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Issue: American Splendor #12
Publication Date: January 1987
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Issues: #12 of 16 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagHarvey Pekar
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Pekar
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $3.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 12 (11 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
First Line: Well, y'like bein' on the show though, y'like me, doncha?
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Pages: 1
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Blue Angels

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
First Line: Hey, Toby that's a nice shirt.
Synopsis: Toby has a Blue Angels t-shirt.
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Pages: 1
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Pa-ayper-Reggs!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Jewish Guy; Rag Peddlers; Big Fat Loudmouth Silver; Silver's wife; Krasny the Butcher; Turk
First Line: The point is, in the 'twenties everyone recognized the Jewish rag peddler's cry...
Synopsis: A guy tells Harvey about Cleveland's old rag peddlers from the 1920s.
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In Content Item: FlagThe New American Splendor Anthology #[nn] published September 1991
as Pa-ayper-Reggs!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBob & Harv's Comics #[nn] published September 1996
as Pa-ayper-reggs! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #16 published July 2002
as Pa-ayper-Reggs!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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Broken Window

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Harvey's aunt; Harvey's father; Harvey's mother
First Line: My pop was a very intense emotional man...
Synopsis: The baseball-obsessesd Harvey was forever breaking windows while playing ball when younger. When told not to by his father, he breaks yet another window after teeing off a rock with his bat. This has consequences.
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In Content Item: FlagThe New American Splendor Anthology #[nn] published September 1991
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Pages: 4
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Easy, Mario, Easy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Mario
First Line: Oww... time out, time out I was fouled
Synopsis: Mario plays basketball too hard on the court.
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Pages: 3
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Hysteria

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Tim; Editor; Caroline; Cleaner
First Line: ...In my apartment 7:15 A.M., February
Synopsis: Harvey's not feeling great and bawls out a sympathetic editor for not giving him enough coverage.
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In Content Item: FlagThe New American Splendor Anthology #[nn] published September 1991
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Pages: 15
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Another Old Jewish Lady, Another Store

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Jewish Lady; Customer; Cashier; Eddie
First Line: Uh, ma'm, I just wanted you to know that I was ahead of you.
Synopsis: An old Jewish lady tries to push in the supermarket queue.
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Pages: 3
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Jack Dickens' Comic Kingdom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Jack Dickens; Ed Brubaker; Bank president's wife; Customer who was in Saudi Arabia
First Line: Okay, so we gotta invitation anna hotel room for the Comicon...
Synopsis: Harvey and Joyce go to San Diego for Comicon and are hosted by a local comic store owner for a book signing event.
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In Content Item: FlagThe New American Splendor Anthology #[nn] published September 1991
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Pages: 14
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Late Night With David Letterman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Steve; Laurie Lennard; Bob [Robert Morton]
First Line: Hey, what's up?
Synopsis: Thanks to Joyce's initiative, Harvey is offered a spot on the David Letterman show for the first time. He talks with the show's researchers and wonders how he should be with David. Then he goes on the show.
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In Content Item: FlagThe New American Splendor Anthology #[nn] published September 1991
as Late Night with David Letterman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: The story uses much of Harvey and Dave's actual dialogue from that episode in edited form.
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New York: City With a Heart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Dale
First Line: New York, 3-24-87, I've just finished taping a T.V. program which will be shown in a few hours.
Synopsis: Harvey pays Dale by cheque, but may have put a stop payment on it because Dale seems to have lost it.
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In Content Item: FlagThe New American Splendor Anthology #[nn] published September 1991
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Pages: 1
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Sports Talk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
First Line: It says here that some guy from Africa who's 7'7 1/2" is gonna play for Cleveland State!
Synopsis: Some guys discuss a new Cleveland State basketball player.
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Pages: 1
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Ethnic Bakery - Sunday Morning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
First Line: Hiya, Aggie, been t' church yet?
Synopsis: Overheard at a bakery.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. The page is printed landscape rather than portrait.

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