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Issue: American Splendor #6
Publication Date: January 1981
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Issues: #6 of 16 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagHarvey Pekar
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Pekar
On Sale Date: 08/14/1981
Volume: 1
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 16 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date (shipping) from the Public Catalog of the U.S. Copyright Office, Registration Number TX0000759811.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Socialist
First Line: It's hard enough to convince people that Socialism is a good thing without basing your argument....
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Pages: 1
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Definitions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Mental Patient; cleaner
Synopsis: A friendly greeting solicits a surly response.
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In Content Item: FlagMichael T. Gilbert's Strange Brew #[nn] published December 1982
as Definitions [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Indicia at bottom.
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Ripoff Chick

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Freddy; Carla Murray; Biker Guy; Co-worker; Chicago buddy
Synopsis: Harvey goes with Freddy to a deli and sees a woman he last saw over a decade ago. He sees her again at the same deli and gradually starts a relationship with her against his better judgement, admittedly out of desperation and loneliness.
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In Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar #[nn] published January 1986
as Ripoff Chick [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #[nn] published August 2003
as Ripoff Chick [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Young Ideas (Idee Giovanne)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Joe; File clerk
Synopsis: Joe wants to know how Harvey makes out with women at work after asking him how life's treating him.
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In Content Item: FlagMichael T. Gilbert's Strange Brew #[nn] published December 1982
as Young Ideas (Idee Giovane) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Cold World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Sixty-One-Year-Old Man
Synopsis: A 61 year old guy asks Harvey about the chances of a job, and tells his story.
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In Content Item: FlagThe New American Splendor Anthology #[nn] published September 1991
as Cold World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Both characters are done in silhouette for the entire story.
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Working Man's Nightmare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Synopsis: Harvey has a nightmare and can't wake up due to sleep paralysis.
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In Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar #[nn] published January 1986
as Working Man's Nightmare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #[nn] published August 2003
as Working Man's Nightmare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Noah's Ark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Work colleague
Synopsis: A colleague believes the actual Noah's Ark has been located.
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In Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar #[nn] published January 1986
as Noah's Ark [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #[nn] published August 2003
as Noah's Ark [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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The Pitch Lady at the Supermarket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Supermarket Pitch Lady; Jim
Synopsis: The woman whose job it is to talk to customers about the supermarket specials.
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Pages: 3
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Read This

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Unnamed Record Trader (Lou Kallie)
Synopsis: Harvey remembers a guy he used to trade records with and how they both helped each other move their large record collections to new apartments. A statement on the nature of true friendships.
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In Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar #[nn] published January 1986
as Read This [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #[nn] published August 2003
as Read This [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The record trader isn't named in this issue, but there's another story about him in issue 14 (Passport To Pimlico).
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Junk Shopping (An Allegory)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Herschel; Ruth; John
Synopsis: Herschel bags some bargains at a garage sale.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Herschel is Harvey Pekar.
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Once Again to Oregon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Kozo (Japanese Chemistry teacher)
Synopsis: Harvey's flight companion to Oregon is far more interesting than he anticipated.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Thanks to Flashjay for the page count correction.
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Eating Potato Chips in Oregon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Girl from the house
Synopsis: Different states, different potato chips.
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Pages: 2
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Prelude, Party & Post-Party

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Herschel; Jane Levy; High School Teacher; New Yorker journalists; Ruth
Synopsis: Harvey puzzles on and off for years about a girl he liked in high school who found success in New York before coming back to Cleveland. A story spanning over twenty years.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Herschel is Harvey Pekar.
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Talk Show

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Danny Thompson
Synopsis: Harvey has Danny tell a story about the time he urinated on the Cleveland statue of 19th Century robber baron Mark Hanna.
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In Content Item: FlagMichael T. Gilbert's Strange Brew #[nn] published December 1982
as Talk Show [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2.5
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Chopin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dr. Gesundheit
Synopsis: Dr. Gesundheit tells Harvey a joke involving Chopin and Lenin.
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In Content Item: FlagMichael T. Gilbert's Strange Brew #[nn] published December 1982
as Chopin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Cyclical Theory

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Synopsis: Harvey is glum.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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