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Issue: Playboy #3
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Publisher: FlagPlayboy
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Indicia Publisher: HMH Publishing Co. Inc.
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Volume: 13
Pages: 180
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Content Items: 29 (2 stories, 0 covers)
Editor(s): Hugh M. Hefner (editor, publisher); A. C. Spectorsky (associate publisher, editorial director)
Disclose Notes: Ten letters of comment in "Dear Playboy" regarding the interview with Al Capp in the December 1965 issue, including ones from Stan Drake, Jules Feiffer, and Fredric Wertham, M.D.
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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
You are going on a trip ... It has some of the aspects of a honeymoon ...
Two young women are getting their fortunes told.
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Page 63.
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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)
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
I'm afraid the curse is beginning to work, Professor. I'm pregnant.
Two archeologists are excavating an Egyptian site. Apparently there is a legend of a curse on those who disturb the site.
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Page 75.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
E. Simms Campbell (signed)
E. Simms Campbell (signed)
E. Simms Campbell (signed)
E. Simms Campbell (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Just one more letter, Miss Maston—and then we'll get down to business ... !
A secretary is taking dictation from her boss, while both are in bed.
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Page 80.
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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
Oh, nothing much. We're just having an after ours drink ...
A man talks on the phone after a romantic encounter.
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Page 93. Punchline is wordplay on "after hours" as "after ours."
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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
These are our loving cups.
At the brothel, the madam shows off a cabinet full of awards.
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Page 100. Part of the "Brothel" series.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Addis (credited)
Don Addis (credited)
Don Addis (credited)
Don Addis (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous
Symbolic Sex
Well, it takes all kinds
Nine cartoons featuring the medical symbols for man and woman.
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Page 101.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Vargas
My agent says I can become a star if I let the right people handle me.
A brunette lies on white sheets and a patterned red pillow.
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Page 116.
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Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Well, that's a relief. I was afraid he was spending his allowance on goofballs.
Parents follow their son and find he's patronizing a brothel. They're relieved because they thought he was buying drugs.
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Page 119. "Goofball" is a slang term for barbiturates.
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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
Share and share alike, eh, Comrade?
In Russia, a man finds his wife in bed and a man in the closet.
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Page 125.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
First of all, we'd like to announce our engagement ...
Two astronauts exit their Gemini space capsule on the rescue ship and make an announcement.
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Page 127.
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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, science and technology
I hope you don't mind, but I'm trying to get my boy interested in medicine.
A doctor has his son sitting in the examining room while he examines a young woman in her underwear.
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Page 129.
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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
historical, humorous
Napoleon; Josephine
How about having a J around here for a change?
In Napoleon's lodging, there are "N"s everywhere. Josephine wants some equal time.
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Page 131.
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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
But, Albert, we've set the date, hired the hall, mailed the invitations, bought the cake and flowers, and everything ... !
A man is on his knees in front of a woman. However, instead of proposing, he wants to call off the wedding.
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Page 134.
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Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
I dunno—there's something about this sudden cold snap that depresses the hell out of me.
Two dinosaurs are disturbed by the change in the weather.
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Page 136. Artist signature is unclear.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
It seems like only yesterday we were buying her her first training bra ... !
A husband and wife look at a poster of their daughter, starring in "Shirley and her Topless Revue."
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Page 141.
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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)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
How do you expect to have hallucinations if you don't eat your mushrooms?
Counterculture parents tell their son to eat his mushrooms, so he can have hallucinations along with them.
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Page 142.
Mother's Diner

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ronald Lindquist [as Lindquist] (signed)
Ronald Lindquist [as Lindquist] (signed)
Ronald Lindquist [as Lindquist] (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
A man eats in a restaurant called "Mother's Diner." On the wall is a sign that says "Eat Slowly and Chew Your Food Well."
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Page 144.
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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
Here's Roger making a fool of himself in Pago Pago ...
A man is showing a home slideshow of him having a beach encounter with a native girl in the south Pacific.
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Page 148.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous
If I hear you say 'We missed the boat' once more—!
A satyr and a centaur watch from the shore as Noah's Ark sails away.
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Page 153.
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Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Cuckold ... Cuckold ...
A man reading his newspaper is mocked by his cuckoo clock.
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Page 154.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dennis Renault [as Renault] (signed)
Dennis Renault [as Renault] (signed)
Dennis Renault [as Renault] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
You were expecting someone, Lois?
A panicked woman finds the stork and a baby at the door and hopes it's for her roommate.
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Page 155.
Help with Tying a Woman to a Railroad Track

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
A villain ties a woman across railroad tracks. The train's engineer is helping him with the knots.
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Page 157. A pantomime cartoon.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Gahan Wilson (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
That blasted maid's got everything upside-down again!
A man steps into his apartment only to find the furniture attached to the ceiling.
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Page 159.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Dempsey (signed)
John Dempsey (signed)
John Dempsey (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
When I heard you were clever at cornering, I though they meant sports-car-wise.
At a party, a man maneuvers a woman into a corner of the room.
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Page 160.
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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
... And to my faithful valet, Sidney, who I promised to remember in my will—Hi there, Sidney!
At a reading of a man's will, a valet receives mention, but no money.
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Page 165.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Brian Savage (signed)
Brian Savage (signed)
Brian Savage (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
You've got to give the cruise director an A for effort, anyway.
On a cruise, the event director tries to draw some attention by making a passenger walk the plank.
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Page 156.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Jaffee [as Jaffee] (signed)
Al Jaffee [as Jaffee] (signed)
Al Jaffee [as Jaffee] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Dry enough for you, sir?
A man drinks a very dry martini and shrivels up into a little ball.
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Page 169. A six-panel comic story. The first five panels are pantomime.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Nothing to be alarmed about, officer—we're from 'Consumer Reports.'
A police officer looks disapprovingly at a couple who are trying out a "Bridal Special" bed in a department store.
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Page 170. The cartoon is not signed.
On the Brooklyn B.M.T.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman (credited)
Will Elder (painting)
Will Elder (painting)
Will Elder (painting); Russ Heath (assistant); Al Jaffee (assistant)
Will Elder?
Subject Matter
humorous
Little Annie Fanny
Annie Fanny; Ralphie Towzer
Spoof of New York subway crime.
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Pages 173-175. Credits read "by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder with Russ Heath and Al Jaffee." Title from Kurtzman's record. Story was written in December 1964. Inspired by the Kitty Genovese murder in Queens, N.Y. and people not becoming involved.

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