Mad #1

(October-November 1952)

MAD Mumblings (Table of Contents)

MAD Mumblings / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman; William Gaines

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Reprints:

• in Mad Strikes Back (Ballantine Books, 1955 series) #491K (February 1961) [figures only], #01564 (March 1970) [figures only]

Keywords:

editorial

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

Hoohah! (Table of Contents)

Terror Dept. / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils:

Jack Davis

Inks:

Jack Davis

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; horror-suspense; satire-parody

Characters:

Galusha; Daphne; Melvin The Caretaker; two unnamed Silver Avengers kids

Synopsis:

Two youngsters run out of gas and enter a house they think is haunted.

Reprints:

• in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #1 (Summer 1997)
• in Millennium Edition: Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad 1 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (February 2000)

Indexer Notes

A parody of the E.C. horror comics stories.

Blobs! (Table of Contents)

Science-Fiction Dept. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils:

Wally Wood (signed)

Inks:

Wally Wood (signed)

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; science fiction

Characters:

Melvin; Alfred

Synopsis:

Alfred outlines a terrible thought he has about the end of humanity.

Reprints:

• in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #1 (Summer 1997)
• in Millennium Edition: Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad 1 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (February 2000)

E.C. Fans! (Table of Contents)

E.C. comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

House ad for other E.C. comics. Printed as two ½ pages in bookend fashion around text story sequence.

Enter Cosmo McMoon! (Table of Contents)

Cosmo McMoon / text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Captain O'Malley; Omar Kayak; Mrs. Kayak; Cosmo McMoon

Synopsis:

Cosmo solves(?) a missing person case.

Reprints:

• in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #4 (Summer 1998)

Indexer Notes

Text story with an illustration.

Crow Vadis? (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Tiberius O'Leary

Synopsis:

Story of how a Roman soldier invented the chalkboard eraser.

Reprints:

• in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #1 (Summer 1997)
• in Millennium Edition: Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad 1 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (February 2000)

Indexer Notes

Text story with an illustration.

Ganefs! (Table of Contents)

Crime Dept. / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils:

Bill Elder [as B. Elder]

Inks:

Bill Elder [as B. Elder]

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; crime

Characters:

Bumble; Bumble's boss

Synopsis:

A perfect crime is hatched but Bumble fumbles.

Reprints:

• in Son of Mad (New American Library, 1959 series) #S1701 (October 1959)
• in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #1 (Summer 1997)
• in Millennium Edition: Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad 1 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (February 2000)

Varmint! (Table of Contents)

Western Dept. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils:

John Severin [as J. Severin]

Inks:

John Severin [as J. Severin]

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; western-frontier

Characters:

Textron Quickdraw; Saddlesore; Kickiminabelly Kelly; Slippery Sam; The Pig-Faced Kid

Synopsis:

Textron is hunting the killer of Melvin and kills every suspect.

Reprints:

• in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #1 (Summer 1997)
• in Millennium Edition: Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad 1 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (February 2000)

Super Powerful! (Table of Contents)

Consumers Mart / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Indexer Notes

Ad for binoculars.

I Gained 53 lbs. of Shapley Power-Packed Muscles! (Table of Contents)

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Roger Hirsch; George F. Jowett

Indexer Notes

Ad for body-building method. On inside back cover.

How To Fix Any Part of Any Car (Table of Contents)

Motor's Auto Repair Manuals / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

typeset

Editing:

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Indexer Notes

Ad for auto repair books. On back cover.