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Issue: Help! #7
Publication Date: October 1963
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Issues: #7 of 26 Issues (28 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWarren
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Help! Magazine Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 52
ISBN:
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Price: $0.35 USD
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Content Items: 17 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harvey Kurtzman; Terry Gilliam (associate editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover
Dimensions: magazine size
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): ? (photo); ? (retouching)
Inker(s): ? (photo); ? (retouching)
Colorist(s): ? (photo); ? (retouching)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Nelson Rockefeller (photo); Richard M. Nixon (photo)
First Line: Lots of luck, sweetie
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Photograph with word balloon.
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Help!

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): (various)
Inker(s): (various)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Table of contents with illustrations taken from each feature.
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Editor's Preface

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Judy Henske (photographs); Jack Davis (photo)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Notes about the issue. Includes original photograph of the cover before retouching. Runs across the top-half of pages 2 and 3.
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Letters

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jim Hampton (photo); Sally Mock (photo)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Harry Curran; J. Ronald LaGassey; Dennis Richard; Jeff Patton; Yogi Cavaliers; J. C. Roberts; Carl Treseder; Don Schwarz; Jay Lynch; Pete Millar; Lyle A. Brooks; Terry Cobb; Michael Oliver. Runs across the bottom-half of pages 2 and 3.
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Photo cartoons

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman ?
Penciller(s): (various) (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Charles de Gaulle (photo); Konrad Adenauer (photo); Robert Kennedy (photo); Fidel Castro (photo);
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Photographs from news sources and stills from movies with word balloons added. Stills from movies State Fair; Hands of a Stranger; and Revenge of the Virgins are credited.
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Jack Davis Meets the Mets

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Alverson; Jack Davis ?
Penciller(s): Jack Davis; Sid Washer (photographs)
Inker(s): Jack Davis; Sid Washer (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, sports
Character(s): Casey Stengel (photo); Jack Davis (photo); Lindsey Nelson (photo)
Synopsis: Writer Charles Alverson and artist Jack Davis go to a New York Mets baseball game.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Short article with 11 captioned cartoons by Davis and two photographs. Unclear if Davis or Alverson wrote the captions.
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A Thousand Pictures Worth One Word

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Inker(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Superman (cameo)
Synopsis: A bar fight with Superman; Chasing a hat; ant and pencil; opening a jar; blowing up a balloon; a delayed sneeze
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Six pantomime comic stories with very small panels. Five stories have 12 panels each, the other has 12 much-larger panels.
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Two Roads Forward and Back

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Richard F. Gibbon
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: A parody of the writing style of Tennessee Williams.
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The Unmentionables

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Alverson
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Elliot Knish (photos of Jim Miller); Selma (photos of Judy Henske); Frizetti (photos of Charlie Brown); Pastafazool (photos of Bob Shaw); Crocetti (photos of Dean Cohen); Mr. Big (photos of Woody Allen); Knuckles Mafia (photos of Rutilio Omero); Psychiatrist (photos of Rex Eckley); Child (photos of Jerry Reinstein); extras (photos of Joan Cameron; Peg Gay; Jane Meltzer; Bunny Richmond; Lizzy Kurtzman; Josh Forsha; Terry Gilliam; Charles Alverson)
Synopsis: An ultra-violent parody of "The Untouchables" television series.
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Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Photographs shot in New York City.
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Economy in Matches

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): H. M. Bateman
Penciller(s): H. M. Bateman
Inker(s): H. M. Bateman
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man accidently sets his thumb on fire.
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Reprint Notes: from ? (1918)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Pantomime story with 15 borderless panels per page.
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Antony and Cleopatra

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Marc Antony; Cleopatra
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Disclose Notes: Parody of a scene from the movie "Cleopatra."
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): (see notes)
Penciller(s): (see notes)
Inker(s): (see notes)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Help's Public Gallery
Character(s): Hugh Hefner (cameo)
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Single panel and multiple-panel cartoons from readers Jay Lynch; Dennis Ellefson; Merton Backlund; Peter Brock; Ken Schneider; Larry Walker; Paul Merta; Jim Jones; Bruce Ketcham; and Frank Marquez.
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Photo Cartoons

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman ?
Penciller(s): various (photographs)
Inker(s): various (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Nelson Rockefeller (photo); Fidel Castro (photo); Charles de Gaulle (photo); Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (photo)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: news photographs and vintage movie stills with word balloons added.
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Help's Satire Shop

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Various novelties, records, and books available by mail from "The Satire Shop, Philadelphia, Pa."
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A subscription is ideal for men who need HELP!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; promo for subscription to Help! and list of back issues available for purchase.
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The Unmentionables Am Coming!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover; black and white. Promo for "The Unmentionables" story in the issue. Photographs from the story without the word balloon overlays.

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