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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  • 1
    #1
    Back cover pin-up
    Oct 1973
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Sergio Aragonés, Frank Robbins, Sheldon Mayer, Steve Skeates, Paul Levitz  ·  A: Bernie Wrightson, Sergio Aragonés, George Evans, Dan DeCarlo Sr., A.S. Habbick, Alfredo P. Alcala, Oskar Blotta Jr., Rob Johnson, Pat Anderson, Goddard Sherman
    Sep-Oct issue
    2 copies from $9.50
  • 2
    #2
    Back cover pin-up
    Dec 1973
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Sergio Aragonés, Jack Oleck, Steve Skeates, George Kashdan  ·  A: Sergio Aragonés, Alfredo P. Alcala, Nick Cardy
    2 copies from $2.00
  • 3
    #3
    Feb 1974
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Maxine Fabe, Mike Pellowski, Victor Schwartzman, George Kashdan  ·  A: Sergio Aragonés, Bill Draut, Alfredo P. Alcala, Slim Johnson
    No ads
    3 copies from $13.98
  • 4
    #4
    Wraparound cover by Basil Wolverton
    Apr 1974
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Steve Skeates  ·  A: Basil Wolverton, Frank Robbins, Sergio Aragonés, Nick Cardy, Slim Johnson
    No ads
    4 copies from $10.00
  • 5
    #5
    Wraparound cover by Basil Wolverton
    Jun 1974
    Cover: $0.20
    W: David V. Reed, Bill Reilly, Ed Noonchester, George Kashdan  ·  A: Sergio Aragonés, Murphy Anderson, Mike Sekowsky, Bernie Wrightson, Slim Johnson
    No ads
    5 copies from $5.98
  • 6
    #6
    Back cover pin-up
    Aug 1974
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Steve Skeates, Lee Marrs, John Jacobson  ·  A: Sergio Aragonés, Mike Sekowsky, Lee Marrs, Bill Draut
    2 copies from $9.98
  • 7
    #7
    Back cover pin-up
    Oct 1974
    Cover: $0.20
    W: David Michelinie, Steve Skeates, Lee Marrs, Jack Oleck  ·  A: Sergio Aragonés, Kurt Schaffenberger, Lee Marrs, Dave Manak
    3 copies from $3.12
  • 8
    #8
    Wraparound cover by Basil Wolverton
    Dec 1974
    Cover: $0.20
    W: David Michelinie, Russell Carley, Steve Skeates, John Albano, Don Edwing  ·  A: Sergio Aragonés, Ramona Fradon, Dave Manak, John Albano, Slim Johnson
    No ads
    3 copies from $2.94
  • 9
    #9
    Wraparound cover by Basil Wolverton
    Feb 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Steve Skeates, Jack Oleck  ·  A: Basil Wolverton, Frank Robbins, Sergio Aragonés, Dave Manak, Slim Johnson, Lee Marrs
    No ads
    1 copy for $11.98
  • 10
    #10
    Wraparound cover by Basil Wolverton
    Mar 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Coram Nobis, E. Nelson Bridwell, Joe Orlando, John Jacobson, Steve Skeates  ·  A: Basil Wolverton, Dave Manak, Ric Estrada, Sergio Aragonés, Slim Johnson
    No ads
    1 copy for $12.98
  • 11
    #11
    Apr 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Steve Skeates, Sergio Aragonés  ·  A: Sergio Aragonés, Alex Toth, Dave Manak, Slim Johnson
    3 copies from $12.98
  • 12
    #12
    May 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    W: David V. Reed, E. Nelson Bridwell, Coram Nobis, Don Edwing  ·  A: Sergio Aragonés, Slim Johnson, Lee Marrs, Dave Manak
    3 copies from $12.98
  • 13
    #13
    Jun 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    W: David V. Reed, Sergio Aragonés, Steve Skeates, Coram Nobis  ·  A: Sergio Aragonés, Lee Marrs, Kurt Schaffenberger, John Larter, Rob Johnson
    4 copies from $0.30
  • 14
    #14
    Jul 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Maxine Fabe, Sergio Aragonés, Marv Wolfman  ·  A: Dave Manak, Sergio Aragonés, Wallace Wood
    3 copies from $8.20
  • 15
    #15
    Aug 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Steve Skeates, John Albano  ·  A: Sergio Aragonés, Lee Marrs, John Albano
    2 copies from $12.98
  • 16
    #16
    Sep 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Steve Skeates, Don Edwing  ·  A: Sergio Aragonés, Ric Estrada, Dave Manak, Steve Ditko
    1 copy for $9.98
  • 17
    #17
    Oct 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Steve Skeates, Coram Nobis  ·  A: Sergio Aragonés, Dave Manak, Slim Johnson, Frank Robbins, Ripp, Lee Marrs
    1 copy for $6.98
  • 18
    #18
    Dec 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Ed Newsom, Steve Skeates, David V. Reed, Coram Nobis  ·  A: Sergio Aragonés, Dave Manak, Wallace Wood
    2 copies from $6.98
  • 19
    #19
    Feb 1976
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Arnold Drake, Mike Pellowski, Steve Skeates, David Michelinie, Wallace Wood  ·  A: Sergio Aragonés, Wallace Wood, Bill Draut, Frank Thorne, Dave Manak, Ted Robbins
    2 copies from $14.98
  • 20
    #20
    Apr 1976
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Maxine Fabe, Steve Skeates, Wallace Wood  ·  A: Sergio Aragonés, Dave Manak, Wallace Wood
    3 copies from $8.50
  • 21
    #21
    Jun 1976
    Cover: $0.50
    W: David V. Reed, Steve Skeates, David Vern, Wallace Wood  ·  A: Sergio Aragonés, Dave Manak, Rob Johnson, Ted Robins, Wallace Wood, Henry Scarpelli
    Giant-size; May-Jun issue
    3 copies from $5.70
  • 22
    #22
    Aug 1976
    Cover: $0.50
    W: John Albano, Joe Orlando, Steve Skeates, Wallace Wood  ·  A: Sergio Aragonés, Wallace Wood, Vincente Alcázar
    Bicentennial #12; Giant-size
    2 copies from $1.00
  • 23
    #23
    Oct 1976
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Wallace Wood, Don Edwing, John Albano  ·  A: Wallace Wood, Dave Manak, Basil Wolverton, John Albano
    Wally Wood’s Lord of the Rings parody
    1 copy for $14.98
  • 24
    #24
    Dec 1976
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Don Edwing, Sergio Aragonés, Billy Buffington, Steve Skeates, Cary Bates, Wallace Wood  ·  A: Sergio Aragonés, Dave Manak, Wallace Wood, Basil Wolverton, Ric Estrada
    4 copies from $21.00