Simpsons Comics #40 was published by Bongo on December 1, 1998, as part of a series that began in 1993. Bill Morrison and Scott Shaw write, and art comes from Chris Ungar, Nathan Kane and Phil Ortiz. This 36-page issue features Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson and Maggie Simpson, among 27 characters cataloged on VerseDB.