Issue | #33 |
Published | June 1957 |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Albert B. Feldstein |
Characters | Alfred E. Neuman |
Genre | humor |
Pencils | Norman Mingo (painted, signed) |
Inks | Norman Mingo (painted, signed) |
Colors | Norman Mingo (painted, signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Alfred E. Neuman |
Synopsis | House ad for Alfred E. Neuman jewelry designed by Astrahan of NY. |
Pencils | Carl Klein (photo); Romeo Serry (photo touchup); Jack Davis |
Inks | Carl Klein (photo); Romeo Serry (photo touchup); Jack Davis |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Small character at bottom of ad is by Jack Davis, an excerpt from some previous issue. On inside front cover. |
Genre | fact |
Pencils | various |
Inks | various |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Art is excerpts from this issue. Masthead quote is from Beumarchais (1732-1799). First issue with "Contributing Writers" credits: lists Frank Jacobs and Paul Laikin as writers and Nick Megliola for ideas, but unknown for which articles. |
Characters | Quentin Scurvy; Edgar Simian; Omar Stagmire; Jerome McNasty; Chester Ripp; Boris Duckbill; Soames Grulnik; Alfred E. Neuman |
Synopsis | Phony dedication plaques for Hall of Shame inductees. |
Genre | satire |
Script | Frank Jacobs |
Pencils | Joe Orlando |
Inks | Joe Orlando |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection. |
Reprinted | in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |
Synopsis | House ad for MAD Magazine subscriotions. |
Pencils | Wally Wood |
Inks | Wally Wood |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Alfred E. Neuman |
Synopsis | House ad for pinups suitable for framing. |
Pencils | Norman Mingo; Jack Davis |
Inks | Norman Mingo; Jack Davis |
Letters | typeset |
Synopsis | Letters of comment, mostly about issue #32. |
Script | Albert B. Feldstein; Fred Baushard; Rick Baushard; Sandy Nelson; Jane Meadows; Dick Goode; John Jarvis; Roy Kudla; Jim Sullivan; Henry Kirchner; C. James Hudson; Catherine O'Donnell; Walt Alston; Mike Moorman; Porfirio Rubitosa; Stanley Glarken; Bill Johannes; Jan Esten; Judy Zilber; Ellen Kaplan; Martin Pekar; Tom Essig; Steve Kirschner; David Angstreich; Sheldon Weltman; Mike Freese; Fred Jackson; David Small; Adolph Hitler; Willis Buell; Mrs. Jay Muir |
Pencils | various |
Inks | various |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Art is excerpts from issue #32. First issue with bomb in mailbox logo. |
Synopsis | Typical scenes from foreign movies with subtitles that don't describe what's going on. Includes Russian subtitles for "Martski." |
Genre | satire |
Pencils | Wally Wood (signed) |
Inks | Wally Wood (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | One movie is a parody of "Marty." |
Reprinted | in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |
Synopsis | Phony supermarket ad with items never sold in stores. |
Genre | satire |
Script | Paul Laikin |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Parody of A&P Supermarkets ad. Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection. |
Reprinted | in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |
Synopsis | Phony ad storyboard for Perfecut Knives from Elkon. |
Genre | satire |
Script | Don Martin (signed) |
Pencils | Don Martin (signed) |
Inks | Don Martin (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |
Synopsis | Strange things around the world. |
Genre | satire |
Script | Ernie Kovacs |
Pencils | Wallace Wood (signed) |
Inks | Wallace Wood (signed) |
Letters | Wallace Wood (signed) |
Notes | Parody of "Ripley's Believe It Or Not!" |
Reprinted | in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 |
Synopsis | Parody of a passenger railroad timetable with lots of meaningless information. |
Genre | satire |
Script | Frank Jacobs |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection. |
Reprinted | in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 |
Synopsis | Story of the ways civilian life is much better than Army life. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Frank Jacobs |
Pencils | George Woodbridge (signed) |
Inks | George Woodbridge (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Credited as Frank Jacobs's first story in MAD. |
Reprinted | in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn]; in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |
Synopsis | Man feed pigeons homemade popcorn and the birds, nearby pets, and all the bystanders in the park go nuts for it. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Don Martin (signed) |
Pencils | Don Martin (signed) |
Inks | Don Martin (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn]; in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |
Synopsis | Shows various future vending machines such as for livestock, autos, and more vending machines. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Frank Jacobs |
Pencils | Bob Clarke (signed) |
Inks | Bob Clarke (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection. |
Reprinted | in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |
Characters | Henry Morgan |
Synopsis | Discussion of historically accurate cowboys. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Henry Morgan |
Pencils | Wally Wood (signed) |
Inks | Wally Wood (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 |
Synopsis | Phony undelivered mail addressed to famous historical figures, just before they became famous. |
Genre | humor |
Letters | ?; typeset |
Reprinted | in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |
Synopsis | Phony ticket stubs to historical events. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Frank Jacobs |
Pencils | George Woodbridge (signed) |
Inks | George Woodbridge (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection. |
Reprinted | in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 |
Characters | Eddie Lawrence |
Synopsis | Lyrics to a song recorded by Eddie on Coral Records. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Eddie Lawrence |
Pencils | Mort Drucker (signed) |
Inks | Mort Drucker (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Illustrations appear to show the verses. |
Synopsis | A system of weights, measures, force and time based on the thickness of MAD #26 as a standard potrzebie. It seems to resemble the metric system. |
Genre | satire |
Script | Donald Knuth |
Pencils | Wally Wood (signed) |
Inks | Wally Wood (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Marlin Brando |
Synopsis | Examples of changes in Brando's life and attitude, with advice for changing back. |
Genre | humor |
Pencils | Bob Clarke (signed) |
Inks | Bob Clarke (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Parody of Marlon Brando's career. |
Synopsis | Strange things around the world. |
Genre | satire |
Script | Ernie Kovacs |
Pencils | Wally Wood (signed) |
Inks | Wally Wood (signed) |
Letters | Wally Wood (signed) |
Notes | Parody of "Ripley's Believe It Or Not!" |
Reprinted | in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 |
Characters | Aida Soto Voce; Hy Octane; Osgood Z'Beard; Gwendolyn Furd |
Synopsis | Story of planning and evening's events at a typical high school dance. |
Genre | humor |
Pencils | Bob Clarke (signed) |
Inks | Bob Clarke (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |
Synopsis | A Marshall tries to hide from some outlaws by climbing onto a tree branch, but his horse betrays him. |
Genre | satire |
Pencils | Joe Orlando (signed) |
Inks | Joe Orlando (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |
Characters | Shermlock Shomes |
Synopsis | House ad for MAD paperback books. |
Pencils | Bill Elder (Shomes figures); ? (photo) |
Inks | Bill Elder (Shomes figures); ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Shomes figures are excerpts from previous issues. |
Synopsis | Short descriptions of jobs that would do nothing if they actually existed. |
Genre | humor |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Appear on 21 pages of the issue. |
Reprinted | in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 [portions]; in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 [portions] |
Characters | Alfred E. Neuman |
Synopsis | List of phony books and stories, with illustration of Alfred as the Sphinx. |
Genre | satire |
Pencils | Joe Orlando (signed) |
Inks | Joe Orlando (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Parody of Reader's Digest cover. On back cover. |
Reprinted | in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn]; in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |