Pizzazz #15

Marvel's Pizzazz magazine was always happy to skewer the pop-culture moment, and this December 1978 issue leans hard into the Battlestar Galactica craze with a gloriously deadpan cover — three recognizable cast members pose in front of a star-field and spacecraft, trading speech bubbles about Cylon apocalypse and Nielsen ratings. Inside, the humor in the Marvel manner extends to puzzles, an Xmas movie roundup, a "Dubious State of the World" supplement, and a science-fiction section, making this a genuinely eclectic snapshot of late-'70s pop culture. Archie Goodwin, Dave Cockrum, and Marie Severin are among the talents contributing to the interior, which sounds like a wonderfully offbeat creative lineup for a comedy magazine.