EC,
1952 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Publication Dates:
- October-November 1952 - Present
- Number of Issues Published:
- 517 (#1 - #517)
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age U.S. (#1-23); Magazine size (#24 onward); saddle-stitched; glossy cover; full color (#1-23); Black & White (#24-?); full color again (#? - onward)
Series Details:
Cover Gallery
Details by Issue
Series TimelinePublisher's Brands:
- EC An Entertaining Comic (2 issues)
- no publisher's brand (77 issues)
- without publisher's brand information (444 issues)
Indicia Publishers:
- E.C. Publications, Inc. (79 issues)
- without indicia publisher information (444 issues)
Tracking
Current website: www.dccomics.com/mad/
Notes
MAD became magazine size with issue #24 onward at editor Harvey Kurtzman's request (he had been offered a lucrative job at a magazine and was going to take it if the change was not made). According to Bill Gaines (the publisher), it was not changed to avoid Comics Code Authority oversight.
Editing
Index Status
| Indexed | Partially Indexed | Pending Approval | Reserved | Skeleton Data Only |
Cover Status
| Scan available | Needs Replacement | No Scan available |
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