Issue Details

Issue	#42
Published	November 1958
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Albert B. Feldstein

Cover Details - "wine bottle stoppers"

Characters	Alfred E. Neuman
Genre	humor
Pencils	Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Inks	Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Colors	Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Letters	typeset

1 page MAD For Keeps promo (ad from the publisher) "Now In Its Second Printing"

Characters	Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis	House ad for new hardcover book from Crown Publishers.
Pencils	? (photo); Wally Wood
Inks	? (photo); Wally Wood
Letters	typeset
Notes	Small figure at bottom of ad by Wally Wood is excerpt from previous issue. Inside front cover.

1 page Vital Features foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Departments"

Pencils	various
Inks	various
Letters	typeset
Notes	Art is excerpts from this issue.

2 page Rush Right Out Dept. story "What If You Did What They Told You On TV?"

Synopsis	How doing the things that tv commercials suggest will not get the results you expect.
Genre	humor
Script	Dee Caruso; Bill Levine
Pencils	Bob Clarke
Inks	Bob Clarke
Letters	typeset
Notes	Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

Half page MAD Magazine promo (ad from the publisher) "Why Go Hunting For Every Issue Of MAD"

Synopsis	House ad for MAD subscriptions.
Pencils	Wally Wood ?
Inks	Wally Wood ?
Letters	typeset

Half page The Brothers MAD promo (ad from the publisher) "Reaches New Heights"

Synopsis	House ad for a MAD paperback book.
Pencils	? (photo)
Inks	? (photo)
Letters	typeset

1 page Letters Dept. letters page "Random Samplings of Reader Mail"

Characters	Peckham children; Dior Knox; Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis	Letters of comment, mostly about issue #41, with reader photos.
Script	Albert B. Feldstein; Preston Kohn; Tony Freedman; Mrs. W. D. Peckham; Eliot Kohen; Linda; Gail; Barbara; H. W. Hightower; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Mendel Baylis; Carson Cox; Ed Woodsmall; Stan Balzer; Mike Conway; Martin Jublonski; Joseph Smith; Ronni Salter; Stephan Mehler; Brother John; Allan Hudson; Patty Hodgins
Pencils	? (photo); Mrs. W. D. Peckham (photo)
Inks	? (photo); Mrs. W. D. Peckham (photo)
Letters	typeset

Half page Alfred E. Neuman promo (ad from the publisher) "Only One Left!"

Characters	Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis	House ad for pinups suitable for framing.
Pencils	Norman Mingo (painted)
Inks	Norman Mingo (painted)
Letters	typeset

5 page Unnecessary Roughness Dept. story "MAD's 1958 Pigskin Preview"

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.
Genre	satire
Script	Tom Koch
Pencils	George Woodbridge (signed)
Inks	George Woodbridge (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

2 page Don Martin Dept. story "A Nameless Story"

Synopsis	A boy saves a bird from a hunter...then eats the bird.
Genre	humor
Script	Don Martin (signed)
Pencils	Don Martin (signed)
Inks	Don Martin (signed)

2 page Ask The Man Who Parks One Dept. story "Big Cars"

Synopsis	Solutions to parking and congestion problems caused by big cars.
Genre	humor
Script	Dave Berg (signed)
Pencils	Dave Berg (signed)
Inks	Dave Berg (signed)
Letters	typeset

3 page Danny Kaye Dept. story "I'm Five!"

Characters	Danny Kaye
Synopsis	Song lyrics as performed by Danny Kaye, with illustrations.
Genre	humor
Script	Milton Schafer; Danny Kaye
Pencils	Wally Wood (signed)
Inks	Wally Wood (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Song copyright 1957 by Frank Music Corp.

2 page E Before I Except After Q Dept. story "Not-So-Far-From-Wrong Spelling Errors"

Synopsis	Spelling errors that tell the story better than the correct spelling would.
Genre	humor
Script	Julius Rothenberg
Pencils	George Woodbridge (signed)
Inks	George Woodbridge (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
Reprinted	in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn]

4 page A Child's Garden of Curses Dept. story "25c MAD Children's Books"

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.
Genre	satire
Script	Tom Koch
Pencils	Bob Clarke
Inks	Bob Clarke
Letters	typeset
Notes	Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

3 page Out of The Freud And Into The Feiffer Dept. story "Sick Sick Sick"

Synopsis	Excerpts from the book.
Genre	humor
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jules Feiffer
Inks	Jules Feiffer
Letters	Jules Feiffer
Reprinted	from Sick Sick Sick (McGraw Hill Book Co., Inc., 1958 series)

1 page Ernie Kovacs Dept. story "Strangely Believe It!"

Characters	Ernie Kovacs; Sidney Klutz; Malcolm Cranshaw; Fanciful Jones; Dylan Smetnik
Synopsis	Parody of Ripley's Believe It Or Not.
Genre	satire
Script	Ernie Kovacs
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Letters	Wally Wood

2 page Let's Look At The Record Dept. story "MAD Mood Music"

Synopsis	Popular songs arranged into phony albums of music for specific moods.
Genre	satire
Script	Paul Laikin
Pencils	Bob Clarke
Inks	Bob Clarke
Letters	typeset
Notes	Writer credits from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

4 page Honorable Mention Dept. story "Credits For The Common Man"

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.
Genre	humor
Script	Paul Laikin
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Letters	typeset
Notes	Writer credits from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

3 page Bob & Ray Dept. story "Baseball Report"

Characters	Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding; Wally Ballew; Duane Grubble
Synopsis	Wally interviews the official team heckler for the San Francisco Giants.
Genre	humor
Script	Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding
Pencils	Mort Drucker (signed)
Inks	Mort Drucker (signed)
Letters	typeset

1 page Don Martin Dept. story "On The Bowery"

Synopsis	Two bums who have been ingesting Sterno find an unusual way to light a cigarette.
Genre	humor
Script	Don Martin (signed)
Pencils	Don Martin (signed)
Inks	Don Martin (signed)
Letters	typeset

2 page Frame of Mind Dept. story "Houses To Match Your Personality"

Synopsis	Strange home styles to fit various personality types.
Genre	humor
Script	Frank Jacobs
Pencils	Bob Clarke
Inks	Bob Clarke
Letters	typeset
Notes	Writer credits from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

4 page The Phase On The Cutting Room Floor Dept. story "Scenes We Never Got To See"

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.
Genre	satire
Script	Albert Meglin
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Letters	typeset
Notes	Writer credits from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

1 page Don Martin Dept. story "The Great Bank Robbery"

Synopsis	A bank robbery goes wrong when no one cares about the hostage.
Genre	humor
Script	Don Martin (signed)
Pencils	Don Martin (signed)
Inks	Don Martin (signed)
Letters	typeset

1 page MAD T-Shirts promo (ad from the publisher) You'll Be A "Horror" In A MAD T-Shirt

Characters	Alfred E. Neuman; Albert Feldstein
Synopsis	House ad for t-shirts with Alfred E. Neuman on front.
Pencils	Larry Maleman (photo); Wally Wood
Inks	Larry Maleman (photo); Wally Wood
Letters	typeset
Notes	Feldstein credit from letters column of issue #44. On inside back cover.

Marginal Thinking Dept. filler "Where They Spent Their Vacations"

Synopsis	Vacation spots paired with various occupations.
Genre	humor
Letters	typeset
Notes	Appear in the margins of 26 pages of the issue.

1 page Miss Clairold Date-Ager Kit story "Does She...Or Doesn't She..."

Synopsis	Parody of Miss Clairol hair coloring ad, featuring a kit to age your date so his appearance matches yours.
Genre	satire
Pencils	Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Inks	Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Colors	Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Back cover.