Humbug #9

(May 1958)

Saint Patrick's Day (Table of Contents: 1)

Humbug Holiday Album / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Arnold Roth (signed as A. R.)

Inks

Arnold Roth (signed as A. R.)

Letters

typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Reprints

• in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)

Next Issue We Go Fancy (Table of Contents: 2)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Arnold Roth

Inks

Arnold Roth

Colors

? (one-tone)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)

The Best Television Commercials 1958 (Table of Contents: 3)

Television / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Elder

Inks

Bill Elder

Letters

typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Reprints

• in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)

Log of the Solar Hawke (Table of Contents: 4)

Suicide Squad [Task Force X] / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Fisher

Pencils

Arnold Roth (signed)

Inks

Arnold Roth (signed)

Letters

Arnold Roth; typeset

Genre

satire-parody; adventure; science fiction

Reprints

• in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)

Finding the Mummy (Table of Contents: 5)

"And You Know Who" Gets Killed / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)

Russia Spurs U.S. Education (Table of Contents: 6)

Prof. Jughead's Educational Corner / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Davis

Inks

Jack Davis

Colors

? (one-tone)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; teen

Reprints

• in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)

Our Friends at Ballantine Book Publishers Have Asked Us to Advertise... (Table of Contents: 7)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

List of Ballantine humor titles but 8 of the 15 are The Humbug Digest

Basic Field Manual U.S. Armnaviator's Handbook (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Larry Siegel

Pencils

Arnold Roth (signed as A. R.)

Inks

Arnold Roth (signed as A. R.)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)

Sports Car Racing (Table of Contents: 9)

Sports / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Jaffee (signed)

Inks

Al Jaffee (signed)

Colors

? (one-tone)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; non-fiction; sports

Reprints

• in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)

Diving for Pearl / Finding a Souvenir (Table of Contents: 10)

"And You Know Who" Gets Killed / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman (prelim layout); Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)

Indexer Notes

Two single-panel gags. The "...and you know who gets killed" gag was continued in other single-panel gags in the issue.

The Little Goldy Book Alphibet book (Table of Contents: 11)

Prof. Jughead's Educational Corner / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Arnold Roth (signed as A. R.)

Inks

Arnold Roth (signed as A. R.)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; teen

Reprints

• in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)

The Following Four Pages Are Like Nothing You Have Ever Read in a Magazine Before (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

After a warning that the following pages are like nothing seen before on page 23 are two blank pages on pages 24 & 25 then (on page 31) is "April Fool!"

Reprints

• in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)

Panicky Patriots (Table of Contents: 13)

Humbug Heroes Of Month / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)

Spring Training (Table of Contents: 14)

Sports / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; non-fiction; sports

Reprints

• in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)

Adhesive Bandages (Table of Contents: 15)

Mawby the Medicine Man / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Elder (signed)

Inks

Bill Elder (signed)

Colors

? (one-tone)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)

A Quiet Night (Table of Contents: 16)

"And You Know Who" Gets Killed / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)

They're Talking About Us (Table of Contents: 17)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Humbug subscription coupon

I Will Train You to Make Big Money Repairing Television-Radio (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Jaffee (signed)

Inks

Al Jaffee (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Synopsis

Fake ad for Get Rich Quick Institute of Electron[ics] (end of name inferred but covered in ad by art).

Reprints

• in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)

Indexer Notes

Back cover.