([September] 1959)
Ballantine Books,
1959 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 148
- On-sale Date
- 1959-09-28
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Ballantine Books Inc.
- Brand
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BB Ballantine
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- color cover; black and white interior
- Dimensions
- pocket book size- 4.25" x 7" (10.79 cm x 17.78 cm)
- Binding
- paperback
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
Issue Notes
Full title: "Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book or Up from the Apes! (and Right Back Down) —In Which Are Described in Words and Pictures Businessmen, Private Eyes, Cowboys, and Other Heros All Exhibiting the Progress of Man from the Darkness of the Cave into the Light of Civilization by Means of Television, Wide Screen Movies, the Stone Axe, and Other Useful Arts"
150000 copies printed; Library of Congress catalog #59-11152
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1959 Books and Pamphlets, page 1301
Could be considered an early Graphic Novel, as it is comics material created to be published in a book format (not originally printed in a magazine or newspaper strip).
150000 copies printed; Library of Congress catalog #59-11152
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1959 Books and Pamphlets, page 1301
Could be considered an early Graphic Novel, as it is comics material created to be published in a book format (not originally printed in a magazine or newspaper strip).
in 
["There are jungles… and then there are jungles” - H, Kurtzman 6/58 N.Y.C]
illustration / 1 page
Indexer Notes
page twenty from the “Thelonius Violence” story
[Respectfully Dedicated To… This Is an Original Publication, Not a Reprint]
illustration / 1 page
Indexer Notes
dedication and publisher page
Harvey Kurtzman’s Jungle Book or Up From the Apes! (And Right Back Down)
credits, title page / 1 page
- Letters
- Harvey Kurtzman
Indexer Notes
title and publisher page
[Important]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Letters
- Harvey Kurtzman
Indexer Notes
copyright, artist, bibliographic and publisher credits
Thelonius Violence, Like Private Eye
comic story / 34 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Thelonius Violence; Cigarette Girl; Vocalist; Vocalist’s Twin Sister; Lolita Nabokov; Waiter; Ava; Magda; Zaza; Jolie; Jack; Mr. Krelm
- Reprints
- Keywords
- country club; night club; private eye; swimming pool
The Organization Man In the Grey Flannel Executive Suite
comic story / 30 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Krelm; Goodman Beaver; Elevator Man; Mike Verifax; Charlie Eolith; Bella Donna; Robert Roark; Lucifer Shlock; Miss Voom
- Reprints
- Keywords
- magazine publishing
Compulsion On the Range
comic story / 30 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; western-frontier
- Characters
- Marshall Matt Dollin; Johnny Ringding; Lester; Doc; Indian Chief; Chief’s Daughter; Zorro; Seymour Mednick; Salesman from Kansas City; Dollin’s Father; Jesse Dingo
- Reprints
- Keywords
- gunfight
Decadence Degenerated
comic story / 40 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Leroy; Honey Lou Voomney; Sam; Si Mednick; Chief Beeferman; Dabney; Etaoin Shrdlu; Sugar Mae
- Reprints
- in Yellow Dog (The Print Mint Inc, 1968 series) #v2#3 (15) (1969)
- in Help! (Warren, 1960 series) #v1#2 (September 1960)
- in Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book (Kitchen Sink Press, 1986 series) #[nn] (November 1986)
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in Anthologie de la bande dessinée d'humour (Huginn & Muninn, 2014 series) (novembre 2014) - in Essential Kurtzman (Dark Horse, 2014 series) #1 - Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book (December 2014)
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- Keywords
- lynch mob; small town
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Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
["There are jungles… and then there are jungles” - H, Kurtzman 6/58 N.Y.C]
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3.
[Respectfully Dedicated To… This Is an Original Publication, Not a Reprint]
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4.
Harvey Kurtzman’s Jungle Book or Up From the Apes! (And Right Back Down)
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5.
[Important]
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6.
Thelonius Violence, Like Private Eye
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7.
[no title indexed]
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8.
The Organization Man In the Grey Flannel Executive Suite
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9.
[no title indexed]
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10.
Compulsion On the Range
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11.
[no title indexed]
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12.
Decadence Degenerated
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13.
[no title indexed]
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14.
["Naturally you’re confused! With all those labels floating around, who wouldn’t be dizzy?"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Pat Conolly
- Alan Hutchinson
- Clint Maxwell
- Steven Samuels
- Jim Van Dore
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