Mad #42

(November 1958)

Now In Its Second Printing (Table of Contents)

MAD For Keeps / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo); Wally Wood

Inks:

? (photo); Wally Wood

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

House ad for new hardcover book from Crown Publishers.

Indexer Notes

Small figure at bottom of ad by Wally Wood is excerpt from previous issue. Inside front cover.

Departments (Table of Contents)

Vital Features / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Art is excerpts from this issue.

What If You Did What They Told You On TV? (Table of Contents)

Rush Right Out Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dee Caruso; Bill Levine

Pencils:

Bob Clarke

Inks:

Bob Clarke

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

How doing the things that tv commercials suggest will not get the results you expect.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

Why Go Hunting For Every Issue Of MAD (Table of Contents)

MAD Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Wally Wood ?

Inks:

Wally Wood ?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

House ad for MAD subscriptions.

Reaches New Heights (Table of Contents)

The Brothers MAD / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

House ad for a MAD paperback book.

Random Samplings of Reader Mail (Table of Contents)

Letters Dept. / letters page / 1.26 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Albert B. Feldstein; Preston Kohn; Tony Freedman; Mrs. W. D. Peckham; Eliot Kohen; Linda; Gail; Barbara; H. W. Hightower; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Mendel Baylis; Carson Cox; Ed Woodsmall; Stan Balzer; Mike Conway; Martin Jublonski; Joseph Smith; Ronni Salter; Stephan Mehler; Brother John; Allan Hudson; Patty Hodgins

Pencils:

? (photo); Mrs. W. D. Peckham (photo)

Inks:

? (photo); Mrs. W. D. Peckham (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Peckham children; Dior Knox; Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

Letters of comment, mostly about issue #41, with reader photos.

Only One Left! (Table of Contents)

Alfred E. Neuman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.07 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Norman Mingo (painted)

Inks:

Norman Mingo (painted)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

House ad for pinups suitable for framing.

MAD's 1958 Pigskin Preview (Table of Contents)

Unnecessary Roughness Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Koch

Pencils:

George Woodbridge (signed)

Inks:

George Woodbridge (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Elihu "Midge" Dunkley; Charlie Schvepp; "Lush" Pitkin; Clip Clopp; Sid Blemish; Alfred E. Neuman; "Boxer" Towser

Synopsis:

Parody of magazine college football season previews, along with fake definitions of football terms.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

A Nameless Story (Table of Contents)

Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Martin (signed)

Pencils:

Don Martin (signed)

Inks:

Don Martin (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A boy saves a bird from a hunter...then eats the bird.

Big Cars (Table of Contents)

Ask The Man Who Parks One Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dave Berg (signed)

Pencils:

Dave Berg (signed)

Inks:

Dave Berg (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Solutions to parking and congestion problems caused by big cars.

I'm Five! (Table of Contents)

Danny Kaye Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Milton Schafer; Danny Kaye

Pencils:

Wally Wood (signed)

Inks:

Wally Wood (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Danny Kaye

Synopsis:

Song lyrics as performed by Danny Kaye, with illustrations.

Indexer Notes

Song copyright 1957 by Frank Music Corp.

Not-So-Far-From-Wrong Spelling Errors (Table of Contents)

E Before I Except After Q Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Rothenberg

Pencils:

George Woodbridge (signed)

Inks:

George Woodbridge (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Spelling errors that tell the story better than the correct spelling would.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

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

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

25c MAD Children's Books (Table of Contents)

A Child's Garden of Curses Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Koch

Pencils:

Bob Clarke

Inks:

Bob Clarke

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Marjorie; Mr. Furd; Billy; Sue; The Little Red Hen; Comrade George; Fireman Jones; The Commissioner

Synopsis:

Parodies of children's books but on adult subjects, written and illustrated in the style of Golden Books.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

Sick Sick Sick (Table of Contents)

Out of The Freud And Into The Feiffer Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jules Feiffer

Pencils:

Jules Feiffer

Inks:

Jules Feiffer

Letters:

Jules Feiffer

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Excerpts from the book.

Reprints:

• from Sick Sick Sick (McGraw Hill Book Co., Inc., 1958 series)

Strangely Believe It! (Table of Contents)

Ernie Kovacs Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ernie Kovacs

Pencils:

Wally Wood

Inks:

Wally Wood

Letters:

Wally Wood

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Ernie Kovacs; Sidney Klutz; Malcolm Cranshaw; Fanciful Jones; Dylan Smetnik

Synopsis:

Parody of Ripley's Believe It Or Not.

MAD Mood Music (Table of Contents)

Let's Look At The Record Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Laikin

Pencils:

Bob Clarke

Inks:

Bob Clarke

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Synopsis:

Popular songs arranged into phony albums of music for specific moods.

Indexer Notes

Writer credits from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

Credits For The Common Man (Table of Contents)

Honorable Mention Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Laikin

Pencils:

Wally Wood

Inks:

Wally Wood

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Everyday occupations with credits for all the people who helped in the background, in the style of movie credits. Also, suggested "professional" names for persons in various occupations.

Indexer Notes

Writer credits from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

Baseball Report (Table of Contents)

Bob & Ray Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding

Pencils:

Mort Drucker (signed)

Inks:

Mort Drucker (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding; Wally Ballew; Duane Grubble

Synopsis:

Wally interviews the official team heckler for the San Francisco Giants.

On The Bowery (Table of Contents)

Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Martin (signed)

Pencils:

Don Martin (signed)

Inks:

Don Martin (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Two bums who have been ingesting Sterno find an unusual way to light a cigarette.

Houses To Match Your Personality (Table of Contents)

Frame of Mind Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Jacobs

Pencils:

Bob Clarke

Inks:

Bob Clarke

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Strange home styles to fit various personality types.

Indexer Notes

Writer credits from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

Scenes We Never Got To See (Table of Contents)

The Phase On The Cutting Room Floor Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Albert Meglin

Pencils:

Wally Wood

Inks:

Wally Wood

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Characters:

Frank Sinatra; William Holden; Kim Novak; Sophia Loren; Alan Ladd; Burt Lancaster; Deborah Kerr; Bridgette Bardot

Synopsis:

The supposed final frame cut from famous movie scenes.

Indexer Notes

Writer credits from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

The Great Bank Robbery (Table of Contents)

Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Martin (signed)

Pencils:

Don Martin (signed)

Inks:

Don Martin (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A bank robbery goes wrong when no one cares about the hostage.

You'll Be A "Horror" In A MAD T-Shirt (Table of Contents)

MAD T-Shirts / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Larry Maleman (photo); Wally Wood

Inks:

Larry Maleman (photo); Wally Wood

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; Albert Feldstein

Synopsis:

House ad for t-shirts with Alfred E. Neuman on front.

Indexer Notes

Feldstein credit from letters column of issue #44. On inside back cover.

Where They Spent Their Vacations (Table of Contents)

Marginal Thinking Dept. / filler / 0 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Vacation spots paired with various occupations.

Indexer Notes

Appear in the margins of 26 pages of the issue.

Does She...Or Doesn't She... (Table of Contents)

Miss Clairold Date-Ager Kit / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Kelly Freas (painted, signed)

Inks:

Kelly Freas (painted, signed)

Colors:

Kelly Freas (painted, signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire

Synopsis:

Parody of Miss Clairol hair coloring ad, featuring a kit to age your date so his appearance matches yours.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.