Mad
#47
(June 1959)
EC,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (editor)
Stop
Alfred E. Neuman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Kelly Freas (signed) (painting)
- Inks
- Kelly Freas (signed) (painting)
- Colors
- Kelly Freas (signed) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Reprints
in 
They Said It Shouldn't Be Done!
The Bedside Mad / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Synopsis
- House ad for 6th Mad paperback from Signet.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Departments
Vital Features / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Art is excerpts from this issue. There is a writer credit for Vic Cowan, but uncertain what article(s) it is for.
Dress Right
Mad Straight Jacket / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Characters
- Leonard Brenner
- Synopsis
- House ad for fake straitjacket.
- Keywords
- straitjackets
Indexer Notes
Leonard is the model with back turned to the reader; named in letters column of Mad #49.
Here's a Clever Mother's Day Gift
Mad for Keeps / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.17 page
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- House ad for hardcover book from Crown Publishers.
Random Samplings of Reader Mail
Letters Dept. / letters page / 1.25 pages
- Script
- Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein); Charles Atlas
- Pencils
- Kelly Freas; ? (photo)
- Inks
- Kelly Freas; ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman; Moxie Cowznofsky; Popeye; Pam Blandin
- Synopsis
- Letters of comment, mostly about issue #45.
Indexer Notes
Includes a reworking of the cover gag from MAD #45. Moxie Cowznofsky is named in letters column of issue #48. Letter Writers: Nancy Rice; Peggy O'Neill; Edward Lacombe; Pam Blandin; John Seeliger; Selma Mia; Mrs. Hanson; George Walters; Pat Leveille; Theta Upsilon (Tau Chapter); Knucklehead; Monty Levenson; Len Marino; Jan Leestma; Martin Friedman
Start Off Each Day with a Smile!
Alfred E. Neuman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.08 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Norman Mingo (painting)
- Inks
- Norman Mingo (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- House ad for pinups suitable for framing.
Here's a Chance to Save Money!
Mad Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.17 page
- Synopsis
- House ad for Mad subscriptions.
Combined Television Shows
Double Jeopardy Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Paul Laikin
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Joe Friday; Seymour Glad; Katherine Murray; Eleanor Roosevelt; Joe Rosner; Clarence Blechh; Melvin Cowznofski; Michael Anthony; Shorty The Slob; Matt Grappse; Gary Moore (not named); Dave Brinkle; Chet Hunter
- Synopsis
- Explores combinations of 2 tv shows into one, with disastrous results.
- Reprints
-
in More Trash from Mad (EC, 1958 series) #3 (1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
Mother's Day Cards from Special People
Mom's the Word Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Frank Jacobs
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Some foolish Mother's Day cards.
- Reprints
- in The Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #8 (1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection.
It Happened on the Crosstown Bus
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Don Martin (signed)
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man is attacked in an unusual way.
How to Be a Mad Non-Conformist
Vive La Difference Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Sy Reit
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Inks
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Showing the differences between ordinary folks, non-conformists, and Mad non-conformists.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection.
Little League
Diamonds Are a Boy's Best Friend Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor; sports
- Synopsis
- The future of kids' baseball as Little League becomes ever more organized.
The Battle of the Credit Cards
All Charged Up Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Al Jaffee
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Unlikely businesses that you can charge and a journal of how credit cards work for business expenses.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection.
The Professor Lectures on Space
Sid Caesar Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Sid Caesar (credited)
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sid Caesar; Professor Ludwig Von Orbitmacher
- Synopsis
- The professor gives an incoherent lecture, concerned more about situations on Earth than in space.
- Reprints
Jack and Jill as Retold by Various Magazines
Once More with Feeling Dept. / text article / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Jack Smith; Jill Jones; Freddy Furd
- Synopsis
- The nursery rhyme retold as tales of romance, adventure and crime.
- Reprints
- in More Trash from Mad (EC, 1958 series) #3 (1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection. Magazines parodied are: Seventeen; Official Detective Stories; True; Confidential; Screen Stories; Modern Romances.
Future Halls of Fame
Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Frank Jacobs
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Inks
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Nifty Shlopp; Lester Rancid; Claudia Culvert; Abigail Sternwallow; Marvin Mung; Lethargy Mung; Bessie Clutz; Godfrey Lipton; Casey Larouche; Otis Ott; Felix Hither; Styles Fernleaf; Melvin Cowznofski; Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- Inductees into various Halls of Fame we might see, if the trend of establishing these for just about any occupation or hobby in sight continues.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection.
The Greatest Missile Ever Built
Brains & Von Braun Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Detailing the need for and design of an undetectable missile weapon.
- Reprints
- in The Voodoo Mad (New American Library, 1963 series) #Q6245 (circa 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
Movie Posters for Packing in Every Type of Audience
Film-Flam Dept. / text article / 3 pages
- Script
- Frank Jacobs
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- John Wayne; Jayne Mansfield; Ricky Nelson
- Synopsis
- Different posters for a movie, targeted at different audiences.
- Reprints
- in More Trash from Mad (EC, 1958 series) #3 (1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection.
Pressure Can Report
Bob & Ray Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Bob Elliott (credited); Ray Goulding (credited)
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding; Wally Ballew; Fenwick J. Finster
- Synopsis
- Fenwick shows us how stuff and air are put into aerosol spray cans and previews some new spray products.
- Reprints
First Aid Handbook
One Good Tourniquet Deserves Another Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Bad advice on how to treat common injuries, including how to cause them.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
The Fishermen
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Martin (signed)
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A fisherman drags a boy out of the water, but he is below the size limit so his buddy throws the boy back.
- Reprints
- in More Trash from Mad (EC, 1958 series) #3 (1960)
- in The Voodoo Mad (New American Library, 1963 series) #Q6245 (circa 1973)
- in The Completely Mad Don Martin (Warner Books, 1974 series) (June 1974) which is reprinted
-
in They'll Laugh When You Sit Down to Play Musically Mad
Musically Mad / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Inks
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- House ad for first Mad record album, from RCA Victor.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Mad Double Features
Marginal Thinking Dept. / text story / 0 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Strange pairings of movies.
Indexer Notes
Appear in the margins of 29 pages of the issue.
The Most Inexpensive Way to Make Smart Clothes...
Scotch Soft-Weave / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Kelly Freas (signed) (painting)
- Inks
- Kelly Freas (signed) (painting)
- Colors
- Kelly Freas (signed) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Phony ad for dressmakers' colored tissue paper; parody of Scott Tissue ad.
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Stop
Alfred E. Neuman -
1.
They Said It Shouldn't Be Done!
The Bedside Mad -
2.
Departments
Vital Features -
3.
Dress Right
Mad Straight Jacket -
4.
Here's a Clever Mother's Day Gift
Mad for Keeps -
5.
Random Samplings of Reader Mail
Letters Dept. -
6.
Start Off Each Day with a Smile!
Alfred E. Neuman -
7.
Here's a Chance to Save Money!
Mad Magazine -
8.
Combined Television Shows
Double Jeopardy Dept. -
9.
Mother's Day Cards from Special People
Mom's the Word Dept. -
10.
It Happened on the Crosstown Bus
Don Martin Dept. -
11.
How to Be a Mad Non-Conformist
Vive La Difference Dept. -
12.
Little League
Diamonds Are a Boy's Best Friend Dept. -
13.
The Battle of the Credit Cards
All Charged Up Dept. -
14.
The Professor Lectures on Space
Sid Caesar Dept. -
15.
Jack and Jill as Retold by Various Magazines
Once More with Feeling Dept. -
16.
Future Halls of Fame
Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow Dept. -
17.
The Greatest Missile Ever Built
Brains & Von Braun Dept. -
18.
Movie Posters for Packing in Every Type of Audience
Film-Flam Dept. -
19.
Pressure Can Report
Bob & Ray Dept. -
20.
First Aid Handbook
One Good Tourniquet Deserves Another Dept. -
21.
The Fishermen
Don Martin Dept. -
22.
They'll Laugh When You Sit Down to Play Musically Mad
Musically Mad -
23.
Mad Double Features
Marginal Thinking Dept. -
24.
The Most Inexpensive Way to Make Smart Clothes...
Scotch Soft-Weave
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