Mad #9

(February - March 1954)

So What? So You, Too, Can Join The E.C. Fan-Addict Club! (Table of Contents)

E.C. Fan-Addict Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks:

Jack Davis (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

House ad for E.C. Fan-Addict Club membership.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Little Orphan Melvin! (Table of Contents)

Girl-And-Dog-Type-Story Dept. / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils:

Wally Wood (signed)

Inks:

Wally Wood (signed)

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; parody

Characters:

Little Orphan Melvin; Daddy Peacebucks; Punjoke; Gravel; Ax L. Maxl; The Gasp!; Mommy Peacebucks

Synopsis:

Daddy is continually too late to save Melvin from danger, and also cannot save himself from Mommy.

Reprints:

• in Utterly Mad (Ballantine Books, 1956 series) #178 (October 1956)
• in Utterly Mad (Ballantine Books, 1956 series) #U2104 (December 1963)
• in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #3 (Spring 1998)

Indexer Notes

A parody of the comic strip Little Orphan Annie. Includes a stanza of a poem by Byron.

The Raven (Table of Contents)

Classical Type Comics Dept. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edgar Allan Poe

Pencils:

Bill Elder (signed)

Inks:

Bill Elder (signed)

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; parody

Characters:

a raven; the narrator; Lenore

Synopsis:

An adaptation of Poe's poem "The Raven."

Reprints:

• in Utterly Mad (Ballantine Books, 1956 series) #178 (October 1956)
• in Utterly Mad (Ballantine Books, 1956 series) #U2104 (December 1963)
• in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn] (1997)
• in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #3 (Spring 1998)

Indexer Notes

This is the text of the famous poem accompanied by humorous illustrations.

MAD Mumblings (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Letters of comment from Hentry Hartz in Utica, New York; Keith Nutt in Midland, Texas; Ann Salvin in Westfield, Connecticutt; Dick Clarkson in Cambridge, Massaschusetts; Ben Jones in Quinwood, West Virginia; Jerry Schuler in Rochester, New York; Clyde Woddell in Alexandira, Louisiana; Ann Busch in Buffalo, New York; and Raoul D'Arcy

Yep Kiddies! E.C.'s New Humor Mag, Panic, Is On Sale (Table of Contents)

Panic / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks:

Jack Davis (signed)

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Melvin; Irving

Synopsis:

A subscription ad for Panic.

Bop Jokes! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils:

John Severin (signed)

Inks:

John Severin (signed)

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gags

Synopsis:

Five gags using Bop terms.

Reprints:

• in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #3 (Spring 1998)

Indexer Notes

Includes a 1-page Bop Dictionary, so reader can understand the gags.

Operation Under-the-Ground [Chapter 3] (Table of Contents)

Cloak-And-Dagger Dept. / text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Five Fingers Jones; Floppova Movova

Synopsis:

Five Fingers meets Floppova while searching Moscow for the artificial dirt factory.

Reprints:

• in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #3 (Spring 1998)

'Hah! Noon!' (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils:

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks:

Jack Davis (signed)

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; parody; western

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:

• in The Bedside Mad (Signet Books, 1959 series) #S1647 (April 1959)
• in The Bedside Mad (Signet Books, 1959 series) #D2316 (February 1964)
• in The Bedside Mad (Signet Books, 1959 series) #P3520 (c 1969)
• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #12 (1973)
• in The Bedside Mad (Warner Books, 1973 series) #[nn] (May 1973)
• in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #3 (Spring 1998)

Indexer Notes

A parody of the Gary Cooper film "High Noon."

Get Shop-Method Home Training (Table of Contents)

National Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

An ad for National Schools vocational training.

Play a Guitar (Table of Contents)

Lonnie And Wayne, Studio / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Lonnie Glosson; Wayne Raney

Synopsis:

An ad for Lonnie and Wayne Studios guitar lessons.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

The New Way To Enjoy Sports, Movies, Plays, Television (Table of Contents)

Spektoscopes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

An ad for International Binocular Company Spektoscopes.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.