Help! #26
(September 1965)

Warren, 1960 Series
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Price
0.35 USD
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1965-08-08
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Help! Magazine Inc.
Editing
Harvey Kurtzman (credited) (editor); Terry Gilliam (credited) (associate editor); Nicky Quest (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
? (photograph)

Genre
humor

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

photo story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now just to save time, these ballots are already marked.
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Jokes using film stills and stock photos.

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
various
Inks
various
Letters
typeset

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

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

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

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

Letters / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Harvey Kurtzman
Letters
typeset

Buster, Have You Ever Stomped a Nigra? (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
David Crossley
Pencils
Terry Gilliam (credited)
Inks
Terry Gilliam (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Wonder Wart-Hog and the Return of the Masked Meanie (Table of Contents: 6)

Wonder Wart-Hog / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Gilbert Shelton (credited)
Pencils
Gilbert Shelton (credited)
Inks
Gilbert Shelton (credited)
Letters
Gilbert Shelton (credited)

Genre
humor; satire-parody; superhero; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Philbert Desenex (Wonder Wart-Hog); The Masked Meanie; Sparrow
Synopsis
After three years, the Masked Meanie escapes and decides to blow-up the Earth.
Reprints

The Question Man (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

The Beauty Contest (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Arnold Roth (credited)
Pencils
Arnold Roth (credited)
Inks
Arnold Roth (credited)
Letters
Arnold Roth (credited)

Genre
humor

Thigh of the Beholder (Table of Contents: 9)

photo story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
David Crossley
Pencils
Martin Iger (photographs)
Inks
Martin Iger (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

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

Help's Public Gallery / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jay Lynch (credited); Ted Robins (credited); Skip Williamson (credited); Stuart Schwartzberg (credited as Stewart Schwartzberg); Paul Merta; Rodriguez
Pencils
Jay Lynch (credited); Ted Robins (credited); Skip Williamson (credited); Stuart Schwartzberg (credited as Stewart Schwartzberg); Paul Merta; Rodriguez
Inks
Jay Lynch (credited); Ted Robins (credited); Skip Williamson (credited); Stuart Schwartzberg (credited as Stewart Schwartzberg); Paul Merta; Rodriguez
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

Mr. J. B.'s Story Time (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joel Beck (signed)
Pencils
Joel Beck (signed)
Inks
Joel Beck (signed)
Letters
Joel Beck

Genre
humor

The Marionette Murder Case (Table of Contents: 12)

photo story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody

Super Everything (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Cornell (signed)
Pencils
Sam Cornell (signed)
Inks
Sam Cornell (signed)
Letters
Sam Cornell

Genre
humor; satire-parody; superhero
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. ["Now just to save time, these ballots are already marked."]
  3. 2. [Table of Contents]
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Editor's Preface
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Letters
  6. 5. Buster, Have You Ever Stomped a Nigra?
  7. 6. Wonder Wart-Hog and the Return of the Masked Meanie
    Wonder Wart-Hog
  8. 7. The Question Man
  9. 8. The Beauty Contest
  10. 9. Thigh of the Beholder
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Help's Public Gallery
  12. 11. Mr. J. B.'s Story Time
  13. 12. The Marionette Murder Case
  14. 13. Super Everything
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