Pizzazz (magazine)
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| Editor | Bobby Miller |
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| Categories | Pop culture, comics |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First issue | Oct. 1, 1977 |
| Final issue | Jan. 1, 1979 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Pizzazz was a magazine published by Marvel Comics from 1977 to 1979, for a total run of 16 issues. Aimed at youth culture, Pizzazz mostly contained articles about popular movies, rock stars, et cetera, as well as comic strips and puzzles. Its cover price was 75 cents.[1]
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Recurring features included a comic about Amy Carter's life as the President's daughter, a serialized Star Wars comic, and a one-page comic by Harvey Kurtzman (typically a "Hey Look!" piece done for the Marvel predecessor Timely Comics in the 1940s) on the last page. Regular columns included the reader dream-analyzing "Dream Dimensions" and the advice column "Dear Wendy."[1]
The covers showed either photos of popular celebrities, or photo-realistic drawings of celebrities and/or Marvel superheroes.[2] Shaun Cassidy was featured on six covers, The Hulk appeared on five covers, Spider-Man on four, and Peter Frampton on three.
Topics mentioned in the magazine included (but weren't limited to):
- The original Star Wars movie
- Grease
- Meat Loaf
- The movie Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Battlestar Galactica
- Superman: The Movie
[edit] Serialized Star Wars stories
The early installments of the serialized Star Wars comic featured in Pizzazz have the distinction of being the first original (i.e., not directly adapted from the films) Star Wars material to appear in print form,[3] preceding the 1978 novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye by several months.
The first story arc, titled "The Keeper's World," was by Roy Thomas, Howard Chaykin, and Tony DeZuniga. It was later reprinted by Dark Horse Comics. The second story arc was by Archie Goodwin, Walt Simonson, Klaus Janson, Dave Cockrum, and John Tartaglione.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b "Like Being Bored?", Pizzazz house ad featured in Marvel Comics publications (May 1978).
- ^ Pizzazz cover gallery at Rebelscum.com
- ^ Cronin, Brian. "Comic Book Legends Revealed" #318, Comic Book Resource (June 17, 2011).
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