"The End of Comics" parody with Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, Pogo, Li'l Abner, and Mary Worth. Kelly Freas cover. Mort Drucker, Wally Wood, and Don Martin art.
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Synopsis:
Parody of American Express Travelers Cheques ads.
Pages:
1.000
Pencils:
Kelly Freas (signed)
Inks:
Kelly Freas (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Reprints:
More Trash from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #2 (1959)
Notes:
Inside front cover.
Title:
MAD's M.V.B.T.A. Awards
Characters:
Harry Jingo; Babe Brando; Enos Schwack; "School Boy" Drake; Hank Ozone; Jake Jacobs; Leo Screech
Synopsis:
Acting awards for baseball players hamming it up for fans and the camera during games.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Larry Siegel
Pencils:
George Woodbridge (signed)
Inks:
George Woodbridge (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
Title:
Random Samplings of Reader Mail
Characters:
The Alfred E. Neuman [Auto] Racing Club; Bill Gaines's daughter
Synopsis:
Letters of comment, mostly about issue #40. Includes a photo of Bill Gaines's (unnamed) daughter.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Albert B. Feldstein; Alexander Wilde; Ron Bergman; Jack Litch; Carolyn Walker; Bradley Pieper; Chuck Venturi; Gene Herson; Jon Kwitny; The Alfred E. Neuman [Auto] Racing Club; G. J. Manos; Nancy Gaines; William Doorly
Pencils:
various; ? (photo)
Inks:
various; ? (photo)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Notes that "Famous Monsters of Filmland #2" includes some article reprinted from an issue of MAD.
Title:
The End of Comics
Characters:
Puck; Little Orphan Annie; Daddy Warbucks; Annie's real mother; Sandy; Mandrake The Magician; Lothar; Pogo; Albert the Alligator; Dick Tracy; Chief; Junior; Toonerville's The Skipper; Mary Worth; Mary's nephew; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Li'l Abner; Dennis The Menace; Henry; Smilin' Jack; Blondie Bumstead
Synopsis:
Possible final strips for when newspapers have to eliminate comics to use the space for more educational features.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Tom Koch
Pencils:
Wally Wood (signed)
Inks:
Wally Wood (signed)
Letters:
?; typeset
Reprints:
MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #36 (Fall 1981)
Notes:
Parodies these strips: Little Orphan Annie; Mandrake The Magician; Pogo; Dick Tracy; Mary Worth; Li'l Abner; Dennis The Menace; Henry; Smilin' Jack; Blondie
Title:
Future Magazine Mergers
Characters:
Dwight Eisenhower; Harry Truman; Nikita Krushchev
Synopsis:
Unlikely magazine titles for when magazines merge.
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Tom Koch
Pencils:
Bob Clarke
Inks:
Bob Clarke
Letters:
typeset
Reprints:
MAD Follies (EC, 1963 series) #1 (1963)
Notes:
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
Title:
Scenes We'd Like To See: The Frogmen
Synopsis:
Enemy frogmen successfully blow up each other's ships and are then stranded mid-ocean.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Al Jaffee ?
Pencils:
Joe Orlando (signed)
Inks:
Joe Orlando (signed)
Notes:
This may be Al Jaffee's first script for Mad. According to info in Feldstein:The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein by Grant Geissman Jaffe contributed to this issue, alhough it does not specifically note what story. Early on Jaffe was only writing scripts for other artists to illustrate.
Title:
The Electricians
Synopsis:
Two building maintenance men try to find why a toaster won't work.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Don Martin (signed)
Pencils:
Don Martin (signed)
Inks:
Don Martin (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Title:
If Hollywood Directors Staged...Advertising Photos
Synopsis:
Parodies of ads depicted in the styles of directors: Alfred Hitchcock; Elia Kazan; Cecil B. DeMille; Sam Katzman.
Pages:
3.000
Pencils:
Wally Wood (signed)
Inks:
Wally Wood (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Ads parodied are: Body By Fisher; Joy Detergent; Marlboro Cigarettes; White Rock beverages.
Title:
Pushcarts
Synopsis:
History of merchandising by pushcarts and projection to a future where stores are so large that vendors sell by pushcarts within the stores.
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Dave Berg (signed)
Pencils:
Dave Berg (signed)
Inks:
Dave Berg (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Health Chairs
Synopsis:
Taking the fad of reclining chairs to extremes.
Pages:
2.000
Pencils:
Bob Clarke
Inks:
Bob Clarke
Letters:
typeset
Title:
The MAD Halloween Trick-Or-Treatment
Synopsis:
A list of revenges against common Halloween pranks.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Frank Jacobs
Pencils:
Mort Drucker
Inks:
Mort Drucker
Letters:
typeset
Reprints:
More Trash from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #7 (1964)
Notes:
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
Title:
The MAD Treasury of Unknown Poetry
Synopsis:
Parodies of famous poems.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Tom Koch
Pencils:
Joe Orlando
Inks:
Joe Orlando
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
Title:
Special Lamps For Reading Magazine
Characters:
Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis:
Reading lamps designed in styles to match popular magazine content.
Pages:
2.000
Pencils:
Bob Clarke (signed)
Inks:
Bob Clarke (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Misleading Headlines
Characters:
Sarah Klunk; Sidney Klutz; Byron Brisket; Gladys Glotz; Carl Umlaut; Fred Mildew; Hank Shlubb; Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis:
Headlines that purposefully do not describe the underlying newspaper articles.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Frank Jacobs
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
Title:
The New Baby
Characters:
Danny Kaye
Synopsis:
Song lyrics as performed by Danny Kaye, with illustrations.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Milton Schafer; Danny Kaye
Pencils:
Wally Wood (signed)
Inks:
Wally Wood (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Song copyright 1957 by Frank Music Corp.
Title:
Coming Musicals
Synopsis:
Broadway musicals based on unlikely source material.
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Larry Siegel; Frank Jacobs
Pencils:
Bob Clarke (signed)
Inks:
Bob Clarke (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
Title:
The End Of A Perfect Day
Synopsis:
A man has trained his dog to fetch him everything...including his wife.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Don Martin (signed)
Pencils:
Don Martin (signed)
Inks:
Don Martin (signed)
Title:
Music Report
Characters:
Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding; Wally Ballew; Filbert Hoffenberger
Synopsis:
Wally interviews a man who tests the truth of song lyrics and watches him demonstrate "It's a treat to beat your feet in the Mississippi Mud."
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding
Pencils:
Mort Drucker (signed)
Inks:
Mort Drucker (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Payhouse 90
Synopsis:
Ficticious filming schedule for tv show, showing that it mostly consists of commercials.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Albert Meglin
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Show parodied is Playhouse 90. Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
Title:
The Smithshop
Synopsis:
The ultimate in the trend towards combined home woodworking shop tools, parodying the Shopsmith.
Pages:
2.000
Pencils:
Bob Clarke (signed)
Inks:
Bob Clarke (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Reprints:
More Trash from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #7 (1964)
Title:
Woodlore
Synopsis:
A guidebook to (phony) dangerous plants and animals of the woods.
Pages:
3.000
Pencils:
George Woodbridge (signed)
Inks:
George Woodbridge (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Title:
The Bathtub Admiral
Characters:
Danny Kaye
Synopsis:
Song lyrics as performed by Danny Kaye, with illustrations.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Milton Schafer; Danny Kaye
Pencils:
Wallace Wood (signed)
Inks:
Wally Wood (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Song copyright 1957 by Frank Music Corp.: this and writer credits given in the first Danny Kaye Dept. of this issue.
Title:
Down Lovers' Lane
Synopsis:
Two couples carve a heart; one on a tree and one on a forehead.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Don Martin (signed)
Pencils:
Don Martin (signed)
Inks:
Don Martin (signed)
Title:
Look Mom - No More Cavities!
Characters:
Melvin Furd
Synopsis:
Parody of ad for Crest Toothpaste, with painting signed as "Norman Rocknroll."
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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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
4
6
5
2
3
2
0
0
33
Qualified
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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
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0
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Restored
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0
0
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1
1
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2
2
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2
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