Mad #20

(February 1955)

No, I Said! You Can't Have My Copy of MAD! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Will Elder

Inks:

Will Elder

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

A house ad for MAD and Panic subscriptions.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Katchandhammer Kids! (Table of Contents)

Newspaper Cartoon Dept. / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils:

Will Elder (signed)

Inks:

Will Elder (signed)

Colors:

Marie Severin ?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Hans Katchandhammer; Feetz Katchandhammer; Der Kapitan; Inspektor; boat company man; Mamma

Synopsis:

A parody of the Katzenjammer Kids comic strip.

Reprints:

• in Inside Mad (Ballantine Books, 1955 series) #124 (November 1955)
• in More Trash from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 (1958)

Indexer Notes

The script appears to be real German at the beginning, before changing into a pastiche of English, German and pseudo-German.

Sound Effects! (Table of Contents)

Comic book Dept.; Kane Keen / 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:

satire-parody

Characters:

Kane Keen; Joe Arrrgh

Synopsis:

A murder mystery with no dialog, only sound effects.

Reprints:

• in MAD for Keeps (Crown Publishers, 1958 series) #[nn] (July 1958)
• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #12 (1973)

["We Know You'll Enjoy..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

Marie Severin ?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

A house ad for a subscription to Piracy.

MAD Mumblings (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Letters of comment from Abe Lieberman, Brooklyn NY; Gene Compton, Mibone NC; Eddie Evans, Dallas TX; Lawrence Rogers, Seattle WA; Walter Sandvik & Richard Whitman, Hopewell Junction NY; Margaret Charles, New York, NY; Doug Polling, Toledo OH; GGG, Derby NY; Jere Thomas, Mobile, AL; Tom Lathrop, Los Angeles, CA; Glenford Friffen, Portland OR; Al Teaff, Houston TX; and Louis Grimshaw, Ontario CN

Bop (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

A dictionary of Bop slang.

Paul Revere's Ride! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (script); ?

Pencils:

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks:

Jack Davis (signed)

Colors:

Marie Severin ?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

A humorous illustration of the poem by Longfellow.

Cowboy! (Table of Contents)

Comparison Dept. / comic story / 5 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:

Lance Sterling; John Smurd

Synopsis:

Parallel stories comparing the movie version of the Old West with real life.

Reprints:

• in Mad Strikes Back (Ballantine Books, 1955 series) #106 (May 1955), #491K (February 1961), #01564 (March 1970)

Look Here! (Table of Contents)

classified ads / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Classified ads.

You, Too, Can Be Tough! (Table of Contents)

Lighting Ju-Jitsu / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

An ad for Bee Jay ju-jitsu instruction.

Television-Radio-Electronics (Table of Contents)

National Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?; typeset

Editing:

?

Indexer Notes

An ad for National Schools training courses.

New Catalog of 3100 Novelties (Table of Contents)

Johnson Smith & Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

An ad for Johnson Smith & Company novelty catalog.

9X Area Magnification! (Table of Contents)

Powerhouse Binoculars / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

An ad for Powerhouse binoculars from Thoreson's.

Indexer Notes

inside backcover

Prizes Given (Table of Contents)

The FUNMan / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for the FUNman religious wall motto sales.