- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Reed Crandall (signed)
- Inks
- Reed Crandall (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Phony ad for tires from B. F. Goodnrich that don't need a car.
- Reprints
Parody of ad for B. F. Goodrich Tires. Script credit per info from Al Feldstein in the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- various
- Inks
- various
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Art is excerpts from this issue. Quote under the masthead is from Abraham Lincoln.
First issue with a Department title for marginal text. Script credit per info from Al Feldstein in the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Jack Davis
- Inks
- Jack Davis
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Elvis Pelvis
- Synopsis
- Satirical look at various facets of Elvis Presley's style.
- Reprints
Script credit per info from Al Feldstein in the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Letters, mostly commenting on issue #29.
Art is excerpts from issue #29. Letters from Arnold Ferris; John Mahon; Richard Hagan; Gerald Rose; Tom Louis; Charles Forbisher; Walter Goober III; Herbie Dicker; Dave DeSilver; Michael Dworkin; Ken Schaber: Sam Cornell; Joseph Salas; Jeremy Millett; Doug Vance; Josef Trotsakov; Howard Landstrom; Dale Harris; Phil Shaw; William Zeckendorf; William Levitt; Walter Vaux; Steve Winchell and Hugh Cotterall.
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; western-frontier
- Characters
- Madd Dillinger; Gambler Dan; Blacksmith Sam; Chestnut; Doc; Kiddie; Mayor Melvin
- Synopsis
- Quick recap of typical plots from the show.
- Reprints
Parody of tv show "Gunsmoke." Script credit per Al Feldstein, from the book Feldstein:The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Advice for a man who loves both his wife and taxidermy, but whose wife hates his taxidermy.
- Reprints
Script credit per Al Feldstein, from the book Feldstein:The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
- Script
- Edmund E. Price (original); ? (abridged captions)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Excerpts from a treatise on The Manly Art of Self Defense by Edmund E. Price, published 1867, with illustrations and new captions.
Illustrations may not be from the original text and do not necessarily describe the text they are shown with. The original text was not humorous; this feature is added by the new abridged captions. This story was inventory edited by Harvey Kurtzman. Info per Al Feldstein, from the book Feldstein:The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
- Script
- Phil Interlandi
- Pencils
- Phil Interlandi (signed)
- Inks
- Phil Interlandi (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- A man is thrown into the gladiatorial ring and defeats a better armed opponent...but loses to a lion.
- Reprints
Script credit per Al Feldstein, from the book Feldstein:The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Several supposedly civilized ways to trap and kill mice.
- Reprints
Script credit per Al Feldstein, from the book Feldstein:The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein. Self-references this article with a mouse reading it.
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Describes the escalating efforts of police to patrol highways unnoticed, including several of the latest unmarked vehicles.
- Reprints
Script credit per Al Feldstein, from the book Feldstein:The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein. "Totally MAD" CD collection incorrectly credited Herb Goldstein.
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Little Nemo; Flip; Felix the Clown; Chief Wahoo; The Squirrel Cage Hitchhiker; Barnaby; Mr. O'Malley; Flyin' Jenny; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Brute Gentry; Ace Drummond; Tailspin Tommy; Barney Baxter; Peter Piltdown; Charlie; Min-nie; Shadrach the Hermit; The Spirit; Ebony; Commissioner Dolan; Scorchy Smith; Desperate Desmond; Hairbreadth Harry; Dickie Dare; Sappo; Professor Whottaschnozzle; Bunky; Fagon; The Family Upstairs; Doc Yak; The Bear; Silly Millie; Benny; Buster Brown; Tige the Bulldog; Just Kids; Grandpop; Baby; Mr. Branner the Policeman; Dinglehoofer; Dinglehoofer's Dog; Count Screwloose; Crazy Dog; Skeets; Skippy; Sooky; The Pussycat Princess; Mr. Jack; Krazy Kat; Ignatz Mouse; Offisa Pupp; Little Jimmy; The Kewpies; Rocky Mason; Mr.; Mrs.; Charlie Chan; The Nebbs; Desper't Ambrose; Pop [S'Matter Pop]; Pop [That's My Pop]; Son [That's My Pop]; The Timid Soul; Mama; Cedric; Pa; Don Winslow; Sgt. Pat; Pinky; Irish; Jimmy Dugan; Raymond; Puddinhead; the Reg'lar Fellers; Pop; Jerry on the Job; Daisybelle; Miss Fury; Toots; Casper; Alphonse; Gaston; Betty; Lester De Pester; Foxy Grandpa; Happy Hooligan; Maud the Mule; Panhandle Pete; The Yellow Kid; Napoleon, Uncle Elby; Clarence; Jane Arden; Apple Mary [Mary Worth]; Popeye's Goons; Homer Hoopee; Harold Teen; Pop; Shadow; Ming The Merciless; Brad; Dad; Abie the Agent; Aunt Eppie Hogg; Mickey McGuire; Pop Wortle; Flytrap Finnegan; The Skipper; Suitcase Simpson; The Powerful Katrinka; The Dwarf; The Terrible-Tempered Mr. Bang; The Toonerville Folks; Jet Scott; Beyond Mars characters
- Synopsis
- Discusses the idea of a retirement home of no-longer published comic strip characters, with a pinup of characters and numbered key.
- Reprints
Script credit per Al Feldstein, from the book Feldstein:The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein. Characters drawn in their original styles.
- Script
- Nick Meglin (idea); Al Feldstein (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- John L. Lewis; Tommy Manville; Osgood Z'Beard
- Synopsis
- Shows the scoring, style tips, psychological underpinnings, and problems of bowling.
- Reprints
Script credit per Al Feldstein, from the book Feldstein:The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein. "Totally MAD" CD collection incorrectly credited Nick Meglin with script.
- Script
- Doug Rice (credited as Rice); Bill Davis; Parks; Ilnicki; Jerry Lee; Kent; Thomas
- Pencils
- Doug Rice (credited as Rice); Bill Davis; Parks; Ilnicki; Jerry Lee; Kent; Thomas
- Inks
- Doug Rice (credited as Rice); Bill Davis; Parks; Ilnicki; Jerry Lee; Kent; Thomas
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Galahad
- Synopsis
- Gag cartoons from the following college publications: Iowa State Green Gander; Harvard Lampoon; Stanford Chaparral; Florida Smoke Signals; Cornell Widow; Minnesota Daily; Michigan Gargoyle; California Pelican; U.C.L.A. Scop
- Reprints
- in More Trash from Mad (EC, 1958 series) #1 (1958) [Pitchers And Poachers strip from U.C.L.A. Scop only]
- from Iowa State Green Gander (?) xxxx-xx-xx
from Harvard Lampoon (?) xxxx-xx-xx
from Stanford Chaparral (?) xxxx-xx-xx
from Florida Smoke Signals (?) xxxx-xx-xx
from Cornell Widow (?) xxxx-xx-xx
from Minnesota Daily (?) xxxx-xx-xx
from Michigan Gargoyle (?) xxxx-xx-xx
from California Pelican (?) xxxx-xx-xx
from U.C.L.A. Scop (?) xxxx-xx-xx
These are gag cartoons from college publications.
Not all contributors are identified by a signature. Some credits from "Totally MAD" CD collection. According to Al Feldstein this was inventory. Info from the book Feldstein:The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Wally Wood
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Captain Aslob [Legory Peck]; Fishmeal [Richard Basehearted]; Queeg-Queeg; Father Maplesyrup [Osome Bells]; Morbid Dick; Mr. Starstruck [Lee O'Genn]
- Synopsis
- Tells the tale of the ill-fated voyage of the Peckwad in a vain attempt to kill the white whale.
- Reprints
Parody of movie "Moby Dick." Script credit per Al Feldstein, from the book Feldstein:The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Advice to a man whose girlfriend's father threatens that the man will only marry his daughter over his dead body.
- Reprints
Script credit per Al Feldstein, from the book Feldstein:The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
- Script
- W. Hall (credited as W. C. Hall)
- Pencils
- Wally Wood
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Series of mock memos from Roman Military regarding heroic action of one Gaius Gaius Horatius, showing how politics trumps truth.
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection. Inventory story.
- Script
- James Blish
- Pencils
- Bill Elder (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Elder (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Fenwick; "Red" Herring; Maren
- Synopsis
- Various genres of pulp stories are all given the same treatment, showing underlying similarity.
- Reprints
This was an inventory story. Info per Al Feldstein, from the book Feldstein:The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein. Final page includes four phony ads: "Make Money", "Learn To Draw", "Mental Science", and "Monuments."
- Script
- C. Reiner (credited as Carl Reiner)
- Pencils
- ? (photo)
- Inks
- ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Carl Reiner
- Synopsis
- Techniques for using a band saw.
Inventory story.
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Jack Davis
- Inks
- Jack Davis
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Scout-type merit badges for everyday lazy, loutish clods.
- Reprints
Script credit per Al Feldstein, from the book Feldstein:The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Wally Wood
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Walt Dizzy; unnamed fairy; Jimmy Dood; Ozgood Zeiss; Sigismund Sponk; Davy Crawcutt; Mike Finque; Walt Dizzy's animated characters
- Synopsis
- Behind the scenes look at the 5 worlds of Dizzyland: Tomorrowsland, Frontrearland, Adventuresland, Fantasticland, Moneyland.
- Reprints
Script credit per Al Feldstein, from the book Feldstein:The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein. Animated characters are not named but include: Pluto, Pinnochio; Big Bad Wolf; Thumper; Dumbo; birds and mice from Sleeping Beauty; Morty Mouse; Ferdie Mouse; Bambi; Jimminy Cricket; Nana; Donald Duck; Mickey Mouse; Brer Bear; Brer Rabbit; one of Three Little Pigs; Lady; Tramp; Grumpy; Sleepy; Dopey; Doc; Happy; Sneezy; Fox; Mr. Toad.
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Advice for a girl who's being stalked by a boy.
- Reprints
Script credit per Al Feldstein, from the book Feldstein:The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
- Script
- Arnie Rosen; Coleman Jacoby
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- One sentence observations on pop culture.
- Reprints
In margins of 20 pages of the magazine. Copyright 1955 by Variety.
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Norman Mingo (signed); Harvey Kurtzman (frame, signed); Bill Elder (frame, signed); Jack David (background figures, signed)
- Inks
- Norman Mingo (signed); Harvey Kurtzman (frame, signed); Bill Elder (frame, signed); Jack David (background figures, signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman; Pogo; Liberace; Jerry Lewis; Dean Martin; Mona Lisa; Edward R. Murrow; Groucho Marks; Lone Ranger; Mad Hatter; Robert E. Lee; Jackie Gleason; Mickey Mantle; Steve Allen; Ed Sullivan; Dick Tracy; Elvis Presley; Mickey Mouse; Melvin Cowznofski; Little Orphan Annie; Smilin' Jack; Phil Silvers; Nikita Kruschev; Popeye
View of front cover scene from behind Alfred, as if frame is drawn on front of a piece of glass, looking at an audience. Additional characters appear that indexer did not recognize. Melvin Cowznofski is the older drawing of Alfred E. Neuman as identified in some earlier issues of Mad. Script credit per Al Feldstein, from the book Feldstein:The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.