"Humbug" ran into snags right away due to its small format, which made it difficult for consumers to find it on the newsstands. It also suffered distribution problems. For its last two issues, "Humbug" was printed in a standard magazine size, and the price was raised from fifteen cents to twenty-five. At the last minute, the page count of the eleventh issue was increased from thirty-two pages to forty-eight, reprinting material from "Trump". This last issue included a self-deprecating message from Kurtzman which summarized the artists' careers and announced "Humbug"s farewell. The group followed divergent career paths following the breakup.