XOW Logo
  • Location
    • Home
    • Issue Detail, List Content Items
in for
   
by
Facebook Logo
Report a Bug Ask for Support Review Site Apply to be an Editor
Issue: Playboy #3
Publication Date: March 1965
Previous Base Issue Previous Issue Variant Next Issue Variant Next Base Issue
 
Disclose Detail
Issues: #3 of 720 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagPlayboy
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: HMH Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 12
Pages: 186
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 29 (2 stories, 0 covers)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: First Alberto Vargas painted cover on Playboy. Photo of Vargas in "Playbill" on page 3.
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
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
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets0
 
spacer
Disclose Content Items (29 total)
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Satyr
First Line: Well, let's make up our minds!
Synopsis: Two centaurs see two nymphs and two fillies at a stream and can't decide which pair to pursue.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 69.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: That's the note I was telling you about!
Synopsis: Two men are at a ringside table at a nightclub when the woman jazz singer hits a high note and breaks the shoulder strap on her dress.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 81.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I've made you immortal, Miss Haskins, as far as I'M concerned.
Synopsis: A painter gets dressed after a romantic interlude with his model.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 95.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Vargas
First Line: Mother was so pleased when she learned Mr. Hefner would only be using my face on the cover of PLAYBOY.
Synopsis: A blonde in a sheer dressing gown holds a copy of Playboy in one hand and glasses in the other.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Pages 98-99. A two-page pin-up. It appears that the head and upper shoulders of this painting were used for the cover art.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Those books you suggested for me to read, Mr. Thornton—WOWEEE!
Synopsis: A teen girl makes a comment to a male librarian at the desk that could be misinterpreted by the female librarians and the other older adults in the adjoining reading room.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 104.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: You're just looking for an excuse to break off our engagement.
Synopsis: At a party, a man finds his fiancee nude in the closet with another man.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 119.
Disclose
Silverstein in Mexico

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Pages 122-127. Mostly black and white cartoons, with occasional blocks of solid color.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: One day, when he's old and feeble, he'll be in a nostalgic mood, and he'll come up here to see us again, and to reminisce—and THEN WE'LL GET HIM!
Synopsis: Worn-out, forgotten toys in an attic plot their revenge.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 130.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Symbolic Sex
First Line: Careful what you say ... Cyrano is very sensitive about it.
Synopsis: Nine cartoons using the medical symbols for man and woman.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 133.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, sports
First Line: Well, this ought to establish a new record.
Synopsis: Two coaches look into the sky as a pole vaulter has catapulted himself incredibly high over the bar.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Page 138. Cartoonist signature is illegible.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: At this point I'd like to acquaint you with what we call our winner-take-all plan ...
Synopsis: A marriage counselor shows an unreasonable couple his final solution—a pair of dueling pistols.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.3
Disclose Notes: Page 139.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mallig ? (signed)
Penciller(s): Mallig ? (signed)
Inker(s): Mallig ? (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I'm sorry I called you a nut—it was a 'Freudian slip'!
Synopsis: A psychiatrist has a slip of the tongue.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.3
Disclose Notes: Page 141. Cartoonist signature is not clear.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I think war is nature's way!
Synopsis: A general at a party takes an aggressive stance on aggression.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Page 143.
Disclose
Under New Management

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Five men are tossed out of a bar, which was apparently a gay bar before it was taken "under new management."
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 147. A pantomime cartoon.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: That's nice, dear ... Tell Aunt Marie WHY you think she's a 'swinger' ...
Synopsis: A high-fashion woman asks a small boy why he called her a 'swinger,' while the boy's mother looks on in confusion.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Page 148.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Darling—we can't go on meeting like this ...
Synopsis: A woman meets a lion-tamer inside his lion.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Page 151.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: All right, Ethel, out with it! What have you done to the car?!
Synopsis: At the family dinner table, a semi-nude woman jumps out of a cake.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 152.
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Charlie Brown; Lucy van Pelt
First Line: Isn't it exciting?
Synopsis: A parody of a "Peanuts" newspaper comic strip, with Lucy being chosen as a Playmate of the Month.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: Page 155. Four panels across the top of the page. Strip is done in exact style as a regular Peanuts daily strip.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: That part you promised me— is it in a nice wholesome, family-type picture?
Synopsis: A producer lies under the stars beside a swimming pool with an actress he's promised a part to.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 157.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: If they weren't all watching a movie, there might be a chance we'd be spotted.
Synopsis: A man and a woman, stranded on a desert island, watch a jetliner fly overhead.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Page 158.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: It goes tock tick.
Synopsis: A woman takes a clock to a repair shop, saying it runs backward.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.3
Disclose Notes: Page 161.
Disclose
Class Will Tell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two men watch as three women walk by. They follow them and are joined by a wealthy older man. The three catch up to the women and introduce themselves. All the women walk off with the wealthy man.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Pages 164-165. A six-panel pantomime story.
Disclose
An "Eye" Doctor

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: An optometrist has a shop with an hanging sign with a single eye and a single eye on his shop window. The optometrist himself is a cyclops.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Page 166. A pantomime cartoon.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: See how easy my Laura is on her things? She's been away all weekend and her clothes look as though she's hardly worn them at all!
Synopsis: A mother intends to give her daughter a compliment, but it could be taken a different way.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Page 169.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Actually, we're quite content. He's got his dirty books and I've got my gin.
Synopsis: A man and a woman live a bare-bones existence in a shabby apartment, but are content.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.3
Disclose Notes: Page 171.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: That response seems reminiscent, miss. Haven't I tried to make a pass a you somewhere before?
Synopsis: At a bar, a woman punches a man in the eye when he tries to make a pass at her.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 172.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: ... Forgive me, Miss Brant—I meant to say, 'Do you put out TO sea very often ..?'
Synopsis: On the rail of a ship at sea, a slip of the tongue makes a man's comment seem vulgar.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Page 174.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I got so excited when you gave me the coat, I hope I didn't leave without thanking you, Mr. Whitaker.
Synopsis: A nude woman in a full-length mink coat phones her benefactor to make sure she thanked him before she left.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 177.
Disclose
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Excuse me. Can I borrow the mascara again?
Synopsis: On a desert island, a man seems more interested in a nude woman's makeup kit than in her.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Page 181.

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2025. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.