Crazy Magazine #4 for Sale - First Appearance of Gerald Ford - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: May 1974
Key date: 1974-05-00
On-sale date: 1974-03-19
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.40
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Gerald Ford - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Crazy Gets Shafted	cover	1	pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas; colors: Kelly Freas	The Nebbish
1	Mudge The Manicurist	photo story	1	letters: typeset	Mudge (photo of Marie Severin); Mrs. Grousenagel
2	-	text article	0.33	script: Marv Wolfman
3	Shafted	comic story	8	script: Len Wein; pencils: Mike Ploog; inks: Mike Ploog
4	-	comic story	3	script: Tony Isabella; pencils: Dick Wright; inks: Dick Wright	Gerald Ford First, Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger
5	-	comic story	3	script: John Stevens; pencils: John Stevens; inks: John Stevens
6	-	text story	2	script: Steve Gerber; pencils: Robert Graysmith; inks: Robert Graysmith
7	Classified Ads	text story	1	script: Kenneth Kaasen
8	TV Misguide	photo story	6	script: Marv Wolfman
9	Celebrity Sportsman	comic story	4	script: Steve Skeates, Marv Wolfman; pencils: Michael Sheeler; inks: Michael Sheeler
10	Evolution And History Of Moosekind, Part 4	text story	4	script: Bob Foster; pencils: Bob Foster; inks: Bob Foster
11	Liberty Leading The People	illustration	2	pencils: Eugène Delacroix, Kelly Freas; inks: Eugène Delacroix, Kelly Freas
12	Lights On, Nobody	photo story	1	script: Marv Wolfman
13	The Boob Rube Story	comic story	4	script: Stu Schwartzberg; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin
14	The Moe Jaymouth Story	comic story	4	script: Marv Wolfman; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Herb Trimpe
15	A Crazy Editorial	text article	0.33	script: Marv Wolfman
16	The (Golly!) Greed Giant	comic story	1	pencils: Lenny Grow; inks: Lenny Grow

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Giant-Size Chillers Featuring Curse of Dracula #1	1974	On eBay ›
Crazy Magazine #36	1978	On eBay ›
Crazy Magazine #64	1980	On eBay ›
Crazy Magazine #67	1980	On eBay ›
Crazy Magazine #85	1982	On eBay ›
Crazy Super Special #1	1975	On eBay ›
The Evolution & History of Moosekind #[nn] ISBN 0930193962	1989	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #34 of 94#5 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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