Plop!

    (DC, 1973-1976)
™ and ©1975 DC Comics, Inc.

Offbeat humor and spoofs were a major genre of the seventies, with comic companies trying to match the success of EC’s Mad magazine. Marvel dominated the pack numerically, saturating the field with a score of titles such as Arrgh! and Spoof. DC published few by comparison, but what they did publish was more often funny.

Plop! was a good example of this. Its humor was decidedly droll, but by drawing on the talents of Mad’s own Sergio Aragonés, it managed to remain consistently humorous. Aragonés stayed with this magazine for almost the entire 24-issue run, later going on to become an eighties phenomenon with his Conan the Barbarian satire, “Groo the Wanderer.”
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Plop! #1

October, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
3 copies available from $10.00 		Back cover pin-up; Sep-Oct issue Sergio Aragonés, Frank Robbins, Sheldon Mayer, Steve Skeates, Paul LevitzBernie Wrightson, Sergio Aragonés, George Evans, Dan DeCarlo Sr., A.S. Habbick, Alfredo P. Alcala, Oskar Blotta Jr., Rob Johnson, Pat Anderson, Goddard Sherman
Plop! #2

December, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
3 copies available from $2.25 		Sergio Aragonés, Jack Oleck, Steve Skeates, George KashdanSergio Aragonés, Alfredo P. Alcala, Nick Cardy
Plop! #3

February, 1974
Cover Price: $0.20
3 copies available from $7.98 		Maxine Fabe, Mike Pellowski, Victor Schwartzman, George KashdanSergio Aragonés, Bill Draut, Alfredo P. Alcala, Slim Johnson
Plop! #4

April, 1974
Cover Price: $0.20
5 copies available from $10.00 		Wraparound cover by Basil Wolverton; No ads Steve SkeatesBasil Wolverton, Frank Robbins, Sergio Aragonés, Nick Cardy, Slim Johnson
Plop! #5

June, 1974
Cover Price: $0.20
5 copies available from $11.00 		Wraparound cover by Basil Wolverton; No ads David V. Reed, Bill Reilly, Ed Noonchester, George KashdanSergio Aragonés, Murphy Anderson, Mike Sekowsky, Bernie Wrightson, Slim Johnson
Plop! #6

August, 1974
Cover Price: $0.20
2 copies available from $17.98 		Steve Skeates, Lee Marrs, John JacobsonSergio Aragonés, Mike Sekowsky, Lee Marrs, Bill Draut
Plop! #7

October, 1974
Cover Price: $0.20
3 copies available from $3.12 		David Michelinie, Steve Skeates, Lee Marrs, Jack OleckSergio Aragonés, Kurt Schaffenberger, Lee Marrs, Dave Manak
Plop! #8

December, 1974
Cover Price: $0.20
3 copies available from $2.88 		Wraparound cover by Basil Wolverton; No ads David Michelinie, Russell Carley, Steve Skeates, John Albano, Don EdwingSergio Aragonés, Ramona Fradon, Dave Manak, John Albano, Slim Johnson
Plop! #9

February, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
2 copies available from $12.98 		Wraparound cover by Basil Wolverton; No ads Steve Skeates, Jack OleckBasil Wolverton, Frank Robbins, Sergio Aragonés, Dave Manak, Slim Johnson, Lee Marrs
Plop! #10

March, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $17.98 		Wraparound cover by Basil Wolverton; No ads Coram Nobis, E. Nelson Bridwell, Joe Orlando, John Jacobson, Steve SkeatesBasil Wolverton, Dave Manak, Ric Estrada, Sergio Aragonés, Slim Johnson
Plop! #11

April, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
3 copies available from $19.98 		Steve Skeates, Sergio AragonésSergio Aragonés, Alex Toth, Dave Manak, Slim Johnson
Plop! #12

May, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
3 copies available from $18.00 		David V. Reed, E. Nelson Bridwell, Coram Nobis, Don EdwingSergio Aragonés, Slim Johnson, Lee Marrs, Dave Manak
Plop! #13

June, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
4 copies available from $0.30 		David V. Reed, Sergio Aragonés, Steve Skeates, Coram NobisSergio Aragonés, Lee Marrs, Kurt Schaffenberger, John Larter, Rob Johnson
Plop! #14

July, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
3 copies available from $10.00 		Maxine Fabe, Sergio Aragonés, Marv WolfmanDave Manak, Sergio Aragonés, Wallace Wood
Plop! #15

August, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
3 copies available from $12.00 		Steve Skeates, John AlbanoSergio Aragonés, Lee Marrs, John Albano
Plop! #16

September, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
2 copies available from $4.50 		Steve Skeates, Don EdwingSergio Aragonés, Ric Estrada, Dave Manak, Steve Ditko
Plop! #17

October, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $12.98 		Steve Skeates, Coram NobisSergio Aragonés, Dave Manak, Slim Johnson, Frank Robbins, Ripp, Lee Marrs
Plop! #18

December, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
2 copies available from $12.98 		Ed Newsom, Steve Skeates, David V. Reed, Coram NobisSergio Aragonés, Dave Manak, Wallace Wood
Plop! #19

February, 1976
Cover Price: $0.25
2 copies available from $19.98 		Arnold Drake, Mike Pellowski, Steve Skeates, David Michelinie, Wallace WoodSergio Aragonés, Wallace Wood, Bill Draut, Frank Thorne, Dave Manak, Ted Robbins
Plop! #20

April, 1976
Cover Price: $0.25
3 copies available from $8.10 		Maxine Fabe, Steve Skeates, Wallace WoodSergio Aragonés, Dave Manak, Wallace Wood
Plop! #21

June, 1976
Cover Price: $0.50
4 copies available from $7.00 		David V. Reed, Steve Skeates, David Vern, Wallace WoodSergio Aragonés, Dave Manak, Rob Johnson, Ted Robins, Wallace Wood, Henry Scarpelli
Plop! #22

August, 1976
Cover Price: $0.50
2 copies available from $1.00 		John Albano, Joe Orlando, Steve Skeates, Wallace WoodSergio Aragonés, Wallace Wood, Vincente Alcázar
Plop! #23

October, 1976
Cover Price: $0.50
1 copy available for $19.98 		Wallace Wood, Don Edwing, John AlbanoWallace Wood, Dave Manak, Basil Wolverton, John Albano
Plop! #24

December, 1976
Cover Price: $0.50
5 copies available from $18.00 		Don Edwing, Sergio Aragonés, Billy Buffington, Steve Skeates, Cary Bates, Wallace WoodSergio Aragonés, Dave Manak, Wallace Wood, Basil Wolverton, Ric Estrada