Sick (1961) comic books

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $56.00 View scan 1.5" Spine split from bottom. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek

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.

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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.

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

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Stories and art by Jack Davis, Angelo Torres, Arnoldo Franchioni, Vic Martin, and Dee Caruso. Sometimes listed as Vol. 4 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 James Bond, featuring art by future MAD artist Angelo Torres. Sick asks if the US is losing Vietnam (in the first year of the Vietnam War). Soviet premier Khrushchev gets a little too deep into wet cement. Plus stories with art by MAD legend Jack Davis. Ian Fleming's James Bond; Columbus: Was He a Lush?; Army Fights Caracas Jailbreak; Indian Nuts and Flying Subs; Quintuplets; Germ Warfare; The Great Escape; Bank Job; Mrs. Robin Hood; Building Watchers; Look Who's Talking; Bo Reargard; Interview with Madame Nhu; Is the U.S. Losing Viet Nam to the Vietnamese?; Fourth Annual Sick Awards; Anacin Commercial; Sick Swifties; I Should Live So Long; Branca's Bullpen; A Good Impression; Commercials and Doctor Shows. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Jack Davis. Stories and art by Jack Davis, 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. A spoof of Tarzan. A movie fumetti featuring Frank Sinatra, Ursula Andress, Anita Ekberg, and Dean Martin, based on the Western 4 for Texas. Ad spoofs, cartoons, and a Sick look at race relations in 1960s America. Pvt. Bo Reargard; Liz Taylor - Richard Burton Photo Pinup Page; Sick Sick World. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Joe Simon. Stories and art by Angelo Torres, Joe Simon, Bob Powell, Leo Willette, Arnoldo Franchioni, Paul Laikin, Jim Atkins, Eli Cass, and Vic Martin. Sometimes listed as Vol. 5 No. 6 (the second Vol. 5 No. 6, after issue 36). 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. An Addams Family parody, featuring art by future MAD artist Angelo Torres, plus a strange party for Addams Family creator Charles Addams. An 8-page parody magazine for mothers, featuring art by Bob Powell. Plus the results of the Sick Survey, by Captain America co-creator (and Sick creator/editor) Joe Simon. Plans for Housing Sortage; Sick Visits a Monster Family; Real Movie Monsters for Small Tykes; Giant Killer; Handy Guide to Interpreting Baseball Announcers; Double Take Headlines; The Secret Invasion; If; Cloditis; Primer for a Second Childhood; Karate; Fat Pets Are Bad Pets; Animals Are Cheaper Than Models; Sick, Sick World; How to Be a Photographer; Simon Says: Results of the Sick Survey; Mother Magazine: Advice to the Forlorn; What Kind of a Mother Are You?; My Kids Were Driving Me to an Early Grave; How to Be a Stage Mother. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Joe Simon. Stories and art by Joe Simon, Art Buchwald, Glendon Swarthout, Don Orehek, Aron Mayer, Marilyn Ippolito, Tony Tallarico, Bernie Cooter, Joe McNeill, John Dromey, Bob Taylor, John Langton, Robert Heit, Dennis Snee, Earle Tempel, and Fred Wolfe. Sometimes listed as Vol. 13 No. 4. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. An article on football by legendary political commentator and humorist Art Buchwald. An article by famed novelist Glendon Swarthout. A profile of comedian Jack E. Leonard, plus a "centerfold" featuring Israeli prime minister Golda Meir. The wit and wisdom of the Watergate hearings. A look at kung fu movies. A Sick look at TV detective Columbo. A parody of advice columns. Also featuring a cover by Captain America co-creator (and Sick creator/editor) Joe Simon. The Watergate Game; Sick, Sick World; The Return of the Mummy; Football Isn't All Kicks; Fly-Me Ads from Other Countries; The Revolting Leo Lovejoy; The Wit and Wisdom of Watergate; Modern Day Fairy Tales; Where Do We Park the Wheels?; Playmate of the Month: In Golda We Trust; Columboob!!; If Bills Were Written as Poetry; Join the New Movement: Pay Toilets Are Unconstitutional; You Know You're in a Small Town When...; Comedian of the Month: Jack E. Leonard; Movie Review: Kung Fooey; The High School Etiquette Quiz; Soap Operas for Other Members of the Family; Humor in the Headlines; Dear Crabbie; Sick As It Seems; Mount Rushmore: 1980. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.40.

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Cover by Joe Simon. Stories and art by Paul Laikin, Bill Majeski, Bob Heit, Lynn Lichty, Jim Atkins, Louise Miller, Fred Wolfe, Eden Norah, Rube Goldberg, Aron Mayer, Henny Youngman, Joe McNeill, and Joe Simon. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Pyramid Books was the publisher during this run. The infamous Charlie Brown centerfold (strategically covered by Linus's blanket). Parodies of the cop show "Adam-12," Superman, and movie monsters. Ad spoofs, cartoons, and a classic Rube Goldberg device. Comedian of the Month: Henny Youngman; Acne-12; Grin-ness Book of World Records; The Numbers Game; Eulogies for Movie Monsters; Introducing Rube Goldberg; Historical Horoscopes from 1874; How to be a Poor Sport; Sick Beats the High Cost of Meat; Sick Sick World; Commercials We'd Like to See; Twas the Night Before Reruns; Woman Driver; Sick Plays Post Office; Poems of Protest to Governor Reagan; Stuporman in Today's Real World; Kookie Klassfieds; Feet First; Sick History Quiz; Hobby Magazine; Sick as It Seems. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.40.

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Cover by Joe Simon. Stories and art by Joe Simon, Erma Bombeck, Bil Keane, Rube Goldberg, Don Orehek, Aron Mayer, Marilyn Ippolito, Tony Tallarico, Glenn R. Bernhardt, Bill Woodman, Joe McNeill, Eden Norah, Hope Lee, John Langton, Robert Heit, Jerry Grandenetti, Warren Emery, Bernie Cootner, John Costanza, Bill Burke, Paul Laikin, Al Bare and Fred Wolfe. Sometimes listed as Vol. 14 No. 3. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. An article on telephones by legendary humorist Erma Bombeck, illustrated by Bil Keane of The Family Circus! And a classic Rube Goldberg Device. A profile of comedy legend Johnny Carson. A Sick look at Streaking. A parody of The Exorcist. A Sick salute to the comedy classic Blazing Saddles. A parody of advice columns. Also featuring art and a cover by Captain America co-creator (and Sick creator/editor) Joe Simon. Loony Labels; The Exor-Sick; Phones Are Wonderful But I Wouldn't Want My Daughter to Marry One!; Sick, Sick World; When Everything Becomes a Shortage; International Sports Nicknames; A Sick Look at a Library; What Is Sick?; How to Cope with the Paper Shortage; Songs of the Energy Crisis; Sick Visits Miami Beach; A Sick Look at Streaking; TV Scenes We Wanna Watch; First the Answers... Then the Questions; More Kooky Klassifieds; The Storefront Window Cleaner; Comedian of the Month: Johnny Carson; Movie Madness of the Month: Blazing Saddles; The Sick Capital Punishment Catalog; What We Say and What Really Is; Young Man's Romantic Confessions; Dear Crabbie; Sick As It Seems. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.40.

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Cover by Joe Simon. Stories and art by Joe Simon, Bill Burke, Don Orehek, Bert Houle, Marilyn Ippolito, Tony Tallarico, Michael Pellowski, Len Herman, Joe McNeill, Diane Levin, Hope Lee, John Langton, Phil Hirsch, Jerry Grandenetti, Jack Sparling, Bernie Cootner, Bob Schochet, Paul Laikin, and Fred Wolfe. Sometimes listed as Vol. 14 No. 5. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. A parody of Dick Tracy. Shakespeare updated for modern times. A spoof of the Richard Lester Three Musketeers movie. A parody of Let's Make a Deal. Also featuring art and a cover by Captain America co-creator (and Sick creator/editor) Joe Simon. The Three Dunce-keteers; Aggravation Is...; A Sick Look at Losers; Sick, Sick World; When Japan Owns the U.S.A.; School Bulletin Board; Tick Dracy; Playmate of the Month: Ralph Nader; Sick's Gall-American Team; Vampire Jokes and Cartoons; A Sick Interview with Euell Gibbons; A Real Sick Maze; Loony Limericks; Shakespeare Contemporary Style; Let's Make a Steal!; Sick As It Seems. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W.

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Painted cover by Joe Simon. Stories and art by Bill Burke, Paul Laikin, Bob Taylor, Marilyn Ippolito, Tony Tallarico, Michael Pellowski, Len Herman, Aron Mayer, Diane Levin, Kim Bene, Bernard Baily, John Langton, Phil Hirsch, Jerry Grandenetti, Robert Heit, Bernie Cootner, Simie Maryles and Fred Wolfe. Sometimes listed as Vol. 15 No. 4. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Comedian of the Month profiles short-lived comedy genius Freddie Prinze. A parody of the Peanuts comic strip. A spoof of the disaster classic The Towering Inferno. Sick looks at two hit television series, Wild Kingdom and Rhoda. Also featuring a cover by Captain America co-creator (and Sick creator/editor) Joe Simon. The Souring Inferno; School for TV Repairmen; Money Pies; Celebrity Classifieds; Different Types of Sports Announcers; Fleanuts; Did They Serve Matzoh Balls at the Last Supper?; Jobs Celebrities Would Have If they Werent Celebrities; Sick TV Satire: Rhodant; Corn Jokes; Great Moments in Science; If Monsters Ran For Public Office; Comedian of the Month: Freddie Prinze; Crosses You Have to Bear; Sick As It Seems; Sick Takes Stock of the Stock Market; Sick Sick World; Great Telethons for Greater Diseases; Sick TV Review: Vile Kingdom. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Painted cover by Earl Norem. Stories and art by John Langton, Frank Roberge, Don Orchek, Mike Pellowski, Fred Wolfe, Jerry Grandenetti, Bill Quidort, Jack Sparling, and Dick Ayers. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Charlton Comics was the publisher during this final run of the series. Spoofs of Welcome Back Kotter, the movie The Hindenburg, and McDonalds. Ad spoofs, cartoons, and a story with art by comics legend Dick Ayers. The Hindenburger; A Sick Look at the Economic Recession; Sick Is...; How to Make the Mailman's Hall of Fame; Commemorative Coins; Nursery Rhymes for Li'l Robbers; A Sick Look at Trout Fishing; Welcome Back Knothead; A Sick Look at Kids' Camps; The Sick Side of Pro-Football; Sick Goes to McRonald's; Elmer Boggle Prestidigitator; Two Sick Sagas of the Old West; Sick as It Seems. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Cover by Jack Sparling. Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Dave Manak, Arnold Drake, Dek, George Kashdan, Bill Burke and Joe Gill. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. Charlton Comics was the publisher during this final run of the series. Spoofs of The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, plus the movie Network. The debut of Jack Sparling's spicy good-girl series Cher D'Flower. Ad spoofs, cartoons, and 1970s TV talk shows. Nyetwork; The Bionic Woman Vs Love; The Too Late Night; Dept of Sick Trickery; Sickies; Rite On!; Sick Is ...; The Fort Knox No! No!; On the Rocks; Next Time... Don't Ask!; Makes Cents; Talk-Show Freak!; Cher D'Flower! 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.