Mad #15 Gaines File pedigree 3/12 (EC, 1954). A rich turquoise background and a John Tenniel illustration from "Alice in Won...

Auction amount: $2,300.00

Sold: Nov 25, 2001

Mad #15 Values

Publisher: EC, 1954

About Mad #15

Wild Ones and Gasoline Alley parodies. Bill Elder, Harvey Kurtzman (Pot Shot Pete reprint), Wally Wood, and Jack Davis art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: ...a MAD tea party.

Characters: Alice; Mad Hatter; March Hare; Doormouse

Pencils: John Tenniel; ?

Inks: John Tenniel; ?

Letters: typeset

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: Gasoline Valley!

Characters: Wilt Willit; Skizziks Willit; Phyllus Willit; bully; Alexander Bumpstead; Juddy Willit; Caulky Willit; Nin O'Clock; Smilin' Jack (cameo); Wilber Booble; Cleavia Willit

Synopsis: Where the question of "will Caulky ever grow" is answered.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils: Will Elder (signed)

Inks: Will Elder (signed)

Notes: A parody of the Gasoline Alley comic strip. Will Elder's signature grows larger with each page. Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.

Title: Pot-Shot Pete Sheriff of Yucca-pucca Gulch!

Characters: Pot-Shot Pete; Pot-Shot's girl; Poopy; Apaches; Muzzle; arms dealer; the U.S. Calvary

Synopsis: Pot-Shot tries to halt arms sales to the Apaches.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils: Harvey Kurtzman (signed)

Inks: Harvey Kurtzman (signed)

Notes: A western parody. Confirmed to be a reprint from John Wayne #6. Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.

Synopsis: An analysis of the Chinese political situation -- in Chinese.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Harvey Kurtzman

Letters: typeset

Reprints: The Bedside Mad (New American Library, 1959 series) #S1647 (April 1959)

Notes: "Potrzebie" appears several times in the text. Script credit identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.

Synopsis: Letters of comment from John Davidson, Sparks NV; Charles Chapocon, Aiken SC; Bob Henning, Brooklyn NY; David Anderson, Washington DC; Daniel Markewich, New York NY; I. Carnel, Bay Saint Louis MS; Victor Goff, Ft. Bragg NC; Walt Place, Detroit MI.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils: Harvey Kurtzman

Inks: Harvey Kurtzman

Letters: typeset

Notes: Script and colors credits confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.

Title: Wild 1/2

Characters: Johnny [played by Marlon Branflakes]; Johnny's gang; a girl; the girl's father

Synopsis: Johnny and his gang give up motorcycles.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils: Wally Wood (signed)

Inks: Wally Wood (signed)

Reprints: Son of Mad (New American Library, 1959 series) #S1701 (October 1959), | MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #18 (1975)

Notes: Parody of the movie "The Wild One." Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.

Title: Captain Tvideo!

Characters: Captain Tvideo; Venusian; Commissioner; Lone Ranger (cameo); assistant Ranger; commercial announcer

Synopsis: A parody of the Captain Video television program.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils: Jack Davis (signed)

Inks: Jack Davis (signed)

Notes: Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	1	1	1	2	1	2	6	5	10	6	8	11	9	9	10	8	2	4	5	1	3	2	0	0	0	107
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	1	1	1	2	1	2	6	5	10	6	8	11	9	9	10	9	2	4	5	1	3	2	0	0	0	108

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