Cover: Tom Taggart

The Big Book of Hoaxes #[nn]

Nov 1996 · DC · 14.95 USD; 20.95 CAD

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This volume from DC's 'Big Book' series collects a wide array of true stories about history's most notorious hoaxes, scams, and deceptions. Presented in a comic-strip format with contributions from various artists and writers, it covers everything from the Cardiff Giant to the Hitler Diaries, offering an entertaining and informative look at how lies have shaped public perception.

Contains 69 stories

Manufacturing Musical Masterpieces

3 pp

Fritz Kreisler

Billy Tipton's Secret

2 pp

The Man Who Made Genuine Fakes

3 pp

Alceo Dossena

Elmyr de Hory

4 pp

The "Autobiography" of Howard Hughes

5 pp

The Hitler Diaries

3 pp

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

5 pp

The BBC Riot Panic

2 pp

War of the Worlds

4 pp

The Many Hoaxes of Ben Franklin

3 pp

The Mother of all "Get-Rich-Quick" Schemes

1 pp

The Sun and the Moon

4 pp

The Balloon Hoax of Edgar Allan Poe

2 pp

A Fit of Presidential Pique

2 pp

The Animals Are Loose

6 pp

The Four Reporters and the Boxer Rebellion

3 pp

The Teddy Bear Hoax

1 pp

Hearst's Hoaxes

2 pp

The Killer Hawk of Chicago

2 pp

Lou Mortison's Lester Green and His Homespun Ingenuity

2 pp

Joe McCarthy's List

2 pp

Janet Cooke and the Pulitzer Prize

3 pp

The Bunny Mommy

4 pp

Mary Toft

The Piltdown Man

4 pp

Cottingley Fairy Photos

3 pp

Bill Stump's Stone

1 pp

Psychic Researcher

2 pp

Jay Levy

Cecil Jacobson, Sperm Doctorer

2 pp

Cecil Jacobson

David Rorvik and the Cloning of a Man

3 pp

Sawing Manhattan in Half

4 pp

The Possessed Nuns of Loudun

4 pp

Tulip Mania

2 pp

The Toughest Town West of Chicago

4 pp

The Silver Lake Serpent

3 pp

The Peculiar Case of Princess Caraboo

2 pp

Doin' a Brodie

2 pp

The Formosan Cannibal

6 pp

George Psalmanazar

The Captain of Kopenick

3 pp

Hoaxing the King

1 pp

Impostor Extraordinaire

4 pp

The Dreadnought Hoax

3 pp

Paglino

1 pp

Marathon Phony

2 pp

Rosie Ruiz

The Man Who Talked Too Much

5 pp

George DuPre

Joey Skaggs

4 pp

Hollywood's King of Ballyhoo

5 pp

Harry Reichenbach

Prince of Jokers

3 pp

Brian G. Hughes

The Unrepentent Prankster

5 pp

Hugh Troy

Cream Pie Charlie

1 pp

Ponzi Discovers Money

3 pp

The Health Dividend

1 pp

The Man Who Sold New York

2 pp

George Parker

Frederick Von Mierers

2 pp

The Whiz Kid of Wall St.

2 pp

Barry Minkow

Queen of the Lonely Hearts

3 pp

The Badger Game

2 pp

Doing the Mall Check Hustle

1 pp

The Panel Game

1 pp

The Crapper Hustle

1 pp

Murphy Man

1 pp

The Mary-Ellen Mob

1 pp

Gas Game

1 pp

3-Card Monte

1 pp

Pigeon Drop

1 pp

Dog Scam

1 pp

Pickpockets

1 pp

The Obituary Hustle

1 pp

Front End Scams

1 pp

The Service Station Racket

1 pp

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Full credits

writer Carl Sifakis

artist, inker Russ Heath

cover pencils, inks Tom Taggart

Reprints

Reprinted in Weird #2 (1998), Weird #3 (1998), Weird #4 (1999), Graphic Ink: The DC Comics Art of Frank Quitely #[nn] (2014)

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