Advertising disclosure: ComicRecord is a participant in the eBay Partner Network. Links to eBay on this site are advertising, and as an eBay Partner Network affiliate we earn from qualifying purchases.
Publishers / Fantagraphics / The Sincerest Form of Parody: The Best 1950s MAD-Inspired Satirical Comics (2012) / #[nn]
[nn]April 2012
$24.99

The Sincerest Form of Parody: The Best 1950s MAD-Inspired Satirical Comics #[nn]

Fantagraphics · April 2012 · on sale March 28, 2012

How to read this file
  • Every claim on this page traces to a public bibliographic record; the sources are listed at the bottom of the file.
  • A first-appearance badge means this is the earliest non-flashback appearance on record in this database.
  • Buy links are eBay affiliate links. They never change what the record says.

Identification plate

Series
The Sincerest Form of Parody: The Best 1950s MAD-Inspired Satirical Comics (Fantagraphics, 2012 series)
Issue
#[nn]
Publication date
April 2012
Key date
April 2012
On-sale date
March 28, 2012
Indicia publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Price
$24.99
Pages
196
Barcode
978160699511252499
ISBN
978-1-60699-511-2

Match the book in your hand against this plate before paying an edition-specific price.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Sincerest Form of Parodycover1pencils: Howard Nostrand; inks: Howard Nostrand
1the competitioncomic story1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Marie Severin
2The Sincerest Form of Parodyillustration1pencils: Hy Fleishman; inks: Hy Fleishman
3Publisher's Pagecredits, title page1letters: typeset
4Table of Contentstable of contents1letters: typeset
5Satire Comes up the River From Lafayette Streetforeword, introduction, preface, afterword1.5script: Jay Lynch
6Jay Lynchtext article0.25script: Jay Lynch
7Tales Calculated to Sell You...cover reprint (on interior page)0.25pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Harvey Kurtzman; letters: Harvey Kurtzman
8-cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Albert B. Feldstein; inks: Albert B. Feldstein; colors: Marie Severin
9My Gun Is The Jury!comic story8script: Albert B. Feldstein; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin
10The Lady or the Tiger?comic story7script: Albert B. Feldstein; pencils: Bill Elder, Basil Wolverton; inks: Bill Elder, Basil Wolverton; colors: Marie Severin
11-cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Norman Maurer; inks: Norman Maurer
12Dr. Seekle and Mr. Hidecomic story7script: Virginia Hubbell; pencils: Norman Maurer; inks: Norman Maurer
13Believe It or Drop! ....Dead?text article0.75script: Joan Maurer; pencils: Norman Maurer; inks: Norman Maurer
14He Died From Laughter!promo (ad from the publisher)0.25
15Ancient Classic Comics Presents Little Awful Fanniecomic story6script: Carl Hubbell; pencils: Carl Hubbell; inks: Carl Hubbell
16The Great Mane Robberycomic story9script: William Overgard; pencils: William Overgard; inks: William Overgard
17-cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Fred Ottenheimer; inks: Fred Ottenheimer
18Young Dr. Baloney!comic story6pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Dick Ayers; letters: Dick Ayers
19What's My Crime?comic story6pencils: Dick Ayers
20Expressionscomic story1pencils: Jack Kirby
21Rex Mortgage M.D.?comic story3script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby
22Comet Feldmeyer, the Ace of Spacecomic story1script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby
23-cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Joe Maneely; inks: Joe Maneely
24From Here to Therecomic story5pencils: Al Hartley; inks: Al Hartley
25Whacks' Museumcomic story5pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett
26Crazy's Fun Pageactivity1pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Dan DeCarlo
27-cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito; colors: Ross Andru, Mike Esposito; letters: Ross Andru, Mike Esposito
28The Sewer Keepercomic story4script: Ross Andru, Mike Esposito; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito
29S.S. Giganticcomic story1script: Ross Andru, Mike Esposito; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito
30So solly, Merywin...cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Hy Fleishman; inks: Hy Fleishman
31Marvin's Monstercomic story6pencils: Hy Fleishman; inks: Hy Fleishman
32Marvin Shame, Shamuscomic story6pencils: Hy Fleishman; inks: Hy Fleishman
33How to Marry a Zillionairecomic story6pencils: Hy Fleishman; inks: Hy Fleishman
34Comics Is Wonderful!comic story5pencils: Hy Fleishman
35Captain Marble Flies againcomic story6script: Otto Binder, Evonne Rae; pencils: Ross Andru, Mike Esposito; inks: Ross Andru, Mike Esposito
36Television... Blessing or Curse to Mankindcomic story2pencils: Hy Fleishman; inks: Hy Fleishman
37-cover reprint (on interior page)1
38Oh, for the Life-of a Wife-of a Werewolfcomic story5
39The Late-Late-Late-Late Showcomic story6
40-cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Howard Nostrand; inks: Howard Nostrand
41Hector Protectorcomic story0.5pencils: Howard Nostrand; inks: Howard Nostrand
42Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimescomic story0.5pencils: Howard Nostrand; inks: Howard Nostrand
43Low Nooncomic story5script: Nat Barnett; pencils: Howard Nostrand; inks: Howard Nostrand
44Puncho Villacomic story5pencils: Howard Nostrand; inks: Howard Nostrand
45Alladin's Lamp-ooncomic story5pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob Powell
46V...- for Wampirecomic story5pencils: Howard Nostrand; inks: Howard Nostrand
47The Shriek of Arabycomic story5script: Howard Nostrand; pencils: Howard Nostrand; inks: Howard NostrandLady Diana Arbuthnott; Sheik Hassan Ben Sober
48Come Back Bathshebacomic story5script: Nat Barnett; pencils: Howard Nostrand; inks: Howard Nostrand
4920,000 Leaks Under the Seacover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: L. B. Cole; inks: L. B. ColeKing Farouk
50Twenty Thousand Leaks Under The Seacomic story6script: Jay Disbrow; pencils: Jay Disbrow; inks: Jay DisbrowCaptain Zemo; Munsky (Zemo's insane uncle)
51Notestext article25script: John Benson
52Be a Successful 90-Pound Weaklingcomic story1pencils: Jack Kirby
53-promo (ad from the publisher)1script: John Benson; pencils: Norman Maurer; inks: Norman Maurer

Before you buy

  • Confirm which printing is being sold; later printings usually carry changed cover marks or indicia lines.
  • For variant covers, match the listing photo against the variant list on this page before paying a ratio-variant price.
  • Pressable defects (spine stress, corner blunting) matter to graders; ask for photos at an angle.

Series context

1 of 1

Sources

Found an error in this file? corrections@comicrecord.com