Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book #[nn]

(November 1986)

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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover and first interior sheet are blank.

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

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. Kurtzman)

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. Kurtzman)

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. Kurtzman)

Letters

Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. Kurtzman)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"There are jungles... and then there are JUNGLES." — H. Kurtzman 6/59 N.Y.C.

Synopsis

A swimming pool full of women as seen from the bottom of the pool.

Indexer Notes

Full page panel from "Thelonius Violence Like Private Eye", minus the story text and with a Kurtzman quote in its place.

Respectfully Dedicated to... (Table of Contents: 3)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

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Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Letters

Harvey Kurtzman

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Head shot of a cave man.

Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book [or] Up from the Apes! (Table of Contents: 4)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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Harvey Kurtzman

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Harvey Kurtzman

Indexer Notes

Hand-lettered text only title page.

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

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Credits, including which pages were shot from original art and which came from other sources.

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 6)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Table of Contents, with one small illustration taken from page five of "Decadence Degenerated" (art only)

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Blank page between "Table of Contents" and "Intro."

Intro (Table of Contents: 8)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Art Spiegelman (signed as Art Spiegelman)

Letters

Art Spiegelman (signed as Art Spiegelman)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There are Geniuses ... and then there are Geniuses

Indexer Notes

Hand-lettered introduction, dated "New York City, July 29, 1986."

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Indexer Notes

One blank page between Intro and Outro.

Outro (Table of Contents: 10)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Schreiner (credited)

Letters

typeset

Thelonius Violence Like Private Eye (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 34 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman

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Harvey Kurtzman

Colors

Harvey Kurtzman (gray wash)

Letters

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Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Characters

Thelonius Violence; Lolita Nabakov

Synopsis

Thelonius Violence is a new kind of detective, a jazz inspired detective.

Reprints

• from Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book (Ballantine Books, 1959 series) #338 K ([September] 1959)

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Indexer Notes

One blank sheet between stories.

The Organization Man in the Grey Flannel Executive Suite (Table of Contents: 13)

Goodman Beaver / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

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Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Colors

Harvey Kurtzman (gray wash)

Letters

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Genre

satire-parody

Characters

Goodman Beaver

Synopsis

An idealistic young man is hired to work at an old Madison Avenue magazine company.

Reprints

• from Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book (Ballantine Books, 1959 series) #338 K ([September] 1959)

Indexer Notes

Goodman Beaver later would appear in Help!

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Indexer Notes

One blank sheet between stories.

Compulsion on the Range (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Colors

Harvey Kurtzman (gray wash)

Letters

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Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Marshal Dollin; Johnny Ringding

Synopsis

Marshal Dollin chases the gunfighter Johnny Ringding across the old west.

Reprints

• from Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book (Ballantine Books, 1959 series) #338 K ([September] 1959)

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Indexer Notes

One blank sheet between stories.

Decadence Degenerated (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman

Colors

Harvey Kurtzman (gray wash)

Letters

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Genre

satire-parody

Synopsis

The folks of Rottenville learn a lesson about law and order.

Reprints

• from Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book (Ballantine Books, 1959 series) #338 K ([September] 1959)

Blank Pages (Table of Contents: 18)

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Indexer Notes

Last interior sheet and inside back cover are blank.

Wanted: Violation of Parody (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

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