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Publisher: FlagPlayboy
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Indicia Publisher: HMH Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 16
Pages: 226
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UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
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Content Items: 42 (2 stories, 0 covers)
Editor(s): Hugh M. Hefner (editor, publisher); A. C. Spectorsky (associate publisher, editorial director)
Disclose Notes: Beep-Beep is featured in Plymouth Road Runner automobile ad on pages 6-7. Lou Myers cartoons in ad for Grand Mariner Cognac on page 32. Howard Shoemaker cartoon in ad for Cliff's Notes on page 34.
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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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Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
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historical, humorous
For outstanding service, beyond the call of duty...
After a session in bed, a queen knights her lover.
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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
fantasy, humorous
Hi there!
The Satyr is taken aback when he encounters a gay satyr, who is interested in him.
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Page 89. Part of "Satyr" series.
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Ron Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
Ron Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
Ron Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
Ron Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
When I told you I didn't believe in sex before marriage, I don't remember saying anything that would have given you the impression that I believed in sex AFTER marriage.
A man gets a shock on his wedding night.
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Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
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humorous, western
Well, Prunella, you might say I was having a private little hoedown of my own.
While a wagon train is having a square dance, a man goes off with a young woman for some fun of his own.
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John Dempsey (signed)
John Dempsey (signed)
John Dempsey (signed)
John Dempsey (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Nobody is ever going to accuse you of overreacting in bed.
A policeman's wife is critical when all he wants to do in bed is sleep.
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Alden Erikson [as A Erikson] (signed)
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
Frank, I don't want to start another argument, but I don't think this is going to put the magic back in our marriage.
When a wife tells her husband to "put some magic back in our marriage,' he takes her literally and sits in a robe and conical hat, waving a wand over a flaming pot on the coffee table.
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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
What sort of peace did you have in mind, Mr. Smith?
A woman in a sheer robe holds love beads with a peace symbol medallion attached.
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Overkill

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Gahan Wilson (signed)
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Gahan Wilson (signed)
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humorous
Eleven ultra-violent cartoons.
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Dana Fradon [as D. Fradon] (signed)
Dana Fradon [as D. Fradon] (signed)
Dana Fradon [as D. Fradon] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
I don't see how Nigeria and Biafra got into all this trouble without our help.
A man is reading the newspaper, while his wife comments on the news.
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Page 150. At the time Nigeria and Biafra were engaged in a civil war.
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Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
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humorous
Here come de sludge!
A worker at a sewage treatment plant opens a valve.
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Page 151. Punchline is a takeoff of "Here come de judge!", a catch-phrase from a popular 1968 record by Pigmeat Markham.
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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
It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.
Two men walk down the stairs after patronizing a brothel.
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Page 155. Part of the "Brothel" series.
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Lee Lorenz [as Lorenz] (signed)
Lee Lorenz [as Lorenz] (signed)
Lee Lorenz [as Lorenz] (signed)
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humorous
So there's Barbarella chained to a rock on the third moon of Jupiter. Now in the next picture, giant worms from ...
A counterculture father is reading a bedtime story from Evergreen Review to his children.
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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
I saw you on television, you brute—everybody else is cracking heads and you're grabbing them by the ass.
A policeman's wife complains about his behavior breaking up a demonstration.
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Mort Gerberg (signed)
Mort Gerberg (signed)
Mort Gerberg (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Darling ... will you .. please slip into something more comfortable?
A man is on bended knee in front of his girl friend, but instead of proposing, asks her to change into something sexy.
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Ron Ault (signed)
Ron Ault (signed)
Ron Ault (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous, science and technology
I'm a gluteus maximus man.
Two doctors are walking down the hall of a hospital, looking back at a nurse walking in the opposite direction.
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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
You know, if you weren't black and if I weren't liberal, I might resent your tone.
Two men in a bar have a disagreement.
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Brian Savage (signed)
Brian Savage (signed)
Brian Savage (signed)
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humorous, religious
Let's show the Pope where we stand! Let's get out there and get pregnant!
A priest in the pulpit exhorts his flock to support the church's policy on birth control.
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Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
Buck Brown (signed)
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humorous
Tell me I'm wrong, Newton—tell me you're not just using me!
A near-hysterical housewife clutches the milkman as he fills her refrigerator to the brim with milk and eggs.
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Obscene Gesture from Baby

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John Dempsey (signed)
John Dempsey (signed)
John Dempsey (signed)
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humorous
A baby in a back bundle of a hippie couple gives the middle finger to an upper-class couple.
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Page 174. A pantomime cartoon.
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humorous
You, sir! You look like a man with a neurotic need to give ...
A beggar comes up with a novel approach to get a hand-out.
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Page 175. Artist signature is not clear.
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Heavy Medallion

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Charles E. Martin [as C.E.M] (signed)
Charles E. Martin [as C.E.M] (signed)
Charles E. Martin [as C.E.M] (signed)
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humorous
A man goes to a doctor stooped over with a pain in his back. The doctor has him remove the heavy medallion and beads from his neck and that solves the problem.
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Page 177. Three-panel pantomime story.
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Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
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humorous
It has been proposed and seconded that we adjourn this meeting and go rape a whale.
A group of small fish vote on a sexual assault.
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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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humorous
Making love is all very well, but does it stimulate the old economy?
Two businessmen make comments as they pass a demonstration.
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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
Bad news, Miss Perry, my wife refuses to give me a divorce.
A man and woman are stranded on a desert island. The man reads a note that has washed up in a bottle.
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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
historical, humorous
William Shakespeare
What in hell gives you the idea that hard-nosed English theatergoers will spend good money to see a play about two Italian teenagers?
A producer gives Shakespeare a hard time when he brings him a copy of "Romeo and Juliet."
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John Dempsey (signed)
John Dempsey (signed)
John Dempsey (signed)
John Dempsey (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Now there's an exhibitionist's exhibitionist!
A nude man walks by ladies sunbathing, carrying a yardstick.
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Page 189. Part of "Nudist Camp" series.
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Richard Decker (signed)
Richard Decker (signed)
Richard Decker (signed)
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humorous
But Gladys, the judge promised that the children could spend their vacation with ME.
A couple is concerned when the marriage counselor they are seeing is having problems with his divorced wife.
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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
Well, to tell you the truth, I just got out of a sickbed ...
A call girl in stockings and high heels talks on the phone after leaving a bed littered with whips, belts, and a man smoking a cigarette.
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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
Trial marriages are too binding. What I had in mind was a TRIAL trial marriage.
A man thinks a trial marriage is too confining.
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Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
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humorous
You, there, no, no, HIM—the guy with the pink housecoat and the net stockings, yeah, you—do you want to press charges against this Peeping Tom?
A policeman grabs a peeping Tom who's watching some unusual activity.
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Donald Reilly [as D Reilly] (signed)
Donald Reilly [as D Reilly] (signed)
Donald Reilly [as D Reilly] (signed)
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humorous
This is a new generation of sloths!
A young sloth is perched on top of a branch, instead of hanging below it like his parents.
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Haute Couture

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Jules Feiffer (signed)
Jules Feiffer (signed)
Jules Feiffer (signed)
Jules Feiffer (signed)
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humorous
A woman changes her look to get men interested in her, but her changes just make women more interested.
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? [as Eli] (signed)
? [as Eli] (signed)
? [as Eli] (signed)
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humorous
Two consenting partners or not, get them out of there!!
At a children's party, a father finds a couple in his bedroom.
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? [as E. Shaffer] (signed)
? [as E. Shaffer] (signed)
? [as E. Shaffer] (signed)
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humorous
I'm just doing my thing.
A riot policeman gives an interview to a member of the press during a peace demonstration.
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Bill Hoest [as Hoest] (signed)
Bill Hoest [as Hoest] (signed)
Bill Hoest [as Hoest] (signed)
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humorous
There, but for the grace of God ... go I.
A man watches a man leave a night club, accompanied by two women, and wonders why that couldn't be him.
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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, military
We demand a bigger voice in the running of the Army, sir.
A platoon of soldiers hold a very disciplined protest in a general's office.
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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, science and technology
Now to test your reflexes.
A rather depraved-looking doctor tells a nude female patient that he's going to test her reflexes—with a feather.
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Distillery Founder

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Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
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humorous
The boardroom of a distillery company has a large portrait of its founder—a 1920s bootlegger.
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Page 214. A pantomime cartoon.
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Brian Savage (signed)
Brian Savage (signed)
Brian Savage (signed)
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humorous
You're fortunate to grow up in these exciting times—the breakup of the atom, the breakthrough of space exploration, the breakdown of morals ...
A father has a talk with his son on the state of the world.
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Peter Paul Porges [as Porges] (signed)
Peter Paul Porges [as Porges] (signed)
Peter Paul Porges [as Porges] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
I suppose this will cancel our research grant!
Male and female chemists are caught making out in the lab by their supervisor.
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Joseph Mirachi [as J Mirachi] (signed)
Joseph Mirachi [as J Mirachi] (signed)
Joseph Mirachi [as J Mirachi] (signed)
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humorous
How's this for a switch? Boy meets girl; boy loses girl; boy lives happily ever after.
A writer describes a cynical plot line to his wife.
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Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous, jungle
Tarzan; Jane
How was I to know? It was dark and he said 'Me Tarzan.'
Jane makes out with an ape, thinking it's Tarzan.
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