Humbug (1957) comic books 1957

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.