Laff-a-Lympics is a comic series originally published by Marvel Comics from 1978–1979, based on the TV series of the same name.
Issues[]
Issue | Cover image | Story image | Story | Release date | Premise |
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1 | The Meet at Mount Ono | March 1978 | The Laff-a-Lympians have to climb the dreaded Mount Ono. | ||
2 | Trouble at the Track Meet | April 1978 | Snagglepuss and Mildew Wolf are fired as Laff-a-Lympics announcers, and a rude, new announcer is hired in their place. Meanwhile, the Great Fondoo has a new plan to win: learning a spell to turn others to stone. | ||
3 | The Miraculous Moon Meet! | May 1978 | Nine of the greatest Laff-a-Lympians get plucked up into space by alien who wants to challenge them for the ownership of Earth. | ||
4 | Take Me Out to the Brawl Game! | June 1978 | The Dalton brothers kidnap Captain Caveman to keep him from winning at the baseball meet. | ||
5 | The Day the Rottens Won! | July 1978 | The Really Rottens have turned over a new leaf and are competing fairly, but the other members of the Scooby Doobies and the Yogi Yahooeys are now acting out of character. | ||
6 | The Discount of Monty Cristo | August 1978 | A magical credit card that grants the user preposterous discounts on purchases is the focus of villainous interest. | ||
7 | The Purple Pig Puzzle | September 1978 | When the treasurer of the Laff-a-Lympics loses all the ticket money to a slick gambler, the contestants must beat the gambler's challenge to find a purple pig statue he has hidden, in order to get the money back. | ||
8 | The Beef of Bagdad | October 1, 1978 | The Dread Baron tricks Babu into opening a cursed genii bottle, which gets Babu turned into a giant snail. | ||
9 | Go Rest, Old Man | November 1, 1978 | A retired sheriff tries to prove himself again, when the tiny Dalton brothers steal the rodeo trophy and lock up the new sheriff and some of the Yogi Yahooeys. | ||
10 | Now You See Them... | December 1, 1978 | Aliens from Zoraq bet big on the Really Rottens winning, so they send Dread Baron a teleportation ray gun to get rid of the competition. | ||
11 | The Toys from Tomorrow | January 1, 1979 | After an accidental trip from the future, Elroy Jetson gets fooled into giving his toys to Dread Baron, who turns them into weapons against the competition. | ||
12 | The Ends of the Earth | February 1, 1979 | It's a special grudge match between the Yogi Yahooeys and the Really Rottens, but key players on the Yahooeys side have been kidnapped and replaced by impostors. | ||
13 | No Laff-a-Lympics Game Today! | March 1979 | On an off day from the Laff-a-Lympics, the teams are in training. But the Really Rottens are still up for tricks, especially after they get a surprise visit from the brother of the Dread Baron. |