Your Own Charity; TV Car Salesman; Great Courtroom Scenes; How Many of These Celebrities Can You Identify? 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Painted cover by Leo Morey. Stories and art by Angelo Torres, Bob Powell, Leo Morey, Ernest Schroeder, Bill Majeski, Howard Ostwind, Dee Caruso and Bill Levine. Sometimes listed as Vol. 2 No. 7. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Crestwood/Feature was the first of several publishers. A rocket scientist writes poetry about the early Space Race. A Sick look at plastic surgery. What really happened to Amelia Earhart. A look at the Axis powers after World War II. Plus early art by future Mad artist Angelo Torres. Great Moments in Medicine: Plastic Surgery... the Unveiling; The Numbers Game; Sicknificant News of the World; Sick, Sick World; The Dean Rusk Show; Movie Producers; Favorite Movie Scenes: The Room; The Killer; Real Italian Movies; Comments by Sickmund; The Mystery of Amelia Earhart; Interesting Occupations; A Prevue of Our Forthcoming Pocketbook of Historical Events by Hysteric-ill Scholars; The Peace Corps; Judgment at Neurosisberg; The Agent; The Waiter; Dental Detective; TV Cooking Show; Great Military Leaders. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Painted cover by Leo Morey. Stories and art by George Tuska, Dick Ayers, Leo Morey, Ernest Schroeder, Bill Majeski, Charles Martin, Bob Buck, Dee Caruso and Bill Levine. Sometimes listed as Vol. 2 No. 8. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Crestwood/Feature was the first of several publishers. A revised version of a hero-dog movie. A Sick look at TV medical dramas. Press conferences by Kennedy and Castro. Plus stories with early art by Marvel's George Tuska and DC's Dick Ayers. A Tour of the White House with Jackie Kennedy; Garbageman; Sick Views the World; Sinking Homes; Plane Lands at Wrong Field; Movie Starlet Marooned on Island; Hollywood Ring-a-Ding Din; Dopey Gillis Show; Kennedy Press Conference; Castro Press Conference; Baseball Businessmen; Let's Do the Twist; MD on TV; The Blue Gang and How It Was Brought to Justice; Great Moments in Literature; Wild World of Sports; Jack's Mystery Guest; Great Moments in Fashion; Place the Face. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 3 No. 1. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Jack Davis. Stories and art by Bill Majeski, Bill Dixon, Dee Caruso and Bill Levine. Sometimes listed as Vol. 3 No. 2. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Crestwood/Feature was the first of several publishers. Sick tracks down and interviews Hitler, now living under a new identity: "Frank Hitler." A Sick look at the Dick Clark Show. A parody of TV medical drama Ben Casey. Fake interviews with political figures of the day, including Robert Kennedy and Adlai Stevenson. Cover by MAD legend Jack Davis features both Frankenstein's Monster and the last cover appearance of Sick's original mascot, Dr. Sickmund. Sicknificant News of the World; Dig We Must; Sick Clark Show Around the World; Call Me Herman; Editorial Conference; Monologues for Sick Comics; Movie Magazines; TV Department: Ben Casey; The New Creed; Movie Review. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.