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Issue: Humbug #6
Publication Date: January 1958
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Issues: #6 of 11 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagHumbug Publications
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Humbug Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 1957
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (11 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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A Very Merry Christmas Uncle!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Dickens
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Ebenezer Scrooge; Bob Cratchit
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: parody of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"
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Buy a Subscription to Humbug

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Will Elder (signed)
Inker(s): Will Elder (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Subscription ad for Humbug masquerading as a Christmas scene
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Don't Have Room to Print Everything We Want to Here

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Arnold Roth [as A. R.] (signed)
Inker(s): Arnold Roth [as A. R.] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Artwork credit is for masthead
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Greetings, Like

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel [as L. S.]
Penciller(s): Arnold Roth
Inker(s): Arnold Roth
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Poem.
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Why Tell the Truth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Will Elder (signed)
Inker(s): Will Elder (signed)
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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Fake Santa Clauses

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Will Elder (signed)
Inker(s): Will Elder (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Humbug Award
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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T'was the Night Before Christmas

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
Disclose Notes: Story is spread over 3 pages: full page, 1/3 page, 1/3 page
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A White Christmas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. O. Blechman [as Blechman] (signed)
Penciller(s): R. O. Blechman [as Blechman] (signed)
Inker(s): R. O. Blechman [as Blechman] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.33
Disclose Notes: Spread over 2 pages: 2/3 & 2/3 page each
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Gift Wrapping

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee (signed); Arnold Roth
Inker(s): Al Jaffee (signed); Arnold Roth
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Crafts
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3.25
Disclose Notes: Story on 3 full pages plus 1/4 page with coupon for ordering wrapping paper
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How Westerns Affect TV

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2.75
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The Spirit of Christmas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Inker(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Colorist(s): ? (one-tone)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Holiday Phone Call

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Arnold Roth (signed)
Inker(s): Arnold Roth (signed)
Colorist(s): ? (one-tone)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Without a Word Being Spoken...

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Russ Heath (signed)
Inker(s): Russ Heath (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of Cadillac ad (as "Callidac")
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Pages: 1
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The Man of 1000 Faces 500 Bodies and 348 Voices, Growls and Shrieks

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): Movies
Synopsis: parody of 1957 film starring James Cagney as actor Lon Chaney
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Have You Saved Your Confederate Money

Cartoon  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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.75
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Statement list lists Harvey Kurtzman as editor, Harry Chester as business manager. Owners are listed as Kurtzman, Chester, Will Elder, Al Jaffee, Jack Davis and Arnold Roth. No circulation numbers reported.
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The Gift of the Magic

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel [as O. Siegel]
Penciller(s): Arnold Roth [as A. R.] (signed)
Inker(s): Arnold Roth [as A. R.] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Story has one spot illustration.
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No Challengers for Patterson?

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): Sports
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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A Christmas Carol

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Arnold Roth [as A. Roth, Arnold Roth and A. R.] (signed 3X)
Inker(s): Arnold Roth [as A. Roth] (signed)
Colorist(s): ? (one-tone)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: last page of story contains Roth's caricatures of himself and contributors Jack Davis, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Al Jaffee, Harry Chester, R.O. Blechman and Larry Siegel (as well as Scrooge, Marley, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and Charles Dickens), all in period costume.

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