The Close Shaves of Paulie Peril

If you'd ask me when I had first started doing comic book cover modifications if I thought that I'd ever do a mod of a Gold Key comic, I'd probably have hedged my bets and said "highly unlikely" even though I would have been thinking "never".

Well here's my first Gold Key mods. I did these mostly because the title turned into a pun in the TG version (I couldn't resist that!). The originals are The Close Shaves of Pauline Peril (Gold Key, 1970) #1 & #4.

The GCD credits Jack Manning with the artwork and as co-creator of the short-lived comic book series. As far as I can tell, the series borrows the melodramatic cliffhanger format of the Hanna-Barbera animated TV show The Perils of Penelope Pitstop, but with a female reporter as the protagonist. Jack Manning was also a layout artist for Hanna-Barbera Productions on a number of cartoon shows, including Smurfs and Wacky Races.

#1

The Hairy Case of the Bewitched Wigs

These are so cute!

Very original...

In 'The Hairy Case of the Bewitched Wigs', They all look cross eyed.
Maybe their wigs are on too tight! :)

Mr. Ram

They all look cross eyed.


I think that I might end up cross-eyed too if I was wearing a 'bewitched wig'. ;-)


Or maybe his gaff and/or corset are too tight (see the reference to an 18" waist in #1).