# Old Comic Book Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-comic-book-question/493616>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 19, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-comic-book-question/493616 "2009-04-19T12:41:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-comic-book-question/493616/1 "2009-04-19T12:41:18Z")

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I was born in 1958. Take that into account.

I recall reading (at someone else’s house) an couple of issues of an odd comic book series. It was published by an off-brand “Mad Magazine” outfit, maybe “Cracked.”

A central feature of the story was summer camp run as a Nazi-style place, electric fences, guard dogs and all that. I presume such a comic could not be published nowadays. The whole thing had a sort of “Addams Family” feel to it.

Any idea what it might have been? Had I kept it and sold it on eBay, would I have become a millionaire?

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-comic-book-question/493616/2 "2009-04-19T14:29:07Z")

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Sounds like a 1966 story in _The Adventures of Jerry Lewis_, where Jerry brought his bratty nephew Renfrew to Camp Wack-A-Boy, run by the Nazi-like Uncle Hal (quasi-military uniform complete with jackboots, shaved head, monocle, scar, cigarette holder, etc.). Of course, this was not a Mad/Cracked type magazine (I have my own burning question about one of those–[Wild magazine](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=495867) seems not to be the answer), but a regular, color DC comic.

[The Killer Counselor of Camp Wack-A-Boy](http://www.supermanartists.comics.org/silverage/Camp%20Wack-A-Boy-JerryLewis095.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-comic-book-question/493616/3 "2009-04-19T14:36:31Z")

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That is it. It was a series with Jerry Lewis! Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-comic-book-question/493616/4 "2009-04-20T20:09:33Z")

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> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#):
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> A central feature of the story was summer camp run as a Nazi-style place, electric fences, guard dogs and all that. I presume such a comic could not be published nowadays.

Why would you assume this? I’m sure I’ve seen that story a dozen times in various media, including comics.

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> Had I kept it and sold it on eBay, would I have become a millionaire?

The answer to this question is inevitably no.

–Cliffy