The Bedside Mad
#6 (88-893)
(April 1979)
Warner Books,
1973 Series
- Price
- 1.50 USD
- Pages
- 196
- On-sale Date
- 1979
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Warner Books Inc.
- Brand
-
W Warner Books
- ISBN
-
0-446-94358-4
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indexed from a first printing copy. Reissued April 1979. Eighth and ninth printing known with this issue number. The words "The Bedside" are in blue.
Copyright 1952-1956 by E.C. Publications, Inc.
Distributor Number on cover #: 31308 IND.
Copyright 1952-1956 by E.C. Publications, Inc.
Distributor Number on cover #: 31308 IND.
[no title indexed]
blank page(s) / 4 pages
Indexer Notes
Inside front and back covers are blank.
Indexer's copy was missing 2 pages at the front of the book, likely blank or title pages.
William M. Gaines's The Bedside MAD
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- Title page and publishing information.
Indexer Notes
Illustration is excerpt from some previous issue of MAD.
Contents
table of contents / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Illustration is excerpt from "Robinson Crusoe!" story.
Outer Sanctum!
Horror Dept. / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Bill Elder (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Elder (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Ramon; The Professor; Heap
- Synopsis
- The Professor creates Heap and uses him to rob banks until Heap leaves to find a mate.
- Reprints
-
from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #5 (June-July 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Lone Stranger Rides Again!
Juvenile Western Dept.; Lone Stranger / comic story / 21 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; western-frontier
- Characters
- Lone Stranger; Pronto [Chief Wonga]; Ookabollwonga tribe
- Synopsis
- The Lone Stranger learns of Proto's secret identity.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #8 (December 1953-January 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
A parody of the Lone Ranger and Tonto.
Scenes We'd...Like to See!
Hollywood Dept. / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman ?
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Lance Sterling
- Synopsis
- Typical surrounded fort climax scene from a western, with untypical ending.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #23 (May 1955) [Only "The Surrounded Fort" story with Lance Sterling is reprinted.]
-
The Cane Mutiny!
Navy Dept. / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Willie Wonte; Lt. Feefer; Captain DeBris; Captain Kweeg; Van; Lt. Whitewald; Lt. Christian; Captain Bligh
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #19 (January 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
A parody of the movie "The Caine Mutiny."
Medical
TV Dept. / T.V. Dept. / Television Dept. / comic story / 19 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Elder
- Inks
- Bill Elder
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Konrad Strainer; Smilby; Lance Follicle; Amanda
- Synopsis
- Lance needs a tonsillectomy, from which he recovers in great shape, but still can't play the violin well.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #28 (July 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Parody of TV show "Medic."
[in hieroglyphics]
Report from Abroad / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An analysis of the Egyptian political situation -- in hieroglyphics.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #16 (October 1954)
-
Hah! Noon!
Adult Western Dept. / comic story / 21 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; western-frontier
- Characters
- Marshall Kane; Mrs. Kane; Marshall Floodnick; Killer Diller Miller; Ramona
- Synopsis
- Marshall Kane dithers about leaving town, beats up another marshall, and kills some accomplices of Miller before subduing Miller without violence.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #9 (February-March 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
A parody of the Gary Cooper film "High Noon."
Scenes We'd Like to See: The Musketeer Who Failed to Get the Girl
Hollywood Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Phil Interlandi (signed)
- Inks
- Phil Interlandi (signed)
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- The musketeer successfully battles dozens of the villain's men, but is run through by the villain.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #27 (April 1956)
-
Restaurant!
Report from America Dept. / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Bill Elder (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Elder (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Sturdley; Mrs. Sturdley; Smurdley Sturdley; junior Sturdley; baby Sturdley
- Synopsis
- The deprivations the Sturdleys suffer at a "typical" Sunday restaurant outing.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #16 (October 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Casey at the Bat!
Poetry Dept. / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Ernest Lawrence Thayer
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Cooney; Burrows; Flynn; Blake; Casey; umpire
- Synopsis
- Casey has a chance to hit the winning runs in a baseball game, but strikes out for the loss.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #6 (August - September 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
This is the text of the famous poem accompanied by humorous illustrations.
Robinson Crusoe!
Literary Classics Dept. / comic story / 21 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Bill Elder (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Elder (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Robinson Crusoe; Joe Friday
- Synopsis
- A parody of the novel Robinson Crusoe.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #13 (July 1954)
-
[in Chinese]
Report from Abroad / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An analysis of the Chinese political situation -- in Chinese.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #15 (September 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
"Potrzebie" appears several times in the text.
Slow Motion!
Science Dept. / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A look at what might be happening in various sports if they were recorded by a slow motion camera.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #21 (March 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Drawrof
Report from Abroad / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An analysis of Antarctica, with all words printed backwards, as it is supposed to be the point of view of "backwards nations."
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #19 (January 1955)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
William M. Gaines's The Bedside MAD
-
3.
Contents
-
4.
Outer Sanctum!
Horror Dept. -
5.
Lone Stranger Rides Again!
Juvenile Western Dept.; Lone Stranger -
6.
Scenes We'd...Like to See!
Hollywood Dept. -
7.
The Cane Mutiny!
Navy Dept. -
8.
Medical
TV Dept. / T.V. Dept. / Television Dept. -
9.
[in hieroglyphics]
Report from Abroad -
10.
Hah! Noon!
Adult Western Dept. -
11.
Scenes We'd Like to See: The Musketeer Who Failed to Get the Girl
Hollywood Dept. -
12.
Restaurant!
Report from America Dept. -
13.
Casey at the Bat!
Poetry Dept. -
14.
Robinson Crusoe!
Literary Classics Dept. -
15.
[in Chinese]
Report from Abroad -
16.
Slow Motion!
Science Dept. -
17.
Drawrof
Report from Abroad -
18.
Do You Have Trouble Getting to Sleep at Night?
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