Essential Kurtzman #2 - Trump: The Complete Collection
(August 2016)

Dark Horse, 2014 Series
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Price
29.99 USD; 39.99 CAD
Pages
200
On-sale Date
2016-12-21
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dark Horse Comics Inc.
Brand
Dark Horse Books; Kitchen Sink Books
ISBN
1-5067-0102-7; 978-1-5067-0102-8 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781506701028 52999
Editing
John Lind (credited) (editor); Denis Kitchen (credited) (editor); Harvey Kurtzman (original editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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[Title Page and Credits] (Table of Contents: 1)

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[Table of Contents] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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Hugh Hefner
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Al Jaffee (credited)
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I gave Harvey Kurtzman an unlimited budget... and he exceeded it.

Harvey Kurtzman Reaches for the Elusive Brass Ring (Table of Contents: 4)

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Denis Kitchen (credited)
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Help! (Table of Contents: 5)

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Trump a New Magazine for Brihgt People (Table of Contents: 6)

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Parody of liquor advertisement featuring photo of Elder, Wood, Davis and Kurtzman (well, his legs anyway)

Prospectus (Table of Contents: 7)

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Harvey Kurtzman (credited)
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Arnold Roth
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Arnold Roth
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The Fastest Gun There Is (Table of Contents: 8)

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Harvey Kurtzman (credited)
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Bill Elder (signed)
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Bill Elder (signed)
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Pocket Size Books (Table of Contents: 9)

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Ed Fisher
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First page with color, others all black and white

L'l Ab'r (Table of Contents: 10)

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Harvey Kurtzman (credited)
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Bill Elder (signed)
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Toys Realistic in Every Detail (Table of Contents: 11)

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One panel in color, rest in black and white

God's Littered Acre (Table of Contents: 12)

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Ira Wallach
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Bill Elder; Bill Ashman
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Bill Elder; Bill Ashman
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Hunting (Table of Contents: 13)

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Harvey Kurtzman (credited)
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Jack Davis (signed)
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Jack Davis (signed)
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Common Cold (Table of Contents: 14)

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Al Jaffee (signed)
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Grim Gowanus Crisis - Dictator Siezes Canal (Table of Contents: 15)

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Ed Fisher (signed)
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Our Own Epic of Man (Table of Contents: 16)

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Jack Davis (signed); Bill Elder (signed)
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Jack Davis (signed); Bill Elder (signed)
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Fold-Out section

How to Read an Annual Report (Table of Contents: 17)

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Tin-Rin-Rin-Tin-Rin (Table of Contents: 18)

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Politics (Table of Contents: 19)

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Russ Heath
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Russ Heath
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Liquor Decanters (Table of Contents: 20)

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Al Jaffee; Bill Elder
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Political Scenes You'd Like to See (Table of Contents: 21)

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Why Christmas Is Nice (Table of Contents: 22)

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Roger Price
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Arnold Roth (signed)
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Arnold Roth (signed)
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Hansel and Gretel (Table of Contents: 23)

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Ed Fisher
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Wally Wood (credited as Wallace Wood)
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Musical Variations (Table of Contents: 24)

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Movie Scenes You'd Like to See (Table of Contents: 25)

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The Tiger-Skin Slippers (Table of Contents: 26)

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Caran d'Ache
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Elvis Pretzel (Table of Contents: 27)

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Candid Camerapix (Table of Contents: 28)

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A Very Merry Christmas (Table of Contents: 29)

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... And a Happy New Year (Table of Contents: 30)

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Yes - You Can Subscribe to Trump (Table of Contents: 31)

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House ad offering subscriptions to Trump (bad idea - only 2 issues published) featuring a reproduction of the painting "Battle of Friedland, 1807" by Ernest Meissonier with Napoleon holding a copy of Trump instead of his hat.

B E C K (Table of Contents: 32)

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Back cover: "B E C K - a name widespread - because mainly is too much spacing between letters!"

Annotations (Table of Contents: 33)

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Denis Kitchen (credited)
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Annotations to Trump #1.

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

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Gabby Spinoza (Table of Contents: 35)

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Contents (Table of Contents: 36)

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Harvey Kurtzman
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Photograph of Jack Davis, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder and "others."

Re-Roasted Chestnuts (Table of Contents: 37)

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Russian Inventions We Invented First (Table of Contents: 38)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

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Ed Fisher (signed)
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Ed Fisher (signed)
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Ed Fisher (signed)
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Great Scott! Farming Tools!
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Time and Again, and Overtime (Table of Contents: 40)

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Doodles Weaver
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Bill Elder (signed)
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Tranquilizers (Table of Contents: 41)

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A Boxing Match (Table of Contents: 42)

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Eti Quette (Table of Contents: 43)

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Giants (Table of Contents: 44)

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The Marine Who Didn't Hold Off an Army (Table of Contents: 45)

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Phil Interlandi (signed)
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Phil Interlandi (signed)
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Record Album Covers (Table of Contents: 46)

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Classical records with sexy images from old master paintings.

Death to a Salesman (Table of Contents: 47)

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Mel Brooks
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Bill Elder (signed as B. Elder)
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Food Photographs (Table of Contents: 48)

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Memorandum (Table of Contents: 49)

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Jack Fuller
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Sporty Illustrations (Table of Contents: 50)

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?; Bernard Shir-Cliff
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Jack Davis (signed); Al Jaffee (signed); Bill Elder (signed)
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Jack Davis (signed); Al Jaffee (signed); Bill Elder (signed)
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Magazine parody "free with Trump", contains these articles & ads: First Head-On Photo of a Bullet (Elder art); Jimmy Jumble's Hotbag (Davis art); I Climbed a Mt. Because it was There (Davis art); Tap Off the Top (Davis art); Handee Dandee / Caddy Carty / Ridee-Cadee / Hidey-Ridey parody ads (Elder art); This Wonderful Sporting World (Jaffee art), Topheavy Twirler (Shir-Cliff script); Voomflauten X-12@& ad (Elder art); American Expresstrain Travelers Cheqkues (Elder art); Sgt. Bilker Gets Court Martialed parody Camel Cigarette ad (Elder art).

Has Anybody Noticed... (Table of Contents: 51)

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Engineering for Prosperity (Table of Contents: 52)

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Movie Scenes You Must Have Seen (Table of Contents: 53)

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Snapshots from the Trump Family Album with Snappy Titles (Table of Contents: 54)

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Coincidence Is Very Important in Soap Opera (Table of Contents: 55)

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Bullets (Table of Contents: 56)

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Max Shulman
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New Baseball Records (Table of Contents: 57)

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Unfinished Business (Table of Contents: 58)

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Parke Cummings
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You'll Stand Out in Any Crowd When You Read Trump (Table of Contents: 59)

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House ad for Trump subscriptions (in what was the last issue).

Everything Brightens Up with Brisk Liptone Tea (Table of Contents: 60)

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Annotations (Table of Contents: 61)

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Denis Kitchen (credited)
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Annotations to Trump #2.

Trump No. 3: What Might Have Been (Table of Contents: 62)

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Denis Kitchen (credited)
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [Title Page and Credits]
  3. 2. [Table of Contents]
  4. 3. ["I gave Harvey Kurtzman an unlimited budget... and he exceeded it."]
  5. 4. Harvey Kurtzman Reaches for the Elusive Brass Ring
  6. 5. Help!
  7. 6. Trump a New Magazine for Brihgt People
  8. 7. Prospectus
  9. 8. The Fastest Gun There Is
  10. 9. Pocket Size Books
  11. 10. L'l Ab'r
  12. 11. Toys Realistic in Every Detail
  13. 12. God's Littered Acre
  14. 13. Hunting
  15. 14. Common Cold
  16. 15. Grim Gowanus Crisis - Dictator Siezes Canal
  17. 16. Our Own Epic of Man
  18. 17. How to Read an Annual Report
  19. 18. Tin-Rin-Rin-Tin-Rin
  20. 19. Politics
  21. 20. Liquor Decanters
  22. 21. Political Scenes You'd Like to See
  23. 22. Why Christmas Is Nice
  24. 23. Hansel and Gretel
  25. 24. Musical Variations
  26. 25. Movie Scenes You'd Like to See
  27. 26. The Tiger-Skin Slippers
    Cartoon Reprint
  28. 27. Elvis Pretzel
  29. 28. Candid Camerapix
  30. 29. A Very Merry Christmas
  31. 30. ... And a Happy New Year
  32. 31. Yes - You Can Subscribe to Trump
  33. 32. B E C K
  34. 33. Annotations
  35. 34. [no title indexed]
  36. 35. Gabby Spinoza
  37. 36. Contents
  38. 37. Re-Roasted Chestnuts
  39. 38. Russian Inventions We Invented First
  40. 39. ["Great Scott! Farming Tools!"]
  41. 40. Time and Again, and Overtime
  42. 41. Tranquilizers
  43. 42. A Boxing Match
  44. 43. Eti Quette
  45. 44. Giants
  46. 45. The Marine Who Didn't Hold Off an Army
    Movie Scenes We'd Enjoy Seeing
  47. 46. Record Album Covers
  48. 47. Death to a Salesman
  49. 48. Food Photographs
  50. 49. Memorandum
  51. 50. Sporty Illustrations
  52. 51. Has Anybody Noticed...
  53. 52. Engineering for Prosperity
  54. 53. Movie Scenes You Must Have Seen
  55. 54. Snapshots from the Trump Family Album with Snappy Titles
  56. 55. Coincidence Is Very Important in Soap Opera
  57. 56. Bullets
  58. 57. New Baseball Records
  59. 58. Unfinished Business
  60. 59. You'll Stand Out in Any Crowd When You Read Trump
  61. 60. Everything Brightens Up with Brisk Liptone Tea
  62. 61. Annotations
  63. 62. Trump No. 3: What Might Have Been
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