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| An odd thing about this: Bikini Luv was drawn by Jim Aparo. |
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| Publication | August 1967 | Price: 0.12 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bimonthly |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Miss Bikini Luv; Monkees [Peter Tork; Davy Jones; Michael Nesmith; Micky Dolenz] (photo) |
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| Illustration | The Monkee's [sic] (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Exterior photo of the four scratching each others' heads. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: The Monkees [Davy Jones; Peter Tork; Michael Nesmith; Micky Dolenz] (photo) |
| Notes | Inside front cover. The caption is improperly punctuated. |
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| Comic Story | Our Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machine (?) [sic] (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | While the other three dance with the girls at the beach, Alf goes to buy a used car and ends up with a World War I vintage biplane. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset | Job #: B-820 |
| Content | Genre: Satire-parody; Teen | Characters: The Modkees (see Notes) [Henry; Otto; Gabby; Alf] |
| Notes | Title is taken from then-current movie "The Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines."
At this point, the rock band starring in this story was still unnamed (and were called "The *" as a placeholder). The results of the contest to name them "The Modkees" will be announced in issue 9. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Charlton Action-Heroes on Sale Now! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Charlton |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Thunderbolt; Judomaster; The Peacemaker; Captain Atom; Blue Beetle |
| Notes | Promo for the Charlton heroes, with the logo and a previously-published illustration of each hero depicted. Also a teaser for the new "Big 'C' " cover logo. |
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| Comic Story | Snow What (Part 2) (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | A parody of the Snow White story, with Snow What being the singer of a rock band and being targeted by a jealous rival. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Snow What; Harvey Prince |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | A teen advice column with a letter and response dealing with cheating. According to a reference in Sequential Crush by Danny Fingeroth in 2013, Dr. Harold Gluck was a real person. Despite being in a humor comic, the topic was discussed in a straightforward manner. |
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| Synopsis | When the star who was going to play the astronaut in the movie "Man on the Moon Beach" gets drafted, Bikini gets put into the part. The prop department accidentally makes a real rocket and Bikini and Ajax blast off. |
| Credits | Job #: B-846 |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Miss Bikini Luv; Otto Smartzenheimer; Max; Ajax |
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| Comic Story | Rapunzelstiltskin (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | A girl is kept in a tower in Brooklyn by her wicked stepmother because of her ability to spin straw into dental floss. A singing group offers to set her free, but they require that she sign a contract to become a lifetime member of the group. |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Part one of two. A merging of the Rapunzel and Rumpelstiltskin fairy tales with a dose of pop music humor. |
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| Synopsis | P. S. Peculiar has disappeared and if he isn't found Peculiar Place will be given back to the Indians. The townspeople search the cranberry bogs and find that the disappearance was a plan of P. S. Peculiar to have his cranberries picked for free. Unfortunately for P. S., he is buried under an avalanche of cranberries and swept into Ridiculous Canyon. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset | Job #: B-882 |
| Content | Genre: Satire-parody | Characters: Mr. Beau; P. S. Peculiar; Walter Warlock; Buck Warlock; Warren Furrington; Hermione Rope; Boticcelli |
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| Illustration | The Monkee's [sic] (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The Monkees peer through the rungs of a metal ladder. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: The Monkees [Davy Jones; Peter Tork; Michael Nesmith; Micky Dolenz] |
| Notes | Inside back cover. The caption has the same incorrect punctuation as the inside front cover. |
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| Publisher advertisement | At Last! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Teen Tunes and Pin-Ups |
| Notes | Back cover. Illustrated promo for the first issue of Charlton's "Teen Tunes and Pin-Ups" magazine. |
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