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    First issue - An instant humor magazine for fast acting relief. Inside this issue: Rod Serling, Will Elder, Ed Fisher, Arnold Roth, Jack Davis, Robert Sheckley. Cover price $0.35.

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    September 1960. Humor magazine by Harvey Kurtzman. Cover price $0.35.

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    Harvey Kurtzmans legendary follow-up to the original MAD launched the careers of many future stars of comics, comedy and publishing, including associate editor Gloria Steinem. This issue features comics, stories and art by Kurtzman, Robert Sheckley, Will Elder, Jack Davis, Arnold Roth and Saki, plus a fumetti starring Jessica Walter (later of Arrested Development). Cover features Jerry Lewis getting beaned with the Sputnik satellite. Cover price $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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    November 1960. Harvey Kurtzman's Help! For Tired Minds. Inside this issue: Dick Van Dyke, Algis Budrys, Anthony Brode, Jack Davis, Will Elder, Arnold Roth. And outside: Mort Sahl. Original cover price: $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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    7 days left Auction Magazine HELP ! Harvey Kurtzman # 4 1960

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    December 1960. Harvey Kurtzman's Help! For Tired Minds. Inside this issue: Milt Kamen, John Collier, Arthur C. Clarke, Ed Fisher, Arnold Roth. And outside: Dave Garroway. Original cover price: $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

  • January 1961. Harvey Kurtzman's Help! For Tired Minds. Inside this issue: Roger Price, Robert Sheckley, Ray Bradbury, a report from Castro's Cuba by Paul Coker. And outside: Jonathan Winters. Original cover price: $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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    $15 HELP! #6 FN Jack Davis Harvey Kurtzman Ray Bradbury

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    February 1961. Harvey Kurtzman's Help! For Tired Minds. This issue: A Valentine's Day Greeting from Tom Poston. Plus: William Tenn, George Kirgo, Backstage on Broadway with Paul Coker, Gahan Wilson. Original cover price: $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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    $15 HELP! #7 FN Jack Davis Gahan Wilson Harvey Kurtzman

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    March 1961. Harvey Kurtzman's Help! For Tired Minds. This issue: Hugh Downs at Work. Plus: Arnold Roth - Through Berlin, George Kirgo - In the Street, Will Elder - On a Mountain. Original cover price: $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

  • April 1961. Harvey Kurtzman's Help! For Tired Minds. This issue: Phil Ford and Mimi Hines - In a Spring Kissie, Ray Bradbury, Will Elder, George Kirgo. Original cover price: $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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    Jackie Gleason cover. Edited by Harvey Kurtzman and published by Warren Publishing (publisher of the Famous Monsters of Filmland). Content for this issue includes:"The Jackpot" by Algis Budrys with Henny Youngman; Fiction, "At Night All Cats are Gray" by Art Hyde; Washington Frontier Sketches by Ed Fisher; Potrait of Heinrich Kley: Pen and ink Satirist; "77 Pennsy Strip" by Bill Elder ; Wohlnuts by Jack Wohl; plus other features. Cover price $0.35.

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    June 1961. This issue: Girls & Broadway Auditions with Jack Carter, The Big Fight - Championship Humor by Jack Davis, Funny Things on Old Comic Strips and Monkeys and Water Closets. Original cover price: $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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    $25 HELP! #11 VF- Harvey Kurtzman

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    Published Jul 1961 by Help!.

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    July on Black Overlay - Harvey Kurtzmans legendary follow-up to the original MAD launched the careers of many future stars of comics, comedy and publishing, including associate editor Gloria Steinem. This issue features comics, stories and art by Kurtzman, Robert Sheckley, Will Elder, Jack Davis, John Severin, Arnold Roth and Al Jaffee, plus a fumetti starring Jean Shepherd (later of A Christmas Story). Cover features comedian Will Jordan and has a black bar overprinting the word JULY in the upper left hand corner. Cover price $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #12B
    Help! (1960) Magazine 12B
    Published Sep 1961 by Help!.

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    SEPT. on White Overlay - Harvey Kurtzmans legendary follow-up to the original MAD launched the careers of many future stars of comics, comedy and publishing, including associate editor Gloria Steinem. This issue features comics, stories and art by Kurtzman, Robert Sheckley, Will Elder, Jack Davis, John Severin, Arnold Roth and Al Jaffee, plus a fumetti starring Jean Shepherd (later of A Christmas Story).Cover features comedian Will Jordan and has a white bar with the word SEPT. in the upper left hand corner. Cover price $0.35.

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    Harvey Kurtzmans legendary follow-up to the original MAD launched the careers of many future stars of comics, comedy and publishing, including associate editor Gloria Steinem. This issue features comics and stories by Kurtzman, Will Elder, and Stan Freberg, a reprint of Will Eisners Spirit story Sand Saref, and a fumetti starring artist Russ Heath. Most notoriously, it also contains Kurtzman and Elders infamous story Goodman Goes Playboy, which provoked a lawsuit from Archie Comics. As a result, many copies of this issue were destroyed. Mature readers. Sometimes listed as Vol. 2, #1. Cover price $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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    Harvey Kurtzmans legendary follow-up to the original MAD launched the careers of many future stars of comics, comedy and publishing, including associate editor Gloria Steinem. This issue features comics, stories and art by Kurtzman, Will Elder, Edward Gorey, and Charles Dana Gibson, and an early story by future underground legend Gilbert Shelton. Sometimes listed as Vol. 2, #2. 48 pages. Cover price $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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    August 1962. Harvey Kurtzmans legendary follow-up to the original MAD launched the careers of many future stars of comics, comedy and publishing, including associate editor Gloria Steinem. This issue features a Superman spoof by Kurtzman and Will Elder, reprint drawings from comics pioneer Thomas Nast, and an early story by future underground legend Gilbert Shelton. 48 pages. Cover price $0.35.

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    November 1962. Harvey Kurtzmans legendary follow-up to the original MAD launched the careers of many future stars of comics, comedy and publishing, including associate editor Gloria Steinem. This issue features Goodman Gets a Gun by Kurtzman and Will Elder, a fumetti featuring friends of the magazine, and one of the first published Wonder Warthog stories, by Gilbert Shelton. 48 Pages. Cover price $0.35.

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    Harvey Kurtzmans legendary follow-up to the original MAD launched the careers of many future stars of comics, comedy and publishing, including associate editor Terry Gilliam. This issue features an Arnold Roth strip about the space race, a fumetti starring indie filmmaker Henry Jaglom, and reprints of Milton Caniffs WWII comic strip Male Call. Sometimes listed as Vol. 2, #5. Cover price $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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    Nudity one page. Harvey Kurtzmans legendary follow-up to the original MAD launched the careers of many future stars of comics, comedy and publishing, including associate editor Terry Gilliam. This issue features an Arnold Roth strip, The Last Days of Burlesque, reprint strips from Percy Crosbys Skippy, and an early Wonder Warthog story by Gilbert Shelton. Sometimes listed as Vol. 2, #6. Cover price $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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    Harvey Kurtzmans legendary follow-up to the original MAD launched the careers of many future stars of comics, comedy and publishing, including associate editor Terry Gilliam. This issue features a Jack Davis baseball story, a fumetti starring Gilliam and Woody Allen, and strips by Wally Wood and Jay Lynch. Sometimes listed as Vol. 2, #7. Cover price $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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    Harvey Kurtzmans legendary follow-up to the original MAD launched the careers of many future stars of comics, comedy and publishing, including associate editor Terry Gilliam. This issue features a Skip Williamson story, reprint strips from Bud Fishers Mutt and Jeff, and an early Wonder Warthog story by Gilbert Shelton. Also, the controversial Golden Book of God. Sometimes listed as Vol. 2, #8. 48 pages. Cover price $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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    Harvey Kurtzmans legendary follow-up to the original MAD launched the careers of many future stars of comics, comedy and publishing, including associate editor Terry Gilliam. This all-fumetti issue reprints photo-comics from past issues of Help, featuring Tom Poston, Sylvia Miles, sci-fi author Algis Budrys, Paul Glaser, artist Russ Heath, Henny Youngman, Henry Jaglom, and Orson Bean. Sometimes listed as Vol. 2, #9. 96 pages. Cover price $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

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    Harvey Kurtzmans legendary follow-up to the original MAD launched the careers of many future stars of comics, comedy and publishing, including associate editor Terry Gilliam. This issue features the first published Fritz the Cat strip by R. Crumb, as well as a Jay Lynch story, a Skip Williamson story, and an early Wonder Warthog story by Gilbert Shelton. Sometimes listed as Vol. 2, #10. 48 pages. Cover price $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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    Harvey Kurtzmans legendary follow-up to the original MAD launched the careers of many future stars of comics, comedy and publishing, including associate editor Terry Gilliam. This issue features a Milt Gross story, a Gahan Wilson story, and an early Wonder Warthog story by Gilbert Shelton. 8 1/2-in. x 1-in. 40 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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    $15 HELP! #23 VG/F Harvey Kurtzman Wonder Wart-Hog
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    Harvey Kurtzmans legendary follow-up to the original MAD launched the careers of many future stars of comics, comedy and publishing, including associate editor Terry Gilliam. This issue features the second published Fritz the Cat strip by R. Crumb, and an early Wonder Warthog story by Gilbert Shelton. The highlight, though, is a fumetti about a man who falls in love with his daughters Barbie doll, starring John Cleese. This piece resulted in the first meeting of Cleese with fellow Monty Python member Gilliam. 40 pages. Cover price $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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    $23 Help! #24 May (1965) James Warren Magazine. Humor, Robert Crumb!! Fritz the Cat
    $30 HELP! #24 FN Kurtzman Wonder Wart-Hog R. Crumb Fritz the Cat John Cleese
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    Harvey Kurtzmans legendary follow-up to the original MAD launched the careers of many future stars of comics, comedy and publishing, including associate editor Terry Gilliam. This issue features a Bulgaria sketchbook by R. Crumb, Poor Arnolds Almanac by Arnold Roth, and an early Wonder Warthog story by Gilbert Shelton. Cover price $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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    $20 HELP! #25 FN- Kurtzman Wonder Wart-Hog R. Crumb in Bulgaria
    $39 HELP! Magazine #25 Jul 1965 Harvey Kurtzman WONDER WART HOG R. Crumb VF 8.0 Nice

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    Harvey Kurtzmans legendary follow-up to the original MAD launched the careers of many future stars of comics, comedy and publishing, including associate editor Terry Gilliam. This issue features a fumetti by Steve Allen, The Beauty Contest by Arnold Roth, and an early Wonder Warthog story by Gilbert Shelton. Final issue of the series. 40 pages Cover price $0.35.

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    $18 HELP! #26 FN+ Kurtzman Wonder Wart-Hog R. Crumb in Fumetti strip
    $18 HELP! #26 FN Kurtzman Wonder Wart-Hog R. Crumb in Fumetti strip

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