Error 9742

From Tom Lammers

While much of the credits seem to be in the indexes, nearly all the notes are
missing and need to be added. Good to double check both.

WILD   

1 (Feb 1954) – 5 (Aug 1954)



1 (Feb 1954)          

                Cover by Joe Maneely.

D-653      “Charley Chin Meets Sleek Wily” (5 pp.)[1]

                                Art by Joe Maneely.

D-706      “Rip Van Stinkle” (4 pp.)[2]

                                Art by Ed Win[iarski].

D-688      “Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hide” (5 pp.)[3]

                                Art by Bill Everett.

D-672      Text story: “Don Chaotic” (2 pp.)

D-698      “The Frozen North” (4 pp.)[4]

D-739      “Captain O. U. Kidd” (5 pp.)

                                Art by Al Hartley.



2 (Mar 1954)

                Cover by [Carl Burgos].

D-887      “Deep in the Heart of Taxes” (5 pp.)

                                Art by [Joe Maneely].

E-3          Text story: “Ironic, Ain't It?” (2 pp.)

D-878      “Gruesome Gregory!” (5 pp.)[5]

                                Art by Russ Heath.

E-2          “Menace from Mars” (4 pp.)[6]

                                Art by Howie Post.

D-888      “Satan Is Waitin'“ (4 pp.)[7]

                                Art by Bill Everett.

E-40        “A Witch in Time” (5 pp.)

                                Art by Al Hartley.



3 (Apr 1954)          

                Cover by “C.B.” [Carl Burgos].

D-845      “Rodeo Schmoe!” (5 pp.)

                                Art by [Joe Maneely].

E-77        Text story: “Jackpot Jitters!” (2 pp.)

D-844      “The Big Wheels” (5 pp.)

                                Art by Russ Heath.

D-944      “The Scarlet Pumpernickel” (4 pp.)[8]

                                Art by Citizen Ed Win[iarski].

D-877      “Genghis Can’t” (4 pp.)[9]

                                Art by [Bill Everett].

E-111      “Florence Nightgown” (5 pp.)[10]

                                Art by Al Hartley.    



4 (Jun 1954)

                Cover by “C.B.” [Carl Burgos].

E-317      “The Monster Maker” (5 pp.)

                                Art by Gene Colan.

E-355      Text story: “Crime on My Hands” (2 pp.)

E-297      “Woof, the Wonder Dog” (4 pp.)

E-189      “Shylock Bones” (5 pp.)[11]

                                Art by [Dick] Ayers[/Ernie Bache].          

E-318      “The Man Who Was ... Invisible!” (4 pp.)

                                Art by John Forte.

E-131      “The Killer Dillers” (5 pp.)



5 (Aug 1954)

                Cover by Joe Maneely.

E-680      “The Little Red School House” (5 pp.)[12]

                                Art by Davy Berg.

E-617      Text story: “In My Merry Time Machine” (2 pp.)

E-360      “I Was an 88 Pound Weakling” (4 pp.)[13]

                                Art by [Carl Burgos].

E-645      “Death of a Sales Manager!” (5 pp.)[14]

E-624      “Let's Go Wild” (1 pg.)[15]

E-608      “Dan'l Boom Trail Blazer” (4 pp.)[16]

                                Art by [Russ Heath].

E-724      “Wild's 1954 Calendar” (3 pp.)

                                Art by Howie Post.



[1] Parody of fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan, who first
appeared in the novel The House Without a Key by Earl Derr Biggers
(Indianapolis, 1925); “Malilyn Munlo” appears, a parody of actress Marilyn
Monroe (1926-1962). In the splash, “Number One son” reads Crazy.

[2] Parody of the short story Rip van Winkle by Washington Irving (New York,
1819).  On page 2, a woman reads “Kinsey Report for Men,” an allusion to
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (Philadelphia,1948) by Alfred Kinsey, Wardell
Pomeroy & Clyde Martin.

[3] Parody of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
(London, 1886); “Marilyn Moneyrow,” a parody of actress Marilyn Monroe
(1926-1962), and the monster from Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by
Mary Shelley (London, 1818) appear.

[4] Features “Admiral Boyd,” a parody of arctic explorer Rear Admiral
Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957).  On page 3, the Human Torch flies by and
declaims, “This isn't Young Men comics?”

[5] Parody of professional wrestler George Raymond “Gorgeous George” Wagner
(1915-1963). 

[6] A caption in panel 5 on page 3 reads, “Personal: Julius, come home, all
is forgiven – Arthur”, clearly an allusion to the on-camera firing of
singer Julius LaRosa (b. 1930) by Arthur Godfrey (1903-1983) on 19 Oct 1953. 
In the panel, a comic artist named Marvin sings, “Hey Cumpari”, an allusion
to LaRosa's recording of Eh, Cumpari!, which went to #1 on the Cash Box
magazine record charts in 1953.

[7] Soviet leader Josef Stalin (1878-1953) appears in the splash. 

[8] Parody of The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy (London, 1905).

[9] Parody of Mongolian emperor Genghis Khan (1162-1227).

[10] Parody of English nurse Florence Nightingale (1820-1910).

[11] Parody of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes; cf. A Study in Scarlet by
Arthur Conan Doyle in Beeton's Christmas Annual (London, 1887).

[12] Anti-communism story.

[13] Parody of magazine advertisements by body-builder Charles Atlas
(1892-1972).

[14] Parody of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, which played from 10 Feb
1949 to 18 Nov 1950 at the Morosco Theatre, 217 W. 45th St. in New York.

[15] Parody of comic book activity pages.

[16] Parody of frontiersman Daniel Boone (1734-1820).