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Switched from Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror to The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror in 2008 with Issue #14.


Treehouse of Horror #1 Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #1  (Sept 1995)
   Scarifying First Issue!

Little Shop of Homers
MMMMMMMMPages:  15
Story & Inks:  Mike Allred
Breakdowns:  Luis Escobar
Pencils:  Bill Morrison
Lettering:  Mike Sakamoto
Colors:  Laura Allred and Nathan Kane
Reprinted in:  Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror:
  Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo
  Simpsons Illustrated #4

Bart Simpson - Master of Disguise presents:
The Quick 'N' Easy, Low Budget Do-It-Yourself Guide to
Cool Costumes
MMMMMMMMPages:  1
Reprinted in:  Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror:
Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo

Call Me Homer
MMMMMMMMPages:  14
Story & Breakdowns:  Jeff Smith
Pencils:  Stephanie Gladden
Inks:  Bill Morrison
Lettering:  Mike Sakamoto
Colors:  Nathan Kane
Reprinted in:  Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror:
Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo

Bart People
MMMMMMMMPages:  14
Story:  James Robinson
Layouts:  Chris Roman
Finished Art:  Bill Morrison
Lettering:  Mike Sakamoto
Colors:  Nathan Kane
Reprinted in:  Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror:
Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo

Bart Simpson Cutouts
"Paper Doll" and three costumes
MMMMMMMMPages:  1  (back cover)
   
Departments:  The Bongo Beat
Extras:   Back cover featured Bart Simpson cut-out doll and costumes.
   
------------------------------    Bongo Comics Group  ----------------------
   
Publisher:  Matt Groening
Managing Editor:  Jason Grode
Art Director / Editor:  Bill Morrison

Bongo Beat 49 Things That Frightened and Disturbed Me When I Was A Kid by Matt Groening.


Treehouse of Horror #2 Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #2  (Sept 1996)
   Spooktacular Second Issue!

Sideshow Blob!
MMMMMMMMPages:  14
Presented by:  Moldering Matt Groening
Script:  Devilish Paul Dini
Layouts & Inks:  Bloody Bill Morrison
Pencils:  Bubonic Tim Bavington
Letters:  Creaky Jeannine Crowell and Chris Six Feet Ungar
Colors:  Nauseating Nathan Kane
Reprinted in:  Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror:
Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo

The Exorsister
MMMMMMMMPages:  14
Presented by:  Maggoty Matt Groening
Script:  Putrid Peter Bagge
Pencils:  Gangrenous Stephanie Gladden
Inks:  Blighted Tim Bavington
Letters:  Cankered Jeannine Crowell and Undead Chris Ungar
Colors:  Noxious Nathan Kane
Reprinted in:  Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror:
Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo

Artwork from Rigel-4 Attacks trading cards  (faux cards)
MMMMMMMMPages:  1  (back cover)
   
Cover Illustration:   Bill Morrison
Back Cover:  Bill Morrison, Nathan Kane
Departments:   Bongo Beat

Bongo Beat features two stories, What's Scary by Peter Bagge and My Favorite Halloween Prank by Paul Dini.

The design of the Rigel-4 Attacks trading card pictured on the back of this issue would be used fourteen years later in the actual design of the four Marge Attacks trading cards supplied within The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror #16.


Treehouse of Horror #3 Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #3  (Sept 1997)
   Third Throat-Throttling Issue

The Immigration of the Body Snatchers!
MMMMMMMMPages:  24
Presented by:  Mucous-Laden Matt Groening
Script:  Evan "Don't be Afraid of the" Dorkin
Pencils:  Bill "More Gore"-ison,
  Stephanie "The Queen of Halloween" Gladden
  & Phil "Orc"-tiz
Letters:  Jeannine "The Crow"-ell Black, Chris The Ungartaker
Inks:  Tim "Gore Blimey" Bavington & Bill "Mummy" Morrison
Colors:  Decapitated Nathan Kane & Wretched Rhea Patton
Reprinted in:  Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror:
Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo

Fatal Reception
MMMMMMMMPages:  3
Presented by:  Maimin' Matt Groening
Co-Writer:  Scott "M is for Murderlizin' " Gimple
Co-Writer, 
Pencils, Inks:  Kill Morrison
Colors:  Cannibalistic Nathan Kane
Reprinted in:  The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror: Dead Man's Jest
   
Cover Illustration:   Bill Morrison, Nathan Kane
Departments:  Bongo Beat

Bongo Beat has Bongo's Ghoulish Gallery of the Grotesque... featuring fan art.


Treehouse of Horror #4 Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #4  (Sept 1998)
   Fourth Fright-Filled Issue

I faced Tahn-enn-bahm
The Christmas Tree from Another World
MMMMMMMMPages:  13
Script:  Depraved Chuck Dixon
Pencils:  Odorous Phil Ortiz
Inks:  Bilious Tim Bavington
Colors:  Nathan "Killer" Kane
Letters:  Chris "The Hunger" Ungar
Editor:  Bill "The Horror, The Horror" Morrison
X-Mas Tree Hugger:  Gut Wrenching Matt Groening
Reprinted in:  Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror:
Spine-Tingling Spooktacular

Rigel Four, Springfield Zero   (pin-up)
MMMMMMMMPages:  3
Art:  Geof "Bone Marrow" Darrow
Color:  Nathan "Raising" Kane
Reprinted in:  Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror:
Spine-Tingling Spooktacular

The Illustrative Man
MMMMMMMMPages:  13
Script:  Loathsome Batton Lash
Pencils:  Julius "Ain't so" Priete
Inks:  Bawdy Tim Bavington
Letters:  Karen "No Vacancy" Bates and Jeannine Black Plague
Colors:  Cadaverous Nathan Kane
Editor:  Bill "Morgue"-ison
Freakshow Manager:  Grotesque Matt Groening
Reprinted in:  Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror:
Spine-Tingling Spooktacular
   
Cover Illustration:   Bill Morrison, Nathan Kane
Departments:   Bongo Beat

Bongo Beat features Tragic Treehouse Memories from this Issues Masters of Mayhem with stories by Batton Lash, Geof Darrow and Chuck Dixon.

"The Illustrative Man" was nominated for an Eisner Award in 1999 for Best Short Story.


Treehouse of Horror #5

Treehouse of Horror #5 Back Cover

Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #5  (Sept 1999)
   Fearsome Fifth Issue!

Dark Lisa
MMMMMMMMPages:  15
Writer:  Jill "Thrill Kill" Thompson
Pencils:  Oscar "Gorgo" González Loyo
Inks:  Eerie Steve Steere, Jr.
Letters:  Karen "Black Cat" Bates
Colors:  Nathan "Karloff" Kane
Editor:  Batty Bill Morrison
Psychic Friend:  Mysterious Matt Groening
Reprinted in:  Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror:
Spine-Tingling Spooktacular

Xt'tapalatakettle's Day
MMMMMMMMPages:  13
Story and Art by:  Sergio Ara"goonie"s
Script by:  Shambling Scott Shaw!
Lettered by:  Cursed Chris Ungar and Scarin' Karen Bates
Colored by:  Nathan "Krawling Hand" Kane
Editor:  Buried Bill Morrison
Zombie Wrangler:  Matt "Ghastly" Groening
Reprinted in:  Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror:
Spine-Tingling Spooktacular

Apu on Rigel 7
MMMMMMMMPages:  17
Writer/Artist:  Freshly Doug TenNapel
Letters:  Crawling Chris Ungar
Colors:  Nathan "Nosferatu" Kane
Editor:  Bill Morbidson
BEM  
(Bug-Eyed Master):  Monstrous Matt Groening
Reprinted in:  Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror:
  Spine-Tingling Spooktacular
  Simpsons Illustrated #4

The Beer Witch Project
MMMMMMMMPages:  1  (back cover)
Artist:  Mike Manley
   
Cover Illustration:   Bill Morrison, Nathan Kane
Departments:  Bongo Beat

Bongo Beat features Rueful Recollections of Revelry And Ruin with stories by Jill Thompson and Sergio Aragonés.

This issue won an Eisner Award in 2000 for Best Humor Publication.


Treehouse of Horror #6 Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #6
    Direct Edition  (Sept 2000)

Hell-O-Ween
MMMMMMMMPages:  15
Written, Illustrated 
and Lettered by:  Jim Maaaaaaah!!!-food
Script by:  Ian Boo!-thby
Colors:  Chris Un-gore!
Edits by:  Bill Morri-scum
Evil Ringleader:  Maimin' Matt Groenin'
Reprinted in:  The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Fun-Filled Frightfest

Metamorph Simpsons
MMMMMMMMPages:  14
Art and Story:  Peter "Kafkaesque" Kuper
Letters:  Chris "The Creature" Ungar
Colors:  Nasty Nathan Kane
Edits:  Bill "Dial M. For" Morrison
Grublisher:  Splat Groening
Reprinted in:  Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror:
Spine-Tingling Spooktacular

Young Frinkenstein
MMMMMMMMPages:  14
Script:  Shrill Bill Morrison
Pencils:  Dangerous Dan DeCarlo
Inks:  Allen "Grave" Roberts
Colors:  Art "Of Darkness" Villanueva
Lettering:  Creepy-Crawlin' Karen Bates
Angry Villager #1:  Malignant Matt Groening
Reprinted in:  Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror:
Spine-Tingling Spooktacular

From Duffs Till Dawn
MMMMMMMMPages:  15
Writer/Artist:  Scott "No Remorse" Morse
Letters:  Carrion Bates
Page Destroyer:  Petey "The Magic Monkey" Dole
Editor:  Mortifyin' Bill Morrison
Barkreep:  Malodorous Matt Groening
Reprinted in:  The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Fun-Filled Frightfest

Martin's Folktales From Around the World
MMMMMMMMPages:  1  (back cover)
Artist:  Stan Sakai
Reprinted in:  The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Fun-Filled Frightfest
   
Cover Illustration:   Bill Morrison
Departments:  Bongo Beat
   
------------------------------    Bongo Comics Group  ----------------------
   
Publisher:  Grisly Matt Groening
Art Director/Editor:  "B-I-Double Hockey Sticks" Morrison
Managing Editor:  Scary Terry Delegeane
Operations:  Robert "Chain Zaugh Massacre"
Assistant Art Director:  Notorious Nathan Kane
Production Manager:  Chris "Me, Deadly" Ungar
Production / Design:  Karen Bats, Tell Tale Art Villanueva
Production Assistants:  Mighty "J. Ho" Young, Mike Rote Of All Evil
Editorial Assistant:  Eric "Resident Evil" Rogers
Administration:  Sherri-EEEK! Smith

Treehouse of Horror #6
Peter "Kafkaesque" Kuper, credited under "Story & Art" for "Metamorph Simpsons", created The Metamorphosis, an adaption of the Franz Kafka story.

The story "Metamorph Simpsons" has a running icon along the corner of each page that forms its own storyline. "Metamorph Simpsons" also ends with the word KONEC, as in "The End" in Czech.

Bongo Beat features Terrifying and Tantalizing Tales of Trick-or-Treating! with stories by Ian Boothby, Jim Mahfood, Peter Kuper, Dan DeCarlo, Bill Morrison, C. Scott Morse and Stan Sakai.


Treehouse of Horror #6 Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #6
    Non-Direct Edition  (Sept 2000)

Instead of Treehouse of Horror #6 in the upper left corner the comic sent through the traditional distribution channels had Simpsons Comics Annual 2000. One may theorize that this was geared to the casual buyer, for whom this description might provide greater appeal 1) not knowing they were 'missing' five prior issues and 2) knowing they might only be getting 'hooked' on an annual purchase.
Treehouse of Horror #6


Treehouse of Horror #7

Treehouse of Horror #7 Back Cover

Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #7
    Direct Edition  (Sept 2001)

In Springfield No-One Can Hear You Scream
MMMMMMMMPages:  12
Story:  Garth "Express Elevator to Heck" Ennis
Art:  John "Coming Out of the Goshdarned Walls" McCrea
Colors:  Dave "Oozin' Goo" Stewart
Letters:  Karen "Don't Look Behind You" Bates
Editor:  Bill "Blood, Sweat and Terror" Morrison
Pod Maintenance:  The Spawn of Matt Groening
Reprinted in:  The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Fun-Filled Frightfest

I'm Not In Springfield Anymore!
MMMMMMMMPages:  15
Story and Art:  Stan (Brainless) Sakai
Colors:  Nathan (Cowardly) Kane
Edits:  Bill (Heartless) Morrison
Munchkin Wrangler:  Matt (Great Oz) Groening
Reprinted in:  The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Fun-Filled Frightfest

Homererectus
MMMMMMMMPages:  15
Script & Art:  Troy "Not Whistlin'" Nixey
Colors:  Dave Stewarts and all
Letters:  Karen Bear Baiter
Editor:  Bill "Blimey" Morrison
Missing Link:  Mischievious Matt Groening
Reprinted in:  The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Fun-Filled Frightfest

Catastrophe in Substitute Springfields!
MMMMMMMMPages:  15
Story am not by:  Mark "Great Ceasar's Ghost" Hamill
Art am not by:  Backward Bill Morrison, Jason "Bizarre" Ho,
  Mike "Wrong Way" Rote
Colors am not by:  Art "Villain"ueva
Letters am not by:  Karen "Brainiac" Bates
Destroyer of Worlds:  Anti-Matter Groening
Reprinted in:  The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Fun-Filled Frightfest

Destroy All Simpsons
MMMMMMMMPages:  1  (back cover)
Artist:  Dan Brereton
Reprinted in:  The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Fun-Filled Frightfest
   
Cover Illustration:   Bill Morrison

Treehouse of Horror #7


Treehouse of Horror #7 Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #7
    Non-Direct Edition  (Sept 2000)

Instead of Treehouse of Horror #7 in the upper left corner the comic sent through the traditional distribution channels had Simpsons Comics Annual 2001. One may theorize that this was geared to the casual buyer, for whom this description might provide greater appeal 1) not knowing they were 'missing' six prior issues and 2) knowing they might only be getting 'hooked' on an annual purchase.
Treehouse of Horror #7


Treehouse of Horror #8 Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #8  (Sept 2002)
   Parents Beware! Goriest Issue Ever!

Night of Nineteen Screams!
MMMMMMMMPages:  15
Story and Art by:  Ty Templeton
Colors by:  Nick Rink & Art Villanueva
Letters by:  Karen Bates
Edited by:  Bill Morrison
Created by:  Matt Groening
Reprinted in:  The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror:
Hoodoo Voodoo Brouhaha

Tales From The Kwik-E-Mart
MMMMMMMMPages:  4
Story:  Gail Simone
Art:  Jill Thompson
Letters:  Karen Bates
Editor:  Bill Morrison
Cereal Thriller:  Matt Groening
Reprinted in:  The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror:
Hoodoo Voodoo Brouhaha

Krustine
MMMMMMMMPages:  10
Story and Art:  Scott Shaw!
Colors:  Art Villanueva
Letters:  Karen Bates
Editor:  Bill Morrison
Fink Eliminator:  Matt Groening
With Apologies to:  Stephen King!
Dedicated to:  Ed "Big Daddy" Roth!
Reprinted in:  The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror:
Hoodoo Voodoo Brouhaha

The Powerplant of Pain
MMMMMMMMPages:  14
Co-Script/Art:  Hilary Barta
Co-Script:  Stephen Sullivan
Colors:  Dave Stewart
Letters:  Karen Bates
Editor:  Bill Morrison
The Alphabetizer:  Matt Groening
Reprinted in:  The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror:
Hoodoo Voodoo Brouhaha

under the title "The Power Plant of Pain"
   
Cover Illustration:  Bill Morrison


Treehouse of Horror #9

Treehouse of Horror #9 Back Cover Margie's Baby

Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #9  (Sept 2003)

Macabre Matt Groening preternaturally presents:

Ring Around The Simpsons
MMMMMMMMPages:  18
Story/Script:  Eeeee!-an Boothby
Story/Art:  Danger Brereton
Letters:  Scarin' Bates
Reprinted in:  The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror:
Hoodoo Voodoo Brouhaha

The Cask of Amontilla-D'oh
MMMMMMMMPages:  12
Story:  Purloined Paul Dini
Pencils:  Dan "Burial"ton
Inks:  Dead Naifeh
Colors:  Nathan "Nevermore" Kane
Letters:  Kraven Bates
Reprinted in:  The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror:
  Hoodoo Voodoo Brouhaha
  Simpsons Illustrated #4

From Hell and Back
  Or: The Truer Story of Jack The Ripper
MMMMMMMMPages:  14
Story/Art/Letters:  Gary Suspenser Millidge
Colors:  Nathan "Killer" Kane
Reprinted in:  The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror:
Hoodoo Voodoo Brouhaha

Margie's Baby
MMMMMMMMPages:  1 (back cover)
Artist:  Shrill Phil Noto
Reprinted in:  The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror:
Hoodoo Voodoo Brouhaha
   
Cover Illustration:   Bill Morrison

Treehouse of Horror #9 Back Cover Margie's Baby Rosemary's Baby

Another obvious parody on the back of Treehouse of Horror #9, Margie's Baby in imitation of the poster for the movie Rosemary's Baby. Note the spiky hair of Bart the Devil in the carriage.

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