Playboy
#v14#10
(October 1967)
Playboy,
1953 Series
- Volume
- 14
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 220
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- HMH Publishing Co., Inc.
- Editing
- Hugh M. Hefner (editor, publisher); A. C. Spectorsky (associate publisher, editorial director)
Issue Notes
Letter in "Dear Playboy" from Roy Smith on page 22, pointing out the errors in a Rowland B. Wilson cartoon from the July 1967 issue, with the cartoon reprinted in small size in black and white. Road-Runner drawing in advertisement for Plymouth Road-Runner automobile on page 67. Illustration by Bill Charmatz on pages 76-77 accompanying "The Pop-Art Caper" fiction by William F. Nolan includes figure of Batman, clipped panel of Dick Tracy, and part of The Flash clipped from cover of Flash (DC, 1959 series) #170 (May 1967).
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]
cartoon / 1 page
- 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
- But the computer said you'd sleep with me.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man's expectations are dashed when his computer-matched date leaves him at her door.
- Keywords
- computer dating
Indexer Notes
Page 79.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- 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
- Darling, guess what? The circus is in town!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Five members of the circus are in the bedroom closet when the husband drops in on his wife unexpectedly.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- adultery; circus; closet
in Indexer Notes
Page 93.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 2 pages
- 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
- Trick or Treat?
- Genre
- humor
- Keywords
- cat; costume; Halloween; high heels; jack-o-lantern
Indexer Notes
Pages 96-97. A two-page pinup cartoon. A woman in a sheer black cat costume sits on a white picket fence, with a jack-o-lantern by her feet.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Buck Brown (signed)
- Pencils
- Buck Brown (signed)
- Inks
- Buck Brown (signed)
- Colors
- Buck Brown (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It must be a trap!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A group of black protesters get an unexpectedly warm welcome to a white neighborhood.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- African-Americans; protest; race-relations
Indexer Notes
Page 111.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- 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
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- White man kisses with forked tongue!
- Genre
- humor; historical
- Synopsis
- An Indian maiden comments on a Cavalry soldier's kissing.
- Keywords
- canoe; cavalry; horse; Indian
Indexer Notes
Page 138. Punchline is a play on the cliche "White man speak with forked tongue."
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- John Dempsey (signed)
- Pencils
- John Dempsey (signed)
- Inks
- John Dempsey (signed)
- Colors
- John Dempsey (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The man I marry must be able to think big, Mr. Higby.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- At the nudist camp, a very buxom young woman talks to a young man.
- Keywords
- nudist
Indexer Notes
Page 141. Part of the "Nudist Camp" series.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- 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
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What have you got that's good?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man and woman are at an elegant restaurant. The man skims the extensive menu and asks the waiter if anything's good.
- Keywords
- menu; restaurant; waiter
Indexer Notes
Page 147.
[Bad Example]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Pencils
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Inks
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman at the door of an artificial insemination clinic has second-thoughts when she sees an ugly little man exiting the clinic, apparently counting the money he received for a "deposit."
- Keywords
- artificial insemination; sperm donor
Indexer Notes
Page 148. A pantomime cartoon.
[Intellectual Graffiti]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A young boy at a "School for Gifted Boys" writes vulgar, but intellectual graffiti on the rest room walls.
- Keywords
- graffiti; private school; rest room
Indexer Notes
Page 149. A pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- 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 George, I do believe we've hit it this time!
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Two prospectors find a sign that labels the land they are on as "Them Thar Hills."
- Keywords
- gold; prospectors
Indexer Notes
Page 152. Punchline is from the old saying "There's gold in them thar hills." which originated in an 1892 Mark Twain novel.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
- Pencils
- Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
- Inks
- Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wonderful news, Peter! There's going to be another Crusade!
- Genre
- humor; historical
- Synopsis
- A maker of chastity belts is excited because he will get business because of knights leaving on a Crusade.
- Keywords
- chastity belts; Crusades
Indexer Notes
Page 156.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Marcia, you could have just said no instead of telling me this was the door to the bathroom!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman gets rid of a man by directing him to the door of her apartment instead of the bathroom.
- Keywords
- apartment
Indexer Notes
Page 159.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He works much too hard, the dear. I'd feel so much better if he insured himself to the hilt.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman is concerned that her husband works too hard. She'd feel better if he had a lot of insurance so she'd profit if he died.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- life insurance
Indexer Notes
Page 160.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Bruce Cochran [as Cochran] (signed)
- Pencils
- Bruce Cochran [as Cochran] (signed)
- Inks
- Bruce Cochran [as Cochran] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, all the sign said was, 'Joe's Topless Restaurant.'
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two diners find a sign doesn't mean what they thought it did when they are served in a room without a roof.
- Keywords
- restaurant; roof; topless
Indexer Notes
Page 162.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Pencils
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Inks
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Colors
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And I'll tell you this, young man—if you join the Children's Crusade, you needn't expect any presents at your bar mitzvah.
- Genre
- humor; historical
- Synopsis
- A medieval Jewish couple is upset when their son wants to join the Children's Crusade.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- bar mitzvah; Crusades; Jewish
Indexer Notes
Page 164.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Timmy has to tinkle.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Watching a large waterfall has given a couple's young son the urge to use the bathroom.
- Keywords
- waterfall
Indexer Notes
Page 166.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- 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
- Here comes our analyst. A few more visits and we should have him straightened out.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two streetwalkers are having sessions with an analyst, but they're the ones in charge.
- Keywords
- analyst; street walkers
Indexer Notes
Page 170.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Bill Hoest [as Hoest] (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Hoest [as Hoest] (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Hoest [as Hoest] (signed)
- Colors
- Bill Hoest ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Prop man!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A movie-maker directing a scene with four young girls in swim suits has a problem when one of the girls doesn't have large breasts like the other three.
- Keywords
- movie-making; swim suits
Indexer Notes
Page 171.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They just don't make two-way mirrors like they used to.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An undercover unit complains about the quality of a two-way mirror when the couple they are watching obviously knows they are there.
- Keywords
- spying; two-way mirror
Indexer Notes
Page 174.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Pencils
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Inks
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stone walls do not a prison make, but throw in armed guards and a general lack of amenities, and you've got something.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A prisoner reflects on his life in prison.
- Keywords
- prison
Indexer Notes
Page 175. "Stone walls do not a prison make" is a line from the poem "To Althea, from Prison" by Richard Lovelace (1642).
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Pencils
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Inks
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ... What time do you go on duty, Lily?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A bartender asks a woman sitting at the bar in a bra when she goes on duty as a topless waitress, as a disappointed little man sits at the other end of the bar.
- Keywords
- bar; bartender; topless waitress
Indexer Notes
Page 178.
[Swallowed by a Stuffed Chair]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Pencils
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Inks
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Colors
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A person has been swallowed up by their stuffed chair while they were reading a book.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- stuffed chair
Indexer Notes
Page 183. A pantomime cartoon.
[Back Seat Police Training]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Pencils
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Inks
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- At a police training school, officers use a mock-up of a car's back seat to learn the proper way to bust back-seat lovers.
- Keywords
- flashlights; police
Indexer Notes
Page 184. A pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Joseph Farris [as JG Farris] (signed)
- Pencils
- Joseph Farris [as JG Farris] (signed)
- Inks
- Joseph Farris [as JG Farris] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I hear it was quite an orgy.
- Genre
- humor; historical
- Synopsis
- A Puritan observer comments on eight men crammed into stocks made for two.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- orgy; Puritans; stocks
Indexer Notes
Page 186.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's the test report on the new reducing pill. None of the subjects lost weight, but they shrank an average of three inches.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Research on a reducing pill shows that it works, but not in the way desired.
- Keywords
- diet; drugs
Indexer Notes
Page 187.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Herbert Goldberg (signed)
- Pencils
- Herbert Goldberg (signed)
- Inks
- Herbert Goldberg (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We found your wife, Mr. Vorbeck, and all I can say to you is, 'Finders keepers, losers weepers.'
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The clerk at the Missing Persons Bureau has found a man's wife, but doesn't want her to leave.
- Keywords
- missing persons; wife
Indexer Notes
Page 190.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Donald Reilly (signed)
- Pencils
- Donald Reilly (signed)
- Inks
- Donald Reilly (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'd like a nice bon-voyage basket for someone taking his first LSD trip.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A florist gets an unusual request.
- Keywords
- counterculture; drugs; florist; LSD
Indexer Notes
Page 191.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Pencils
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Inks
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh Lord, girls, it's the mating season again.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A group of female hippopotamuses are not happy to see a group of male hippos racing toward them.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- hippopotamus
Indexer Notes
Page 193.
[Aiding a Peeping Tom]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
- Pencils
- Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
- Inks
- Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- In the rain, a peeping Tom is looking under a window shade at a woman, who's holding an umbrella out the window to keep the rain off him.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- rain; umbrella; voyeurism; window
Indexer Notes
Page 195. A pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- 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
- Ma, I want to talk to you about that part where the seed falls on fertile ground.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A young girl talks to her Bible-reading mother.
- Keywords
- Bible; pregnancy
Indexer Notes
Page 196.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- 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
- Say ... how about an instant replay for us?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman sitting in bed wants to draw a man's attention away from the football game on television.
- Keywords
- bed; cigarettes; football; smoking; television
Indexer Notes
Page 199.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- 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
- Achtung! Mother ...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A young boy stands at attention when his military general father enters the house.
- Keywords
- military
Indexer Notes
Page 202.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pay no attention to him, Miss Johnson. He's here with some kind of sex problem ...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man in a psychiatrist's waiting room flashes the other patient.
- Keywords
- exhibitionist; flasher; psychiatrist
Indexer Notes
Page 203.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Pencils
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Inks
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ... He should never have stopped to pick those blueberries ...
- Genre
- humor; historical
- Synopsis
- A man in a duel gets shot in the back when he's distracted during the proceedings.
- Keywords
- blueberries; duel; pistols
Indexer Notes
Page 205.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- 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
- Something weird in a high-heel pump. I'm going out with a foot fetishist.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman is looking to buy a special shoe to please her boyfriend.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- fetish; high heels; shoes
Indexer Notes
Page 207.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Perhaps madam would like something a teensy bit smaller?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- In a hat shop, a woman is sitting in front of a mirror engulfed in an outlandishly large hat.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- hats; mirror
Indexer Notes
Page 208.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- 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
- You call yourself a BARTENDER?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man is upset at the drink fixed by the bartender, who is an elephant.
- Keywords
- bar; bartender; elephant
Indexer Notes
Page 210.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Pencils
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Inks
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Have you heard? He's dead.
- Genre
- humor; religious; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- One jungle native is talking to another about the huge stone idol nearby.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- God; idol; jungle
Indexer Notes
Page 211. Cartoon is a satire on the "God is Dead" Christian theology then in fashion.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, Betsy, I think it's about time to move on to sky diving.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two surfers are upset when they see pudgy, middle-aged men and women riding surfboards.
- Keywords
- cigarettes; smoking; surfing
Indexer Notes
Page 213.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Buck Brown (signed)
- Pencils
- Buck Brown (signed)
- Inks
- Buck Brown (signed)
- Colors
- Buck Brown (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once more and then we'll run for it!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two lovers are in a wheat field, which is being harvested by a combine nearby.
- Keywords
- combine; wheat
Indexer Notes
Page 215.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
["But the computer said you'd sleep with me."]
-
2.
["Darling, guess what? The circus is in town!"]
-
3.
["Trick or Treat?"]
-
4.
["It must be a trap!"]
-
5.
["White man kisses with forked tongue!"]
-
6.
["The man I marry must be able to think big, Mr. Higby."]
-
7.
["What have you got that's good?"]
-
8.
[Bad Example]
-
9.
[Intellectual Graffiti]
-
10.
["By George, I do believe we've hit it this time!"]
-
11.
["Wonderful news, Peter! There's going to be another Crusade!"]
-
12.
["Marcia, you could have just said no instead of telling me this was the door to the bathroom!"]
-
13.
["He works much too hard, the dear. I'd feel so much better if he insured himself to the hilt."]
-
14.
["Well, all the sign said was, 'Joe's Topless Restaurant.'"]
-
15.
["And I'll tell you this, young man—if you join the Children's Crusade, you needn't expect any presents at your bar mitzvah."]
-
16.
["Timmy has to tinkle."]
-
17.
["Here comes our analyst. A few more visits and we should have him straightened out."]
-
18.
["Prop man!"]
-
19.
["They just don't make two-way mirrors like they used to."]
-
20.
["Stone walls do not a prison make, but throw in armed guards and a general lack of amenities, and you've got something."]
-
21.
["... What time do you go on duty, Lily?"]
-
22.
[Swallowed by a Stuffed Chair]
-
23.
[Back Seat Police Training]
-
24.
["I hear it was quite an orgy."]
-
25.
["Here's the test report on the new reducing pill. None of the subjects lost weight, but they shrank an average of three inches."]
-
26.
["We found your wife, Mr. Vorbeck, and all I can say to you is, 'Finders keepers, losers weepers.'"]
-
27.
["I'd like a nice bon-voyage basket for someone taking his first LSD trip."]
-
28.
["Oh Lord, girls, it's the mating season again."]
-
29.
[Aiding a Peeping Tom]
-
30.
["Ma, I want to talk to you about that part where the seed falls on fertile ground."]
-
31.
["Say ... how about an instant replay for us?"]
-
32.
["Achtung! Mother ..."]
-
33.
["Pay no attention to him, Miss Johnson. He's here with some kind of sex problem ..."]
-
34.
["... He should never have stopped to pick those blueberries ..."]
-
35.
["Something weird in a high-heel pump. I'm going out with a foot fetishist."]
-
36.
["Perhaps madam would like something a teensy bit smaller?"]
-
37.
["You call yourself a BARTENDER?"]
-
38.
["Have you heard? He's dead."]
-
39.
["Well, Betsy, I think it's about time to move on to sky diving."]
-
40.
["Once more and then we'll run for it!"]
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