| Issue | #12 |
| Published | June 1954 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Notes | Character appearances, Department names and other miscellaneous info for this issue added by Donald Dale Milne, December 2008. |
| Genre | satire; parody |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Character appearances, Department names and other miscellaneous info for this issue added by Donald Dale Milne, December 2008. |
| Reprinted | in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn] |
| Synopsis | House ad for Panic subscriptions. |
| Pencils | Will Elder (signed) |
| Inks | Will Elder (signed) |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
| Characters | Starchie Standrews; Bottleneck; Mr. Weathernot; Little Orphan Melvin (cameo); Cookie Bumstead (cameo); Salonica; Biddy; Wedgie Van Smelt; Mr. Standrews; Mrs. Standrews; Dick Tracy (cameo) |
| Synopsis | Bottleneck frames Starchie so that Starchie goes to prison and Bottleneck can take over the girls and rackets at the high school. |
| Genre | satire; parody |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Pencils | Will Elder (signed) |
| Inks | Will Elder (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin ? |
| Notes | A parody of Archie comic books. |
| Reprinted | in Mad Reader, The (Ballantine Books, 1954 series) #93; in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn]; in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #18; in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #4 |
| Characters | Sgt. Gaym Warden; Captain Sherlock Homes; Prew Prewitt; Mrs. Homes; Jodie Majjio; Fatso; Mrs. Kipper; Princess |
| Synopsis | Prewitt will not fight, no matter what, and Sgt. Warden and Mrs. Homes drown on the beach. |
| Genre | satire; parody |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Pencils | Bernie Krigstein (signed) |
| Inks | Bernie Krigstein (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin ? |
| Notes | Parody of the movie "From Here to Eternity." |
| Reprinted | in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #4 |
| Characters | Five Fingers Jones; Floppovo Movova; Lavrenti Buried |
| Synopsis | Five Fingers is killed and the story is farshimmelt. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | ?; Harvey Kurtzman |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Almost half of the page is blank space. |
| Synopsis | House ad for MAD subscriptions. |
| Pencils | Jack Davis (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Davis (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin ? |
| Synopsis | Letters of comment from Sandy Milne, National City, CA; John Savocks, Clifton, NJ; Collren Irwin, Azuza, CA; A. Katt; Jack the Maniac, Redwood City, CA; James Ellis Knoxville, TN; John Lanctot Burlington, VT; Jean LeMorpion, New York, NY; Hugh Redmon, Oklahoma City, OK; Eddie Schneider Miami Beach, FL; George Vampire, New York, NY |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | MAD writer; MAD artist |
| Synopsis | A phony description of how 3-D comics are made and a look at what can go wrong. |
| Genre | satire; parody |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Pencils | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Inks | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin ? |
| Notes | The final page is completely blank. |
| Reprinted | in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #4 |
| Characters | Mark Trade; Mr. Tamesplinter; Morsemere; Sandy; scouts |
| Synopsis | Parody of the comic strip Mark Trail, finding Mark sick and tired of nature. |
| Genre | satire; parody |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Pencils | Jack Davis |
| Inks | Jack Davis |
| Colors | Marie Severin ? |
| Reprinted | in Inside Mad (Ballantine Books, 1955 series) #124; in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #4 |
| Synopsis | Ad for National Schools. |
| Pencils | ? (photograph) |
| Inks | ? (photograph) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Synopsis | Ad for Mason Shoe Manufacturing Company. |
| Pencils | ? (photograph) |
| Inks | ? (photograph) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Synopsis | Ad for the FUNman religious motto sales. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | On back cover. |