Mad #21

(March 1955)

MAD Mumblings (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

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Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes announcement for the first pocket book MAD collection from Ballantine Books (no title given).

Poopeye! (Table of Contents)

Newspaper Comics Dept. / comic story / 8 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:

satire

Characters:

Poopeye; Mazola Oil; Swee'back [Mad-Man]; Mammy Jokeum; Mammy's son; Melvin of the Apes; Superduperman [Clark Bent]; Windy

Synopsis:

Poopeye beats up other comic strongmen hired by the broccoli king to get rid of Poopeye.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Parody of Popeye comic strip.

Slow Motion! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman ?

Pencils:

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks:

Jack Davis (signed)

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A look at what might be happening in various sports if they were recorded by a slow motion camera.

Reprints:

• in Inside Mad (Ballantine Books, 1955 series) #124 (November 1955)
• 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 The Bedside Mad (Warner Books, 1973 series) #[nn] (May 1973)

Comic Book Ads! (Table of Contents)

Cut Your Own Throat Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman ?

Pencils:

Bill Elder (signed)

Inks:

Bill Elder (signed)

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Synopsis:

Parody ads for "How To Hypnotize", "Get Prizes...Make Money", "Rubber Bubble Gum", "Tromp Stamps Co.", "Ded Ryder Cowboy Carbine", and "Alwett Physical Training Course."

Reprints:

• in Inside Mad (Ballantine Books, 1955 series) #124 (November 1955) [Rubber Bubble Gum only]

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Impact; Extra!; Valor; Aces High; Psychoanalysis / promo (ad from the publisher) / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

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Indexer Notes

House ads for 5 new E. C. comics, ½ page each plus subscription form.

Under The Waterfront! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kurtzman ?

Pencils:

Wallace Wood (signed)

Inks:

Wallace Wood (signed)

Colors:

Marie Severin

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Terry; Joey; John Friendly; Charlie; Edie

Synopsis:

Everyone Terry knows is killed by John Friendly's thugs.

Indexer Notes

Parody of the movie "On The Waterfront."

[Waning Days of December] (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

A Christmas and New Year message from the editors and staff.

You Too - Can Be Tough (Table of Contents)

Lighting Ju-Jitsu / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Letters:

typeset

Editing:

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Indexer Notes

Ad for B-J Co's ju-jitsu training.

Television-Radio-Electronics (Table of Contents)

National Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Letters:

typeset

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Indexer Notes

Ad for electronics training from National Schools.

New Catalog of 3100 Novelties (Table of Contents)

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

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Script:

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Letters:

typeset

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Indexer Notes

Ad for novelty catalog.

9X Area Magnification! (Table of Contents)

Powerhouse Binoculars / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

?; ? (photo)

Inks:

?; ? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

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Indexer Notes

Ad for Powerhouse binoculars from Thoresen's. Inside back cover.

Men-Women-Boys-Girls Prizes Given (Table of Contents)

The FUNMan / 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 FUNman religious wall motto sales.