Humbug #7
(February 1958)

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; Jack Davis (Assistant Editor); Will Elder (Assistant Editor); Al Jaffee (Assistant Editor); Arnold Roth (Assistant Editor)

1958 Morn (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Arnold Roth [as A. R.]
Inks
Arnold Roth [as A. R.] (additions); Paul Émile Chabas (original)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover, and issue title, is a parody of the 1912 painting September Morn.

Galcream No More Greasy Palms! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Will Elder (signed)
Inks
Will Elder (signed)
Letters
Typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Fake ad.

1958... (Table of Contents: 2)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils
Arnold Roth [as A. R.]
Inks
Arnold Roth [as A. R.]
Letters
Typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Fred Santino, John Ball, Jack Gregory, Cal Simpson, William Kastanotis, unsigned, W. J. Turner, Doodles Weaver, (Miss) Rena Colburne and Gary Moss.

Frankenstien and His Monster (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Will Elder (signed)
Inks
Will Elder (signed)
Colors
? (tones)
Letters
Typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Frankenstein is (apparently) deliberately mis-spelled as Frankenstien in the title and throughout the story.

1957 in Revue (Table of Contents: 4)

Daily Nues / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Arnold Roth [as A. R.]
Inks
Arnold Roth [as A. R.]
Letters
Typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

Rocket to the Moon (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
R. O. Blechman [as Blechman] (signed)
Pencils
R. O. Blechman [as Blechman] (signed)
Inks
R. O. Blechman [as Blechman] (signed)
Letters
Typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

R. O. Blechman is credited as B. Blechman in the masthead (presumably the "B." is for Bob, being short for Robert)

Ingenuity in Packaging (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Davis
Inks
Jack Davis
Letters
Typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

Misleading Columns (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Larry Siegel
Pencils
Will Elder
Inks
Will Elder
Letters
Typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

Indoor Track (Table of Contents: 8)

Sports / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Arnold Roth (signed)
Inks
Arnold Roth (signed)
Colors
? (tones)
Letters
Typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

Sputniks! (Table of Contents: 9)

Science / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Davis (signed); Russ Heath (signed)
Inks
Jack Davis (signed); Russ Heath (signed)
Colors
? (tones)
Letters
Typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First page by Davis, second page by Heath

Crime in the U.S.A. (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Pablo Picasso (painting); Al Jaffee (signed)
Inks
Pablo Picasso (painting); Al Jaffee (signed)
Colors
? (tones)
Letters
Typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First two pages reproduce (badly) the paintings Three Musicians by Picasso (but image is flipped left to right), Guernica by Picasso, an unidentified sculpture, and an unidentified painting

The Unrecognized Aspirin War (Table of Contents: 11)

Medicine / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Jaffee (signed)
Inks
Al Jaffee (signed)
Colors
? (tones)
Letters
Typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

Fun with Hamlet & His Friends (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Larry Siegel
Pencils
Jack Davis
Inks
Jack Davis
Colors
? (tones)
Letters
Typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Placed on pages 27, 28 and 32; illustration emulated child's primer illustration and not in Davis' style but the hands are a giveaway

Have Gun You Better Travel (Table of Contents: 13)

Television / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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

Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

Orval Faubus Humbug Hero of 1957 (Table of Contents: 14)

The Grand Humbug Award / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
satire-parody
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

*Fingers! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. 1958 Morn
  2. 1. Galcream No More Greasy Palms!
  3. 2. 1958...
  4. 3. Frankenstien and His Monster
  5. 4. 1957 in Revue
    Daily Nues
  6. 5. Rocket to the Moon
  7. 6. Ingenuity in Packaging
  8. 7. Misleading Columns
  9. 8. Indoor Track
    Sports
  10. 9. Sputniks!
    Science
  11. 10. Crime in the U.S.A.
  12. 11. The Unrecognized Aspirin War
    Medicine
  13. 12. Fun with Hamlet & His Friends
  14. 13. Have Gun You Better Travel
    Television
  15. 14. Orval Faubus Humbug Hero of 1957
    The Grand Humbug Award
  16. 15. *Fingers!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Pat Conolly
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Alan Hutchinson
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Ramon Schenk