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Issue: American Splendor #10
Publication Date: January 1985
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Issues: #10 of 16 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagHarvey Pekar
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Pekar
On Sale Date: 06/19/1985
Volume: 1
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $4.25 CAD
$3.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 13 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date (shipping) from the Public Catalog of the U.S. Copyright Office, Registration Number TX0001613828.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography, humorous
First Line: Poor dishwashing has always been my achilles heel.
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Pages: 1
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Domestic Appliances

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Doctor
First Line: Boy, doctor, y'know one a' my biggest domestic problems is that I can't wash dishes well.
Synopsis: Harvey discusses his problems with washing dishes.
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Pages: 1
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The Bird Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): The Bird Man
First Line: Coventry Street Fair
Synopsis: A guy is selling wind-up birds at the Coventry Street fair.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Double Feature part 1: Footloose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
First Line: Cleveland, Ohio; Winter 1983-84
Synopsis: Harvey and Toby get into work early and discuss the movie Footloose.
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In Content Item: FlagThe New American Splendor Anthology #[nn] published September 1991
as Double Feature part 1: Footloose [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Double Feature part 2: Revenge Of The Nerds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
First Line: Cleveland, Ohio: Summer, 1984
Synopsis: Toby made a round trip of 260 miles to ensure he caught the movie Revenge of the Nerds.
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In Content Item: FlagThe New American Splendor Anthology #[nn] published September 1991
as Double Feature part 2: Revenge of the Nerds [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Inner City Flea Market

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Record dealer; Pushy customers
First Line: You got in any new records inna last couple 'a months?
Synopsis: Harvey witnesses an altercation at the flea market between a used record dealer and two males.
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Pages: 5
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Today At Work, I...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Doctor
First Line: Hey doc!
Synopsis: Harvey finagles another donut from a doctor while telling him about how a magazine interviewer interpreted his doing so.
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Pages: 1
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A Marriage Album

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Maxine; Charlie
First Line: Oh, hey, Maxine, c'mon in.
Synopsis: Harvey and Joyce relate how a correspondence between them blossomed into a lasting relationship and then marriage.
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In Content Item: FlagMore American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar #[nn] published January 1987
as A Marriage Album [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #[nn] published August 2003
as A Marriage Album [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Harvey is also referred to as Herschel at one point in the story.
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The Bear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Policeman
First Line: Friday night
Synopsis: Harvey has a bad day as he avoids a parking ticket overnight but gets one in the afternoon.
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Pages: 5
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Obsessive-Compulsive (Lost Glasses)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
First Line: Introduction: Here's our man driving.
Synopsis: Harvey was wearing his glasses when he came in, but can't find them now, causing him to panic as his obsessive-compulsiveness bubbles to the surface.
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In Content Item: FlagThe New American Splendor Anthology #[nn] published September 1991
as Obsessive-Compulsive (Lost Glasses) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Violence

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
First Line: When I was a kid I grew up in an area full of blacks and Italians where the best fighters got the most respect.
Synopsis: Harvey's experiences with violence from teenage days to present, and a recent mugging.
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In Content Item: FlagMore American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar #[nn] published January 1987
as Violence [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #[nn] published August 2003
as Violence [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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The Glory That Was Cleveland

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Synopsis: A view of the Flats, the valley at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River from what's left of Cleveland's Clark Avenue Bridge.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This page is produced in a landscape rather than portrait format.
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The Ridge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
First Line: We'd been in the jungle all week.
Synopsis: A jungle war recollection.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This back cover strip is presented in the landscape format.

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