Sick (1961) comic books

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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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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.

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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 Jack Davis. Stories and art by Angelo Torres, Gray Morrow, Bob Powell, Charlie Rodrigues, Paul Laikin, Salo, Ted Trogdon, Vic Martin, and Dee Caruso. Sometimes listed as 5 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. An "interview" with James Bond creator Ian Fleming, featuring art by future MAD artist Angelo Torres. If comic-strip characters Dick Tracy, Winnie Winkle and Tarzan had to solve real-world problems. Parodies of the Peanuts book "Security Is a Warm Blanket" and the movie The African Queen. Plus early cartoons from future National Lampoon cartoonist Charlie Rodrigues. Make Me a Star; Celebrity Bubblegum Cards; The Wings of the Dove: An Interview with Ian Fleming; Headlines to Great Art; Sick, Sick World; Working Out Today's Problems Through the Comics; The Agent; Insecurity Is a Hole in the Blanket; 633 Squadron; The African Queen; Artist's Model; Tennis, Anyone?; Career Blazers; Specialized Magazines for Women; Civilian Fliers; LBJ Birthday Party; Special New York Report; Pan Am Heliport; Stick 'em Up!; At Home at the Fair; Mailbox Nameplates; Enjoy Thanksgiving! 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Angelo Torres, Joe Simon, Jack Sparling, Woody Kimbrell, Arnoldo Franchioni, Paul Laikin, Jim Atkins, and Vic Martin. Sometimes listed as Vol. 5 No. 7 (the second Vol. 5 No. 7, after issue 37). 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 Spaghetti Westerns, and Sick mascot Huckleberry Fink on Success, featuring art by future MAD artist Angelo Torres. Huckleberry Fink tries to awaken a sleeping princess with a kiss. A 9-page parody of Down Beat magazine. Plus a cigarette-ad parody by Captain America co-creator (and Sick creator/editor) Joe Simon. People We Can Do Without; Foreign Westerns; Sleeping Beauty; A Sick Tour of Bathrooms; TV Scenes Worth Waiting for; Soap Operas for Other Members of the Family; Johnny Cool; Sick, Sick World; Funnier Rear Ends for Truckers; Sillyettes; Future Trends in Modern Art; Darn Beat; Preview of New Dance Crazes; Status Symbols for Non-Status People; Rodeo Rider; Simon Sez: Know Paul Laikin; Huckleberry Fink on Success; Tallyho; OP Eye Chart. 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, 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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Cover by Frank Roberge. Stories and art by Fran Matera, Frank Roberge, Don Orchek, Warren Sattler, Fred Wolfe, Jerry Grandenetti, and Don Heck. One of the more successful MAD mimics, created by comics legend Joe Simon, featuring an array of comedic talent. The first issue published by Charlton Comics, the last of several publishers. Spoofs of the spy film Three Days of the Condor, the Barney Miller sitcom, and comic-book covers. Sick's version of Adam and Eve. Ad spoofs, cartoons, and a story with early art by Marvel legend Don Heck. Three Days of the Conjob; Winter Is; Sick Movie Concepts; Fractured Frases for Far-Out Folk; Sick's Resident Ape Man "Bwana Bruce"; International Record Albums; A Sick Look at Fishing; Sick Goes to a Ski Lodge; Blarney Miller; The Sick Horoscope for 1976; Adams Apple and Eve; The Annual Mafia Awards; "Sick" Covers the Comic Covers; The Trend Toward Longer Movie Titles; Comic Strip Dear John Letters; Sick Sick World; Sick as It Seems. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. 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.