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Publisher: FlagPlayboy
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Indicia Publisher: HMH Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 18
Pages: 288
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UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 USD
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Content Items: 45 (2 stories, 0 covers)
Editor(s): Hugh M. Hefner (editor, publisher); A. C. Spectorsky (associate publisher, editorial director)
Disclose Notes: Comic story in Doral cigarette ad on page 56. Story by Arthur C. Clarke ("Transit of Earth") with three-page painting by Chesley Bonestell on pages 109-111, 210, 272-274. Satire by Craig Vetter on the Superman mythos ("Underground at the 'Daily Planet' ") on pages 171 and 230, with illustrations of Jimmy Olson and Superman by Bob Post.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock: heavy coated paper
Binding: saddle-stitched (v1#1 - v32#9); perfect bound (v32#10 & up)
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Rowland B. Wilson (signed)
Rowland B. Wilson (signed)
Rowland B. Wilson (signed)
Rowland B. Wilson (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous, sports
Big night last night, Kolblinski?
A college football coach looks at one of his players on the bench, who obviously had a raucous New Year's Eve.
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Santa Toulouse

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Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
Subject Matter
historical, humorous
Toulouse-Lautrec
Toulouse dresses as Santa for the girls in the brothel.
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Page 107. A pantomime cartoon.
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Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
As you know, Miss Simpson, I wasn't here for the Christmas Party and I understand you went back into the stock room with a number of the guys and well ... I was wondering ...
An office boy has a request for a sexy secretary.
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Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Santa Claus
It's not that you don't appeal to me, miss—it's just that Im hung up on one of my elves ...
Santa isn't attracted to a beautiful nude woman.
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?
Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Vargas Girl
THAT'S what I call starting off the New Year with a bang.
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Pages 189-190. A two-page fold-out pin-up on heavy paper.
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Silverstein Around the World

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Shel Silverstein (credited)
Shel Silverstein (credited)
Shel Silverstein (credited)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Shel Silverstein
Twenty-three cartoons and seven photographs of Silverstein's trip around the world. Cartoons on Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Middle East, London, Scandinavia, Paris, Africa, Moscow, Tokyo, Hawaii, Alaska, Mexico, and a nudist camp.
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Don Madden (signed)
Don Madden (signed)
Don Madden (signed)
Don Madden (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
I don't care if it is from your analyst! 'Merry Christmas and a Happy Sex Life' is a bit much!
A husband is not happy with the Christmas card sent to his wife by her analyst.
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B Kliban (signed)
B Kliban (signed)
B Kliban (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous, science and technology
You can get dressed now ... the doctor has seen you.
A doctor looks at a nude woman patient through a peephole in the wall.
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Doug Sneyd [as Sneyd] (signed)
Doug Sneyd [as Sneyd] (signed)
Doug Sneyd [as Sneyd] (signed)
Doug Sneyd [as Sneyd] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
While you're at it, would you turn my Teddy bear on, too?
A young man is in bed with a more experienced woman.
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Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
It's all right with me if women stop wearing bras—but if they stop manufacturing them, what about us transvestites?
A transvestite is worried after reading an newspaper article.
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Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Arnold, your scallops are getting cold.
A man's attention is focused on the stripper on the night club stage instead of his meal.
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Malcolm Hancock [as Mal] (signed)
Malcolm Hancock [as Mal] (signed)
Malcolm Hancock [as Mal] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Another reason I can't marry you is because you're a fish.
A man has a conversation with fish in a bowl.
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John Dempsey (signed)
John Dempsey (signed)
John Dempsey (signed)
John Dempsey (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Watch out for R. J. He isn't drinking.
An executive at an office party is more of a problem for the women because he's sober.
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Tow Away Sleigh

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Rowland B. Wilson (signed)
Rowland B. Wilson (signed)
Rowland B. Wilson (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
Santa Claus
Santa watches as a tow truck hauls his sleigh and reindeer from a tow away zone.
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Page 230. A pantomime cartoon.
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William Hamilton [as Wm Hamilton] (signed)
William Hamilton [as Wm Hamilton] (signed)
William Hamilton [as Wm Hamilton] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Oh, dear me—it's my SISTER'S party you want. I'm still a conservative.
A quartet of black men representing the Black Power movement show up at the wrong party.
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Page 231. A parody of the "radical chic" fad at high society parties.
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Richard Decker (signed)
Richard Decker (signed)
Richard Decker (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous, military
How come this doesn't fall under 'contributing to the delinquency of a minor'?
A recruit makes a comment during bayonet practice.
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Brian Savage (signed)
Brian Savage (signed)
Brian Savage (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
If you're looking for whoever whistled at you, there's a sun-crazed sea gull up there.
A pudgy middle-aged woman under a beach umbrella thinks somebody whistled at her.
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Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous, religious
If you're such a wise man, why do I have to think up a gift?
The wife of one of the Three Wise Men complains about having to choose a gift for him to take to the baby Jesus.
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Joseph Farris (signed)
Joseph Farris (signed)
Joseph Farris (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Would you voluntarily give me all the money on your person so I won't have to rob you and become a criminal?
A man gives his victim a choice before robbing him.
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Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Boobs!
A little girl sitting on the lap of a department store Santa has a surprising request.
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Edmond Kiraz [as Kiraz] (signed)
Edmond Kiraz [as Kiraz] (signed)
Edmond Kiraz [as Kiraz] (signed)
Edmond Kiraz [as Kiraz] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Wouldn't it be more polite to wait for the other guests before starting?
A man gets amorous with a woman while they're waiting for the guests for their swingers' party to arrive.
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Bill Lee (signed)
Bill Lee (signed)
Bill Lee (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Jane, darling, if I promise to stop biting my nails, will you let ME get on top just once?
A man bargains with a woman for a different sexual position.
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Gahan Wilson (signed)
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Gahan Wilson (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
General Electric beat him out on his death ray and he's simply FURIOUS!
A mad scientist is outraged when GE develops a death-ray before he could finish his.
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Donald Reilly (signed)
Donald Reilly (signed)
Donald Reilly (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Same here—the only way I can make it is by selling a little pot on the side.
In a raging snowstorm, two match girls compare notes.
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Don Orehek (signed)
Don Orehek (signed)
Don Orehek (signed)
Don Orehek (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
You'll never learn to ski if you don't stop tail-gating!
A man grabs the back of a woman's stretch pants as they are skiing down a trail.
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Mischa Richter [as Richter] (signed)
Mischa Richter [as Richter] (signed)
Mischa Richter [as Richter] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
As president of the committee on women's liberation ...
A woman executive has her male secretary sit on her lap when she's giving dictation.
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John Dempsey (signed)
John Dempsey (signed)
John Dempsey (signed)
John Dempsey (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Looks like with Sally, it's going to be out with the old and in with the new.
Two women observe a woman planning on getting a new lover to celebrate New Year's Eve.
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Page 251. Part of "Nudist Camp" series
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Bill Hoest [as Hoest] (signed)
Bill Hoest [as Hoest] (signed)
Bill Hoest [as Hoest] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
'The best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft a-gley!'
A mouse whose tail is caught in a trap quotes Robert Burns.
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?
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?
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Subject Matter
humorous
I KNOW babies are supposed to be bald-headed, Mother—but there's something about Timothy ...
A mother is concerned when her baby has male pattern baldness.
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Herb Green (signed)
Herb Green (signed)
Herb Green (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Hi, there! I'm a pal of Santa's and he let me have a little old peek at his list of all those who've been bad!
A man calls at a woman's apartment door with an original line.
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Dennis Ellefson ? [as Ellefson ?] (signed)
Dennis Ellefson ? [as Ellefson ?] (signed)
Dennis Ellefson ? [as Ellefson ?] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Uh-oh!
Two technicians are upset when the mainframe computer read-out is "Up against the wall, Motherfu..."
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John Ruge [as Ruge] (signed)
John Ruge [as Ruge] (signed)
John Ruge [as Ruge] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
You never complained about my nymphomania BEFORE we were married!
A wife is upset when her exhausted husband staggers out of bed.
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Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Just watch yourself, young fellow. I may not know the law, but I know what I like.
A judge is upset with his hippie defendent.
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Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
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humorous
How can we PREVENT pregnancy? We don't even know what causes it.
A caveman and his wife have too many children.
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Gahan Wilson (signed)
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Gahan Wilson (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Like to see what this baby can do?
An ambulance driver asks a patient if he'd like to see some speed.
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Cliff Roberts (signed)
Cliff Roberts (signed)
Cliff Roberts (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
I just thought of a good deed you could do ...
A Boy Scout and a woman are stranded on a desert isle. The woman has a suggestion.
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Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Beat it, Kovarisky, this is a pas de DEUX!
A ballerina already has a male ballet dancer as a partner, when another male dancer tries to join them.
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Francis Smilby [as Smilby] (signed)
Francis Smilby [as Smilby] (signed)
Francis Smilby [as Smilby] (signed)
Francis Smilby [as Smilby] (signed)
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Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous
Sir Gawain covers the flanks, Sir Bevedere here looks after the rear, while I concentrate on the front—we do EVERYTHING as a team.
After teaming up to slay a dragon, three knights plan on teaming up for their reward for rescuing the maiden in distress.
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Alden Erikson [as Erikson] (signed)
Alden Erikson [as Erikson] (signed)
Alden Erikson [as Erikson] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous, military
My wife gave it to me for Christmas. The idea is to activate your anti-ballistic missile before your opponent activates HIS anti-ballistic missile.
A group of generals play a board game that simulates nuclear war.
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? [as Reading] (signed)
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? [as Reading] (signed)
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humorous
It's called grass; it's softer to walk on than concrete.
In the middle of the concrete-covered city, there's a small patch of grass.
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Virgil Partch [as VIP] (signed)
Virgil Partch [as VIP] (signed)
Virgil Partch [as VIP] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
His philosophy is that sex should be considered on the same level as shaking hands.
A man has a glove hanging on his belt at crotch level.
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Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Santa Claus
I'll release you when you decide to give me what I REALLY want for Christmas!
The "Dirty Old Lady" has Santa bound to a chair and bargains to set him free.
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Page 275. Part of "Dirty Old Lady" series.
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Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
My wife thinks I'm running around with other women. Actually, I'm not, but I haven't the guts to admit it.
A man confesses an odd problem to a bartender.
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Different Halos

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Mort Gerberg (signed)
Mort Gerberg (signed)
Mort Gerberg (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous, religious
A Catholic priest has a halo over his head, while a Jewish rabbi has a bagel over his.
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Page 277. A pantomime cartoon.
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The Commune

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Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Will Elder (painting)
Will Elder (painting)
Will Elder (painting)
Will Elder ?
Subject Matter
humorous
Little Annie Fanny
Ruthie; Annie Fanny; Wanda Homefree; Li'l Abner (cameo); Hairless Joe (cameo); Lonesome Polecat (cameo); Spiro Agnew (cameo)
Communes! They're sprouting everywhere.
Spoof of hippie communes. Annie leaves the stress of the city to go to a commune, but ends up disrupting it.
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Pages 279-282. Credits read "by Harvey Kurtman and Will Elder." Title from reprint.

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