Humbug #1
(August 1957)

Humbug Publications, 1957 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Humbug Publishing Co. Inc.
Editing
Harvey Kurtzman (editor); Al Jaffee (assistant editor); Arnold Roth (assistant editor)

The End of the World is Coming (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Elder (signed); Jack Davis
Inks
Bill Elder (signed); Jack Davis
Letters
Jack Davis; typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

Do Say Du Moirier (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Elder (signed)
Inks
Bill Elder (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

Here We Go Again (Table of Contents: 2)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils
Bill Elder; Jack Davis; Al Jaffee; Arnold Roth; Wally Wood
Inks
Bill Elder; Jack Davis; Al Jaffee; Arnold Roth; Wally Wood
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letter from John C. Roberts with reply by Kurtzman

Doll-Baby (Table of Contents: 3)

Movies / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Davis (signed)
Inks
Jack Davis (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; non-fiction
Reprints

Excerpts from a Southern Dictionary (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ashley Cooper
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
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The Keeper of the Gelded Unicorn (Table of Contents: 5)

Fiction / text story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
I. Wallach
Pencils
Bill Elder (signed)
Inks
Bill Elder (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

Bird Watchers Guide for Humbugs (Table of Contents: 6)

cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Arnold Roth (signed)
Inks
Arnold Roth (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

A Candid View of Wm. Shakespeare at Work (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Ken Englund
Pencils
Arnold Roth (signed as A. R.)
Inks
Arnold Roth (signed as A. R.)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

Cereal Boxes (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 2.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Jaffee (signed as Allan Jaffee)
Inks
Al Jaffee (signed as Allan Jaffee)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

Big Dave Beck (Table of Contents: 9)

Pinup of the Month / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Arnold Roth (signed)
Inks
Arnold Roth (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

... And "You Know Who" Gets Killed (Table of Contents: 10)

Movies / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils
Harvey Kurtzman (layouts); Jack Davis (pencils)
Inks
Harvey Kurtzman (layouts); Jack Davis (inks)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; non-fiction
Reprints

Model Making (Table of Contents: 11)

Crafts / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Jaffee (signed)
Inks
Al Jaffee (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

Baseball Predictions (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Arnold Roth (signed as A. R.)
Inks
Arnold Roth (signed as A. R.)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

... And "You Know Who" Gets Killed (Table of Contents: 13)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Davis
Inks
Jack Davis
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

Twenty-Win (Table of Contents: 14)

Television / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Elder (signed)
Inks
Bill Elder (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

... And "You Know Who" Gets Killed (Table of Contents: 15)

cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Davis
Inks
Jack Davis
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
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Discovery Explains Atom Fusion (Table of Contents: 16)

Science / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Wally Wood
Inks
Wally Wood
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

Intrigue in the Middle East (Table of Contents: 17)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
R. O. Blechman
Pencils
R. O. Blechman
Inks
R. O. Blechman
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
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Humbug! The Only Magazine that Prints Money (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The End of the World is Coming
  2. 1. Do Say Du Moirier
  3. 2. Here We Go Again
  4. 3. Doll-Baby
    Movies
  5. 4. Excerpts from a Southern Dictionary
  6. 5. The Keeper of the Gelded Unicorn
    Fiction
  7. 6. Bird Watchers Guide for Humbugs
  8. 7. A Candid View of Wm. Shakespeare at Work
  9. 8. Cereal Boxes
  10. 9. Big Dave Beck
    Pinup of the Month
  11. 10. ... And "You Know Who" Gets Killed
    Movies
  12. 11. Model Making
    Crafts
  13. 12. Baseball Predictions
  14. 13. ... And "You Know Who" Gets Killed
  15. 14. Twenty-Win
    Television
  16. 15. ... And "You Know Who" Gets Killed
  17. 16. Discovery Explains Atom Fusion
    Science
  18. 17. Intrigue in the Middle East
  19. 18. Humbug! The Only Magazine that Prints Money
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Weldon Adams
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin