Playboy #v13#7
(July 1966)

Playboy, 1953 Series
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Volume
13
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
174
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
HMH Publishing Co. Inc.
Editing
Hugh M. Hefner (editor, publisher); A. C. Spectorsky (associate publisher, editorial director)

The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Richard Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
Pencils
Richard Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
Inks
Richard Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
Colors
Richard Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi there, fellow nature lovers!
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A clueless bird-watcher interrupts a couple's amorous interlude in the bushes.
Keywords
bird-watcher

Indexer Notes

Page 61.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Vargas / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
Inks
Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
Colors
Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How do you like MY Dynamic Duo?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A woman in a Batman costume, with a sheer body stocking instead of the usual gray parts of the costume, running and holding a Batarang.
Keywords
Batarang; Batman; double-entendre

Indexer Notes

Pages 72-73. A two-page pin-up. Batman costume is correct in most all details, except for an "old-look" bat-insignia on her chest instead of the "New Look" insignia with the yellow oval.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
Pencils
Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
Inks
Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
Colors
Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How come we only have enough traveler's checks when YOU want something?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A tourist buys a nude woman at a Mideast marketplace.
Keywords
marketplace; Mideast; slave

Indexer Notes

Page 91.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Dempsey (signed)
Pencils
John Dempsey (signed)
Inks
John Dempsey (signed)
Colors
John Dempsey (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fifi! He's not hurting Momma ... !
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A poodle bites the leg of a man who's in bed with a woman.
Keywords
poodle

Indexer Notes

Page 92.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
Pencils
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
Inks
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
Colors
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Did you remember to take your pill?
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
The Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe, who has 13 children, reminds her teen daughter to take her birth control pill before going on a date.
Reprints
Keywords
birth control; fairy tale

Indexer Notes

Page 100.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don Madden (signed)
Pencils
Don Madden (signed)
Inks
Don Madden (signed)
Colors
Don Madden (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Down ... ?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A young man, whose apartment door is next to the elevators, makes an invitation to a young woman headed for an elevator.
Reprints
Keywords
apartment; elevators

Indexer Notes

Page 114.

[Birds and Bees Too Late] (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Dempsey (signed)
Pencils
John Dempsey (signed)
Inks
John Dempsey (signed)
Colors
John Dempsey (signed)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A father gives the "birds and bees" sex talk to a teen son, who daydreams about everything else until a teen girl walks by the picture window.
Keywords
daydreams; sex education; teen

Indexer Notes

Page 123. A six-panel pantomime comic story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dink Siegel (signed)
Pencils
Dink Siegel (signed)
Inks
Dink Siegel (signed)
Colors
Dink Siegel (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Could we step outside and see how they're looked at in the daylight?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
Two young women are trying on bikinis at a department store. They want to go outside to see how much attention they will attract.
Keywords
bikinis; department store

Indexer Notes

Page 127.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Al Jaffee [as Jaffee] (signed)
Pencils
Al Jaffee [as Jaffee] (signed)
Inks
Al Jaffee [as Jaffee] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
... And by now I'd probably be top man at Collier's.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
Two men are stranded on a desert island. One muses on how things might have been.
Reprints
Keywords
desert island

Indexer Notes

Page 130. The joke is that Collier's magazine ceased publication in 1957, nine years before this cartoon, but the man doesn't know it.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Virgil Partch [as VIP] (signed)
Pencils
Virgil Partch [as VIP] (signed)
Inks
Virgil Partch [as VIP] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
For crying out loud! Why CAN'T he have the car keys tonight?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A father is using a chair to fend off his son's attack with a switchblade knife, while the mother tries to calm the situation.
Reprints
Keywords
chair; switchblade knife

Indexer Notes

Page 131.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
Pencils
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
Inks
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
Colors
Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Martial status? ... Interrupted.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A pollster interrupts a couple on their honeymoon.
Reprints
Keywords
honeymoon; newlyweds; pollster

Indexer Notes

Page 133.

[Inflatable Girl at Pool] (Table of Contents: 12)

cartoon / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Bruce Cochran [as Cochran] (signed)
Pencils
Bruce Cochran [as Cochran] (signed)
Inks
Bruce Cochran [as Cochran] (signed)
Colors
Bruce Cochran [as Cochran] (signed)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man brings an inflatable air mattress in the shape of a nude woman to the swimming pool.
Keywords
air mattress; swimming pool

Indexer Notes

Page 137. A pantomime cartoon.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
E. Simms Campbell (signed)
Pencils
E. Simms Campbell (signed)
Inks
E. Simms Campbell (signed)
Colors
E. Simms Campbell (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How about one more for the road, Pasha?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
The Sultan brings one of the harem girls out to a guest who is getting ready to leave on his litter.
Reprints
Keywords
harem; litter; sultan

Indexer Notes

Page 139.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
John Dempsey (signed)
Pencils
John Dempsey (signed)
Inks
John Dempsey (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
After we hung the tire in there, he wanted a wheel. Then he had to have an axle. Then ...
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A gorilla sits at the wheel of a convertible inside his cage at the zoo.
Keywords
convertible; gorilla; zoo

Indexer Notes

Page 140.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

cartoon / 0.3 page (report information)

Script
Leo Garel (signed)
Pencils
Leo Garel (signed)
Inks
Leo Garel (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What do you say we sit out the next few dances?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man at an upper-class party brings a tray of cocktails with him when he sits with a woman on a couch.
Keywords
cocktails; party

Indexer Notes

Page 143.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Buck Brown (signed)
Pencils
Buck Brown (signed)
Inks
Buck Brown (signed)
Colors
Buck Brown (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I said, 'When we finish here, how's about getting together for a beer?!'
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
King Kong
Synopsis
Two of the biplane pilots harassing King Kong at the top of the Empire State Building make plans for after work.
Keywords
biplane; Empire State Building; King Kong; New York

Indexer Notes

Page 146.

[Civic Emblem Cannibal] (Table of Contents: 17)

cartoon / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
Pencils
Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
Inks
Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)

Genre
humor; jungle
Synopsis
A cannibal stands with his spear and shield beside his kettle and a pile of bones. On the shield are the emblems of a number of civic organizations like Lions, Elks, Masonic Lodge, etc., who apparently represent his victims.
Keywords
bones; cannibal; kettle; shield; spear

Indexer Notes

Page 148. A pantomime cartoon.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

cartoon / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
? [as Wende] signed)
Pencils
? [as Wende] signed)
Inks
? [as Wende] signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
O.K., darling, how's this one: It was the captain of my high school football team and I hated every minute of it ...
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man and a woman are talking.
Keywords
cigarette holder; cocktail; fur stole; high heels; smoking

Indexer Notes

Page 150.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

cartoon / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
Art Krusz (signed)
Pencils
Art Krusz (signed)
Inks
Art Krusz (signed)
Colors
Art Krusz (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
See here, Nurse Chalmers—I thought I told you to use SEDATION if the patient couldn't sleep!
Genre
humor; medical
Synopsis
A nurse mistakes 'sedation' for 'seduction' when tending to a patient.
Reprints
Keywords
doctor; hospital; nurse; seduction

Indexer Notes

Page 151.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

cartoon / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
Donald Reilly (signed)
Pencils
Donald Reilly (signed)
Inks
Donald Reilly (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's not so much that I mind your going out every night, if you wouldn't always say that you're just going to the corner for a pack of cigarettes.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A wife is dismayed when her husband goes out for the evening in a full-dress suit and top hat, but makes a flimsy excuse.
Reprints
Keywords
gloves; top hat; tuxedo

Indexer Notes

Page 152.

[Too Many Butterflies] (Table of Contents: 21)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Pencils
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Inks
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Colors
Gahan Wilson (signed)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A butterfly collector is lifted into the air when he gets too many butterflies in his net.
Reprints
Keywords
butterflies; butterfly collector; net

Indexer Notes

Page 155. A pantomime cartoon.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

cartoon / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
Dennis Renault [as Renault] (signed)
Pencils
Dennis Renault [as Renault] (signed)
Inks
Dennis Renault [as Renault] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hlp!
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A woman in the "Times Classified Ads" office is assaulted by a co-worker.
Keywords
abbreviations; assault; classified ads

Indexer Notes

Page 156. The punchline is based on the high use of abbreviations in classified ads.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

cartoon / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Buck Brown (signed)
Pencils
Buck Brown (signed)
Inks
Buck Brown (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's no room in this outfit for a glue sniffer!
Genre
humor
Synopsis
The leader of a jazz quartet dismisses his drummer when he's sniffing glue at rehearsal.
Keywords
double-bass; drugs; drums; glue-sniffing; jazz; saxophone; trumpet

Indexer Notes

Page 159.

[For the Man Who Will Drink Anything] (Table of Contents: 24)

cartoon / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Chon Day (signed)
Pencils
Chon Day (signed)
Inks
Chon Day (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man walks by a liquor store which has a window sign advertising "For the man who will drink anything. $2.85 a fifth."
Reprints
Keywords
advertising; liquor

Indexer Notes

Page 159. A pantomime cartoon

[Justice of the Peace Flips Wall Sign] (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
Pencils
Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
Inks
Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
Colors
Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A justice of the peace marries a young couple at his household office. After the couple is gone, he flips a "Think" sign on the wall over his desk back to its normal position.
Reprints
Keywords
Justice of the Peace; marriage; Think sign

Indexer Notes

Page 161. A six-panel pantomime comic story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

cartoon / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
Pencils
Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
Inks
Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What do you mean, 'the hell with it'?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A mountain climber is upset when his climbing partner decides to quit when they're halfway up the mountain.
Keywords
mountain-climbing

Indexer Notes

Page 163.

[Religion Vending Machine] (Table of Contents: 27)

cartoon / 0.3 page (report information)

Script
Chon Day (signed)
Pencils
Chon Day (signed)
Inks
Chon Day (signed)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
In a row of vending machines, there is one for "Instant Religion."
Keywords
religion; vending machines

Indexer Notes

Page 164. A pantomime cartoon.

[Annie Under the Sheets] (Table of Contents: 28)

Little Annie Fanny / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils
Will Elder (painting)
Inks
Will Elder (painting)
Colors
Will Elder (painting); Russ Heath (assistant)
Letters
?

Genre
satire-parody
Characters
Wanda Homefree; Annie Fanny; Lonesome Polecat (cameo); Hairless Joe (cameo); Robert Shelton (cameo)
Synopsis
Spoof of the Ku Klux Klan.
Reprints
Keywords
adult; African-American; cross-burning; Jewish; Ku Klux Klan; racism; robes; skinny-dipping; swastika

Indexer Notes

Pages 166-169. Credits read "by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder with Russ Heath." Title from Kurtzman's records.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 1. ["Hi there, fellow nature lovers!"]
  2. 2. ["How do you like MY Dynamic Duo?"]
    Vargas
  3. 3. ["How come we only have enough traveler's checks when YOU want something?"]
  4. 4. ["Fifi! He's not hurting Momma ... !"]
  5. 5. ["Did you remember to take your pill?"]
  6. 6. ["Down ... ?"]
  7. 7. [Birds and Bees Too Late]
  8. 8. ["Could we step outside and see how they're looked at in the daylight?"]
  9. 9. ["... And by now I'd probably be top man at Collier's."]
  10. 10. ["For crying out loud! Why CAN'T he have the car keys tonight?"]
  11. 11. ["Martial status? ... Interrupted."]
  12. 12. [Inflatable Girl at Pool]
  13. 13. ["How about one more for the road, Pasha?"]
  14. 14. ["After we hung the tire in there, he wanted a wheel. Then he had to have an axle. Then ..."]
  15. 15. ["What do you say we sit out the next few dances?"]
  16. 16. ["I said, 'When we finish here, how's about getting together for a beer?!'"]
  17. 17. [Civic Emblem Cannibal]
  18. 18. ["O.K., darling, how's this one: It was the captain of my high school football team and I hated every minute of it ..."]
  19. 19. ["See here, Nurse Chalmers—I thought I told you to use SEDATION if the patient couldn't sleep!"]
  20. 20. ["It's not so much that I mind your going out every night, if you wouldn't always say that you're just going to the corner for a pack of cigarettes."]
  21. 21. [Too Many Butterflies]
  22. 22. ["Hlp!"]
  23. 23. ["There's no room in this outfit for a glue sniffer!"]
  24. 24. [For the Man Who Will Drink Anything]
  25. 25. [Justice of the Peace Flips Wall Sign]
  26. 26. ["What do you mean, 'the hell with it'?"]
  27. 27. [Religion Vending Machine]
  28. 28. [Annie Under the Sheets]
    Little Annie Fanny
This issue was modified by
  • Steven Samuels
  • Luther Weaver