Mad
#42
(November 1958)
EC,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except January, April, July, and October
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (editor)
[no title indexed]
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 Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #24 (1970)
-
- Keywords
- wine bottle stoppers
Now In Its Second Printing
MAD For Keeps / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Wally Wood; ? (photo)
- Inks
- Wally Wood; ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- House ad for new hardcover book from Crown Publishers.
Indexer Notes
Small figure at bottom of ad by Wally Wood is excerpt from previous issue. Inside front cover.
Departments
Vital Features / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Art is excerpts from this issue.
What If You Did What They Told You On TV?
Rush Right Out Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- How doing the things that tv commercials suggest will not get the results you expect.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
Why Go Hunting For Every Issue Of MAD
MAD Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Synopsis
- House ad for MAD subscriptions.
Reaches New Heights
The Brothers MAD / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Synopsis
- House ad for a MAD paperback book.
Random Samplings of Reader Mail
Letters Dept. / letters page / 1.26 pages
- Script
- Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein); Barbara Kesel (credited as Barbara); Joseph Smith
- Pencils
- ? (photo); Mrs. W. D. Peckham (photo)
- Inks
- ? (photo); Mrs. W. D. Peckham (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Peckham children; Dior Knox; Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- Letters of comment, mostly about issue #41, with reader photos.
Indexer Notes
Letter writers: Preston Kohn; Tony Freedman; Mrs. W. D. Peckham; Eliot Kohen; Linda; Gail; H. W. Hightower; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Mendel Baylis; Carson Cox; Ed Woodsmall; Stan Balzer; Mike Conway; Martin Jublonski; Ronni Salter; Stephan Mehler; Brother John; Allan Hudson; Patty Hodgins
Only One Left!
Alfred E. Neuman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.07 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.
MAD's 1958 Pigskin Preview
Unnecessary Roughness Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Tom Koch
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Inks
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Elihu "Midge" Dunkley; Charlie Schvepp; "Lush" Pitkin; Clip Clopp; Sid Blemish; Alfred E. Neuman; "Boxer" Towser
- Synopsis
- Parody of magazine college football season previews, along with fake definitions of football terms.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
A Nameless Story
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Don Martin (signed)
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A boy saves a bird from a hunter...then eats the bird.
- Reprints
-
in The Completely Mad Don Martin (Warner Books, 1974 series) (June 1974) which is reprinted
-
Big Cars
Ask The Man Who Parks One Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Solutions to parking and congestion problems caused by big cars.
I'm Five!
Danny Kaye Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Danny Kaye; Milton Schafer
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Danny Kaye
- Synopsis
- Song lyrics as performed by Danny Kaye, with illustrations.
Indexer Notes
Song copyright 1957 by Frank Music Corp.
Not-So-Far-From-Wrong Spelling Errors
E Before I Except After Q Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Julius Rothenberg
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Inks
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Spelling errors that tell the story better than the correct spelling would.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
25c MAD Children's Books
A Child's Garden of Curses Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Marjorie; Mr. Furd; Billy; Sue; The Little Red Hen; Comrade George; Fireman Jones; The Commissioner
- Synopsis
- Parodies of children's books but on adult subjects, written and illustrated in the style of Golden Books.
- Reprints
- in The Mad Frontier (Warner Books, 1975 series) #12 (86-066) (September 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
Sick Sick Sick
Out of The Freud And Into The Feiffer Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Excerpts from the book.
- Reprints
Strangely Believe It!
Ernie Kovacs Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Ernie Kovacs; Sidney Klutz; Malcolm Cranshaw; Fanciful Jones; Dylan Smetnik
- Synopsis
- Parody of Ripley's Believe It Or Not.
MAD Mood Music
Let's Look At The Record Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Popular songs arranged into phony albums of music for specific moods.
Indexer Notes
Writer credits from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
Credits For The Common Man
Honorable Mention Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Everyday occupations with credits for all the people who helped in the background, in the style of movie credits. Also, suggested "professional" names for persons in various occupations.
- Reprints
- in The Mad Frontier (Warner Books, 1975 series) #12 (86-066) (September 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credits from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
Baseball 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; Duane Grubble
- Synopsis
- Wally interviews the official team heckler for the San Francisco Giants.
On The Bowery
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Martin (signed)
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two bums who have been ingesting Sterno find an unusual way to light a cigarette.
- Reprints
- in The Completely Mad Don Martin (Warner Books, 1974 series) (June 1974) which is reprinted
-
Houses To Match Your Personality
Frame of Mind Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Strange home styles to fit various personality types.
Indexer Notes
Writer credits from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
Scenes We Never Got To See
The Phase On The Cutting Room Floor Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Albert Meglin
- Pencils
- Wally Wood
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Frank Sinatra; William Holden; Kim Novak; Sophia Loren; Alan Ladd; Burt Lancaster; Deborah Kerr; Bridgette Bardot
- Synopsis
- The supposed final frame cut from famous movie scenes.
Indexer Notes
Writer credits from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
The Great Bank Robbery
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Martin (signed)
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A bank robbery goes wrong when no one cares about the hostage.
- Reprints
- in More Trash from Mad (EC, 1958 series) #3 (1960)
- in The Completely Mad Don Martin (Warner Books, 1974 series) (June 1974) which is reprinted
-
in De verste brølerne til Mad's Don Martin (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1974 series) (1974) - in The Mad Frontier (Warner Books, 1975 series) #12 (86-066) (September 1975)
-
Bullet of Alfred E. Neuman University
College Catalog Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Reprints
- in More Trash from Mad (EC, 1958 series) #3 (1960)
- in The Mad Frontier (Warner Books, 1975 series) #12 (86-066) (September 1975)
-
You'll Be A "Horror" In A MAD T-Shirt
MAD T-Shirts / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Larry Maleman (photo); Wally Wood
- Inks
- Larry Maleman (photo); Wally Wood
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman; Albert Feldstein
- Synopsis
- House ad for t-shirts with Alfred E. Neuman on front.
Indexer Notes
Feldstein credit from letters column of issue #44. On inside back cover.
Where They Spent Their Vacations
Marginal Thinking Dept. / text story / 0 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Vacation spots paired with various occupations.
Indexer Notes
Appear in the margins of 26 pages of the issue.
Does She... Or Doesn't She...
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
- Parody of Miss Clairol hair coloring ad (Miss Clairold Date-Ager Kit), featuring a kit to age your date so his appearance matches yours.
- Reprints
- in Mad Follies (EC, 1963 series) #1 (1963)
-
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Alfred E. Neuman -
1.
Now In Its Second Printing
MAD For Keeps -
2.
Departments
Vital Features -
3.
What If You Did What They Told You On TV?
Rush Right Out Dept. -
4.
Why Go Hunting For Every Issue Of MAD
MAD Magazine -
5.
Reaches New Heights
The Brothers MAD -
6.
Random Samplings of Reader Mail
Letters Dept. -
7.
Only One Left!
Alfred E. Neuman -
8.
MAD's 1958 Pigskin Preview
Unnecessary Roughness Dept. -
9.
A Nameless Story
Don Martin Dept. -
10.
Big Cars
Ask The Man Who Parks One Dept. -
11.
I'm Five!
Danny Kaye Dept. -
12.
Not-So-Far-From-Wrong Spelling Errors
E Before I Except After Q Dept. -
13.
25c MAD Children's Books
A Child's Garden of Curses Dept. -
14.
Sick Sick Sick
Out of The Freud And Into The Feiffer Dept. -
15.
Strangely Believe It!
Ernie Kovacs Dept. -
16.
MAD Mood Music
Let's Look At The Record Dept. -
17.
Credits For The Common Man
Honorable Mention Dept. -
18.
Baseball Report
Bob & Ray Dept. -
19.
On The Bowery
Don Martin Dept. -
20.
Houses To Match Your Personality
Frame of Mind Dept. -
21.
Scenes We Never Got To See
The Phase On The Cutting Room Floor Dept. -
22.
The Great Bank Robbery
Don Martin Dept. -
23.
Bullet of Alfred E. Neuman University
College Catalog Dept. -
24.
You'll Be A "Horror" In A MAD T-Shirt
MAD T-Shirts -
25.
Where They Spent Their Vacations
Marginal Thinking Dept. -
26.
Does She... Or Doesn't She...
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