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"Take cover! Here come... The Maniaks"
Characters
- The Maniaks [Jangle [Gilbert Jeffries]
- Silver Shannon
- Pack Rat [Byron Williams]
- Flip [Philip Folger]]
- "Eggs" Benedict
- "Peaches" Melba
- "Veal" Scallopine
- "Beef" Strogonoff
Credits
- Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
- Inks: Mike Esposito
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Pencils credit from Nick Caputo; we formerly credited Joe Orlando.
Story Notes
Two illustrated half-page advertisements from Honor House: Haunted House Mystery Bank and Polaris Nuclear Sub. Inside front cover.
"A Crooks' Tour of Palisades Amusement Park!" or "How to Cook a Goose!"
"This is a story of good guys and bad guys."
Storyline
The Maniaks are "not to be confused with the Beatles, the Monkees, or anyone in his right mind!" Jangle can do sound effects and impressions. Pack Rat is a gadgeteer. Flip is a contortionist. And Silver Shannon is "The Mod Miser", a gold digger. They perform at Palisades Park, mobbed by teenage girls! They run to hide. Meanwhile, "Eggs" Benedict's gang has planned an ambush on the rival gang of "Dutch" Edam at the park. And in stumble the Maniaks, now witnesses. "Rub 'em out!"
Characters
- The Maniaks [Jangle [Gilbert Jeffries]
- Silver Shannon
- Pack Rat [Byron Williams]
- Flip [Philip Folger]]
- "Eggs" Benedict
- "Peaches" Melba
- "Veal" Scallopine
- "Beef" Strogonoff
- other "food" gangsters
- screaming teen girls
Credits
- Script: E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
- Inks: Mike Esposito
- Letters: Joe Letterese
Story Notes
Silver sings a parody of the Monkees’ "Last Train to Clarksville", "Take the last train to Knoxville - They are cutting off the service..." Palisades Amusement Park ran ads with coupons in DC comics for years, so the story setting might be a thank-you.
Who Is This Teen-Terror?
Credits
- Pencils: Bob Brown
- Inks: Bob Brown
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
House ad for Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1959 series) #56, where "Tino Mannaray" vows to kill the Challengers in "License to Kill!"
Featuring Maniak Memos
Storyline
A goofy editorial session in the DC conference room yields, "THE MANIAKS..."
Credits
- Script: Jack Miller (uncertain)
"Don't put the cockpit on your model plane like that!"
Storyline
Model hint: Use your sister's colorless nail polish to not fog up a jet windshield.
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Story Notes
hint submitted by Mike Stachurski of Addison, Illinois
CRUNCH! YIP! BLAM!
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: George Klein
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
House ad for Superboy 138, an 80-Page Giant "Featuring Superboy and Krypto's Most Terrific Battles!"
Part II: You Have to Use Your Noodle When You're in the Soup!
"If we can keep far enough ahead of them"
Storyline
The Flips run from two gangs. Pack Rat cobbles a popgun and fishhooks to make a grapple to snag the cable car. Flip bounces so much gangsters can't nail him. Pack Rat cobbles an electromagnet to catch bullets. But the band is trapped atop a Ferris wheel. Flip leaps into a pool - and is snagged in a net. Money-mad Silver is worried because his insurance isn't paid up!
Credits
- Script: E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
- Inks: Mike Esposito
- Letters: Joe Letterese
For the Most in Laughs
Characters
Credits
- Pencils: Neal Adams
- Inks: Neal Adams
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
House ad for The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1951 series) #105 and The Adventures of Jerry Lewis (DC, 1957 series) #100.
Part III: Next on the Menu -- Just Desserts
"What do you intend doing with us?"
Storyline
The Maniaks will be dumped in the ocean. Shannon sings a heartbreaking song, "He's just my Bill, a stupid-looking slob" that reduces the mobsters to tears. "I am even more sorry we have to bump you off!" On the pier, Jangle imitates a police squad. Flip flips them onto crooks' heads. Pack Rat improvises lock picks. Shannon kicks tail with concrete go-go boots. And the cops arrive. Jangle hopes "the comic-reading public is groovy over us and we get our own fab mag!" And Shannon starts counting. "Let's see... One million copies at 12 cents each..."
Credits
- Script: E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
- Inks: Mike Esposito
- Letters: Joe Letterese
Hoo-Boy! He's Getting Hammered by Hafnium!..
Credits
- Pencils: Ramona Fradon
- Inks: Ramona Fradon
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
House ad for Metamorpho (DC, 1965 series) #12, "Trap of the Test-Tube Terrors!"
Credits
- Script: E. Nelson Bridwell (uncertain)
- Pencils: Bob Brown
- Inks: Bob Brown
Story Notes
"Well, that time is here again when April showers are supposed to bring May flowers - and the newsstands blossom out with a new crop of DC mags!" Go-Go Check blurbs Sea Devils 35, Detective Comics 363, Strange Adventures 200, and more.
BEM Shows Up!
Storyline
Brains, Emotions, and Muscles alone don't impress girls - so all three combine into BEM!
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
inside back cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
The Rat Patrol
Credits
- Pencils: Murphy Anderson
- Inks: Murphy Anderson
Story Notes
"A new Aurora hobby kit featuring the men, the jeeps, the tanks, and the excitement of the TV show!" This model was a new experiment for Aurora, with miniature jeeps, soldiers, and sand dunes you could arrange in a diorama however you like.