Confidential (magazine) Quigley Publishing that he previously worked for, the emphasis was Hollywood, but with a twist—"exposés of star secrets" became "Confidential"s prime focus. The first "Confidential" issue was dated December (released November) 1952 under the caption "The Lid Is Off!" Its circulation was 250,000 copies. But when the breakup of Marilyn Monroe's marriage to Joe DiMaggio was reported in the August 1953 issue ("Why Joe DiMaggio Is Striking Out with Marilyn Monroe!"), the circulation jumped to 800,000. The quarterly magazine then became bimonthly and was the fastest growing magazine in the US at the time. Harrison would claim its circulation reached
Humbug (magazine) reprinted February 2008 in a two-volume slipcased edition by Fantagraphics Books. It includes annotations by John Benson, a lengthy 2005 interview with Arnold Roth and Al Jaffee, plus a four-page explanation of exactly how restoration of the magazine was accomplished by Fantagraphics. Hugh Hefner, who had published "Trump", provided "those strange ones" at "Humbug" a nine-page feature in "Playboy"s December 1957 issue. Underground cartoonist Robert Crumb said that the elaborate Davis–Elder cover to the second issue of "Humbug" "changed his life". In 1958 Crumb and his brother Charles self-published three issues of "Foo" in imitation of "Humbug" and "Mad". Crumb