Mad
#5
(June-July 1953)
EC,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1953-03-02
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Educational Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
EC An Entertaining Comic
- Editing
- Harvey Kurtzman (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1953, page 92, registration number B403888.
[no title indexed]
Kane Keen / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Elder (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Elder (signed)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You say you lost your voice...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Kane Keen
- Reprints
-
in Mad (Superior, 1952 series) #5 ([circa July 1953]) -
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #24 (1977) - in The Complete Color Mad (Russ Cochran, 1986 series) #1 (1986)
- in Mad about the Fifties (Little, Brown, 1997 series) (1997)
- in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #2 (Winter 1997)
- in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([September] 2002)
- in Mad's Original Idiots Will Elder (EC, 2015 series) (2015)
-
The EC "Publisher of the Issue"
William M. Gaines / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- William M. Gaines [Melvin]
- Synopsis
- A fake biography of William M. Gaines.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #18 (1975)
- in The Complete Color Mad (Russ Cochran, 1986 series) #1 (1986)
- in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #1 (Summer 1997)
- in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([September] 2002)
-
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover.
Art credits from The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1.
Script: The Mad Archives #1 is reported to have credited Harvey Kurtzman, but Kurtzman told how “Bill and Al” wrote the page while Kurtzman was ill and away from the office. Gaines said that “we” filled the page out of necessity, and as a joke on Kurtzman (Benson 1986, final page of section reprinting Mad #5).
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Reference:
Benson, John, Bill Mason, and Bhob Stewart. 1986. Untitled notes and comments. In Mad, vol. 1. West Plains, MO: Russ Cochran.
Outer Sanctum!
Horror Dept. / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Bill Elder (signed as Bull Elder)
- Inks
- Bill Elder (signed as Bull Elder)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Ramon; The Professor; Heap
- Synopsis
- The Professor creates Heap and uses him to rob banks until Heap leaves to find a mate.
- Reprints
- in The Bedside Mad (New American Library, 1959 series) #S1647 (April 1959), #D2316 (February 1964), #P3520 (c 1969)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #9 (1972)
- in The Bedside Mad (Warner Books, 1973 series) #6 (88-893) (April 1979)
- in The Complete Color Mad (Russ Cochran, 1986 series) #1 (1986)
- in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #2 (Winter 1997)
- in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([September] 2002)
- in Mad's Original Idiots Will Elder (EC, 2015 series) (2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Black and Blue Hawks!
Hero Worship Dept. / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed as Woodhawk)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed as Woodhawk)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor; superhero
- Characters
- Saddlesore; Saurbratten; Robespierre; Boss Hawk; Yonny Yohnson; Chop Chop Chop; woman in red
- Synopsis
- The Black and Blue Hawks stage a mutiny.
- Reprints
- in Mad (EC, 1952 series) #28 (July 1956)
- in The Brothers Mad (Ballantine Books, 1958 series) #5 (October 1958), #5 (U2105) (December 1963), #5 (24331) (January 1975), #25283 [5] (June 1976)
- in The Complete Color Mad (Russ Cochran, 1986 series) #1 (1986)
- in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #2 (Winter 1997)
- in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([September] 2002)
- in Mad's Original Idiots Wally Wood (EC, 2015 series) (2015)
-
Indexer Notes
A parody of Blackhawk comic books.
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
We At E.C. Are Proudest of Our Science-Fiction Magazines
E.C. comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Exam
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Jerry De Fuccio ?; Harvey Kurtzman ? (see notes)
- Pencils
- John Severin (illustration)
- Inks
- John Severin (illustration)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Analysis of what happens to the average college student on exam day.
- Reprints
- in The Complete Color Mad (Russ Cochran, 1986 series) #1 (1986)
- in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #2 (Winter 1997)
- in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([September] 2002)
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1.
Script: Sources vary. De Fuccio credit is from "Totally MAD" CD collection. Kitchen and Buhle assert that “Harvey Kurtzman wrote every word from front to back” of this issue (2009, 83); it does appear that Kitchen and Buhle overlooked “The EC ‘Publisher of the Issue,’ ” above.
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Reference:
Kitchen, Denis, and Paul Buhle. 2009. The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics. New York: Abrams ComicArts.
MAD Mumblings
Mad Mumblings / letters page / 1 page
- Reprints
- in The Complete Color Mad (Russ Cochran, 1986 series) #1 (1986)
- in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([September] 2002)
-
Indexer Notes
Script and art credits confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1.
Miltie of the Mounties!
Tales from the Northwest Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as J. P. Severin)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as J. P. Severin)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Scott Yardland; Jackie; Herbie; Jerkie; Scoggins; Miltie; Nanuk The Canuk
- Synopsis
- Miltie the Mountie doesn't get his man.
- Reprints
- in Son of Mad (New American Library, 1959 series) #S1701 (October 1959)
- in Son of Mad (Warner Books, 1974 series) #7 (88-760) (January 1979)
- in The Complete Color Mad (Russ Cochran, 1986 series) #1 (1986)
- in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #2 (Winter 1997)
- in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([September] 2002)
- in The Son of Mad (ibooks, 2003 series) (August 2003)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Kane Keen! Private Eye
Kane Keen / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed as
JACK DAVIS) - Inks
- Jack Davis (signed as JACK DAVIS)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Kane Keen; Lassie Rover; Rollover Rover; Schlep; Mrs. Rover; laywer; police officer
- Synopsis
- Kane finds the murderer: the butler did it.
- Reprints
- in Son of Mad (New American Library, 1959 series) #S1701 (October 1959)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #24 (1977)
- in Son of Mad (Warner Books, 1974 series) #7 (88-760) (January 1979)
- in The Complete Color Mad (Russ Cochran, 1986 series) #1 (1986)
- in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #2 (Winter 1997)
- in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1 ([September] 2002)
- in The Son of Mad (ibooks, 2003 series) (August 2003)
- in Mad's Original Idiots Jack Davis (EC, 2015 series) (2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Artistic Similes of Fine Diamond & Gold Rings
U.S. Diamond House Rings and Watches / advertisement / 1 page
I Gained 53 lbs. of Shapley Power-Packed Muscles!
Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page
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Table of Contents
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0.
["You say you lost your voice..."]
Kane Keen -
1.
The EC "Publisher of the Issue"
William M. Gaines -
2.
Outer Sanctum!
Horror Dept. -
3.
Black and Blue Hawks!
Hero Worship Dept. -
4.
We At E.C. Are Proudest of Our Science-Fiction Magazines
E.C. comics -
5.
Exam
-
6.
MAD Mumblings
Mad Mumblings -
7.
Miltie of the Mounties!
Tales from the Northwest Dept. -
8.
Kane Keen! Private Eye
Kane Keen -
9.
Artistic Similes of Fine Diamond & Gold Rings
U.S. Diamond House Rings and Watches -
10.
I Gained 53 lbs. of Shapley Power-Packed Muscles!
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
11.
I Killed That Cop!
The Dollar Mystery Guild
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