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Issue: Humbug #9
Publication Date: May 1958
 
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Variant: unnamed
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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: 19 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harvey Kurtzman; Jack Davis (assistant); Will Elder (assistant); Al jaffee (assistant); Arnold Roth (assitant)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions:  
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
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FlagHumbug #2 published March 2009
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
R. O. Blechman [as Blechman] (signed)
R. O. Blechman [as Blechman] (signed)
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Fun Fact: The little hats were each a separate piece of art and were arranged in a "just so" pattern by Blechman, though one fell off and the art director feared Blechman's reaction if it was not found. It was. (paraphrased from remarks by Arnold Roth @ Society of Illustrators, NYC, March 8, 2013).
Saint Patrick's Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Arnold Roth [as A. R.] (signed)
Arnold Roth [as A. R.] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Humbug Holiday Album
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Miscellaneous
1
Next Issue We Go Fancy

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Arnold Roth
Arnold Roth
? (one-tone)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
The Best Television Commercials 1958

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Will Elder
Will Elder
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Television
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Miscellaneous
4
Log of the Solar Hawke

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ed Fisher
Arnold Roth (signed)
Arnold Roth (signed)
typeset; Arnold Roth
Subject Matter
humorous
Science Fiction
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Finding The Mummy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jack Davis (signed)
Jack Davis (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
"And You Know Who" Gets Killed
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Miscellaneous
1
Russia Spurs U.S. Education

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jack Davis
Jack Davis
? (one-tone)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Education
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Our Friends at Ballantine Book Publishers Have Asked Us to Advertise...

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
List of Ballantine humor titles but 8 of the 15 are The Humbug Digest
Basic Field Manual U.S. Armnaviator's Handbook

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Larry Siegel
Arnold Roth [as A. R.] (signed)
Arnold Roth [as A. R.] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
Sports Car Racing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al Jaffee (signed)
Al Jaffee (signed)
? (one-tone)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Sports
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Miscellaneous
2
Diving for Pearl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jack Davis (signed)
Jack Davis (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
"And You Know Who" Gets Killed
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Little Goldy Book Alphibet book

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Arnold Roth [as A. R.] (signed)
Arnold Roth [as A. R.] (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Education
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Miscellaneous
4
The Following Four Pages Are Like Nothing You Have Ever Read in a Magazine Before

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
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!"
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Miscellaneous
3
Panicky Patriots

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jack Davis (signed)
Jack Davis (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Humbug Heroes Of Month
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Miscellaneous
1
Spring Training

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jack Davis (signed)
Jack Davis (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Sports
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Miscellaneous
3
Adhesive Bandages

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Will Elder (signed)
Will Elder (signed)
? (one-tone)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Medicine
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Miscellaneous
1
A Quiet Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jack Davis (signed)
Jack Davis (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
"And You Know Who" Gets Killed
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Miscellaneous
1
They're Talking About Us

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
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Miscellaneous
1
Humbug subscription coupon
I Will Train You to Make Big Money Repairing Television-Radio

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al Jaffee (signed)
Al Jaffee (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Fake ad for Get Rich Quick Institute of Electron[ics] (end of name inferred but covered in ad by art)
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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