Mad #3

(January - February 1953)

MAD Mumblings (Table of Contents)

MAD Mumblings / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman; William Gaines

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of review for Mad #1, with illustration. On inside front cover.

Dragged Net! (Table of Contents)

[Crime Dept.] / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Elder [as Sergeant Elder]

Inks:

Bill Elder [as Sergeant Elder]

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Joe Friday; Ed Saturday; Mr. Glotz; The Chief

Synopsis:

Joe and Ed travel around the world NOT solving a crime.

Reprints:

• in MAD for Keeps (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1958 series) #[nn] (July 1958)
• in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #1 (Summer 1997)

Indexer Notes

A parody of Dragnet tv show.

Sheik of Araby! (Table of Contents)

French Foreign Legion Dept. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Severin (signed)

Inks:

John Severin (signed)

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Roquefort; Camembert; Chantilly; Sergeant Guillotine; Goscinny; Frothingbash; Pastafazoo; Hossenpfeffer; Rasputin; Melvin; Melvin's wife Rosie

Synopsis:

Melvin has joined the Foreign Legion to escape his wife and kids, but she decimates the entire regiment at Fort Wadi El Aycare.

Reprints:

• in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #1 (Summer 1997)

Indexer Notes

The first panel is an infinity picture.

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

Rookie Gladiator (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Play-by-play announcing for a Roman gladiatorial double header, including a commercial.

Indexer Notes

Text story with an illustration.

The Dandelion Caper (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

crime; humor

Characters:

Cosmo McMoon; Malfeasance O'Malley; Morningside Mac Mixmaster; Truman Remote; Vino Muscatel; Marie Severin

Synopsis:

Cosmo solves a kidnapping of Truman Remote for Remote's publisher, Random Shack.

Indexer Notes

Marie Severin runs a day nursery.

V-Vampires! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Wally Wood

Inks:

Wally Wood

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; horror

Characters:

Godiva; Godiva's kid brothers; Renfrew

Synopsis:

A vampire goes on a date with a werewolf.

Reprints:

• in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #1 (Summer 1997)

Indexer Notes

References "Vault of Horror" #9.

Lone Stranger! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks:

Jack Davis (signed)

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Lone Stranger; Golden; Pronto

Synopsis:

The Lone Stranger bumbles his way through foiling a stage coach robbery.

Reprints:

• in The Mad Reader (Ballantine Books, 1954 series) #93 (November 1954)
• in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn] (1997)
• in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #1 (Summer 1997)

Indexer Notes

A parody of the Lone Ranger.

Car Owners Shove $10 bills In Your Pocket (Table of Contents)

Key Products Corp. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Ad for auto seat covers.

Scram! You Skinny Scarecrow! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Roger Hirsch; George Jowett

Indexer Notes

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

Get Prizes Make Money (Table of Contents)

American Seed Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Ad for seed sales opportunity. On back cover.