HELP! * Lot of 20 Issues of HELP! Magazine, and Several Additional KURTZMAN Items Publisher: Warren [Indicia: General Promotions Co., Inc.] Date Published: 1959-1965 Description: Lot of 20 issues of HELP!, comprising #s: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (vol. 2, #1), 14 (vol. 2, #2), 15 (vol. 2, #3), 17 (vol. 2, #5), 18 (vol. 2, #6), 19 (vol. 2, #7). 20 (vol. 2, #8), 21, 23, 24, 26. Lot also includes Harvey Kurtzman's Second HELP!-Ing Gold Medal paperback (1962), Comedy #1 (1980), with an article on Kurtzman's HELP!, and Comic Art #7 (2005), with an article about Kurtzman's post-Humbug freelance career. Generally VG or better, some outliers in better or slightly lesser condition. Harvey Kurtzman was on the ropes. He bailed on EC in 1956, full of high hopes for post-MAD success, only for his luck to abruptly nosedive. First Trump crapped out, then Humbug flopped. His son Peter was diagnosed with severe learning disabilities, and bills were piling up. Kurtzman was in dire need of HELP. "Each of the titles of Harvey Kurtzman's magazines say something about his state of mind at the time. MAD suggested creative anarchy, Trump signified arrogant domination, Humbug expressed bitternss and Help! shouted his career anxieties to the skies.... Help! was a hit-and-miss affair. Some of the material worked. Some fell flat.... The first sales reports were troubling. The first issue lost money. Everyone expected the magazine's sales to grow, but over time, the magazine was generally in the red, some issues more than others." — Bill Schelly, Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created MAD and Revolutionized Humor in America. Fantagraphics: 2015, pp. 409, 416-417. Enjoying the Sale? Order a fully-illustrated softcover catalogue for 30 bucks. Only about 100 copies were printed and they're going fast. To reserve a copy, contact PBA's Director of Comics: ivan@pbagalleries.com. Consign to PBA Galleries. Our comic sales average a 98% sell-through rate, our prices realized are top-of-the-market, and our research-intensive catalogues are the best in the business. Seeking Silver Age Marvel, Golden Age superheroes, and pre-Code horror. Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com. Item#: 347937 Headline: Kurtzman's HELP! Magazine: Lot of 20 Copies, plus Extras * 2nd HELP!-ing
HELP! * Lot of 20 Issues of HELP! Magazine, and Several Additional KURTZMAN Items Publisher: Warren [Indicia: General Promotions Co., Inc.] Date Published: 1959-1965 Description: Lot of 20 issues of HELP!, comprising #s: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (vol. 2, #1), 14 (vol. 2, #2), 15 (vol. 2, #3), 17 (vol. 2, #5), 18 (vol. 2, #6), 19 (vol. 2, #7). 20 (vol. 2, #8), 21, 23, 24, 26. Lot also includes Harvey Kurtzman's Second HELP!-Ing Gold Medal paperback (1962), Comedy #1 (1980), with an article on Kurtzman's HELP!, and Comic Art #7 (2005), with an article about Kurtzman's post-Humbug freelance career. Generally VG or better, some outliers in better or slightly lesser condition. Harvey Kurtzman was on the ropes. He bailed on EC in 1956, full of high hopes for post-MAD success, only for his luck to abruptly nosedive. First Trump crapped out, then Humbug flopped. His son Peter was diagnosed with severe learning disabilities, and bills were piling up. Kurtzman was in dire need of HELP. "Each of the titles of Harvey Kurtzman's magazines say something about his state of mind at the time. MAD suggested creative anarchy, Trump signified arrogant domination, Humbug expressed bitternss and Help! shouted his career anxieties to the skies.... Help! was a hit-and-miss affair. Some of the material worked. Some fell flat.... The first sales reports were troubling. The first issue lost money. Everyone expected the magazine's sales to grow, but over time, the magazine was generally in the red, some issues more than others." — Bill Schelly, Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created MAD and Revolutionized Humor in America. Fantagraphics: 2015, pp. 409, 416-417. Enjoying the Sale? Order a fully-illustrated softcover catalogue for 30 bucks. Only about 100 copies were printed and they're going fast. To reserve a copy, contact PBA's Director of Comics: ivan@pbagalleries.com. Consign to PBA Galleries. Our comic sales average a 98% sell-through rate, our prices realized are top-of-the-market, and our research-intensive catalogues are the best in the business. Seeking Silver Age Marvel, Golden Age superheroes, and pre-Code horror. Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com. Item#: 347937 Headline: Kurtzman's HELP! Magazine: Lot of 20 Copies, plus Extras * 2nd HELP!-ing
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