Plop! #1 Signature Series: Bernie Wrightson (DC, 1973) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....

Auction amount: $288.00

Sold: Apr 1, 2025

Plop! #1 Values

Publisher: DC, 1973

About Plop! #1

Basil Wolverton cover. Bernie Wrightson, George Evans, and Sergio Aragones art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: "Arms" Armstrong

Pencils: Basil Wolverton (Signed); Sergio Aragonés (Marginals)

Inks: Basil Wolverton (Signed); Sergio Aragonés (Marginals)

Letters: typeset; Sergio Aragonés (logo design)

Notes: Cover art is a smaller version of the back cover. Logo design credit from Todd Klein (confirmed by Aragonés through Mark Evanier) via his Facebook page, used with permission.

Reprints: The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #63 (August 1985)

STORY DETAILS

(9 Stories)

Title: The Escape!

Characters: Cain (Story teller); Jonathan Francis

Synopsis: A whimsical look at dungeon life by Sergio Aragonés.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Sergio Aragonés

Pencils: Sergio Aragonés

Inks: Sergio Aragonés

Letters: Gaspar Saladino

Reprints: The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #63 (August 1985)

Notes: Nominated for a Shazam Award in 1973 for Best Humor Story.

Title: II

Pages: 3.000

Pencils: ?; Robert Johnson [as Slim] (signed); Pat Anderson; Goddard Sherman; Cork

Inks: ?; Robert Johnson [as Slim] (signed); Pat Anderson; Goddard Sherman; Cork

Notes: Multiple one-panel gags. Multiple job numbers. A-125A - "I love a parade!" ZA-16 - "Now tell us about the time you rubbed your eye with the wrong hand..." ZA-106 - "We had the cap on the lens, could you please hit him a few more times?" ZA-90 - "Wow... it sure doesn't taste like tomato juice!" ZA-30 - "Don't take too much off the top." ZA-21 - Small guard at cemetery plot.

Title: III

Pages: 4.000

Pencils: ?; Robert Johnson [as Slim] (signed); A. S. Habbick

Inks: ?; Robert Johnson [as Slim] (signed); A. S. Habbick

Notes: Multiple one-panel gags. Multiple job numbers. A-137 - X marks the spot - for the letter X. ZA-8 - A bucket of coins above a door falls on a bank robber. ZA-85 - Guy wheeling patient to surgery gets distracted by nurse. A-160 - "So, what's so strange about an ingrown hair?" A-136 - "Dad, Dad, I only had one cavity!"

Title: The Message

Synopsis: A ghost reports back to his friends in the graveyard what the score of the ballgame was.

Pages: 2.000

Script: Sheldon Mayer

Pencils: Alfredo Alcala

Inks: Alfredo Alcala

Letters: Alfredo Alcala

Reprints: The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #63 (August 1985)

Title: IV

Pages: 4.000

Pencils: ?; Robert Johnson [as Slim] (signed); Oskar Blotta Jr; Dawson; John Albano

Inks: ?; Robert Johnson [as Slim] (signed); Oskar Blotta Jr; Dawson; John Albano

Notes: Multiple one-panel gags. Multiple job numbers. ZA-27 - "Mother, look - a ghost!" Baby fish sees fish skeleton. ZA-11 - "This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home, this little..." ZA-109 - Eternal Peace Monument Co. Lifetime Guarantee. ZA-12 - Lady takes dog to cemetery so the dog can bury a bone. A-139 - Sweeping the dirt under a dungeon prisoner. ZA-70 - "April Fool!" Mad doctor switches a monsters hands and feet. ZA-19 - "You the party who advertised for a young man with a good brain?" A-140 - Doggone kids leavin' toys all over the park! J-1461 - A pointy tailed guy visits his friend in a hospital; Referee check the rule book on a fighter eating his opponent; Airplane pilots wearing parachutes run past passengers.

Title: The Gourmet

Characters: Cain (Story host); Vernon Glute; Hormsley (Death); Unnamed male and female customers at Slee-Zee Diner; Unnamed cook at Slee-Zee Diner; Unnamed male waiter at Slee-Zee Diner

Synopsis: Bernie Wrightson drew this tale about a man who would pay any price for a meal of frogs' legs. You heard us right, kiddies... any price !

Pages: 6.000

Script: Steve Skeates

Pencils: Berni Wrightson [as Bernie Wrightson] (Signed)

Inks: Berni Wrightson [as Bernie Wrightson] (Signed)

Letters: Gaspar Saladino

Reprints: The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #60 (May 1985)

Title: "Arms" Armstrong

Characters: "Arms" Armstrong

Pages: 1.000

Pencils: Basil Wolverton; Sergio Aragonés (Background)

Inks: Basil Wolverton; Sergio Aragonés (Background)

Notes: Character artwork same as front cover with the Sergio Aragonés artwork filling in entire background not just marginal border. Text and Wolverton's signature are omitted as well.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	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
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	5	1	9	4	16	10	11	21	17	24	37	61	54	0	0	274
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	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	3	6	2	0	0	17
CGCxJSA	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	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	5	1	9	4	16	12	11	25	17	24	40	68	56	0	0	292

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