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Issue: American Splendor #1
Publication Date: January 1976
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Issues: #1 of 16 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHarvey Pekar
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Pekar
On Sale Date: 05/13/1976
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing. Print run of 5,000. This information is from one of the issue artists, Brian Bram, who found the printer ("a large offset printer in the suburbs east of Cleveland") and did the initial press checks. (Side note: the original printer Pekar contacted refused to print the comic because of the sexual nature of the piece "Love Story.")
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 4 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Big Bi-Centennial Issue

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Sid; Freddy
Synopsis: Sid drones on.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The tiny Robert Crumb cartoon shown in the upper left corner of this cover is reprinted in The Complete Crumb Comics volume 12.
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101 Ways To Pick Up Girls

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): American Splendor
Character(s): Guy; Betty
Synopsis: One way to pick up a girl.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Fantasy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Feature(s): American Splendor
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky; Terry Zwigoff
Synopsis: Robert Crumb turns up out of the blue with some friends.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar #[nn] published January 1986
as A Fantasy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBob & Harv's Comics #[nn] published September 1996
as A Fantasy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #12 published March 1997
as A Fantasy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #[nn] published August 2003
as A Fantasy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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How I Spent My Summer Vacation: 1972

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Feature(s): American Splendor
Character(s): Marv; Lenny; Eddie Berg; Tina; Sue Ann; Larry
Synopsis: Marv cops off with his friend's girlfriend as they visit, and she invites him to California.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
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The Rank

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): American Splendor
Character(s): Big John
Synopsis: A conversation at the store
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Remembering Be-Ins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Splendor
Character(s): Harold; Mr Shapiro; Murray; Preacher; Ray; Arnie
Synopsis: A look back from 2010 to how the 1960s be-ins weren't all they may have later seemed.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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A Tune Is Introduced In Cleveland

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Splendor
Character(s): Piano player
Synopsis: A once a lifetime introduction to the bar band's next song.
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Pages: 1
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Love Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): American Splendor
Character(s): Elaine Rawlings; Herbie; Herbie's Dad; Miss McDaniel; Cosmo Bonaventura; Herbie's mother; Pimp
Synopsis: Herbie discovers what's happened to a childhood friend.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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A Mexican Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Splendor
Synopsis: Just why is that guy called Mexico?
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Splendor
First Line: You fuckers can leave if you wanna...
Synopsis: An incident at the bus depot.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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