Sick (1961) comic books 1960

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.