Mad
#63
(June 1961)
EC,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except February, May, August and November
- On-sale Date
- 1961-03-28
- 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 April Showers Issue
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Kelly Freas (signed)
- Inks
- Kelly Freas (signed)
- Colors
- Kelly Freas (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- Alfred gets rained on under his umbrella.
- Reprints
in 
Boy, Were We Surprised!
photo story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lester Krauss ? (photo)
- Inks
- Lester Krauss ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A man burglarizes the 3M Company safe by tying up the security guard with cellophane tape.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Mad's Modern Elementary School Text Books
Lessen the Load Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Updating school text books with modern pictures and references.
- Reprints
What's in a Name?
Neuman-Clature Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Jacqueline Kennedy; Robert Kennedy; Jayne Mansfield; Arnold Stang; Ronald Reagan; Lloyd Bridges; Fabian; Rick Nelson; Stan Musial; Werner Von Braun; Eddie Fisher; Pat Nixon; Dennis Hopper; Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- Contrasting the historical definitions of common names with celebrities who have those names.
Specialized Breakfast Foods
The Bowl Game Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Bob Margolin
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Breakfast cereals marketed to specific demographic groups.
At the Knife-Throwing School
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man is instructed on the proper form to throw a knife.
- Reprints
-
in The Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #6 (1963) - 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 Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #97 (May 1977) - in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #104 (June 1995)
-
Adult TV Cartoons
Drawing on an Old Format Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Fred Flintstone; Barney Rubble; Wilma Flintstone; Jackie Gleason [as Ralph Kramden]; Art Carney [as Ed Norton]; Audrey Meadows [as Alice Kramden]; Mickey Mouse
- Synopsis
- If other cartoon series lifted their premise from established television shows, as The Flintstones were accused of doing from The Honeymooners.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #36 (Fall 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Jack Paar is anthropomorphized as a crocodile, Groucho Marx as an owl, and Charles Collingwood as a fox.
Magazines For Senior Citizens
Paging the Aging Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Magazines geared to the over sixty set.
- Reprints
How To Improve America's Prestige Abroad
Uncle Semantics Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Various stereotypical Americans relate their ideas to improve the country's image.
- Reprints
- in The Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #6 (1963)
-
Indexer Notes
Alfred E. Neuman makes a cameo appearance on a movie poster.
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 White Spy booby-traps the Black Spy's phone.
- Reprints
Sports Typography
Slug It Out Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Text characters laid out to visually tell the story.
- Reprints
- in The Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #6 (1963)
- in The Ridiculously Expensive Mad (The World Publishing Company, 1969 series) (October 1969)
- in It's a World, World, World, World Mad (Warner Books, 1973 series) #19 (88-733) (March 1979)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #38 (Spring 1982)
-
The Minute After That One Minute TV Commercial
Swinging After the Pitch Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; drama
- Synopsis
- Continuing the action of various television commercials after the camera has stopped.
- Reprints
In the Park
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man looks at the statues in the park.
- Reprints
- in The Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #6 (1963)
- 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)
-
The Great Magazine Circulation Drive
Sub-Version Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A magazine publishing company badgers a person to subscribe.
- Reprints
Spy Vs. Spy, Part 2
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 Black Spy booby-traps the White Spy's chicken.
- Reprints
- in The Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #6 (1963)
- in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #37 (June 2024)
-
A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes
Inside-Ouch Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Behind the scenes at various businesses.
- Reprints
Paperback Roulette
Cover-Story Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A rack full of paperback book covers is presented.
- Reprints
- in The Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #6 (1963)
-
Indexer Notes
Charlie Brown appears on the cover of a Peanuts compilation. Alfred E. Neuman makes a cameo on a crime novel cover. The reprint collection "Utterly Mad" appears in the self-help section.
How to Read Between the Lines and Fill In Those Little Dots in a Gossip Column
Little Black-And-White Lies Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Lassie; Tony Curtis; Janet Leigh; Marilyn Monroe; Arthur Miller; Fabian
- Synopsis
- Filling in the facts that Hollywood gossip columns leave out.
- Reprints
- in The Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #6 (1963)
-
The Pickpocket
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A pickpocket works a crowded subway car.
- Reprints
- in The Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #6 (1963)
- 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)
-
Mad Visits John Wayde on the Set of The Alamo
We Wish Hollywouldn't Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- John Wayne [as John Wayde playing Davy Crockett]; Richard Boone [as Sam Houston]; Richard Widmark [as Jim Bowie]; Frankie Avalon [as Smiddy]
- Synopsis
- Satirical look behind the scenes at the filming of the John Wayne film "The Alamo".
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Special April Showers Issue
-
1.
Boy, Were We Surprised!
-
2.
Mad's Modern Elementary School Text Books
Lessen the Load Dept. -
3.
What's in a Name?
Neuman-Clature Dept. -
4.
Specialized Breakfast Foods
The Bowl Game Dept. -
5.
At the Knife-Throwing School
Don Martin Dept. -
6.
Adult TV Cartoons
Drawing on an Old Format Dept. -
7.
Magazines For Senior Citizens
Paging the Aging Dept. -
8.
How To Improve America's Prestige Abroad
Uncle Semantics Dept. -
9.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
10.
Sports Typography
Slug It Out Dept. -
11.
The Minute After That One Minute TV Commercial
Swinging After the Pitch Dept. -
12.
In the Park
Don Martin Dept. -
13.
The Great Magazine Circulation Drive
Sub-Version Dept. -
14.
Spy Vs. Spy, Part 2
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
15.
A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes
Inside-Ouch Dept. -
16.
Paperback Roulette
Cover-Story Dept. -
17.
How to Read Between the Lines and Fill In Those Little Dots in a Gossip Column
Little Black-And-White Lies Dept. -
18.
The Pickpocket
Don Martin Dept. -
19.
Mad Visits John Wayde on the Set of The Alamo
We Wish Hollywouldn't Dept. -
20.
Sadder...But Wiser
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- Katie
- mcomics
- Steve Coates
- Igor Dybzinski
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
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