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COVER DETAILS
Title:
Build Up Your Ego With MAD
Characters:
Alfred E. Neuman
Pencils:
Norman Mingo (Alfred, painted); ?
Inks:
Norman Mingo (Alfred, painted); ?
Colors:
Norman Mingo (Alfred, painted); ?
Letters:
typeset
STORY DETAILS
Title:
What Happened to the Coverage?
Synopsis:
A couple discovers their insurance doesn't cover what they expected.
Pages:
1.000
Pencils:
Lester Krauss (photograph)
Inks:
Lester Krauss (photograph)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Parody of ad for Travelers Insurance Companies. Inside front cover.
Title:
Random Samplings of Reader Mail
Synopsis:
Letters of comment and pictures of babies holding MAD.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Albert B. Feldstein
Pencils:
? (photograph)
Inks:
? (photograph)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Letters from: Larry Siegel (writer for Bob Newhart Show), Elizabeth Leppman, G. W. Wilson, Ed Costello, Candy Lee, Niles Norling, John Dollriehs, Tom Rapp. Photos of babies from the Leonard, Stern, Pitluk, Phillips, Campbell, Bards, McDougall, and Olson families.
Title:
Alfred's Poor Almanac
Synopsis:
Ridiculous things that supposedly happened in the period March 27 to May 9.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Frank Jacobs
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Small illustrations on most dates.
Title:
MAD Investigates the Sordid Business of Gambling
Characters:
C. C. Clavendish III; Lotta Rees; Sam Grafter; Dr. Sidney A. Kindlyfellow
Synopsis:
A look at the evils of gambling and how they hide in everyday life.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Al Jaffee
Pencils:
Wallace Wood (signed)
Inks:
Wallace Wood (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Reprints:
The Questionable Mad (New American Library, 1967 series) #D3158 (April 1967)
Notes:
Final page is a casino scene filled with world leaders and celebrities.
Title:
Famous Test Papers
Characters:
John Daly; Leonard Bernstein; Georgie Jessel; Milton Berle; Alexander King; Jack Parr; Richard Nixon; John Kennedy
Synopsis:
Supposed essay test answers by famous people.
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Arnie Kogen
Pencils:
Bob Clarke (signed)
Inks:
Bob Clarke (signed)
Letters:
?; typeset
Notes:
Some text is in an apparent script handwriting, but it may be a font.
Title:
Rain
Synopsis:
A look at all the ways rain can spoil your day.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
David Berg (signed)
Pencils:
David Berg (signed)
Inks:
David Berg (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Spy vs Spy
Characters:
Black Spy; White Spy
Synopsis:
The Black Spy kicks the White Spy into a bucket of water.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Pencils:
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Inks:
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Notes:
Part I
Title:
A MAD Guide to Russia
Characters:
Nikita Khrushchev; Joseph Stalin
Synopsis:
A look at Russian culture through the prism of cold-war era stereotypes.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Phil Hahn
Pencils:
Joe Orlando
Inks:
Joe Orlando
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Don Martin in Sherwood Forest
Characters:
Robin Hood; Little John
Synopsis:
Tales of Robin Hood, slightly fractured.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
? (original folk tales); ? (adaptation)
Pencils:
Don Martin (signed)
Inks:
Don Martin (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Celebrities' Wallets
Characters:
Frank Sinatra
Synopsis:
A look at what might be in Frank Sinatra's wallet.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Arnie Kogen
Pencils:
Jack Rickard
Inks:
Jack Rickard
Letters:
?; typeset
Reprints:
The Questionable Mad (New American Library, 1967 series) #D3158 (April 1967)
Title:
MAD's Journal of Future Physical Afflictions
Synopsis:
An illustrated listing of possible future physical problems caused by repeated actions undertaken in modern society...going way beyond tennis elbow.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Howard Schneider
Pencils:
Bob Clarke (signed)
Inks:
Bob Clarke (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Reprints:
More Trash from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #7 (1964)
Title:
The Birth of a Madison Avenue Brand Name
Characters:
Mr. Clean (cameo)
Synopsis:
The brainstorming sessions that may have occurred on Madison Avenue to name various products.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Walter Farley
Pencils:
George Woodbridge (signed)
Inks:
George Woodbridge (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Reprints:
The Questionable Mad (New American Library, 1967 series) #D3158 (April 1967)
Notes:
Products featured are Comet, Mr. Clean, Stopette, Lava, Old Crow, and MAD.
Title:
Dream girls
Characters:
Alfred E. Neuman; Moxie Cowznofsky
Synopsis:
A look at what might constitute "dream girls" for men in various professions.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Don Reilly
Pencils:
Jack Rickard (signed)
Inks:
Jack Rickard (signed)
Reprints:
The Questionable Mad (New American Library, 1967 series) #D3158 (April 1967)
Notes:
Moxie appears unnamed in final panel.
Title:
Spy vs Spy
Characters:
Black Spy; White Spy
Synopsis:
The White Spy fools the Black Spy into eating poisoned food.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Pencils:
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Inks:
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Reprints:
The Questionable Mad (New American Library, 1967 series) #D3158 (April 1967)
Notes:
Part II
Title:
South Chicago
Characters:
Frankie Avalon; Southside Looey [Bobby Darin]; James Darren ?; Paul Anka; Northside Charlie [Elvis Presley]; Ricky Nelson; Lt. Farfel [Dick Clark]; Flossie; Sidney [Perry Como]; Dean Martin (cameo)
Synopsis:
Parody of musical South Pacific set with gangsters in Roaring 20s Chicago.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Frank Jacobs
Pencils:
Mort Drucker (signed)
Inks:
Mort Drucker (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Also includes several other unidentified young singers of the time.
Title:
The Big Bad Wall
Characters:
Big Bad Wolf
Synopsis:
Disney's Big Bad Wolf is shipped to Berlin to deal with the Wall.
Pages:
1.000
Pencils:
Wallace Wood (signed)
Inks:
Wallace Wood (signed)
Reprints:
The Questionable Mad (New American Library, 1967 series) #D3158 (April 1967)
Title:
He Thought He Would Rest in Peace...in Place...
Characters:
Joseph Stalin, Nikolai Lenin
Synopsis:
Phony ad for John Vaultlock Sta-Put Burial Insurance, a parody of John Hancock Insurance.
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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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
7
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
7
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