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Issue: Help! #1
Publication Date: February 1962
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Issues: #1 of 26 Issues (28 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagWarren
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Indicia Publisher: Help! Magazine Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/30/1961
Volume: 2
Pages: 52
ISBN:
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Price: $0.35 USD
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Content Items: 16 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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FlagThe Comics Journal #262 published August 2004 as Goodman Goes Playboy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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For Adults Only!

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Pages: 1
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Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: And to think I settled for that schnook Ranier.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside front cover.
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Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
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Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I must be in the wrong waiting room.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: A series of jokes based on film stills and newspaper photos.
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Editor's Preface
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Pages: 0.75
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters
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Pages: 1.25
Disclose Notes: Letters from Bob Derryberry, Jr., Dirty Bob Taylor, Robert Brodows, Mike Cavallo, The Boys from St. Francis High School for Boys, Mike Pretzer, Tim Hunter, John F. Webb, Jr., Jack Sweet, Bill Stavdal, Peter A. Angevine, Frank Buxton, and Jean Leeper.
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The Mariners

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 7
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Sal Goodie (signed); Dellefson (signed)
Penciller(s): Sal Goodie (signed); Dellefson (signed)
Inker(s): Sal Goodie (signed); Dellefson (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Help's Public Gallery
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Pages: 4
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Disquieting Moments

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Genres: humorous
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The Adventures of Goodman Beaver - Chapter III Goodman Goes Playboy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Goodman Beaver
Character(s): Goodman Beaver; Archer; Joghead; Veromica; Roggie; Bette
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Archie Comics famously sued Kurtzman and Elder to strip this story's copyright from them. The story is now in the public domain since Archie neglected to renew the copyright.
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Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: An excerpt from the script to Freberg's comedy album Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America.
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Pages: 2
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Will Eisner

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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Sand Saref

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Spirit; Sand Saref
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Pages: 7
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Help's Satire Shop
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Pages: 2
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Feel Your Pulse!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside back cover.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Question: which person here is the Help! reader?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On back cover.

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