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Issue Details

Issue #44
Published January 1959
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 52
Notes Back cover is same window scene, but from Alfred's viewpoint. The logo of the soft drink Moxie appears in about every other article.

Cover Details - "Alfred E. Neuman Gets A Gift From..."

Characters Alfred E. Neuman
Genre humor
Pencils Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Inks Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Colors Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover is same window scene, but from Alfred's viewpoint. The logo of the soft drink Moxie appears in about every other article.

1 page Culvert Reserve story "Clear Heads Agree Culvert D.T.'s Are Better"

Synopsis Phony ad for Culvert Reserve Whiskey.
Genre satire
Pencils Kelly Freas (signed)
Inks Kelly Freas (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Parody of ad for Calvert Reserve Whiskey.

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

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

Half page MAD For Keeps promo (ad from the publisher) "Catch Up On What You've Missed"

Characters Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis House ad for hardcover book from Crown Publishers.
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Letters typeset

Half page The Brothers MAD promo (ad from the publisher) "Getting Sick of TV?"

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 Albert B. Feldstein
Synopsis Letters of comment, mostly about issue #42.
Script Albert B. Feldstein; Harold Chamberlain; Cronley's Barber Shop; Knut Schaad; Jonathan Williams; Jerry Bourasaw; Barbara Nace; Bjorn Petersson; Johnny Lunsford; Arthur Marchino; Howard Hoffman; Leslie Naman
Pencils Larry Maleman (photo); ? (photo)
Inks Larry Maleman (photo); ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Two photos of Feldstein; one is from house ad for MAD tee shirts in MAD #42.

Half page Alfred E. Neuman promo (ad from the publisher) "It's Yours Free!"

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

Half page MAD Magazine promo (ad from the publisher) "A Christmas Gift Suggestion"

Characters Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis House ad for MAD subscriptions.
Pencils Wally Wood
Inks Wally Wood
Letters typeset
Notes Art matches art from "Alfred E. Neuman's Family Tree " article in this issue.

4 page Sneaky Prevues Dept. story "The Coming Attractions...Don't Always Show Exactly What's Coming!"

Synopsis Showing the larger boring scenes that exciting movie previews are supposedly taken from.
Genre satire
Script Frank Jacobs
Pencils Wally Wood
Inks Wally Wood
Letters typeset
Notes Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

3 page Globaloney Dept. story "International Advertising"

Synopsis Ads we might see if countries advertised like other products, instead of communicating their ideologies and accomplishments as they currently do.
Genre satire
Script Frank Jacobs
Pencils Bob Clarke (signed)
Inks Bob Clarke (signed)
Letters typeset

3 page Crash Program Dept. story "The National Safety Council's Holiday-Weekend Telethon"

Characters Barry Grue; Martin Dean; Virginia Charity
Synopsis Telethon to pump up the number of highway fatalities to meet the numbers announced before the holiday.
Genre satire
Script Dee Caruso; Bill Levine
Pencils Mort Drucker (signed)
Inks Mort Drucker (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection. One character in cameo appears to be Scribbly Jibbet.

2 page Crib Sheet Dept. story "Junior Additions"

Characters Little Red Riding Hood; Dennis The Menace
Synopsis Possible kids' editions of popular magazines, including: Junior Confessions, Tiny Homes and Gardens; Sports Infantile; Truant; Tyke; Pedal Trend; The Saturday Evening Tot.
Genre satire
Script Tom Koch
Pencils Wally Wood (signed)
Inks Wally Wood (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

3 page Don Martin Dept. story "Memories of Summer"

Synopsis 3 cartoons of the dangers of summer.
Genre humor
Script Don Martin (signed)
Pencils Don Martin (signed)
Inks Don Martin (signed)
Letters typeset

5 page Dribble Drivel Dept. story "Basketball"

Characters Richard Furd
Synopsis Satirical look at the sport of basketball.
Genre satire
Pencils George Woodbridge (signed)
Inks George Woodbridge (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Not a single black player is depicted.

3 page The Root of All Evil Dept. story "Alfred E. Neuman's Family Tree"

Characters Nu Mun; Tut-Ankh-Nu-Men; Socrates Numanos; Nerd Numinus; Alfred The Hun; Alfred The Chicken-Harted; Johannes Nuemanberg; Christopher Numunbus; Amerigo Numanucci; Michaelanumano; Elder Neuman; Sir Isaac Neuman; Benjamin Neuman; General George Neuman; Paul Neuman; Patrick Neuman; Abraham Neuman; Jefferson Davis Neuman; Nikolai Neumanski; Teddy Neuman; William Jennings Neuman; Thomas Alva Neuman; Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis Famous ancestors of Alfred, with very brief biographical notes and dates of birth and death.
Genre humor
Script Tom Koch
Pencils Wally Wood
Inks Wally Wood
Letters typeset
Notes Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

3 page Signals Crossed Dept. story "Walk - Don't Walk" Signals

Synopsis Thoughts on what could happen if the concept of signals were extended to everyday life events.
Genre satire
Script Dave Berg (signed)
Pencils Dave Berg (signed)
Inks Dave Berg (signed)
Letters typeset

3 page X-Missles Dept. story "Custom-Made Christmas Cards"

Characters Elfrida Von Nardroff; Charles Van Doren; Nikita Khrushchev; Ed Sullivan; Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis Phony Christmas cards from celebrities to other celebrities.
Genre satire
Script Frank Jacobs
Pencils Bob Clarke (signed)
Inks Bob Clarke (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

3 page Grid And Bear It Dept. text article "How To Read Graphs"

Synopsis Useless explanations of various types of graphs.
Genre satire
Script Frank Jacobs
Pencils Albert B. Feldstein ?; Joe Orlando
Inks Albert B. Feldstein ?; Joe Orlando
Letters typeset
Notes Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

1 page Hollywood Dept. story "Scenes We'd Like To See: The Monster And The Villagers"

Characters Frankenstein's monster
Synopsis When the villagers finally corner the monster he responds by signing autographs.
Genre satire
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Joe Orlando (signed)
Inks Joe Orlando (signed)
Notes Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

3 page Mind Over Mattress Dept. story "The Search For Sleep"

Synopsis Various methods of inducing sleep.
Genre humor
Pencils George Woodbridge (signed)
Inks George Woodbridge (signed)
Letters typeset

1 page Gone To Great Lengths Dept. story "Next Year's Extra-Long Book Titles"

Synopsis Possible long book titles based on a the recent success of book by Robert Paul Smith.
Genre satire
Script C. Memling
Pencils Bob Clarke (signed)
Inks Bob Clarke (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

2 page Bob & Ray Dept. story "Electrical Report"

Characters Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding; Wally Ballew; Ludlow J. Poindexter
Synopsis Showing how the electrical company supposedly controls refrigerator lights and other appliance lights from a central headquarters.
Genre humor
Script Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding
Pencils Mort Drucker (signed)
Inks Mort Drucker (signed)
Letters typeset

4 page Working Press Dept. story "Veeble People"

Characters Elihu J. Sternwallow; Pop Schlepp; Woodruff Durfendorfer
Synopsis Fictitious company magazine for North American Veeblefetzer Co.
Genre satire
Script Tom Koch
Pencils Joe Orlando
Inks Joe Orlando
Letters typeset
Notes Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.

2 page Season's Greetings Dept. story "A Very Merry Christmas...And A Happy New Year!"

Synopsis Two cartoons: a toddler unwraps his older brother instead of the present, and a woman's hair turns into a New Year's noisemaker.
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 "Chairman of The Board" In Your MAD T-Shirt

Synopsis House ad for t-shirts with Alfred E. Neuman on front.
Pencils Larry Maleman (photo)
Inks Larry Maleman (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes On inside back cover.

Marginal Thinking Dept. filler Some Items "For Sale - Cheap"

Synopsis Items once associated with a celebrity, but no longer needed.
Genre humor
Letters typeset
Notes Appear in the margins of 20 pages of the issue.

1 page Alfred E. Neuman (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "untitled"

Characters Moxie Cowznofsky
Pencils Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Inks Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Colors Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Notes The front cover as seen from Alfred's viewpoint. Moxie Cowznofsky is named in letters column of issue #48.