Madhouse (1954 Ajax 1st Series) comic books 1955 or before
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Issue #1
$55.00
View scans- 1" Spine split. Cover detached.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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Stories and art by Colin Allen and others. An attempt to duplicate the humor of MAD from Ajax-Farrell and the anonymous talents in the Iger Shop. In a spoof of hardboiled detective stories, private eye Monday Afternoon is hired by a blonde femme fatale and her brother, an actual gorilla. A send-up of the notorious Kinsey Report that includes numerous corn jokes and no actual reference to what the Report is about. A henpecked scientist becomes a monster, but his wife is the real terror. The Murky Mystery of Rue de la Phew, or Guilty Gertie's Revenge; Shh! Sneak a Look at the Kornsey Report; The Looneys, What a Family!: Cold Collectors, Color Scheme, Mind Readers, Well; Dropsy-Turvy; Dr. Jerque Go and Hide! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #2
$16.00
View scan- Interior is complete. Full length spine split to cover and all interior wraps.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays
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Issue #3
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Stories and art by the Iger Shop. An attempt to duplicate the humor of MAD from Ajax-Farrell and the anonymous talents in the Iger Shop. Detectives Shilock and Botson find strange doings afoot when they investigate the murder of the police commissioner. Emily Ghost, a spoof of advice columnist Emily Post, advises two ghosts on how to properly haunt their house. A wacky story about the life of TV weatherman "Uncle Featherby." Blimey, Old Chap.. It's a Crime; Peter in the Pen; Emily Ghost Guide to Midnight Manners; Cool Cash; Uncle Featherby Weather - Or Not? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #4
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Stories and art by the Iger Shop. An attempt to duplicate the humor of MAD from Ajax-Farrell and the anonymous talents in the Iger Shop. Ghosts try to get rid of the Beatniks that have moved into their haunted house, in a story with surreal imagery and hilarious pseudo-Beat dialogue. The new sheriff in town confronts outlaw Dan McGoon. In a spoof of detective movies, the trail of missing dancer Annie Body leads to danger. Crazy Mixed Up Arizona; Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore...She's Gone Man!; Flat Foot Floogie; Going-Going-Real Gone!; Pssst - Confidential (My Eye!) The Uncensored Lowdown of Joe Blow's Rise to Fame! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
