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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published April 1958
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Harvey Kurtzman; Jack Davis (Assistant Editor); Will Elder (Assistant Editor); Al Jaffee (Assistant Editor); Arnold Roth (Assistant Editor)

Cover Details

Genre satire

2 page story "Scared You, Hey?"

Genre satire
Letters typeset
Notes Story starts on the inside front cover.

1 page text story "Report on Shaving Aids"

Genre satire
Pencils ? (photographs); ? (illustrations)
Inks ? (photographs); ? (illustrations)
Letters typeset

2 page letters page "Humbug"

Genre satire
Pencils Arnold Roth [as AR] (letterhead)
Inks Arnold Roth [as AR] (letterhead)
Letters typeset
Notes Letters of comment from readers Judith Milhon, Howard Brown, B. Drews, Ben Calderone, Richard Christman, Lane Brown, J. S. Dushoff, Dennis Flannigan, C. H. Larson, Jr.

3 page story "Jailbreak Rock"

Genre satire
Pencils Will Elder (signed)
Inks Will Elder (signed)
Colors ? (one-tone)
Letters typeset

1 page Humbug Album of American History story "George Washington"

Genre satire
Pencils Arnold Roth (signed)
Inks Arnold Roth (signed)
Letters typeset

1 page story "Everybody is Reading Car Magazines"

Genre satire
Pencils Jack Davis (signed)
Inks Jack Davis (signed)
Colors ? (one-tone)
Letters typeset

2 page story "Customizing Your Car from Carbs to Shocks"

Genre satire
Pencils Arnold Roth [as AR]
Inks Arnold Roth [as AR]
Letters typeset

1 page letters page "The Greese Pit"

Genre satire
Pencils ? (letterhead)
Inks ? (letterhead)
Letters typeset
Notes Fake magazine letter page.

1 page story "Accessories from Airlifts to Zoomuffs"

Genre satire
Pencils Russ Heath (signed)
Inks Russ Heath (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Fake ads.

2 page story "Favorite Formulas for Finishing Films"

Genre satire
Pencils ? (illustrations)
Inks ? (illustrations)
Colors ? (one-tone)
Letters typeset

3 page story "Miami"

Genre satire
Pencils Al Jaffee (signed)
Inks Al Jaffee (signed)
Letters typeset

1 page The Humbug Award story "Billy the Kid"

Genre satire
Pencils Jack Davis (signed)
Inks Jack Davis (signed)
Colors ? (one-tone)
Letters typeset

4 page A Humbug Book Condensation text story "Herman Wook's Marjorie Morningsun"

Genre satire
Pencils ? (illustration)
Inks ? (illustration)
Colors ? (one-tone)
Letters typeset

2 page story "Snow Sculpture"

Genre satire
Pencils ? (illustrations)
Inks ? (illustrations)
Colors ? (one-tone)
Letters typeset

4 page story "Old Sputnik Prints"

Genre satire
Letters typeset

3 page story "TV Choreography"

Genre satire
Colors ? (one-tone)
Letters typeset

1 page story "For the Man Who Has Everything"

Genre satire
Pencils Will Elder (signed)
Inks Wilder (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover. Fake ad.

1 page story "Here is My Heart"

Genre satire
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover.