Mad #11

(May 1954)

Beware of Imitations! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Davis

Inks:

Jack Davis

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

satire; parody

Synopsis:

House ad for MAD, comparing it to Life Magazine.

Reprints:

• in The Mad Reader (Ballantine Books, 1954 series) #93 (November 1954)
• in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn] (1997)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Flesh Garden! (Table of Contents)

Science-Fiction 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:

satire; parody

Characters:

Flesh; Dale; an alien; Dr. Noah Zark; a Zork; a Zorchton; a Zilchtron; Owlmen; Rockmen; Treemen; Grassmen; Airmen; King Mong

Synopsis:

Flesh defeats aliens and the champion of King Mong but refuses to return to Earth.

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) #4 (Summer 1998)

Indexer Notes

Parody of Flash Gordon.

MAD Reader! (Table of Contents)

Special Feature Dept. / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils:

Basil Wolverton (signed)

Inks:

Basil Wolverton (signed)

Colors:

Marie Severin ?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

satire; parody

Synopsis:

Portraits of MAD readers.

Reprints:

• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #12 (1973)
• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #12 (1973)
• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #12 (1973)
• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #12 (1973)
• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #12 (1973)
• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #12 (1973)
• in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #4 (Summer 1998)

I Dreamed I Went to a Fraternity Smoker in My Panic Magazine! (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

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

House ad for subscriptions for Panic (EC, 1954 series)

Operation Under-the-Ground Chapter 87 [Chapter 5] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?; Harvey Kurtzman

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire; parody

Characters:

Five Fingers Jones; Lavrenti Buried; Floppova Movova

Synopsis:

Five Fingers is tortured.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Listed as Chapter 87.

Murder the Husband! (Table of Contents)

Quickie Comic Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Gaines; Al Feldstein

Pencils:

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks:

Jack Davis (signed)

Colors:

Marie Severin ?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Walter Graham; Kenneth Martin

Synopsis:

A man murders his lover's husband but also manages to sink the rowboat he and the husband are in.

Reprints:

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #12 (August-September 1952)

Murder the Story! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils:

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks:

Jack Davis (signed)

Colors:

Marie Severin ?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

satire; parody

Characters:

Cracker Graham; Melvin Martin

Synopsis:

Humorous rescripting of a crime story.

Reprints:

• from Crime SuspenStories (EC, 1950 series) #12 (August-September 1952) [art only]
• in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #4 (Summer 1998) [in this form]

Beware of Imitations! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Davis

Inks:

Jack Davis

Colors:

Marie Severin ?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

House ad for MAD.

Reprints:

• in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn] (1997)

MAD Mumblings (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Letters of comment from Ted Wagner, Madison WS; the Franz Liszt Fan Club; Shirley Lierden; Fred Weld, Santa Barbara, CA; Mrs. R.A. Griggs; Leon Grube, Louisville, KY; Don MacDougall, Tuscon, AZ; Carles Harless; Eddie Kamien, Lancaster, NY; Bernard Bonario, Houston, TX; Mrs. John L. Kramer, Pittsburgh, PA; Zogg; and E.C. Fan-Addict #141

Dragged Net! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils:

Will Elder

Inks:

Will Elder

Colors:

Marie Severin ?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

satire; parody

Characters:

Joe Friday; Ed Saturday; Chief Mike Sunday; Shermlock Shomes (cameo); Dr. Whatsit (cameo); murderer; bank robber; Willie Elder

Synopsis:

Parody of the crime television series, Dragnet.

Reprints:

• in The Mad Reader (Ballantine Books, 1954 series) #93 (November 1954)
• in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #4 (Summer 1998)

Extra Money (Table of Contents)

Stuart Greetings / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for Stuart Greetings, Inc.

I Will Train You at Home for Good Pay Jobs in Radio-Television (Table of Contents)

National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photograph)

Inks:

? (photograph)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

J. E. Smith

Synopsis:

Ad for National Radio Institute.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Let Me Give You a New He-Man Body! (Table of Contents)

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photograph)

Inks:

? (photograph)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Charles Atlas

Synopsis:

An ad for the Charles Atlas booklet, "Everlasting Health and Strength."

Indexer Notes

On back cover.