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    Humbug (1957) #6 VG+ 4.5
    Published Jan 1958 by Humbug Publications.
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    $37.00
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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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