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Crazy Magazine (1973) - #20
Curtis Magazines (Marvel)

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Editor(s):
Aron Laikin - 'Aron Mayer'
Paul Laikin
Roy Thomas

Cover Artist(s):
William B. DuBay - 'Bill'
Bob Larkin

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Cover Date: October 1976
Cover Price: US $0.50

Issue Tagline:
Let's Sing Along With Rudy and the Revolutionaries--The Bicentennial Blues
It Finally Happened! Crazy Goes Insane!

Format: Black & White; Magazine; 50 pages

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Letters Column: Take a Letter to Crazy

Synopsis:
Features a clever SPACE:1999 spoof illustrated by ERNIE COLON.

Reprinted/Collected in:
Crazy Magazine (1973) #37

Notes:
PAUL LAIKIN, Editor Man
EDEN NORAH, Art Directress
ROY THOMAS, Consulting Editor
ARON MAYER, Insulting Editor

BOB LARKIN, Front Cover
BILL DUBAY, Back Cover
RAQUEL WELCH, No Cover

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"Crazy Protest Posters" - Edit this story

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Writer(s):
Eden Norah

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Synopsis:
Inside front cover contains inflammatory posters you can cut and post in your neighborhood. For example:
"Pray for the Success of Atheism"
"Keep Our Boys Off the Moon"

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"TV Satire: Space $9.99... Marked Down From $22.68" - Edit this story

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Writer(s):
Lennie Herman

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Ernie Colón - 'Ernesto Sierra de Cordobes Y Lopez Colón'

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Ernie Colón - 'Ernesto Sierra de Cordobes Y Lopez Colón'

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Synopsis:
A five-page spoof of Gerry Anderson's sci-fi television series, SPACE: 1999.

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"How They Got Fired" - Edit this story

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Writer(s):
David Kelly

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Murad Gumen

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Murad Gumen

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A one-page doggerel verse poem by David Kelly framed by an illustration Murad Guman.

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"A Crazy Bicentennial Salute: Unsung Heroes of the American Revolution" - Edit this story

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Writer(s):
Anita Goldwasser

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William B. DuBay - 'Bill'

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William B. DuBay - 'Bill'

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Synopsis:
Two-pages featuring profiles of the forgotten footnotes in American History.

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Because of an editorial oversight, of the six profiles, only two have matching illustrations and captions.

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"Crazy Asks the Question: Women's Lib: Boon or Bust?" - Edit this story

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Anita Goldwasser

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Diane Levin

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Diane Levin

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A two-page spread with eight two-panel gags poking fun at the ERA movement.

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"Other Legendary Monsters Scientists Should Investigate" - Edit this story

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Kent Gamble

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Profiles of eight lesser-known monsters, including Frankenshiner, The Stumbler, and the Creature From the Oil Lagoon.

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"The City Dwellers' Book of World Records" - Edit this story

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Writer(s):
Joe Kiernan

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Jack Sparling

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Three pages of record holders only city folks can fully appreciate.

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"The Office Thief" - Edit this story

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Writer(s):
Marylyn Ippolito - 'Marylyn'

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Mike Pardo

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Mike Pardo

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A one-page, five-panel silent strip about an ambitious office thief.

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"Crazy Goes to a Modern Art Gallery" - Edit this story

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Writer(s):
Aron Laikin - 'Aron Mayer'

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Bill Burke

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Bill Burke

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Two-page spread set in an expansive modern and abstract art gallery featuring the comments and observations of the gallery goers.

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"A Crazy Prophecy: Institutions and Organizations That'll Never Get Off The Ground!" - Edit this story

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Writer(s):
Warren Emery

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Synopsis:
Text page featuring ill-conceived concepts for new organizations, e.g., The Salt Lake City Institute of Pornography, The Men's Room Graffiti Art Museum, and The George C. wallace Chair of Race Relations at Tuskegee University.

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"Superheroes Song Sheet: A Special Singalong Selection" - Edit this story

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Aron Laikin - 'Aron Mayer'
Eden Norah

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Marie Severin

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Marie Severin

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Synopsis:
A four-page pullout bonus in the tradition of Mitch Miller and His Gang LPs of years ago.

Following a MARIE SEVERIN-illustrated cover featuring Marvel Superheroes playing instruments are three pages containing fourteen superhero songs, set to the tunes of once-popular and well-known songs (e,g., a very well-done song about THE AVENGERS set to "Alouette," another about the FANTASTIC FOUR sung to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the RFepublic," and even one about the then-brand-new NEW X-MEN sung to the tune of "Dark Eyes"). Clip art of Marvel Superheroes appears throughout.

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"Crazy Commercial No. 15: The Timax Watch Commercial" - Edit this story

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Writer(s):
Marylyn Ippolito - 'Marylyn'

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Jack Sparling

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Jack Sparling

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Synopsis:
A one-pager spoofing the once-ubiquitous Timex Watch "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking" commercials.

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"Horoscope For New Yorkers" - Edit this story

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Writer(s):
Joe Kiernan

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Richard 'Dick' Ayers

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Richard 'Dick' Ayers

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Synopsis:
A two-page text feature with illustrations by DICK AYERS. Gotham-centric horoscopes for city folk (with an emphasis on crime, pollution, cockroaches, etc.)

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"A Crazy Look at Hands" - Edit this story

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Marylyn Ippolito - 'Marylyn'

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Marylyn Ippolito - 'Marylyn'

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Marylyn Ippolito - 'Marylyn'

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Two-pages of illustrations of hands with clever captions.

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"Middle Age Nightmares" - Edit this story

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Writer(s):
Michael J. Pellowski

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Diane Levin

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Diane Levin

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Two pages with five three-panel strips each contrasting youthful optimism with the middle-age and old-age realities.

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"Realistic Adult Toys" - Edit this story

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Writer(s):
Michael J. Pellowski

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Tony Tallarico

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Tony Tallarico

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Three-pages of reality-based toys made for grown-ups, such as the Landlord Hand Puppet, the Women's Libber Hand Puppet, a Slot Machine Bank, a Workers' Clock, and a Flophouse Wino Doll among others.

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"Crazy News of the Month" - Edit this story

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Paul Lamont

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Synopsis:
A one-page text feature. Below a fummeti are mock-headlines from around the nation.

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"If There Been TV Back in History" - Edit this story

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Writer(s):
Bob Heit

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Bill Burke

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Bill Burke

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Synopsis:
Two pages featuring imagining eight historical events had they been televised.

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"Still More Scenes From Hollywood Movies (with English Translations Underneath)" - Edit this story

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Aron Laikin - 'Aron Mayer'

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(Contains Photographic Elements)

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Synopsis:
Two pages of film stills with foreign language word balloons, but helpful English translations below.

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"A Crazy Look at Lawyers" - Edit this story

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Writer(s):
Eden Norah

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Alan Kupperberg

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Alan Kupperberg

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Synopsis:
Four pages of gag strips poking fun at lawyers.

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"Hall of Shame Baseball Cards" - Edit this story

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William B. DuBay - 'Bill'

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William B. DuBay - 'Bill'

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Synopsis:
Nine baseball cards featuring nine ne'er-do-well ballplayers.

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This feature is on the inside back cover and back cover, so the front of the cards are in full-color.

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