From Here to Insanity (1955) comic books 1938-1955

Add to cart FR 1.0 $14.00 View scan 6" Cumulative spine split with interior spine splitting. Cover coming loose at both staples. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

Cover by Fred Ottenheimer. Stories and art by Dick Ayers and Fred Ottenheimer. Numbering continues from Eh! (1953) #7. Charlton gives its Mad imitator the second of its four titles, as it continues its hit-or-miss parodies of 1950s pop culture. Heir to a fortune, Robbin Yunk becomes a rail tycoon, even though he has the mind of a child and sees freight and passenger trains as his own personal train set. An attempt at creating the comics equivalent of "Cinerama," and other widescreen experiments of 1950s Hollywood. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including nail polish, beer, and hair care. Infinity cover by Fred Ottenheimer. Drain Shampoo!; The Robbin Yunk Story; Comicrameh!; Easy Money!!; High at Noon; Kaysee - Krime Photographer; Executive Suit; The Two Little Monsters; Bloody Mary; I Dreamed I Was in Heaven. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Fred Ottenheimer. Stories and art by Dick Ayers and Fred Ottenheimer. Charlton's Mad imitator continues its hit-or-miss parodies of 1950s pop culture. Dragnet's Joe Friday investigates 1955 pop music, in a story with commentary on the effect Elvis Presley had on 1950s America. A joke biography of dancer and dance-studio founder Arthur Murray. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including mouthwash, milk, and canned spaghetti. Bunko-American; Spectacular with Steve Giveaway; The Hiss Parade with Joe Friday; The Odyssus of Homer Wigglesworth; Buds:Ice Kwick-Frozen Water!; The Arthur Flurry Story!; The Music Haters' Answer to Hi-Fi!; The Mad Doc; Grapple!; What the Heck Is a Mambo?; Tarnation; Blisterine. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko and Dick Ayers. Charlton's Mad imitator continues its hit-or-miss parodies of 1950s pop culture. A parody of the Hitchcock classic Dial M for Murder. Future designs in cars are highlighted with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. This tale is from so early in Ditko's career (1955) that his usually distinctive style is almost unrecognizable. Plus an activity page, or rather, a parody of one. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including aluminum siding and Christian Dior fashions. Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch House!; Stinkeydink and Me!; Real Gone with the Wind; Two Mobiles You Can Make; The Soup Bowl Game!; Dial "M" for Mother!; Christofer Clumsiness; Plymouth Car Show; Eat-It-Yourself Aluminum!; Christian Bore Does It Again (Sigh). 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Jack Kirby, Bill Draut and Fred Ottenheimer. Charlton's Mad imitator continues its hit-or-miss parodies of 1950s pop culture. This issue features art by Marvel legend Jack Kirby. This includes a parody of Walt Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; a spoof of the medical comic strip Rex Morgan MD; and spacefaring hero Comet Feldmeyer, plus the cover. Spoofs of 1950s classified advertising and bodybuilding ads. Classifried Ads; Old Love; Expressions; Line 'Em Up!; The Psycho News; Dorothy and Digby; Rex Mortgage M.D.?; Walt Chisely's 20,000 Lugs Under the Sea; Build It Yourself; Comet Feldmeyer, the Ace of Space; Foreign Intrigues; Tweetie Piper!; Be a Successful 90-Pound Weakling. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dick Ayers, Art Gates, Carl Hubbell and Fred Ottenheimer. Charlton's Mad imitator continues its hit-or-miss parodies of 1950s pop culture, converting to a magazine format with this issue, as Mad did. This issue features no art by Marvel legend Jack Kirby, contrary to some sources (the Kirby art is in issue #11). Photo cover includes 1950s icons Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Jackie Gleason, and Jerry Lewis. How Davy Crockett rose up from a simple frontiersman to a 1950s TV star. Parodies of the films Blackboard Jungle and Marilyn Monroe's The Seven Year Itch. Another 1950s icon, trans pioneer Christine Jorgensen, gets the From Here to Insanity treatment. An indecipherable article written in "jazz" lingo. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including shampoo, deodorant, and cigarettes ads. Haloo Shampoo; Chase & Sunburn Coffee; Old Spicy Sticky Deodorant; Classified Ads; The Raving Reporter; How Davy Crockhead Captured America; The Man on the Flying Trapeze; Confidentially; The Truth About the French Pose Card Raquet; The Truth About Army Justice; Why Gretel Garbow Wants Her Privacy; Operation Denmark; The Truth About the Einstein Experts; I Toyed With the Hearts of Men; Blackboard Jumble; Fisherman's Daily Guide for August; How to Catch a Man; Camp Minnacootchie; Eat Younger and Look Older; Jive Me Gently; You Too Can Dance; How To Pour a Patio; Across and Drowkcab Puzzle; Insanity Removes the Wraps from Atomic Age's Most Explosive Pin-Ups!; Recommended by Huncan Dines; Those T.V. Commercials; Maryland Monrowboat in "The Seven Year Twitch"; French Girdle; Pearliaments Cigarettes. Final issue under this title; series continues as Crazy, Man, Crazy (1955) #1. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.