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Indicia Publisher: HMH Publishing Co. Inc.
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Volume: 13
Pages: 196
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Content Items: 27 (2 stories, 0 covers)
Editor(s): Hugh M. Hefner (editor, publisher); A. C. Spectorsky (associate publisher, editorial director)
Disclose Notes: Two letters of comment in "Dear Playboy" on page 20, regarding Jules Feiffer's "The Great Comic Book Heroes" article from the October 1965 issue, one from Frank M. Smith of Toronto, Canada (with a response telling the current activities of Will Eisner) and one from Fredric Wertham, M.D.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, science and technology
Doctor Woodhull wanted in the dispensary ... Doctor Woodhull wanted ...
A nurse sits nude on a table in the dispensary and makes a call on the public address system for a doctor.
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Page 71.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Madden (signed)
Don Madden (signed)
Don Madden (signed)
Don Madden (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Interested in getting a little time off for BAD behavior?
A jail guard makes a suggestive comment to a female prisoner.
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Page 76.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Dempsey (signed)
John Dempsey (signed)
John Dempsey (signed)
John Dempsey (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
My goodness, Mr. Bascum, everything around here is certainly horny!
A man brings a woman back to his den, which has walls covered with the mounted heads of horned animals.
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Page 93.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dink Siegel (signed)
Dink Siegel (signed)
Dink Siegel (signed)
Dink Siegel (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Wouldn't it be easier if you got a studio with heat?
In winter, a painter's studio is so cold that his model has to bundle up to keep warm. The painter has to lift her sweater to work on his nude painting.
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Page 101.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Gahan Wilson (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Gee, I just wish I had the words to describe this scene to you fellows back on earth ... !
An automated space explorer robot sends information from the moon back to Earth.
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Page 109.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Doug Sneyd [as Sneyd] (signed)
Doug Sneyd [as Sneyd] (signed)
Doug Sneyd [as Sneyd] (signed)
Doug Sneyd [as Sneyd] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Please, Chief—let me frisk just ONE?!
The brothel is busted by the police and one of the officers wants to do a little hands-on investigation.
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Page 113. Part of the "Brothel" series.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Vargas
I never go out with married men, so won't you please come in?
A blond woman in a black robe, open in front, with long white gloves and black high heels, holding a white cat.
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Page 124.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
I've warned you about standing too close to those empty compartments, Miss Anderson ... !
In the serving area of an Automat, a buxom woman preparing a dessert gets too close to the compartment doors and finds a hand reaching through toward her bosom.
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Page 127.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Marvin Tannenberg [as Tann] (signed)
Marvin Tannenberg [as Tann] (signed)
Marvin Tannenberg [as Tann] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, science and technology
In our country, Dr. Lopez, we find it unnerving to have someone shout ¡Ole! every time we go in with the scalpel!
A surgeon is unnerved by a new foreign colleague's behavior in surgery.
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Page 142.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Brian Savage (signed)
Brian Savage (signed)
Brian Savage (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Now, today's graduate simply wouldn't understand that kind of school spirit.
A man breaks out of prison to attend his college class reunion.
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Page 145.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Art Krusz (signed)
Art Krusz (signed)
Art Krusz (signed)
Art Krusz (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous
Look, kid, from now on just shoot your arrows—then bug out!
An elder god tells Cupid just to shoot his arrows, not to stay and watch what happens.
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Page 147.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
I realize you have your own life to live, Mother—but, gosh, you're ALWAYS too busy to see me, and I was so looking forward to having dinner with you on my birthday ...
A psychiatrist is ignored by his mother.
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Page 151.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Ruge [as Ruge] (signed)
John Ruge [as Ruge] (signed)
John Ruge [as Ruge] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Burton—is there anything you want to tell me?
A boss is concerned when an employee has pictures on his desk of himself with two different families.
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Page 154.
Beach Photographer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
A free-lance photographer on the beach takes a picture of a buxom woman in a bikini. She doesn't want to buy a copy of the picture, but a half-dozen men race for a chance to buy it.
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Page 156.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William O'Brian [as O'Brian] (signed)
William O'Brian [as O'Brian] (signed)
William O'Brian [as O'Brian] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Do you mind if I make the little chap's suit blue? I seem to be out of vermilion.
A painter needs to change the color of the suit his model, a young boy, is wearing.
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Page 161. Cartoon is a parody of Thomas Gainsborough's 1779 painting "The Blue Boy."
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Before we go any farther, I feel we all owe Captain Huckermacker here a hearty vote of thanks.
A pilot manages to land a jetliner safely on top of a mountain, with no room for error.
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Page 163. Art is grayscale, which is uncommon for full-page cartoons.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Reamer Keller (signed)
Reamer Keller (signed)
Reamer Keller (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
It was nice of you to let me have the afternoon off, Mr. Wigdortz.
A boss gives his secretary the afternoon off, but she spends it with him in bed.
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Page 165.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
We call ourselves the Fortuna Brothers, but actually one of us is a Fortuna sister.
A rock group takes advantage of their long hair and unisex outfits to obscure the fact that one is a girl.
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Page 166.
Sundial to Shark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
A man checks his watch by a sundial, but when he turns his back the gnomon of the sundial turns out to be the dorsal fin of an attacking shark.
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Page 171. A three-panel pantomime comic story.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Jaffee [as Jaffee] (signed)
Al Jaffee [as Jaffee] (signed)
Al Jaffee [as Jaffee] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
That's where struggling gets you!
Two white hunters are caught in quicksand in the jungle. One struggles and is up to his nose while the other remains calm and is still out above his waist.
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Page 172.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alden Erikson [as Erikson] (signed)
Alden Erikson [as Erikson] (signed)
Alden Erikson [as Erikson] (signed)
Alden Erikson [as Erikson] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Sorry, Professor, but I'm just not mechanically inclined.
A professor wants a streetwalker to service his mechanical man.
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Page 175.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Booze! Broads! Water!
A man lost in the desert craves three things.
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Page 179.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Yes, ma'am, fastest lift in town!
A woman on an elevator has her panties drop to her ankles when it accelerates quickly.
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Page 181.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
B Kliban (signed)
B Kliban (signed)
B Kliban (signed)
B Kliban (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
No, Stanley! I didn't raise our son to be a soldier!
A military father holds a West Point brochure, while his wife hugs their son, who is dressed in a ridiculous outfit and holding a mandolin.
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Page 183. The punchline comes from a 1915 song "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier."
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Edward Frascino [as Frascino] (signed)
Edward Frascino [as Frascino] (signed)
Edward Frascino [as Frascino] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Is there a playwright in the house?
At a stage play, a man stands in front of the curtain and asks if there is a writer in attendance.
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Page 185.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
... and to my nephew Carter, who has always felt that health is better than wealth, I leave my sun lamp.
At the reading of a wealthy man's will, a nephew is given a health item rather than money.
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Page 188.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Richard Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
Richard Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
Richard Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
Richard Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
It's the famous Blackstone Diamond—and this is the curse that goes with it!
At a high-class night club, a woman in an evening gown and sporting a huge diamond on a necklace introduces a friend to her companion, a wealthy but ugly and overweight older man.
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