The Adventures of Pussycat

The Adventures of Pussycat

"The Adventures of Pussycat" was a risqué, black-and-white, comics feature that ran throughout various men's adventure magazines published by Martin Goodman's Magazine Management Company in the 1960s. The feature's creative staff came largely from Magazine Management's sister company, Marvel Comics.

Publication history

A bawdy but non-pornographic, tongue-in-cheek secret agent strip, "The Adventures of Pussycat" was launched following the success of Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder's color comic strip "Little Annie Fanny", published in "Playboy" magazine from 1962 to the 1980s. Legendary comic-book artist Wally Wood — whose own similar 1968-1974 "Sally Forth" would run in armed services publications — drew the 1965 premiere, in which Pussycat, a secretary for S.C.O.R.E. (Secret Council of Ruthless Extroverts) is recruited to fight the agency's archenemsis, L.U.S.T.

The later strips abandoned this "ditzy spy" format and turned her into a savvy investigative reporter, who continually managed to find herself in situations where her clothes were torn off, voluntarily removed, or otherwise caused to "be elsewhere" by various events and situations. Usually, this was played to her advantage, as she used the distractions to stop the nefarious plots of the bad guys and get her story.

Other talent from Goodman's Marvel Comics who contributed to the "Pussycat" series include writers Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Ernie Hart, and artists Al Hartley, Jim Mooney and Bill Everett. Contributing separately was the notable "good girl art" cartoonist Bill Ward.

Comic book

Eight five-page episodes were collected in a one-shot, black-and-white comic book cover-dated October 1968. The cover price of 35 cents was the same as that of the same publisher's black-and-white Marvel Comics magazine "The Spectacular Spider-Man", released the same year but with an original, newly published story.

The one-shot has no ads except a back-cover advertisement for Jade East cologne. It also contains an unclothed but non-nude centerfold.

Many of the episodes were reprinted throughout the seventies in bawdy "cartoon and joke" pulps of the time that were made up of off-color jokes and cartoons (including many by Bill Ward.

Quotes

Artist Jim Mooney: " [I] n the early '70s, I did work for Goodman's men's magazines, a strip called 'Pussycat'. "Stan [Lee] wrote the first one I did, and then his brother [Larry Lieber|Larry [Lieber] ] wrote the ones that came later". [http://www.twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/07mooney.html "Comic Book Artist" #7 (Feb. 2000): Jim Mooney interview] ]

Episodes

"Includes episodes not reprinted in the comic above. This list is incomplete, and except for the first episode, the order is uncertain"

* "Pussycat" Wally Wood
* "Damsel in Disguise" Bill Ward
* "Bust Out at the Big House" Larry Lieber (writer), Jim Mooney (artist), signed
* "The Castaway Cutie" Jim Mooney (artist), signed
* "High Voltage! or ... I Get a Charge Out of You!" Larry Lieber (writer), Jim Mooney (artist), signed
* "The Cavortin' Case Of The Booby-Trapped Bra"
* "The Hidden Hippie Caper" Jim Mooney (artist)
* "Two Weeks with Play" Jim Mooney (artist) — "Stag Annual" 1970
* "The Newest Misadventure of our Cuddly Little Cutie" Jim Mooney (artist) — "Stag Annual" 1971

Footnotes

References

* [http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2005_06_15.html#009980 POV Online: "The Marvel Age of Huge Breasts" by Mark Evanier]
* [http://www.perpetualcomics.com/column.asp?colid=347 Tony's Online Tips, July 2, 2003]
* [http://comics.ign.com/articles/624/624620p1.html The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 14 — Marvel's Pussycat adventures] (sporadically disabled link; cached version [http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:FJPeqK3iB6gJ:comics.ign.com/articles/624/624620p1.html+%22fred+hembeck%22+%22pussycat%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us) here] )
* [http://www.comicboards.com/gsmb/view.php?trd=050802144008 What's Up, Pussycat?]
*Thompson, Stephen Paul, "Pussycat, Pussycat ... A Look at Marvel's Most Curvaceous (and Obscure) Super-Spy", "Amazing Heroes" #172 (Oct. 1989)


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Pussycat — is a common term for a Cat.Pussycat may also refer to:* Pussycat (Dutch band), a Dutch girlband * Faster Pussycat, an American hard rock band * Faster Kill Pussycat , an album from Paul Oakenfold * Josie and the Pussycats, a fictitious all female …   Wikipedia

  • The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1960 TV program) — The New Adventures of Pinocchio Written by Jules Bass Arthur Rankin, Jr. Directed by Jules Bass Arthur Rankin, Jr. Voices of Stan Francis Larry D. Mann Paul Kligman Claude Ray Joan Fowler …   Wikipedia

  • The Alvin Show — Title card from The Alvin Show. Format Animated series Created by Ross Bagdasarian …   Wikipedia

  • The Brian Conley Show — Format Comedy Presented by Brian Conley Starring Fern Britton (1992 1993) John Sachs (1993 1995) Country of origin …   Wikipedia

  • The Brian Conley Show (1992) — Infobox Television show name = The Brian Conley Show caption = Titles from Series Three and Four format = Comedy picture format = 4:3 runtime = 30 min (1992 1993) 45 min (1994 1995) presenter = Brian Conley starring = Fern Britton (1992 1993);… …   Wikipedia

  • The Honeymooners — For the 2005 film, see The Honeymooners (film). The Honeymooners Title screen Genre Sitcom Directed by …   Wikipedia

  • The Perils of Penelope Pitstop — Infobox Television show name = The Perils of Penelope Pitstop caption = format = Animated series picture format = NTSC runtime = 21 minutes creator = developer = executive producer = William Hanna Joseph Barbera starring = Mel Blanc Paul Lynde… …   Wikipedia

  • The Owl and the Pussycat — is a famous nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first published in 1871. Its most notable historical feature is the coinage of the term runcible spoon. It features four anthropomorphised animals (the owl, the pussycat, the piggy wig and a turkey) and… …   Wikipedia

  • The Young and the Restless minor characters — The following are characters from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless who are notable for their actions or relationships, but who do not warrant their own articles. Contents 1 Current Characters 1.1 Genevieve …   Wikipedia

  • The Great Piggy Bank Robbery — Looney Tunes/Daffy Duck series Lobby card Directed b …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”