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Issue: Help! #1
Publication Date: February 1962
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Issues: #1 of 26 Issues (28 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWarren
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Help! Magazine, Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/30/1961
Volume: 2
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harvey Kurtzman; Chuck Alverson (assistant editor); Gloria Steinem (contributing editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagThe Comics Journal #262 published August 2004 as Goodman Goes Playboy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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For Adults Only!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: And to think I settled for that schnook Ranier.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside front cover.
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Various
Inker(s): Various
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I must be in the wrong waiting room.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: A series of jokes based on film stills and newspaper photos.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Editor's Preface
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Various
Inker(s): Various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.25
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The Mariners

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Algis Budrys
Penciller(s): Ron Rojas (photographs)
Inker(s): Ron Rojas (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Edwing; Stewart Schwartzberg; Dennis Ellefson; Ted Robins; Frank Maruez; Jack Wohl
Penciller(s): Don Edwing; Stewart Schwartzberg; Dennis Ellefson; Ted Robins; Frank Maruez; Jack Wohl
Inker(s): Don Edwing; Stewart Schwartzberg; Dennis Ellefson; Ted Robins; Frank Maruez; Jack Wohl
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Help's Public Gallery
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Disquieting Moments

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stewart Schwartzberg
Penciller(s): Stewart Schwartzberg
Inker(s): Stewart Schwartzberg
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Goodman Goes Playboy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtman
Penciller(s): Will Elder
Inker(s): Will Elder
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Goodman Beaver
Character(s): Goodman Beaver; Archer; Joghead; Veromica; Roggie; Bette
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Archie Comics famously sued Kurtzman and Elder to strip this story's copyright from them. The story is now in the public domain since Archie neglected to renew the copyright.
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Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Freberg
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: An excerpt from the script to Freberg's comedy album Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America.
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Pages: 2
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Will Eisner

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Will Eisner
Inker(s): Will Eisner
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 1
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Sand Saref

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner
Penciller(s): Will Eisner
Inker(s): Will Eisner
Letterer(s): Abe Kanegson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Spirit
Character(s): The Spirit; Sand Saref
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Feel Your Pulse!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Help!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside back cover.
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Question: Which Person Here Is the Help! Reader?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Help!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On back cover.

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