MAD #20 Gaines File Copy 6/12 (EC, 1955) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $12,000.00
Sold: Jun 23, 2024
Mad #20 Values
Publisher: EC, 1955
About Mad #20
Composition notebook cover, designed for sneaking into class. Paul Revere poem parody. Katzenjammer Kids parody. Wally Wood, Jack Davis, and Bill Elder art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Letters: typeset
Reprints: MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #18 (1975)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Hans Katchandhammer; Feetz Katchandhammer; Der Kapitan; Inspektor; boat company man; Mamma
Synopsis: A parody of the Katzenjammer Kids comic strip.
Pages: 8.000
Script: Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils: Will Elder (signed)
Inks: Will Elder (signed)
Reprints: More Trash from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 (1958)
Notes: The script appears to be real German at the beginning, before changing into a pastiche of English, German and pseudo-German. Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | NG | PG | CVR | 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 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 138 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
CGCxJSA |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 143 |
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