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Issue: Comedy #21
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Humorama, Inc.
On Sale Date: 1954
Volume: 4
Pages: 100
ISBN:
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Price: $0.25 USD
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Content Items: 77 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Two color covers; black & white interiors
Dimensions: Digest (average 5.5 x 7.5 inches)
Paper Stock: Matte covers; Newsprint interiors
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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?; Bill Ward (signed); Ted Sallee (signed)
?; Bill Ward (signed); Ted Sallee (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
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Three cartoons appear on the cover. Two color cover, black and blue.
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Jack Cole [as Jake] (signed)
Jack Cole [as Jake] (signed)
Jack Cole [as Jake] (signed)
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Subject Matter
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It's uncanny
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Inside front cover
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John Albano (signed)
John Albano (signed)
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Man with a hot date stops for a drink at a health bar.
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Dan DeCarlo [as D.] (signed)
Dan DeCarlo [as D.] (signed)
Dan DeCarlo [as D.] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
She's always got a fortune
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? [as BEX] (signed)
? [as BEX] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
You said to bring a doll for your friend!
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Lloyd Baker (signed)
Lloyd Baker (signed)
Lloyd Baker (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Hello Melinda. What's buzzin?
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Bill Wenzel (signed)
Bill Wenzel (signed)
Bill Wenzel (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Is this why you keep the office temperature so low?
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Don Orehek (signed)
Don Orehek (signed)
Don Orehek (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
I don't know why the boss
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Jack Cole [as Jake] (signed)
Jack Cole [as Jake] (signed)
Jack Cole [as Jake] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Let's walk past the club
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Jefferson Machamer (signed)
Jefferson Machamer (signed)
Jefferson Machamer (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Original indeed!
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Joseph Serrano (signed)
Joseph Serrano (signed)
Joseph Serrano (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
How friendly do I have to get
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Ramon Henri (signed)
Ramon Henri (signed)
Ramon Henri (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
I hate to deceive you, Miss
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Ray Forest (signed)
Ray Forest (signed)
Ray Forest (signed)
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humorous
Just because you're blind in this script
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Bill Ward (signed)
Bill Ward (signed)
Bill Ward (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
If I were you, Miss Denere
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Eric Ericson (signed)
Eric Ericson (signed)
Eric Ericson (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Could I see the man of the house?
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
But, Mister Brown
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Stanley Rayon (signed)
Stanley Rayon (signed)
Stanley Rayon (signed)
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Subject Matter
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Why, no, I don't suppose I'll be doing anything tonight!
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
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Subject Matter
humorous
See...I told you what he'd do
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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John Albano (signed)
John Albano (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
The wife returns home to find that her husband has only mowed the lawn that is next to a pretty lady neighbor.
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Bo Brown (signed)
Bo Brown (signed)
Bo Brown (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
I think his entire career has gone to pot!
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Jefferson Machamer (signed)
Jefferson Machamer (signed)
Jefferson Machamer (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
I couldn't collect a dime yesterday
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Bill Ward (signed)
Bill Ward (signed)
Bill Ward (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Okay Doc, you had better check
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?
?
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Subject Matter
humorous
I know you're a struggling young butcher
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Jefferson Machamer (signed)
Jefferson Machamer (signed)
Jefferson Machamer (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
One guess! You want the office workers' special!
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"I won't buy your vacuum cleaner"

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Rudy Johnson (signed)
Rudy Johnson (signed)
Rudy Johnson (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
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Jack Burson (signed)
Jack Burson (signed)
Jack Burson (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
I am a liberal, modern girl
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Calkins (signed)
Calkins (signed)
Calkins (signed)
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Subject Matter
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Can't you see that I have my hands full!
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Page 35. Promo ad for Quips, a Humorama magazine, on sale September 16, 1954. Indexer (Bill Devine) believes this to be Quips #1, December, 1954.
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Gene Rowls (signed)
Gene Rowls (signed)
Gene Rowls (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
My wife is just about
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She won a sharpshooter medal
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Page 37. Indexer believes that Mayer and Carl are a team of writer and artist.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Jefferson Machamer (signed)
Jefferson Machamer (signed)
Jefferson Machamer (signed)
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I'm answering your ad for a stenographer!
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? [as P.] (signed)
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Do you just want to find out
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Joey Oakes (signed)
Joey Oakes (signed)
Joey Oakes (signed)
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Subject Matter
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I'll never get anywhere with that politician.
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Joe Capelini (signed)
Joe Capelini (signed)
Joe Capelini (signed)
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Subject Matter
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Thank goodness! I thought you were arguing!
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Page 42. Below Capelini's signature is "Donen" which is the Donen Humor Service, Bronx, New York, Harry S. Donen, Editor. (From Writer's Market, 18th edition.)
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R. Abel (signed)
R. Abel (signed)
Subject Matter
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A boy is about to blow up his electric toy train set with dynamite.
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Al Kaufman (signed)
Al Kaufman (signed)
Al Kaufman (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
So that's what they did with themselves evenings!
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Charles E. Strauss [as CES] (signed)
Charles E. Strauss [as CES] (signed)
Charles E. Strauss [as CES] (signed)
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Subject Matter
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John, come right back here
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?
?
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Subject Matter
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Help! Help!
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Page 46. Artist signature which starts with a "T" is not legible.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Bill Ward
Bill Ward
Bill Ward
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Subject Matter
humorous
I know you're wild about mink, Grace
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J. Ritchie (signed)
J. Ritchie (signed)
J. Ritchie (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Don't be so jumpy
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? [as F.] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Do I ask what you do on your coffee break?
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Harley (signed)
Harley (signed)
Harley (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
You're frustrated. What you need is a hubby, not a hobby!
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Courtney Dunkel (signed)
Courtney Dunkel (signed)
Courtney Dunkel (signed)
Subject Matter
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Zany Surf Board Company
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Page 54. From the daily newspaper strip "Too Funny for Words". Copyright 1953 Mirror Enterprises Co., Los Angeles.
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Lowell Hoppes (signed)
Lowell Hoppes (signed)
Lowell Hoppes (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Personally, I don't believe there is such a thing
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Pick up the Happy Habit!

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Advertisement for back issues of Humorama magazines: Joker, Jest, Comedy, Stare and Breezy. Copies were available at the price of 5 for $1.
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Britton (signed)
Britton (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
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Page 60. A lovely woman sits on a bearskin rug; the bear is delighted.
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Louis Priscilla (signed)
Louis Priscilla (signed)
Louis Priscilla (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
I told my mother that you would
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Bill Ward (signed)
Bill Ward (signed)
Bill Ward (signed)
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humorous
That's a swell pair you have!
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A Sure Sign You will Have a Good Time!

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Promotional ad for Humorama magazines: Stare, Jest, Joker, Breezy and Comedy. Page 63.
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John Albano (signed)
John Albano (signed)
John Albano (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
There wasn't any mail.
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Nick Sett (signed)
Nick Sett (signed)
Nick Sett (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
"I'm ready to go for my first bareback lesson
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? [as N.] (signed)
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All right, if you really want to see more of me
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Jefferson Machamer (signed)
Jefferson Machamer (signed)
Jefferson Machamer (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
If I walk around like this
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Charlie Eatmon (signed)
Charlie Eatmon (signed)
Charlie Eatmon (signed)
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Subject Matter
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And tell your C.O. you want a dependency discharge
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Al Cramer (signed)
Al Cramer (signed)
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A naked lady runs out of a Ladies Turkish Bath to put a coin in the parking meter.
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Vic Martin (signed)
Vic Martin (signed)
Vic Martin (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
I hear you're interested in banks
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Rom Helmer (signed)
Rom Helmer (signed)
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A gas station attendant checks the water temperature on his wrist before filling a lady's car radiator.
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The new catalog arrived just in time."

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Short (signed)
Short (signed)
Short (signed)
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Milo Kinn (signed)
Milo Kinn (signed)
Milo Kinn (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Can I give you a lift until my wife awakens!
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Yankie (signed)
Yankie (signed)
Yankie (signed)
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Subject Matter
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And then one day, she left him!
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Louis Priscilla (signed)
Louis Priscilla (signed)
Louis Priscilla (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Please, honey, take it easy on that encore
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Scott Taber (signed)
Scott Taber (signed)
Scott Taber (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
This is the second happiest day in my life
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Gus Lundberg (signed)
Gus Lundberg (signed)
Gus Lundberg (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
oh, yes, you do have plenty of gas
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Don Romano (signed)
Don Romano (signed)
Don Romano (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
How embarrissing; what would my boyfriend say if he saw me in those?
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Al Cramer (signed)
Al Cramer (signed)
Al Cramer (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
I let him kiss my hands for buying me a pair of gloves
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Jefferson Machamer (signed)
Jefferson Machamer (signed)
Jefferson Machamer (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Does anyone really know why they're called
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?
?
?
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Well, here's that little experiment I've been talking about!
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Morley Burteen (signed)
Morley Burteen (signed)
Morley Burteen (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Leaving town, Mr. Starview?
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Bill Ward (signed)
Bill Ward (signed)
Bill Ward (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
My mother warned me about showgirls
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Lou Magila (signed)
Lou Magila (signed)
Lou Magila (signed)
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Subject Matter
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These guides are wonderful
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"But, honey, mine is drying on the line!"

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? [as Are Jay Ess] (signed)
? [as Are Jay Ess] (signed)
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Jack Cole [as Jake] (signed)
Jack Cole [as Jake] (signed)
Jack Cole [as Jake] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
You planned that!
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? [as Hoipjeld] (signed)
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Subject Matter
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Aw, come on, Sugar.
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Jefferson Machamer (signed)
Jefferson Machamer (signed)
Jefferson Machamer (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Do you have a cute decanter of a little
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Stanley Stamaty (signed)
Stanley Stamaty (signed)
Stanley Stamaty (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Gee! And I thought I was misbehaving!
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Bill Ward
Bill Ward
Bill Ward
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Subject Matter
humorous
Henry! Can't you forget business for one day
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Bill Wenzel (signed)
Bill Wenzel (signed)
Bill Wenzel (signed)
?
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humorous
I don't mind going out to dinner with you, Bob
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Back cover. Two color printing, blue and black.

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