The Bedside Mad

(May 1973)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 4 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front and back covers are blank.
Indexer's copy was missing 2 pages at the front of the book, likely blank or title pages.

William M. Gaines's The Bedside MAD (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis

Title page and publishing information.

Indexer Notes

Illustration is excerpt from some previous issue of MAD.

Contents (Table of Contents: 3)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bill Elder

Inks

Bill Elder

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Illustration is excerpt from "Robinson Crusoe!" story.

Outer Sanctum! (Table of Contents: 4)

Horror Dept. / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Bill Elder (signed)

Inks

Bill Elder (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

satire-parody

Characters

Ramon; The Professor; Heap

Synopsis

The Professor creates Heap and uses him to rob banks until Heap leaves to find a mate.

Reprints

• from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #5 (June - July 1953)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Lone Stranger Rides Again! (Table of Contents: 5)

Juvenile Western Dept.; Lone Stranger / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Jack Davis

Inks

Jack Davis

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody; western-frontier

Characters

Lone Stranger; Pronto [Chief Wonga]; Ookabollwonga tribe

Synopsis

The Lone Stranger learns of Proto's secret identity.

Reprints

• from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #8 (December 1953-January 1954)

Indexer Notes

A parody of the Lone Ranger and Tonto.

Scenes We'd...Like to See! (Table of Contents: 6)

Dept. I; [Hollywood Dept.] / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman ?

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

satire-parody

Characters

Lance Sterling

Synopsis

Typical surrounded fort climax scene from a western, with untypical ending.

Reprints

• from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #23 (May 1955) [Only "The Surrounded Fort" story with Lance Sterling is reprinted.]

The Cane Mutiny! (Table of Contents: 7)

Navy Dept. / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Wally Wood (signed)

Inks

Wally Wood (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

satire-parody

Characters

Willie Wonte; Lt. Feefer; Captain DeBris; Captain Kweeg; Van; Lt. Whitewald; Lt. Christian; Captain Bligh

Reprints

• from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #19 (January 1955)

Indexer Notes

A parody of the movie "The Caine Mutiny."

Medical (Table of Contents: 8)

TV Dept. / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Elder

Inks

Bill Elder

Letters

typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Characters

Konrad Strainer; Smilby; Lance Follicle; Amanda

Synopsis

Lance needs a tonsillectomy, from which he recovers in great shape, but still can't play the violin well.

Reprints

• from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #28 (July 1956)

Indexer Notes

Parody of TV show "Medic."

[in hieroglyphics] (Table of Contents: 9)

Report from Abroad / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

An analysis of the Egyptian political situation -- in hieroglyphics.

Reprints

• from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #16 (October 1954)

Hah! Noon! (Table of Contents: 10)

Adult Western Dept. / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody; western-frontier

Characters

Marshall Kane; Mrs. Kane; Marshall Floodnick; Killer Diller Miller; Ramona

Synopsis

Marshall Kane dithers about leaving town, beats up another marshall, and kills some accomplices of Miller before subduing Miller without violence.

Reprints

• from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #9 (February-March 1954)

Indexer Notes

A parody of the Gary Cooper film "High Noon."

Scenes We'd Like to See: The Musketeer Who Failed to Get the Girl (Table of Contents: 11)

Dept. II; [Hollywood Dept.] / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Phil Interlandi (signed)

Inks

Phil Interlandi (signed)

Genre

satire-parody

Synopsis

The musketeer successfully battles dozens of the villain's men, but is run through by the villain.

Reprints

• from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #27 (April 1956)

Restaurant! (Table of Contents: 12)

Report from America Dept. / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Bill Elder (signed)

Inks

Bill Elder (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Mr. Sturdley; Mrs. Sturdley; Smurdley Sturdley; junior Sturdley; baby Sturdley

Synopsis

The deprivations the Sturdleys suffer at a "typical" Sunday restaurant outing.

Reprints

• from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #16 (October 1954)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Casey at the Bat! (Table of Contents: 13)

Poetry Dept. / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Ernest Lawrence Thayer

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

satire-parody

Characters

Cooney; Burrows; Flynn; Blake; Casey; umpire

Synopsis

Casey has a chance to hit the winning runs in a baseball game, but strikes out for the loss.

Reprints

• from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #6 (August - September 1953)

Indexer Notes

This is the text of the famous poem accompanied by humorous illustrations.

Robinson Crusoe! (Table of Contents: 14)

Literary Classics Dept. / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Bill Elder (signed)

Inks

Bill Elder (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

satire-parody

Characters

Robinson Crusoe; Joe Friday

Synopsis

A parody of the novel Robinson Crusoe.

Reprints

• from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #13 (July 1954)

[in Chinese] (Table of Contents: 15)

Report from Abroad / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

An analysis of the Chinese political situation -- in Chinese.

Reprints

• from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #15 (September 1954)

Indexer Notes

"Potrzebie" appears several times in the text.

Slow Motion! (Table of Contents: 16)

Science Dept. / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Kurtzman

Pencils

Jack Davis (signed)

Inks

Jack Davis (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Synopsis

A look at what might be happening in various sports if they were recorded by a slow motion camera.

Reprints

• from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #21 (March 1955)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.

Drawrof (Table of Contents: 17)

Report from Abroad / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

? [as Yeldrums Serutan]

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

An analysis of Antarctica, with all words printed backwards, as it is supposed to be the point of view of "backwards nations."

Reprints

• from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #19 (January 1955)

Do You Have Trouble Getting to Sleep at Night? (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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