Humbug (1957) comic books

Cover by Will Elder and Jack Davis. Stories and art by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth, R. O. Blechman, Ken Englund, I. Wallach, Ashley Cooper and Wally Wood. Another attempt by Harvey Kurtzman to duplicate the success of Mad magazine, Humbug was actually published by the artists who created it. A dictionary of Southern US terms. Parodies of the 1950s film Baby Doll and the game show Twenty-One. Satirical looks at cereal boxes, model-making, and Shakespeare. Contributions from many past and future MAD Idiots, including Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth, and Wally Wood. Do Say Du Moirier; Here We Go Again; Doll-Baby; Excerpts from a Southern Dictionary; The Keeper of the Gelded Unicorn; Bird Watchers Guide for Humbugs; A Candid View of Wm. Shakespeare at Work; Cereal Boxes; Pinup of the Month: Big Dave Beck; And You Know Who Gets Killed; Model Making; Baseball Predictions; Twenty-Win; Discovery Explains Atom Fusion; Intrigue in the Middle East. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Will Elder and Jack Davis. Stories and art by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth, R. O. Blechman, Ken Englund, Arnold Benson, Alex Atkinson, Larry Siegel and Russ Heath. Another attempt by Harvey Kurtzman to duplicate the success of Mad magazine, Humbug was actually published by the artists who created it. Parodies of the 1950s film "Around the World in 80 Days" and the stage play My Fair Lady. Satirical looks at athlete's good-luck charms, vacations, and television. The first Humbug Award. Contributions from many past and future MAD Idiots, including Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth. I'll Take the Sportingman Type... Any Time!; Huge Publicity Campaign; The Fish Tail; Reverse Cliches; Around the Days in 80 Worlds; Something of Mau Mau; Charms and Hexes; Vacation-Time; A Night at the Castle; British Armed Might Becomes Offensive; My Fair Sadie; A Human Interest Story; Television Bugs; Tired Blood; The Humbug Award. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Will Elder and Jack Davis. Stories and art by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth, R. O. Blechman, and Larry Siegel. Another attempt by Harvey Kurtzman to duplicate the success of Mad magazine, Humbug was actually published by the artists who created it. History as seen through the television in You Are There Then. Parodies of the 1950s film "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" and the novel Peyton Place. Satirical looks at 1950s television, highway travel, and the Mayflower. Contributions from many past and future MAD Idiots, including Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth. New Sheldon Morris Gives Pure Natural Smoke; He Who Didn't Watch Sid Caesar; Fishing Lures; Back to School; Hay Fever; O.K. Corral; Radiation; Pagan Place; Voyage of the Mayflower II; Stand-ins!; TV Summer Replacements; New Home for the Majors; Get off my Galaxy; Highways; You are There Then; Bane Rock and Rolls on! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Will Elder. Stories and art by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth, R. O. Blechman, Harry Purvis, Paul Rosner, and Larry Siegel. Another attempt by Harvey Kurtzman to duplicate the success of Mad magazine, Humbug was actually published by the artists who created it. The Queen visits America. Parodies of the 1950s movie endings and the TV series Perry Como. Satirical looks at Consumer Reports, the World Series, and Chanel No. 5. Contributions from many past and future MAD Idiots, including Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth. Channel; Sca-Da-Voom; Cigar Store Indian, 1957; Watching the World Series; The Cannon with the Passion; The Earth Satellite; Favorite Formulas for Finishing Films; Welcome to the Queen; Foot-Ball Safety Equipment; Age of Specialization; Classified Top Secret; Fund Raising; Ex-Miss U.S.: Leona Gage; Consumer Retorts; Autumn Rambles; Peri Coma; Don't Say You Like Tchaikowsky; What Happened When Humbug Hit... New York. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Al Jaffee. Stories and art by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth, R. O. Blechman, Howie Schneider, Paul Rosner, Larry Siegel and Russ Heath. Another attempt by Harvey Kurtzman to duplicate the success of Mad magazine, Humbug was actually published by the artists who created it. How to carve a Thanksgiving turkey so it's nothing but drumsticks. Reporter (and future 60 Minutes anchor) Mike Wallace gets the Humbug Award. Satirical looks at fraternal orders, tobacco ads, and pro basketball. Contributions from many past and future MAD Idiots, including Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth. Pain? Headache? No Furniture? Bofforin; Mike Sticker's Pandemonium Quiz; How to Bring Up Your Child Without Really Lying; Lodges Fraternal Orders and Other Secret Societies; Send John Kasper to the Moon; The Day Murray Schneiderman Was Shot; The Humbug Award: Mike Wallace; Tall Men in Basketball; Evolution in Publishing; Thanksgiving Dinner; 40 Years Have Brought Amazing Progress in Gasoline Improvement; Like How to Carve Turkey; Voting Machine; Asiatic Flufrightus; Nifty Songs; Announcing an Entirely New Kind of Tobacco. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Jack Davis. Stories and art by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth, R. O. Blechman, Howie Schneider, Paul Rosner, Larry Siegel and Russ Heath. Another attempt by Harvey Kurtzman to duplicate the success of Mad magazine, Humbug was actually published by the artists who created it. An Arnold Roth version of Dickens' Christmas Carol includes Roth's caricatures of himself, Humbug contributors Jack Davis, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Al Jaffee, Harry Chester, R.O. Blechman, and Larry Siegel, and Charles Dickens. Parodies of the Lon Chaney biopic Man of 1000 Faces and the TV game show To Tell the Truth. Contributions from many past and future MAD Idiots, including Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth. Greetings, Like; Why Tell the Truth; T'was the Night Before Christmas; A White Christmas; Gift Wrapping; How Westerns Affect TV; The Humbug Award: Fake Santa Clauses; The Spirit of Christmas; Holiday Phone Call; Without a Word Being Spoken; The Man of 1000 Faces, 500 Bodies and 348 Voices, Growls and Shrieks; Have You Saved Your Confederate Money?; The Gift of the Magic; No Challengers for Patterson?; A Christmas Carol. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Arnold Roth. Stories and art by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth, R. O. Blechman, Howie Schneider, Paul Rosner, Larry Siegel and Russ Heath. Another attempt by Harvey Kurtzman to duplicate the success of Mad magazine, Humbug was actually published by the artists who created it. A young readers' version of Hamlet, and a parody of the TV Western show Have Gun Will Travel. Satirical looks at product packaging, Frankenstein, and the 1950s space race. Contributions from many past and future MAD Idiots, including Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth. The cover is a parody of the famous 1912 painting September Morn. Galcream; Frankenstien and His Monster; 1957 in Revue; Rocket to the Moon; Ingenuity in Packaging; Misleading Columns; The Grand Humbug Award: Orval Faubus, Humbug Hero of 1957; Indoor Track; Sputniks!; Crime in the U.S.A.; The Unrecognized Aspirin War; Fun with Hamlet & His Friends; Have Gun You Better Travel. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth, Harry Purvis, Larry Siegel and Russ Heath. Another attempt by Harvey Kurtzman to duplicate the success of Mad magazine, Humbug was actually published by the artists who created it. Parodies of 1950s bestsellers and the Elvis movie Jailhouse Rock. People from history are tormented by Sputnik satellites. Satirical looks at car magazines, snow sculptures, and Miami. Contributions from many past and future MAD Idiots, including Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth. Scared You, Hey?; Report on Shaving Aids; Jailbreak Rock; Humbug Album of American History: George Washington; Everybody Is Reading Car Magazines; Favorite Formulas for Finishing Films; Miami; Real, Old-Time Cowboys: Billy the Kid; Herman Wouks Marjorie Morningsun; Snow Sculpture; Old Sputnik Prints; TV Choreography; A Humbug Valentine Bonus. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by R. O. Blechman. Stories and art by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth, Larry Siegel and Ed Fisher. Another attempt by Harvey Kurtzman to duplicate the success of Mad magazine, Humbug was actually published by the artists who created it. Parodies of 1950s government-issued instruction manuals and science fiction comics. Auto racing in the 1950s. Satirical looks at TV commercials, Spring Training, and Saint Patrick's Day. Contributions from many past and future MAD Idiots, including Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth. The Best Television Commercials 1958; Log of the Solar Hawke; Finding the Mummy; Crossing Death Valley; Prof. Jughead's Educational Corner; Basic Field Manual: U.S. Armnaviators Handbook; Sport Car Racing; Diving for Pearl; Finding a Souvenir; The Little Goldy Book; The Humbug Award: Panicky Patriots; Spring Training; Adhesive Bandages; A Quiet Night. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Seymour Mednick. Stories and art by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth, Seymour Mednick, Larry Siegel and R. O. Blechman. Another attempt by Harvey Kurtzman to duplicate the success of Mad magazine, Humbug was actually published by the artists who created it. These last two issues were produced in magazine-size format. Parodies of Old Yeller and fashion photography. Satirical looks at golf, toothpaste ads, and gardening. Contributions from many past and future MAD Idiots, including Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth. Cover photo includes cameos by Kurtzman and Roth, while the Fashion Photos feature includes cameos by Davis and Elder. Mayday Parade; Flyashi Gordonovich; New Streaked Toothpaste with Streaks, Zigzags, Dots!; Sports; Rocket Clubs; The Temporary Recession; Old Yaller; Spring Rambles; Useful Cut-Out Cards; Perspiration; The Humbug Award: Economy Optimists; Humbug's Gardening Guide; Tarzan's on the Way However; A Quiet Night; Speed Business with Telegrams. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in.; 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories and art by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth, and Larry Siegel. Another attempt by Harvey Kurtzman to duplicate the success of Mad magazine, Humbug was actually published by the artists who created it. These last two issues were produced in magazine-size format. Parodies of the monster movie Rodan and 1950s muscle magazines. Satirical looks at racing fans, wedding photographers, and hunting. An excerpt from the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, the original English satirist. Contributions from many past and future MAD Idiots, including Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth. Excerpts from Kurtzman's previous magazine Trump, including spoofs of L'il Abner and Rin-Tin-Tin. Man - We're Beat!; Randan; Humbug Holiday Album: The Fourth of July; Sports; Judo; Sing a Song of Sixpence; Report on Cigarette Filter Tips; T.V. Titles; And You Know Who Gets Killed; Muscle Magazines; Old Prints for Future Viewing; The Wedding Photographer; Portrait of the Adult West; Gullver's Travels; Are You a Conformist?; L'l Ab'r; Hunting; How to Read an Annual Report; Tin-Rin-Rin-Tin-Rin; Columnia LR Panels; Smoke the Big M! Final issue of the series. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in.; 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.