Panic #3 Gaines File pedigree 4/12 (EC, 1954) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages. Copies of the companion EC satire comic ...
Auction amount: $840.00
Sold: Jul 17, 2003
Panic #3 Values
Publisher: EC, 1954
About Panic #3
Parody of the Senate Subcommittee. Joe Orlando story shows Old King Cole smoking (marijuana, by Overstreet's interpretation). Jack Davis and Wally Wood parody Walt Kelly of Pogo fame. Bill Elder parodies Al Capp.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Inks: Albert B. Feldstein (signed)
Colors: Marie Severin
Notes: Cover is a parody of the Saturday Evening Post from January 17, 1948, which featured a bust of Benjamin Franklin.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Li'l Melvin [as Li'l Abner]; Rosie June [as Daisy Mae]; Pappy [Yokum]; Mammy [Yokum]; Popeye (cameo); Beulah Witch; Pogo; Marryin' Irving; Jody the Coyote (cameo)
Synopsis: Unable to catch Li'l Melvin and convince him to marry her, Rosie asks Beulah Witch to make up a love potion that will make him fall in love with her. But it doesn't work and instead Li'l Melvin wants to marry up with the ugliest gal in the world!
Pages: 8.000
Script: Al Feldstein
Pencils: Bill Elder [as Bill (Al Hatt) Elder] (signed)
Inks: Bill Elder [as Bill (Al Hatt) Elder] (signed); Basil Wolverton (pahe 7, panel 6, ugly girl image)
Letters: Jim Wroten
Notes: Parody of "Li'l Abner" comic strip. Page 8 is titled "'Li'l Melvin'...A Threat to America!", six parody panels by "The Committee of Protecting the Soft Minds of Our Little Monsters", a sub-division of "The National Association of Cranks Criticizing the Comics", which investigated and analyzed the preceding lampooning strip, Li'l Melvin.
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CGC Census Report*
| Grade | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
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Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 38 |
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