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Title: FLIP No. 1
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Publisher:Harvey [Indicia: Illustrated Humor Inc.]
Date Published: April, 1954
Description: CGC certified: Fine/VF (7.0). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: Spine stress lines breaks color; light stain center of back cover; wear all corners of cover.

CGC Census: 22 graded copies (21 Universal, 1 Restored).

GPAnalysis: A 7.0 sold for $138 in 2/05; a 5.0 sold for $313 in 1/23.

Credits: Scripts: Nat Barnett. Art: Howard Nostrand and Bob Powell.Mimicking MAD: "We've seen how the horror comics influenced the satire comics.... At Harvey, it was the other way around: MAD was a strong influence on their horror comics. Sid Jacobson took over as editor of the Harvey horror comics just a few months after MAD #1 hit the stands, and immediately looked to EC for inspiration: 'I came in, new to the whole business, and I looked at EC and I said, Oh my God... why don't we strive to do this?' Although the EC horror comics were an influence, particularly their gruesome, jokey, twist endings, Jaconson, seemed to be more influenced by Kurtzman, particularly in terms of visual storytelling style. Most obviously, he made Howard Nostrand (who had previously been working in Bob Powell's shop) a regular artist in his own right, and urged him to work in the style of Jack Davis and Wallace Wood." – John Benson, The Sincerest Form of Parody. Fantagraphics: 2011, p. 185.______________________________________________________________

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