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Statment of NO Policy Wallace Wood

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back cover Ralph Reese WITZEND #3 (1967)

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front cover Wallace Wood

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Bomb Peking! WH[W :DOODFH :RRG á DUW /HR DQG Diane Dillon

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Mr. A (first story) 6WHYH 'LWNR

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Crandall — ERB Part II Reed Crandall

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Sinner Archie Goodwin

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A Very Strange Comic Strip Art Spiegelman

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Bucky Ruckus Wallace Wood

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The Invaders! Richard Bassford

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Dedication, Credits, Some Acknowledgements, et cetera Wallace Wood

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The Chase Roger Brand

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poems Wallace Wood, Bill Pearson (as “Wild Bill”)

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Animan (origin) Wallace Wood

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Pipsqueak Papers (Chapter 1) Wallace Wood

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Contents and Portents and Otherwise Words WH[W :DOODFH :RRG á DUW $O :LOOLDPVRQ

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back cover Al Williamson

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front cover Wallace Wood

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What is it text: Wallace Wood art: Tatjana Wood

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A Reed Crandall ERB Portfolio Reed Crandall

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cartoon Will Elder

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A Flash of Insight, a Cloud of Dust and a Hearty Hi-Yo Silver Art Spiegelman

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front cover Wallace Wood

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Pipsqueak Papers (Chapter 2) Wallace Wood

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Mr. A 6WHYH 'LWNR

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The Rejects (origin) VFULSW %KRE 6WHZDUW art: Wallace Wood

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Edgar Rice Burroughs Part Three Reed Crandall

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A Proper Perspective and Several Strange Viewpoints SRHPV :DOODFH :RRG %LOO 3HDUVRQ á DUW /HR DQG Diane Dillon

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…By the Fountain in the Park… Don Martin

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Virtue Ever Triumphant Roger Brand

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Animan Wallace Wood

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The World of the Wizard King (Prologue, Chapter 1) Wallace Wood

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back cover Frank Frazetta

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The Avenging World, Part 2 6WHYH 'LWNR

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The Stirring Adventure of: Ike and His Spoon Roger Brand

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cartoon Ed Paschke

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Limpstrel (1) Bernie Wrightson

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Memorize This Message Alphonse Mucha

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cartoon Bill Pearson

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Limpstrel (2) Bernie Wrightson

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The Journey %HWW\ DQG *UD\ 0RUURZ

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The Witzend Contents Page text: Bill Pearson art: Art Spiegelman

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The World of the Wizard King (Chapter 2) Wallace Wood

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The Junkwaffel Invasion of Kruppenny Island Vaughn Bodé

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Portfolio of Edgar Rice Burroughs Part Four Reed Crandall

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Pipsqueak Papers (Chapter 3) Wallace Wood

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Prevue: The Adventures of Talon -LP 6WHUDQNR

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Witzend contributors part 1

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Homesick Roger Brand

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cover (part 1) Mike Hinge

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Daring Compromise Issue Bill Pearson

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An Interview with Will Eisner -RKQ %HQVRQ

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Subscription/Change of Address form

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ads art: Bill Pearson

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cover (part 2) Mike Hinge WITZEND #7 (1970)

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Editorial WH[W %LOO 3HDUVRQ á DUW 5DOSK 5HHVH

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Cobalt 60 (origin) Vaughn Bodé

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Letters

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Heartbreaking News! art: Dan Adkins

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WITZEND #8 (1971)

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Kym, Chapter 1: Lost in a Dream! script: Bill Pearson DUW 'LFN *LRUGDQR

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The World of the Wizard King Chapter Three Wallace Wood

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The Break-Out!! Steve Ditko

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Backword Bill Pearson

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The Hunting of the Snark SRHP /HZLV &DUUROO DUW -RKQ $GNLQV 5LFKDUGVRQ

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Is this the last witzend? Bill Pearson

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Kym photo illustration Bill Pearson

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front cover Jeffrey Catherine Jones

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W.C. Fields photo

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Table of Contents

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The Wicked World of the Wizard King Wallace Wood

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The Films of Charles Bogle Bill Pearson

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The Bank Dick Bill Pearson

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The Films of Otis Criblecoblis Bill Pearson

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Complete Filmography of W.C. Fields Bill Pearson

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Adversity: The W.C. Fields Game Bill Pearson

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Between the Scenes

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The Wanton World of the Wizard King Wallace Wood

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A Fussy Old Man in the Movies

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Allan Wood, On Stage With W.C. Fields Bill Pearson

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illustration Bill Pearson

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