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Issue: Humbug #7
Publication Date: February 1958
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Issues: #7 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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Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagHumbug #2 published March 2009
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1958 Morn

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Arnold Roth [as A. R.]
Inker(s): Arnold Roth [as A. R.] (additions); Paul Émile Chabas (original)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover, and issue title, is a parody of the 1912 painting September Morn.
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Galcream No More Greasy Palms!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Will Elder (signed)
Inker(s): Will Elder (signed)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Fake ad.
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1958...

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Arnold Roth [as A. R.]
Inker(s): Arnold Roth [as A. R.]
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose 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.
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Frankenstien and His Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Will Elder (signed)
Inker(s): Will Elder (signed)
Colorist(s): ? (tones)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagM #11/2007 published October 2007
as Frankenstien og monsteret hans [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Frankenstein is (apparently) deliberately mis-spelled as Frankenstien in the title and throughout the story.
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1957 in Revue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Arnold Roth [as A. R.]
Inker(s): Arnold Roth [as A. R.]
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Daily Nues
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Rocket to the Moon

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
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: R. O. Blechman is credited as B. Blechman in the masthead (presumably the "B." is for Bob, being short for Robert)
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Ingenuity in Packaging

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
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Misleading Columns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel
Penciller(s): Will Elder
Inker(s): Will Elder
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Indoor Track

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Arnold Roth (signed)
Inker(s): Arnold Roth (signed)
Colorist(s): ? (tones)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sports
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Sputniks!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed); Russ Heath (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed); Russ Heath (signed)
Colorist(s): ? (tones)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Science
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: First page by Davis, second page by Heath
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Crime in the U.S.A.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pablo Picasso (painting); Al Jaffee (signed)
Inker(s): Pablo Picasso (painting); Al Jaffee (signed)
Colorist(s): ? (tones)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose 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
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The Unrecognized Aspirin War

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Inker(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Colorist(s): ? (tones)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Medicine
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Fun with Hamlet & His Friends

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Colorist(s): ? (tones)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose 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
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Have Gun You Better Travel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Television
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Orval Faubus Humbug Hero of 1957

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): The Grand Humbug Award
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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*Fingers!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Subscription ad for Humbug. Asterisk is part of the title.

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