Mad Strikes Back
#[nn]
(May 1955)
Ballantine Books,
1955 Series
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 196
- On-sale Date
- 1955-05-21
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Ballantine Books Inc.
- Brand
-
BB Ballantine
- Mass Market Paperback Book Number
- 106
- Editing
- Harvey Kurtzman (original)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1955 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress. Story titles based on contents page listings, sequence numbers applied to repeating titles. 1st through 4th printings have the same cover image and background color, the same price and the same publisher code.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Reprints
-
in Mad Strikes Back (Ballantine Books, 1955 series) #297K (297K) (March 1958) [cover], #491K (February 1961) [cover], #U2102 (October 1964) [cover], #03373-6 (July 1973) [cover] - in Mad Strikes Back (ibooks, 2002 series) (March 2002)
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Indexer Notes
Art is excerpt from a story in some previous issue of MAD, on background of new art based on pages in several other stories within.
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Hoo Hah!
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (illustration)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once again the call of the Wild Goose echoes...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Introduction to the contents.
Indexer Notes
Art is excerpt from "Gopo Gossum!" Not all printings have the "Hoo Hah!" title. Not all printings have the illustration.
[It's Melvin!]
credits, title page / 2 pages
- Characters
- Melvin
Indexer Notes
Art is the figures from cover of MAD #1 and the vampire baby from the cover of MAD #3. Some printings have credits on the first of the two pages.
[Print History]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Entire contents Copyright © 1953, 1954, 1955 by Educational Comics, Inc.
A Straight Talk from Bob & Ray
text article / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bob Elliot; Ray Goulding; Arthur Godfrey; Joe McCarthy
- Synopsis
- In attempting to introduce the book, Bob & Ray wander off into a ridiculous discussion of Library of Congress book numbers.
- Reprints
- in Mad Strikes Back (ibooks, 2002 series) (March 2002)
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Indexer Notes
Contents listing at page: vi.
Prince Violent!
comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Prince Violent; Maid Alota; King Arthur
- Synopsis
- Prince Violent, a parody of the Prince Valiant, pursues Maid Alota, hacking many a foe before meeting her.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #13 (July 1954)
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Indexer Notes
Contents listing at page: 2.
Captain TVideo!
comic story / 21 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Tvideo; Venusian; Commissioner; Lone Ranger (cameo); assistant Ranger; commercial announcer
- Synopsis
- A parody of the Captain Video television program.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #15 (September 1954)
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Indexer Notes
Contents listing at page: 26.
Puzzle Page (I)
activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A parody of comic book activity pages.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #19 (January 1955)
- Only the first 3 panels from the first story page are reprinted.
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Indexer Notes
Contents listing at page: 47.
Gopo Gossum!
comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody
- Characters
- Gopo Gossum; Simple J. Baloney [Joe McCarthy]; Alphonse Alligator [Winston Churchmouse]; Tideland Owl [Marshland Tito]; Ol' Tortoise [Mendup France]; Corky Porcupine [Waterhole Nehru]; Ol' Bloodhound [Change-Ki-Check]; Rackleddy Coon [Chew-An-Play]; Mouse [Georiga Melloncough]; Darnold Duck; Mickey Rodent; Goony; Minny Rodent; a tadpole
- Synopsis
- Gopo, a parody of Pogo, mistakenly leads the swamp dwellers into politics and disaster.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #23 (May 1955)
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Indexer Notes
Contents listing at page: 48.
Puzzle Page (II)
activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #19 (January 1955) [page 2 of 5 pages]
- Only panels 4 and 5 from the first story page are reprinted.
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Indexer Notes
Contents listing at page: 63. Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Ping Pong!
comic story / 21 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Cecil B. V. D. Mill; ship's captain; ship's crew; Mr. Mill's cameraman; Lana Lynn; Pong; Ookabolaponga tribe
- Synopsis
- Lana subdues Ping Pong, a parody of King Kong and Mr. Mill has him towed back to New York, only to find none of them quite fit in.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #6 (August - September 1953)
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Indexer Notes
Contents listing at page: 64. Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Puzzle Page (III)
activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #19 (January 1955) [page 3 of 5 pages]
- Only panels 6 and 7 from the first story page are reprinted.
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Indexer Notes
Contents listing at page: 85. Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Poopeye!
comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Poopeye; Mazola Oil; Swee'back [Mad-Man]; Mammy Jokeum; Mammy's son; Melvin of the Apes; Superduperman [Clark Bent]; Windy
- Synopsis
- Poopeye, a parody of Popeye, beats up other comic strongmen hired by the broccoli king to get rid of Poopeye.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #21 (March 1955)
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Indexer Notes
Contents listing at page: 86. Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Smithson, John (Advt.)
illustration / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Satire of Johnson Smith & Co. novelty catalog advertisements.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #21 (March 1955)
- Only portions of the original cover are used.
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Indexer Notes
Contents listing at page: 110. Script credit from The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4. Tales of Terror: The EC Companion credits the cover as "house", meaning it was a paste up of text and photostats by someone on the staff. Grant Geissman confirmed meaning of "house" via email (2021-03-08).
Teddy and the Pirates
comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Teddy; Half-Shot; Pat O'Bryan; Burma Shave; Mr. Sandthirst; Connie; Big-Poop; The Dragging Lady; The Pirates
- Synopsis
- Teddy and Half-Shot are assigned to keep an opium shipment out of the hands of The Pirates, but one of them is an inside man.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #6 (August - September 1953)
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Indexer Notes
Contents listing at page: 112. Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Believe It or Don't
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of Ripley's Believe It Or Not.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #23 (May 1955)
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Indexer Notes
Contents listing at page: 136. Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Cowboy!
comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Lance Sterling; John Smurd
- Synopsis
- Parallel stories comparing the movie version of the Old West with real life.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #20 (February 1955)
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Indexer Notes
Contents listing at page: 142. Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Puzzle Page (IV)
activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #19 (January 1955) [page 4 of 5 pages]
- Only the first 3 panels from the forth story page are reprinted.
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Indexer Notes
Contents listing at page: 157. Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Manduck the Magician
comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Manduck; Loathar; Charles Atlas (cameo); Lamont Shadowskeedeeboomboom; Narda
- Synopsis
- Manduck, a parody of Mandrake the Magician, is reduced to using his hypnotic spells to sell snake oil on the street, until he matches spells with Lamont Shadowskeedeeboomboom.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #14 (August 1954)
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Indexer Notes
Contents listing at page: 158. Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Puzzle Page-Answers
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #19 (January 1955) [page 5 of 5 pages]
- Only 1/4 of the original page is used.
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Indexer Notes
Contents listing at page: 182. Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
Hoo Hah!
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3.
[It's Melvin!]
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4.
[Print History]
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5.
Contents
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6.
A Straight Talk from Bob & Ray
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7.
MAD Strikes Back!
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8.
Prince Violent!
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9.
Captain TVideo!
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10.
Puzzle Page (I)
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11.
Gopo Gossum!
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12.
Puzzle Page (II)
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13.
Ping Pong!
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14.
Puzzle Page (III)
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15.
Poopeye!
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16.
Smithson, John (Advt.)
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17.
Teddy and the Pirates
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18.
Believe It or Don't
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19.
Cowboy!
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20.
Puzzle Page (IV)
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21.
Manduck the Magician
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22.
Puzzle Page-Answers
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23.
The Men Who Make MAD
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24.
[no title indexed]
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25.
In Just 8 Seconds...MAD Strikes Back!
MAD Strikes Back!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Steve Coates
- Gregory Fischer
- Jochen G.
- Michael Hoskin
- Donald Dale Milne
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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