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Issue: The Humbug Digest #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1957
 
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Publisher: FlagBallantine Books
Brand: BB BallantineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Ballantine Books, Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/14/1957
Volume: none
Pages: 164
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 39 (30 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harvey Kurtzman
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: 4 1/4" x 7"
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Binding: Paperback
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Feature(s): Humbug
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First Line: The inconsequential is coming
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Gosharootie, Gang!

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The Cannon with the Passion

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Penciller(s): Will Elder
Inker(s): Will Elder
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The Spanish pull a giant cannon across land to attack the French.
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Fleeing the Apache

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Genres: western
Synopsis: Cowboys fleeing Apache warriors.
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Twenty-Win

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Penciller(s): Will Elder
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jack Barrel; Mr. Van Moving; Miss VaVoom
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The Overconfident Surgeon

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Tired Blood

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Penciller(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
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Last Days of Combat

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Synopsis: 3 men in a foxhole.
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Something of Mau Mau

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Penciller(s): Russ Heath
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Setting the Stage

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Synopsis: Somebody at the party is going to die.
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Voyage of the Mayflower II

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Off to India

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Synopsis: A young man joins a British regiment that is leaving for India.
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Peri Coma

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Penciller(s): Jack Davis
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Synopsis: What if Peri Coma did various jobs?
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Reverse Cliches

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My Fair Sadie

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Synopsis: A parody of the musical "My Fair Lady".
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The Fishtail

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Penciller(s): Bill Elder (signed)
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Synopsis: Various uses for the new fishtails on new cars.
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Doll-Baby

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Synopsis: Movie parody
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TV Summer Replacements

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Penciller(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Inker(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
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Synopsis: Uses for summer TV replacement shows.
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Highways

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Synopsis: A humorous look at the nation's Highways.
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You Are There Then

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Penciller(s): Will Elder
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Synopsis: Parody of the TV show "You Are There".
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The Heroes Pal Races

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A.P.B. on the M.O. at the O.K. Corral

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Mission at Dawn

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Television Bugs

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Synopsis: Funny things that can mess up TV shows.
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Model Making

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Penciller(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Inker(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
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Synopsis: A humorous look at model making by young boys.
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Pagan Place

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Writer(s): Lawrence Siegel
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Back to School

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Penciller(s): Arnold Roth (signed)
Inker(s): Arnold Roth (signed)
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Synopsis: A humorous look at kids going back to school.
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A Human Interest Story

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Writer(s): R. O. Blechman (signed)
Penciller(s): R. O. Blechman (signed)
Inker(s): R. O. Blechman (signed)
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Fishing Lures

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Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A humorous look at fishing lures.
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Around the Days in 80 Worlds

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Penciller(s): Will Elder
Inker(s): Will Elder
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A spoof of the story "Around the World in 80 Days".
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The Thing from Space

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The Men Who Publish Humbug

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