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Issue: Second Help!-ing #s1225
Publication Date: January 1962
 
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Variant: Kennedy Cover
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Publisher: FlagGold Medal Books
Brand: Gold Medal Book
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/31/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 148
ISBN:
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Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Disclose Notes: Reprints from "Help!" magazine. On-sale date from 1962 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: mass market paperback (4 1/4" x 7")
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: one-shot
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Cover, Front
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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? (photograph)
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typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover
Forward!

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jerry Lewis
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
typeset
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Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
typeset
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Miscellaneous
2
Three Evil Towns That Never Were Except on Celluloid

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Elder
Will Elder
Will Elder
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
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Miscellaneous
4
The Way Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Arnold Roth
Arnold Roth
Arnold Roth
Subject Matter
humorous
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Miscellaneous
4
Reformatted from 1 to 4 pages for this reprint
A Star Is Born

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
David Shaber
? (photographs)
? (photographs)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
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Miscellaneous
20
Reformatted from 7 to 20 pages for this reprint
French Train

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Albert Dubout
Albert Dubout
Albert Dubout
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
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Miscellaneous
7
Reformatted from 3 to 7 pages for this reprint
Wohl Nuts

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Wohl
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
Jack Wohl ?
Subject Matter
humorous
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Miscellaneous
4
Reprints jokes from multiple issues of Help!
The Secret of Happiness

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
?
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Miscellaneous
2
Chess

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Elder
Will Elder
Will Elder
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
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Miscellaneous
4
Reformatted from 1/2 page to 4 pages for this reprint
The Centaur

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein
Subject Matter
humorous
A centaur falls in love with a woman; the woman turns into a horse.
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Miscellaneous
5
Reformatted from 2 to 5 pages for this reprint
The Optimist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Arnold Roth
Arnold Roth
Arnold Roth
Arnold Roth
Subject Matter
humorous
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Miscellaneous
2
Help's Public Gallery

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
?
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Miscellaneous
9
Reprints cartoons from multiple issues of Help!
The Hero Who Didn't Get Rescued

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Phil Interlandi
Phil Interlandi
Phil Interlandi
Subject Matter
humorous, western
The Cavalry arrives too late to save a western hero.
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Miscellaneous
2
Reformatted from 1 to 2 pages for this reprint
The Private Eye Who Was Wrong

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Phil Interlandi
Phil Interlandi
Phil Interlandi
Phil Interlandi
Subject Matter
humorous, mystery
A detective fingers the wrong suspect.
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Miscellaneous
2
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The Hero Who Failed to Blow Up the Fortress

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Phil Interlandi
Phil Interlandi
Phil Interlandi
Subject Matter
humorous
An action hero fails to blow up his enemies' base.
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Miscellaneous
2
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A Street Corner Improptu

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
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Reprinted from an unspecified 1923 issue of Punch magazine.
Miscellaneous
4
Reformatted from 1 to 4 pages for this reprint
The Oldest Story

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ed Fisher
Ron Harris (photos)
Ron Harris (photos)
typeset
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Miscellaneous
20
Models are writer Jean Shepherd and actress Nona Candler.

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The Great Wide Hunter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Arnold Roth
Arnold Roth
Arnold Roth
Typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
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Miscellaneous
2
More Wohl Nuts

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Wohl
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
Jack Wohl ?
Subject Matter
humorous
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Miscellaneous
5
The Wiley Trapper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gahan Wilson
Gahan Wilson
Gahan Wilson
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Miscellaneous
4
Reformatted from 1.5 to 4 pages for this reprint

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