Crazy 1
- Title Published
- December 1953 to July 1954
- Issue Numbers
- 1 to 7
- Number of Issues
- 7
Issue Information
- Cover Date
- December 1953
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher
- Classic Syndicate, Inc.
- Cover Credits
-
Bill Everett pencils signed
Stories
| Job Number |
Title | Pages | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D-588 |
Tess Orbit Lace Cadet
Notes: Signed "Astro Hartley."
Parody of the television series Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (CBS 1950; ABC, 1951-52; DuMont 1953-54; NBC,1954-55). |
5 pg art |
Al Hartley pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
John Benson: Creator Credit Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit Tom Lammers: Story Information |
|
| D-572 |
The Bookworm Turns
|
2 pg text |
Joe Maneely pencils and inks attributed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit John Benson: Story Information |
|
| D-578 |
Nobody, But Nobody, But Slip-Along Sassity
Notes: Parody of fictional western hero Hopalong Cassidy; cf. Bar-20 by Clarence E. Mulford (Aeonian Press, Leyden MA, 1907).
|
4 pg art |
Ed Winiarski pencils signed
Contributors:
John Benson: Creator Credit Tom Lammers: Story Information |
|
| D-562 |
Frank N. Stein
Notes: Kurtzman's version of this classic, also titled "Frank N. Stein," appeared in MAD 8, dated December 1953-January 1954. Atlas generally had a longer lead time, so CRAZY 1 probably hit the stands first. In spite of an opening and closing that parodied the then-wildly-popular TV show "Dragnet," this version sticks about as close to the original as Kurtzman did, even having the monster be friendly to a little girl. - John Benson.
Parody of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, London, 1818). |
5 pg art |
Bill Everett pencils and inks signed Bill Everett letters guess
Contributors:
John Benson: Creator Credit Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit Tom Lammers: Story Information |
|
| D-560 |
Gang Dusters
Notes: Parody of the radio drama Gangbusters (CBS, 1936-1940, 1949-1955; Blue Network, 1940-1948; Mutual Broadcasting System, 1955-1957).
|
4 pg art |
Dave Berg pencils signed
Contributors:
John Benson: Creator Credit Tom Lammers: Story Information |
|
| D-543 |
The Three Messkiteers
Notes: Parody of Les Trois Mousquetaires by Alexandre Dumas (serialized in Le Sicle, Paris, Mar-Jul 1844).
|
5 pg art |
Joe Maneely pencils and inks signed Notes: Signed second panel last page.
Contributors:
John Benson: Creator Credit Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit Tom Lammers: Story Information |