Help! #v1#12 [Cover Date Overprint]
(September 1961)

Warren, 1960 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1961-06-10
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
General Promotions Co. Inc.
Editing
Harvey Kurtzman (editor); Gloria Steinem (contributing editor); Chuck Alverson (assistant editor); George Kirgo (contributing editor)

Issue Notes

Has Sept. date on upper left corner of cover only. On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue is a variant of Help! (Warren, 1960 series) #v1#12. There exist further variants:
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Cover gallery

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

cartoon / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Harvey Kurtzman ?
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

News photos and movie stills with humorous word balloons.

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

Editor's Preface / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils
Arnold Roth; ? (photos)
Inks
Arnold Roth; ? (photos)
Letters
typeset

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

Letters / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

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?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Re-formed Churches (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Murphy
Pencils
Bill Murphy
Inks
Bill Murphy
Letters
typeset
Reprints

"Well, General Pickett ..." (Table of Contents: 5)

Helped History / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Severin
Pencils
John Severin
Inks
John Severin
Letters
typeset

The Oldest Story (Table of Contents: 6)

photo story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Fisher
Pencils
Ron Harris (photos)
Inks
Ron Harris (photos)
Letters
typeset
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Models are writer Jean Shepherd and actress Nona Candler.

The Cartoons of Al Jaffee (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Al Jaffee
Pencils
Al Jaffee
Inks
Al Jaffee
Letters
typeset

My Own Catalogue of New Labor Saving Devices (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Pierre Berton
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Goodman Meets T*rz*n (Table of Contents: 9)

Goodman Beaver / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils
Bill Elder
Inks
Bill Elder
Letters
typeset
Reprints

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

Wohl Nuts / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Wohl
Pencils
Jack Wohl (photos)
Inks
Jack Wohl (photos)
Letters
Jack Wohl
First Line of Dialogue or Text
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ....

Decadent Capitalist Cartoonist, Arnold Roth, in Moscow (Table of Contents: 11)

cartoon / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Arnold Roth
Pencils
Arnold Roth
Inks
Arnold Roth
Letters
typeset

Will Jordan (Table of Contents: 12)

photo story / 2 pages (report information)

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?
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset

The New Forum (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Kirgo
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

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

Help's Public Gallery / cartoon / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Don Edwing; Dennis Ellefson; Bob Grossman; ?
Pencils
Don Edwing; Dennis Ellefson; Bob Grossman; ?
Inks
Don Edwing; Dennis Ellefson; Bob Grossman; ?
Letters
typeset
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 1. [no title indexed]
  2. 2. [no title indexed]
    Editor's Preface
  3. 3. [no title indexed]
    Letters
  4. 4. Re-formed Churches
  5. 5. "Well, General Pickett ..."
    Helped History
  6. 6. The Oldest Story
  7. 7. The Cartoons of Al Jaffee
  8. 8. My Own Catalogue of New Labor Saving Devices
  9. 9. Goodman Meets T*rz*n
    Goodman Beaver
  10. 10. ["5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ...."]
    Wohl Nuts
  11. 11. Decadent Capitalist Cartoonist, Arnold Roth, in Moscow
  12. 12. Will Jordan
  13. 13. The New Forum
  14. 14. [no title indexed]
    Help's Public Gallery
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