Parodies - Comics
Mudrake the Magician
Mudrake the Magician was created by the Australian artist Emile Mercier. The first appearance of this parody was in "Star Pocket Comics" issue 1, from 1943. The plot revolves around Mudrake, Lophar and Princess Narka of Pumonia.
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I Comics della Brigata Allegra
"I Comics della Brigata Allegra" was a series of 22 issues released by the Italian publisher Casa Editrice Nerbini from August 21 1949 to February 26 1950. In this parody series we find two issues that are inspired by Mandrake the Magician.
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issue 1 -
issue 8
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Guida Fumetto Italiano: I Comics della Brigata Allegra
Krazy Little Comics
A series of sixteen parody mini-comics released by the US Topps Chewing Gum Company in 1967. The series, distributed with the eternally-popular Bazooka Bubble Gum, was released in a test marketed and was never mass produced. Note that the phrase "Krazy Little Comics" appears only on the wrappers and the display box. The comics have no numbering.
Each issue had a six-page story and an ad parody back cover. The front covers were written by Len Brown and the stories by Roy Thomas. Gil Kane did the pencil and Wally Wood the ink. While Art Spiegleman did the ads on the back covers.
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