Playboy #v14#2
(February 1967)

Playboy, 1953 Series
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Volume
14
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
202
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)

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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
Say, weren't you supposed to go down with the ship?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A woman in a rubber raft wonders why her companion is the ship's captain.
Keywords
captain; oars; rubber raft; sinking

Indexer Notes

Page 73.

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

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Script
Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
Pencils
Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
Inks
Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
Colors
Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
We recognize your assests, Miss Brainbridge, but we don't regard them as collateral.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A woman opens her fur coat to show a loan officer her shapely nude body, but the officer isn't impressed.
Reprints
Keywords
fur coat; loans; nude

Indexer Notes

Page 79.

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

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Script
Buck Brown (signed)
Pencils
Buck Brown (signed)
Inks
Buck Brown (signed)
Colors
Buck Brown (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Of course, a lot of this stuff is untitled ... !
Genre
humor
Synopsis
An artist shows a visitor his studio full of three-dimensional art, not noticing that one of the subjects is the body of his wife, hanging from a ceiling beam in a noose.
Reprints
Keywords
artist; noose; rope; sculpture; suicide

Indexer Notes

Page 84.

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

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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
Shut that door, O'Hara—and while you're at it, put a star on it!
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A director of a Broadway show upgrades a woman's status after a session on the casting couch.
Reprints
Keywords
Broadway; casting couch; dressing room; makeup

Indexer Notes

Page 91. Posters on the wall for "The Shrink" with Doug Rowe and Judy Farrel, "Country Girl" with Jennifer Jones," and "The Rose Tattoo" with Maureen Stapleton.

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

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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
I was just about to process some data brought in by Agent 37 ...
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man in a lush drawing room talks on the telephone while a sexy woman waits on the couch.
Keywords
cigarettes; cocktails; smoking; spy; telephone

Indexer Notes

Page 103.

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

Vargas / cartoon / 1 page (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
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Post time, darling.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A back view of a brunette woman in a sheer backless bodysuit, with black high-heeled boots, and holding a racing whip.
Keywords
high heels; racing whip

Indexer Notes

Page 126.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How's everything at Vogue?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
At the nudist camp, a man talks to a slender woman lying on a deck chair. She has an unusual hairstyle and extravagant bracelet and other jewelry.
Keywords
jewelry; nudists

Indexer Notes

Page 139. The punchline refers to the fashion magazine. Part of the "Nudist Camp" series.

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

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Script
Buck Brown (signed)
Pencils
Buck Brown (signed)
Inks
Buck Brown (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wouldn't it be something if you turned out to be beautiful and I turned out to be handsome?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
At a party, a long-haired boy talks to a long-haired girl, neither of whom can see the other's face.
Keywords
counterculture; long-hair; party

Indexer Notes

Page 146.

[Change of Scenery] (Table of Contents: 9)

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Script
? [as Wm ?] (signed)
Pencils
? [as Wm ?] (signed)
Inks
? [as Wm ?] (signed)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A king watches a procession of dancing girls go by his throne, each with a prize gift on a pillow. One girl doesn't have anything on the pillow, but raises it high to show off her breasts.
Keywords
breasts; king; pillows; presents

Indexer Notes

Page 147. Signature is not clear.

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

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Script
Brian Savage (signed)
Pencils
Brian Savage (signed)
Inks
Brian Savage (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I move to admit Red China, but in deference to the United States, we should seat them in front of the air conditioner.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A delegate at the United Nations proposes to admit communist China as a member, but to sit them in an uncomfortable seat.
Keywords
China; delegate; United Nations

Indexer Notes

Page 150.

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
By the way, guess who turned over a new leaf ...
Genre
humor
Synopsis
Two women are browsing through classic sculpture in a museum, which feature fig leaves on the male statues.
Keywords
museum; statues

Indexer Notes

Page 151.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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Script
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Pencils
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Inks
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I appreciate your dropping by, Harry.
Genre
humor; historical
Synopsis
A man is about to be executed by an axe and thanks his friend for coming by to watch.
Reprints
Keywords
axe; executioner

Indexer Notes

Page 152.

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

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Script
? [as B Wiseman] (signed)
Pencils
? [as B Wiseman] (signed)
Inks
? [as B Wiseman] (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, yes—the ad's correct—but there's no JOB involved!
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A stockbroker advertises in the newspaper and on his door for a "Girl Wanted," but there's no job attached.
Keywords
employment; newspaper; stock broker

Indexer Notes

Page 153.

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

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Script
Buck Brown (signed)
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Buck Brown (signed)
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Buck Brown (signed)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
But, sir, what kind of fertility rites were you expecting?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
Tourists expect some erotic fertility rituals to be given by the natives, but it's just a ceremony under the moon to bless fertilizer and seed to ensue a good crop.
Keywords
drums; fertilizer; moon; natives

Indexer Notes

Page 154.

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No frugging—we must conserve the orchestra!
Genre
humor
Synopsis
The party doesn't stop when a cruise ship sinks and the passengers are in a large lifeboat.
Keywords
lifeboat; orchestra

Indexer Notes

Page 155. The Frug was a popular dance.

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

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Script
Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
Pencils
Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
Inks
Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
Colors
Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
But, Barry—I thought we were supposed to be eloping TOMORROW night ... !
Synopsis
A man puts a ladder to his love's second story window to take her away to elope, but finds she's in bed with another man.
Reprints
Keywords
elopement; ladder; marriage

Indexer Notes

Page 157.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

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Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
You got me INTO the mood for this passionate love scene, Mr. Gazin. Maybe now you can tell me how to get OUT of it?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
After filming a torrid love scene for a movie, an actress makes a play for the director.
Keywords
bed; director; movie-making

Indexer Notes

Page 159. Signature is not clear.

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

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B Kliban (signed)
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B Kliban (signed)
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B Kliban (signed)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sodom and Gomorrah, Wednesday, four-thirty—pass it on!
Genre
humor; religious
Synopsis
Two angels in heaven pass a note along telling of a forbidden meeting.
Reprints
Keywords
angels; Bible; heaven; note

Indexer Notes

Page 160.

[Bomb as Sculpture] (Table of Contents: 19)

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Script
Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
Pencils
Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
Inks
Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
Letters
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Genre
humor
Synopsis
At a museum of modern art, a man notices an exhibit that looks just like a time bomb with dynamite—if it's an exhibit and not the real thing.
Keywords
modern art; Museum; time bomb

Indexer Notes

Page 161. A pantomime cartoon.

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

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Script
Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
Pencils
Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
Inks
Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
My name is J. Barclay Stausse—anyone been looking for me?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man checks in with the Missing Persons Bureau.
Keywords
missing persons bureau

Indexer Notes

Page 162.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

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Script
Marty Murphy (signed)
Pencils
Marty Murphy (signed)
Inks
Marty Murphy (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
You tell your Mr. Ryan that I'm flattered, but I already have a date for this evening.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man uses a parrot on a leash to try to pick up girls at a bar.
Reprints
Keywords
bar; parrot

Indexer Notes

Page 163.

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

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Script
Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
Pencils
Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
Inks
Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I appeal to you, because I think you've got a little more sense than the others.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A native on Easter Island appeals to one of the many statues on the island—all of which look the same.
Keywords
Easter Island; statues

Indexer Notes

Page 165.

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

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Script
William O'Brian [as O'Brian] (signed)
Pencils
William O'Brian [as O'Brian] (signed)
Inks
William O'Brian [as O'Brian] (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ten ... nine ... eight ... seven ...
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man in a robe carrying a sign that says "The World Is Coming to an END!" is saying a countdown, to the dismay of passers-by.
Keywords
countdown; end of the world; sign

Indexer Notes

Page 165.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

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Script
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Pencils
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Inks
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Colors
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
My God—do you suppose it can read?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
The countermen at a lonely diner, spotlighted by signs that say "Eat," look out the window at a monster creeping over a hill.
Reprints
Keywords
advertising; diner; monster

Indexer Notes

Page 166.

[St. Bernard with Blood] (Table of Contents: 25)

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

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A snowbound vampire is rescued by a St. Bernard, who has a bottle of blood around its neck instead of brandy.
Keywords
blood; mountains; snow; St. Bernard; vampire

Indexer Notes

Page 169. Spot red on bottle of blood only. A pantomime cartoon.

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

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Mort Gerberg (signed)
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Mort Gerberg (signed)
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Mort Gerberg (signed)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I understand she married him for his connection.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
Two women at a party gossip about another woman.
Keywords
drugs; gossip

Indexer Notes

Page 170. Punchline likely refers to "connection" as a source of drugs.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

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? [as Flanigan] (signed)
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? [as Flanigan] (signed)
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? [as Flanigan] (signed)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Don't you worrry, Marge. Someday, after I'm dead, they'll be paying thousands for my paintings.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A painter, living in a hovel, tells his wife his paintings will be worth money after he's dead. She decides to hurry the process.
Keywords
gun; murder; paintings

Indexer Notes

Page 173.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

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Script
Marty Murphy (signed)
Pencils
Marty Murphy (signed)
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Marty Murphy (signed)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
You're a very difficult man to please, Mr. Green, but I think I have a certain someone who will be just right ...
Genre
humor
Synopsis
The madam of a brothel takes a fussy customer upstairs, where one of the girls is kept under lock and key.
Reprints
Keywords
bars; brothel; lock; stairs

Indexer Notes

Page 174.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

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Script
Dick Guindon (signed)
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Dick Guindon (signed)
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Dick Guindon (signed)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Train? My dear, the railroad hasn't used this track in years!
Genre
humor; satire-parody
Synopsis
A man ties a woman up and takes her to some railroad tracks. He then starts getting undressed.
Reprints
Keywords
bondage; melodrama; railroad tracks

Indexer Notes

Page 175. A parody of old melodramas with the villain lying a tied woman across the railroad tracks.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

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Script
Brian Savage (signed)
Pencils
Brian Savage (signed)
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Brian Savage (signed)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Board of Education requires me to give you some basic information on sex, reproduction and other disgusting filth.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
An old school teacher is not happy about teaching sex education.
Reprints
Keywords
school teacher; sex education

Indexer Notes

Page 177.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

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Script
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
Pencils
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
Inks
Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, what do you expect—a 'Bon Voyage'?
Genre
humor; religious
Synopsis
Two monkeys on Noah's Ark watch as a monkey left behind when it starts to rain thumbs his nose at them.
Keywords
Bible; monkey; Noah's Ark; vulgar

Indexer Notes

Page 178.

[Keeping Quiet] (Table of Contents: 32)

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Script
Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
Pencils
Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
Inks
Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man puts a finger to his lips in a gesture to his wife as a doctor raises the sheet on his bed for a policeman to take notes.
Keywords
police

Indexer Notes

Page 179. A pantomime cartoon.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

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Script
Marvin Tannenberg [as Tann] (signed)
Pencils
Marvin Tannenberg [as Tann] (signed)
Inks
Marvin Tannenberg [as Tann] (signed)
Colors
Marvin Tannenberg [as Tann] ?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
You won't reconsider?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A loan officer bluntly uses a rubber stamp to stamp "NO" on an applicant's forehead.
Reprints
Keywords
loan officer; rubber stamp

Indexer Notes

Page 181. Spot red color on stamp pad, stamp and impression on forehead.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

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Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
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Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
Inks
Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
Colors
Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
... And then there were these seven little men and their seven little beds ... !
Genre
humor; satire-parody
Synopsis
Snow White meets the Prince after an upsetting encounter with the Seven Dwarfs.
Keywords
dwarfs; fairy tale; prince

Indexer Notes

Page 183. A parody of the "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

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Script
Brian Savage (signed)
Pencils
Brian Savage (signed)
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Brian Savage (signed)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Like, most chicks couldn't stay me from my—uh—appointed rounds—ya know what I mean?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
An inarticulate mail carrier is smitten by a young woman.
Keywords
mail carrier

Indexer Notes

Page 185. The punchline is a play on the Post Office's motto.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

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Script
William O'Brian [as O'Brian] (signed)
Pencils
William O'Brian [as O'Brian] (signed)
Inks
William O'Brian [as O'Brian] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In fact, you're about the only person I DON'T feel inferior to.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A patient on a psychiatrist's couch feels inferior to everyone, except the psychiatrist.
Keywords
couch; psychiatrist

Indexer Notes

Page 187.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

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Script
Brian Savage (signed)
Pencils
Brian Savage (signed)
Inks
Brian Savage (signed)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wait, how about longhand, then? Can you take longhand?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
When an attractive woman gets up to leave after telling a personnel director she can't take shorthand, the PR director drastically lowers his standards.
Keywords
secretary; shorthand

Indexer Notes

Page 188.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 38)

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Script
Leo Garel (signed)
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Leo Garel (signed)
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Leo Garel (signed)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
No, we're not especially crazy about kids. They're sort of a by-product.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A guest wonders why a young couple has six children.
Keywords
family; pipe; smoking; toys

Indexer Notes

Page 189.

[Unexpected Artistic Effect] (Table of Contents: 39)

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Script
Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
Pencils
Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
Inks
Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
Colors
Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A painter dumps various colors of paint into a pail, mixes it thoroughly, and splashes the mixture on a canvas. The result looks like the classic "Mona Lisa."
Keywords
Mona Lisa; painting

Indexer Notes

Page 191. A six-panel pantomime story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

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Script
Bruce Cochran [as Cochran] (signed)
Pencils
Bruce Cochran [as Cochran] (signed)
Inks
Bruce Cochran [as Cochran] (signed)
Colors
Bruce Cochran [as Cochran] (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gosh! I thought I'd be lucky if I was just asked to sit at the captain's table!
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A young woman on a cruise want to be asked to the captain's table for dinner, but ends up in his bed.
Reprints
Keywords
bed; captain; ship

Indexer Notes

Page 193.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

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Script
Syd Hoff [as Hoff] (signed)
Pencils
Syd Hoff [as Hoff] (signed)
Inks
Syd Hoff [as Hoff] (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Your mother tells me you've started smoking. Got a cigarette?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
When a father learns his young son has started smoking, his first response is to ask him for a cigarette.
Keywords
cigarettes; smoking

Indexer Notes

Page 194.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 42)

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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
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why can't I just wear an engagement ring like everybody else?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man has his name tattooed on his fiancee's buttock.
Reprints
Keywords
engagement; tattoo

Indexer Notes

Page 197.

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 1. ["Say, weren't you supposed to go down with the ship?"]
  2. 2. ["We recognize your assests, Miss Brainbridge, but we don't regard them as collateral."]
  3. 3. ["Of course, a lot of this stuff is untitled ... !"]
  4. 4. ["Shut that door, O'Hara—and while you're at it, put a star on it!"]
  5. 5. ["I was just about to process some data brought in by Agent 37 ..."]
  6. 6. ["Post time, darling."]
    Vargas
  7. 7. ["How's everything at Vogue?"]
  8. 8. ["Wouldn't it be something if you turned out to be beautiful and I turned out to be handsome?"]
  9. 9. [Change of Scenery]
  10. 10. ["I move to admit Red China, but in deference to the United States, we should seat them in front of the air conditioner."]
  11. 11. ["By the way, guess who turned over a new leaf ..."]
  12. 12. ["I appreciate your dropping by, Harry."]
  13. 13. ["Oh, yes—the ad's correct—but there's no JOB involved!"]
  14. 14. ["But, sir, what kind of fertility rites were you expecting?"]
  15. 15. ["No frugging—we must conserve the orchestra!"]
  16. 16. ["But, Barry—I thought we were supposed to be eloping TOMORROW night ... !"]
  17. 17. ["You got me INTO the mood for this passionate love scene, Mr. Gazin. Maybe now you can tell me how to get OUT of it?"]
  18. 18. ["Sodom and Gomorrah, Wednesday, four-thirty—pass it on!"]
  19. 19. [Bomb as Sculpture]
  20. 20. ["My name is J. Barclay Stausse—anyone been looking for me?"]
  21. 21. ["You tell your Mr. Ryan that I'm flattered, but I already have a date for this evening."]
  22. 22. ["I appeal to you, because I think you've got a little more sense than the others."]
  23. 23. ["Ten ... nine ... eight ... seven ..."]
  24. 24. ["My God—do you suppose it can read?"]
  25. 25. [St. Bernard with Blood]
  26. 26. ["I understand she married him for his connection."]
  27. 27. ["Don't you worrry, Marge. Someday, after I'm dead, they'll be paying thousands for my paintings."]
  28. 28. ["You're a very difficult man to please, Mr. Green, but I think I have a certain someone who will be just right ..."]
  29. 29. ["Train? My dear, the railroad hasn't used this track in years!"]
  30. 30. ["The Board of Education requires me to give you some basic information on sex, reproduction and other disgusting filth."]
  31. 31. ["Well, what do you expect—a 'Bon Voyage'?"]
  32. 32. [Keeping Quiet]
  33. 33. ["You won't reconsider?"]
  34. 34. ["... And then there were these seven little men and their seven little beds ... !"]
  35. 35. ["Like, most chicks couldn't stay me from my—uh—appointed rounds—ya know what I mean?"]
  36. 36. ["In fact, you're about the only person I DON'T feel inferior to."]
  37. 37. ["Wait, how about longhand, then? Can you take longhand?"]
  38. 38. ["No, we're not especially crazy about kids. They're sort of a by-product."]
  39. 39. [Unexpected Artistic Effect]
  40. 40. ["Gosh! I thought I'd be lucky if I was just asked to sit at the captain's table!"]
  41. 41. ["Your mother tells me you've started smoking. Got a cigarette?"]
  42. 42. ["Why can't I just wear an engagement ring like everybody else?"]
This issue was modified by
  • Steven Samuels
  • Luther Weaver