- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Kelly Freas (signed as Kelly Freas)
- Inks
- Kelly Freas (signed as Kelly Freas)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Edward, Duke of Wales
- Synopsis
- Phony ad for Kings Man liquors.
- Reprints
Parody of ad for Kingsman after-shaving products. Inside front cover.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman (frame, signed); Bill Elder (frame, signed)
- Inks
- Harvey Kurtzman (frame, signed); Bill Elder (frame, signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman; Bill Gaines
- Reprints
First use of the phrase "The Usual Gang of Idiots" to describe MAD contributing writers and artists.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; western-frontier
- Characters
- Madd Dillinger; Gambler Dan; Blacksmith Sam; Chestnut; Doc; Kiddie; Mayor Melvin
- Synopsis
- Quick recap of typical plots from the show.
- Reprints
Parody of tv show "Gunsmoke."
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Elder (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Elder (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Brunette; Dogwood; Punjoke; Little Orphan Melvin; Daddy Peacebucks; Little Melvin Rooney; Smilin' Melvin; Upwind Johnson; Lil' Ab'r; Mammy Jokeum; Dick Tracing; Chief; Junior; Popcorn kids; Manduck The Magician; Loathar
- Reprints
Single strip parodies of newspaper comics: Blondie; Little Orphan Annie; Smilin' Jack; Lil' Abner; Dick Tracy; Peanuts; Mandrake The Magician. Title from contents page.
- Script
- Frank Jacobs
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of a passenger railroad timetable with lots of meaningless information.
- Reprints
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
- Script
- Al Jaffee (signed)
- Pencils
- Al Jaffee (signed); Jack Davis; Wally Wood
- Inks
- Al Jaffee (signed); Jack Davis; Wally Wood
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Gallup; Kerbang; Blitz; Pick; Back; Buck Roger; Waldo; Zork Argh; Dashkin; Propelnik; Schmidt; Beelzebub; Buck Rojinikoff; Plotkin; Watchova
- Synopsis
- Shows various parts of the space race between the US and USSR, with ultimate consequences of missile use.
- Reprints
- Script
- Don Martin (signed)
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Charlie; Bill
- Synopsis
- Phony ad storyboard for Schveppes Activated Sparkling Seltzer.
- Reprints
- Script
- Orson Bean (credited)
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Orson Bean
- Synopsis
- Illustrated comedy routine that reverses cliches about Chinese restaurants and people.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Phil Interlandi (signed)
- Inks
- Phil Interlandi (signed)
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- A woodsman tries to save a girl going over a waterfall in a canoe, but can't reach her and she goes over.
- Reprints
- Script
- H. Goldstein
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Describes the escalating efforts of police to patrol highways unnoticed, including several of the latest unmarked vehicles.
- Reprints
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Lance Sturdley; Irv Blintz; Milton Forbisher; Lancelot Borscht-Bagel; Ozgood Z'Beard; Elmo Klunk; Walt Goober; Fenwick Furd
- Synopsis
- Excerpts from hunters' magazine, including some phony ads.
- Reprints
Parody of "Field & Stream" magazine.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Advice for a man who loves both his wife and taxidermy, but whose wife hates his taxidermy.
- Reprints
- Script
- Ernie Kovacs (credited)
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Letters
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Strange things around the world.
- Reprints
Parody of "Ripley's Believe It Or Not!"
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kamen
- Inks
- Jack Kamen
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; drama
- Synopsis
- A bunch of figures, captions, and titles to cut out and arrange on some background scenes.
- Reprints
Jack Kamen is credited on the Contents page of the original issue with something, and this was the only article I could identify that did not have individual credits.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Phil Interlandi (signed)
- Inks
- Phil Interlandi (signed)
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- A man and a woman are running to escape cannibals and she twists an ankle, whereupon the man runs away as the cannibals close in, instead of carrying her.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Ideas for foolish future drive-in facilities based on the success of drive-in banks, food, and movies.
- Reprints
- Script
- Henry Morgan (credited)
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Henry Morgan
- Synopsis
- Discussion of historically accurate cowboys.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Davis
- Inks
- Jack Davis
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Examples of types and uses of television remote controls.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Little Nemo; Flip; Felix the Clown; Chief Wahoo; The Squirrel Cage Hitchhiker; Barnaby; Mr. O'Malley; Flyin' Jenny; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Brute Gentry; Ace Drummond; Tailspin Tommy; Barney Baxter; Peter Piltdown; Charlie; Min-nie; Shadrach the Hermit; The Spirit; Ebony; Commissioner Dolan; Scorchy Smith; Desperate Desmond; Hairbreadth Harry; Dickie Dare; Sappo; Professor Whottaschnozzle; Bunky; Fagon; The Family Upstairs; Doc Yak; The Bear; Silly Millie; Benny; Buster Brown; Tige the Bulldog; Just Kids; Grandpop; Baby; Mr. Branner the Policeman; Dinglehoofer; Dinglehoofer's Dog; Count Screwloose; Crazy Dog; Skeets; Skippy; Sooky; The Pussycat Princess; Mr. Jack; Krazy Kat; Ignatz Mouse; Offisa Pupp; Little Jimmy; The Kewpies; Rocky Mason; Mr.; Mrs.; Charlie Chan; The Nebbs; Desper't Ambrose; Pop [S'Matter Pop]; Pop [That's My Pop]; Son [That's My Pop]; The Timid Soul; Mama; Cedric; Pa; Don Winslow; Sgt. Pat; Pinky; Irish; Jimmy Dugan; Raymond; Puddinhead; the Reg'lar Fellers; Pop; Jerry on the Job; Daisybelle; Miss Fury; Toots; Casper; Alphonse; Gaston; Betty; Lester De Pester; Foxy Grandpa; Happy Hooligan; Maud the Mule; Panhandle Pete; The Yellow Kid; Napoleon, Uncle Elby; Clarence; Jane Arden; Apple Mary [Mary Worth]; Popeye's Goons; Homer Hoopee; Harold Teen; Pop; Shadow; Ming The Merciless; Brad; Dad; Abie the Agent; Aunt Eppie Hogg; Mickey McGuire; Pop Wortle; Flytrap Finnegan; The Skipper; Suitcase Simpson; The Powerful Katrinka; The Dwarf; The Terrible-Tempered Mr. Bang; The Toonerville Folks; Jet Scott; Beyond Mars characters
- Synopsis
- Discusses the idea of a retirement home of no-longer published comic strip characters, with a pinup of characters and numbered key.
- Reprints
Characters drawn in their original styles.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Steve Allan; Ray Geneburn; Ed Suvillan; Elvis Presley; Wes Yeast
- Synopsis
- Shows Steve at work and discusses how tv show is produced.
- Reprints
Parody of tv's Steve Allen Show.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Don Martin
- Inks
- Don Martin
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- Advice for a man who loses everything and wants to hang himself.
- Reprints
Alfred E. Neuman does not physically resemble the MAD trademark character.
- Script
- Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker
- Inks
- Mort Drucker
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Science; Jimmy; Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding
- Synopsis
- Mr. Science performs a simple experiment with a light bulb and nearly burns down the studio.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Phil Interlandi (signed)
- Inks
- Phil Interlandi (signed)
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- The fighter rallies one last time after receiving some good news ringside, but is knocked out anyway.
- Reprints
- Script
- Dave Berg ?
- Pencils
- Dave Berg (signed)
- Inks
- Dave Berg (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dave Berg
- Synopsis
- A review of the "advantages" of modern furniture.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Davis
- Inks
- Jack Davis
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Smedley van Sturdley; Milton Forbisher; Stanley Henkledorf; Walter N. Goober; Beauregard Bordon
- Synopsis
- Bubble gum cards in the Famous Cowards series.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Duke Snyder
- Synopsis
- Analysis of older style and modern sports magazines, with their differing viewpoints on the sports versus lifestyles of sports personalities.
- Reprints
- Script
- Frank Jacobs
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Inks
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Phony ticket stubs to historical events.
- Reprints
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Bill Elder (credited as Will Elder) (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Elder (credited as Will Elder) (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Hans Katchandhammer; Feetz Katchandhammer; Der Kapitan; Inspektor; boat company man; Mamma
- Synopsis
- A parody of the Katzenjammer Kids comic strip.
- Reprints
The script appears to be real German at the beginning, before changing into a pastiche of English, German and pseudo-German.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Phil Interlandi (signed)
- Inks
- Phil Interlandi (signed)
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- After a jockey is fired for taking a bribe, the owner's granddaughter volunteers to ride in the big race. She loses.
- Reprints
- Script
- Don Martin (signed)
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- George; Harriet
- Synopsis
- Phony ad storyboard for Ringwort's Rat Poison Pills.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Kid Kindyouth; Offensive Herman; Art Rottencore; Reggie Spoilsport; Tom Strongheart; Dick Stoutfellow; Yukon Klondike; Antonio Rockingchair; Gomez Addams (cameo); Morticia Addams (cameo); Pugsley Addams (cameo); Frankenstein's monster (cameo)
- Synopsis
- A humorous look at professional wrestling matches, using all the stereotypes in the sport.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry De Fuccio (credited as Jerry DeFuccio)
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (credited as Wallace Wood) (signed)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (credited as Wallace Wood) (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Free Fall Ferris
- Synopsis
- Story about a mouse who becomes a U.S. astronaut.
- Reprints
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #30 (November-December 1956) [Pitchers And Poachers strip from U.C.L.A. Scop only]
which is reprinted- from Iowa State Green Gander (?) xxxx-xx-xx
from Harvard Lampoon (?) xxxx-xx-xx
from Stanford Chaparral (?) xxxx-xx-xx
from Florida Smoke Signals (?) xxxx-xx-xx
from Cornell Widow (?) xxxx-xx-xx
from Minnesota Daily (?) xxxx-xx-xx
from Michigan Gargoyle (?) xxxx-xx-xx
from California Pelican (?) xxxx-xx-xx
from U.C.L.A. Scop (?) xxxx-xx-xx
This is a gag cartoon from a college publication.
- Script
- Tom Lehrer (credited); ?
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Inks
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Tom Lehrer
- Synopsis
- A brief fake biography with an illustrated song, including sheet music.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Don Martin
- Inks
- Don Martin
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Advice for a man whose wife plays the tuba at night.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (credited as Wally Balloo)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (credited as Wally Balloo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Wally Balloo
- Synopsis
- Typical wedding pictures contrasted with pictures of the same couple six months later.
- Reprints
- Script
- Ernie Kovacs (credited)
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (credited as Wallace Wood) (signed)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Letters
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Strange things around the world.
- Reprints
Parody of "Ripley's Believe It Or Not!"
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- A pardon arrives at the prison just a little too late to save a man on death row.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Kelly Freas (signed)
- Inks
- Kelly Freas (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Yul Brynner
- Synopsis
- Volatilis Formula V-17 helps you lose your hair painlessly.
- Reprints
Satire of Vitalis ad. Inside back cover.
- Script
- Arnie Rosen; Coleman Jacoby; ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #30 (November-December 1956) [portions], #31 (February 1957) [portions only], #32 (April 1957) [portions only], #33 (June 1957) [portions only], #34 (July-August 1957) [portions only]
Various items reprinted with other features, from the corresponding pages of the issues noted. Writer credits are for items from issue #30, which was copyright 1955 by Variety.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Larry Maleman (photo)
- Inks
- Larry Maleman (photo)
- Colors
- Larry Maleman (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Nick Megliola (postman); Jerry DeFuccio
- Synopsis
- Parody of Winston cigarette ad.
- Reprints
Models identified in Letters column of issue #38. Back cover.