Mad
#62
(April 1961)
EC,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except February, May, August and November
- On-sale Date
- 1961-02-09
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Special March Winds Issue
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Kelly Freas (signed)
- Inks
- Kelly Freas (signed)
- Colors
- Kelly Freas (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- Samples of decorative weather vanes, including one shaped like Alfred E. Neuman.
- Reprints
in 
Enjoy-the-View Television
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Kelly Freas (signed)
- Inks
- Kelly Freas (signed)
- Colors
- Kelly Freas (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of General Electric television print ads.
- Reprints
-
in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #12 (April 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Total Sell
Stretching the Selling-Point Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Sy Reit
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Cynical look at advertising and marketing schemes.
The Population Explosion
No Room at the Top Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A look at how over-population in the future will complicate every day activities.
A Guided Tour Through a Steel Foundry
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A tour through a foundry goes horribly wrong.
- Reprints
- in More Trash from Mad (EC, 1958 series) #5 (1962)
- 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 It's a World, World, World, World Mad (Warner Books, 1973 series) #19 (88-733) (March 1979)
- in Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin (Running Press Book Publishers, 2014 series) (2014)
- in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #30 (April 2023)
-
How to Make Dull Reading Matter Interesting
No-Humdrum Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Improving text presentations through exciting graphics.
- Reprints
- in More Trash from Mad (EC, 1958 series) #5 (1962)
-
Greeting Cards with Enclosures
Battle of the Bulge Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Greeting cards with appropriate objects enclosed.
- Reprints
Mad Visits the World's Greatest TV Panelist
No-Talent Associates Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Edward R. Murrow [as Ed Morrow]; Johnny Sincere; Bennett Cerf [as Bennett Smirk]; Dorothy Kilgallen [as Dorothy Killbottle]; John Daly [as Don Coyly]
- Synopsis
- Biography of a professional game show panelist.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- The Black Spy; The White Spy
- Synopsis
- The spies try to seduce each other.
- Reprints
- in More Trash from Mad (EC, 1958 series) #5 (1962)
- in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #26 (August 2022)
-
Up to Date Names for Rockets and Missiles
Out to Launch Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Frank Jacobs
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Inks
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Jack Paar; Charles Van Doren; Jimmy Hoffa; Louella Parsons; Dean Martin; Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- Naming missiles after celebrities to highlight their specific capabilities.
- Reprints
- in The Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #5 (1962)
-
Togetherness Through Music
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A music teacher plays the heads of his students like a xylophone.
- Reprints
- in The Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #5 (1962)
-
Indexer Notes
This gag bears a passing resemblance to the famous "Nairobi Trio" skit performed on the Ernie Kovacs Show.
Ladies Home Journey
Bringing Down Father Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of the magazine The Ladies Home Journal.
- Reprints
in Horseback Riding
Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Satirical look at horseback riding.
- Reprints
- in More Trash from Mad (EC, 1958 series) #5 (1962)
-
Spy Vs. Spy, Part 2
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.] / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- The Black Spy; The White Spy
- Synopsis
- The spies insult two strangers, thinking each is the other spy in disguise.
- Reprints
- in More Trash from Mad (EC, 1958 series) #5 (1962)
-
Mail Order Gift Catalogues
Parcel Pest Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of mail order gift catalogs.
- Reprints
- in More Trash from Mad (EC, 1958 series) #5 (1962)
-
Tomorrow's Parents
Daddy-O Knows Best Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Satirical look at how 1960 era teenagers will be in the future when they have kids.
- Reprints
In a French Restaurant
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A fussy customer demands to see the head chef of a restaurant.
The United Nations Awards Show
Every Dag Must Have His Day Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Dag Hammerskjold; Andrei Gromyko; Mao-tse Tung; Marilyn Monroe; Jimmy Stewart; Elsa Maxwell; Gamel Abdul Nassar; Walter Winchell; Nikita Kruschev; Tab Hunter; Fidel Castro; Richard Nixon; Lawrence Welk; Andrei Porumbeanu
- Synopsis
- The United Nations holds an Oscar-like award show.
- Reprints
- in More Trash from Mad (EC, 1958 series) #5 (1962)
-
What This Country Needs is a Good 25 Cent Humor Mag
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lester Krauss (photo)
- Inks
- Lester Krauss (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Carmine the Ward Heeler
- Synopsis
- A corrupt local politician gives a testimonial for Mad Magazine.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Special March Winds Issue
-
1.
Enjoy-the-View Television
-
2.
The Total Sell
Stretching the Selling-Point Dept. -
3.
The Population Explosion
No Room at the Top Dept. -
4.
A Guided Tour Through a Steel Foundry
Don Martin Dept. -
5.
How to Make Dull Reading Matter Interesting
No-Humdrum Dept. -
6.
Greeting Cards with Enclosures
Battle of the Bulge Dept. -
7.
Mad Visits the World's Greatest TV Panelist
No-Talent Associates Dept. -
8.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
9.
Up to Date Names for Rockets and Missiles
Out to Launch Dept. -
10.
Togetherness Through Music
Don Martin Dept. -
11.
Ladies Home Journey
Bringing Down Father Dept. -
12.
Horseback Riding
Berg's-Eye View Dept. -
13.
Spy Vs. Spy, Part 2
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.] -
14.
Mail Order Gift Catalogues
Parcel Pest Dept. -
15.
Tomorrow's Parents
Daddy-O Knows Best Dept. -
16.
In a French Restaurant
Don Martin Dept. -
17.
The United Nations Awards Show
Every Dag Must Have His Day Dept. -
18.
What This Country Needs is a Good 25 Cent Humor Mag
-
19.
He Bought the Brooklyn Bridge With His Sucker Pen
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