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Issue: Humbug #8
Publication Date: April 1958
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Issues: #8 of 11 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagHumbug Publications
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Humbug Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harvey Kurtzman; Jack Davis (Assistant Editor); Will Elder (Assistant Editor); Al Jaffee (Assistant Editor); Arnold Roth (Assistant Editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions:  
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Format Notes:  
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FlagHumbug #2 published March 2009
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Image of George Washington (very similar to the one on the $1 bill) with a tiny cartoon insect perched on his nose (and George's eyes are altered to look at the bug)
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Scared You, Hey?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Letterer(s): typeset (partial)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Story starts on the inside front cover; part typeset text and part signatures from readers
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Report on Shaving Aids

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photographs); Al Jaffee (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (photographs); Al Jaffee (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Medicine
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Humbug

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Arnold Roth [as AR] (letterhead and one panel)
Inker(s): Arnold Roth [as AR] (letterhead and one panel)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Judith Milhon, Howard Brown, B. Drews, Ben Calderone, Richard Christman, Lane Brown, J. S. Dushoff, Dennis Flannigan, C. H. Larson, Jr.
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Jailbreak Rock

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Harvey Kurtzman [Layouts]; Will Elder (signed)
Inker(s): Will Elder (signed)
Colorist(s): ? (one-tone)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Movies
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Humbug Album of American History George Washington

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Arnold Roth (signed)
Inker(s): Arnold Roth (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): History
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Everybody is Reading Car Magazines

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed); Arnold Roth [as AR] (signed); Harvey Kurtzman; Russ Heath (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed); Arnold Roth [as AR] (signed); Harvey Kurtzman; Russ Heath (signed)
Colorist(s): ? (one-tone)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Press
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Favorite Formulas for Finishing Films

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Purvis
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Colorist(s): ? (one-tone)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Miami

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Inker(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Travel
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Real, Old-Time Cowboys

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Colorist(s): ? (one-tone)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Humbug Award
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Herman Wook's Marjorie Morningsun

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (illustration)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (one-tone)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): A Humbug Book Condensation
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Snow Sculpture

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Colorist(s): ? (one-tone)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Art
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Old Sputnik Prints

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Science
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: 4 old (19th century) prints of people in torment with little cartoon sputniks added, probably by Roth or Jaffee
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TV Choreography

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Arnold Roth
Inker(s): Arnold Roth
Colorist(s): ? (one-tone)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Television
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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For the Man Who Has Everything

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Will Elder (signed)
Inker(s): Wilder (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; subscription coupon for Humbug
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A Humbug Valentine Bonus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee
Inker(s): Al Jaffee
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover; "A Humbug Valentine Bonus".

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