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Help! (1960) Magazine comic books 1956-1969

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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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    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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    $10 Help! v1 #6 (Fair) (1961, Warren)

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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.

  • Issue #10
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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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    3 days left Auction HELP! MAGAZINE #10 VG- Kurtzman Severin 1961 Will Elder Personal Collection

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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.

  • Issue #19
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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.

  • Issue #23
    Help! (1960) Magazine 23


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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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    $18 HELP! Magazine #23 March 1965 Harvey Kurtzman Humor Satire FN+ 6.5

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  • Issue #25
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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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    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.