Issue Details

Issue	#14
Published	August 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.

Cover Details - "Mona Lisa"

Synopsis	Leonardo's "Mona Lisa" holding an issue of MAD (EC, 1952 series) #9 February-March 1954.
Genre	satire; parody
Pencils	Leonardo DaVinci (painting); ? (mixed media)
Inks	Leonardo DaVinci (painting); ? (mixed media)
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]

1 page Mad Magazine promo (ad from the publisher) "No Need to Fight Over Mad"

Synopsis	House ad for MAD subscriptions featuring a photograph of the Lacoon, an ancient Roman sculpture.
Genre	satire; parody
Pencils	? (photograph)
Inks	? (photograph)

8 page Newspaper Cartoon Dept. story "Manduck the Magician"

Characters	Manduck; Loathar; Charles Atlas (cameo); Lamont Shadowskeedeeboomboom; Narda
Synopsis	Manduck is reduced to using his hypnotic spells to sell snake oil on the street, until he matches spells with Lamont Shadowskeedeeboomboom.
Genre	satire; parody
Script	Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils	Will Elder (signed)
Inks	Will Elder (signed)
Colors	Marie Severin ?
Notes	A parody of the comic strip Mandrake the Magician.
Reprinted	in Mad Strikes Back (Ballantine Books, 1955 series) #106

7 page Cinema Dept.; Advertising Dept. story "Movie...Ads!"

Synopsis	The differences between scenes in a movie and the way the movies are advertised.
Genre	satire; parody
Script	Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils	Wally Wood (signed)
Inks	Wally Wood (signed)
Colors	Marie Severin ?
Reprinted	in Inside Mad (Ballantine Books, 1955 series) #124

1 page [Report From Abroad] text story "Mszentelési Ün Jubileumi Ban"

Synopsis	A report on the Hungarian political situation -- in Hungarian.
Genre	satire; parody
Letters	typeset
Notes	The Hungarian is suspect, as each paragraph heading is "Potrzebie."

1 page E. C. Fan-Addict Club! promo (ad from the publisher) "You, Too, Can Meet New Friends!"

Synopsis	House ad for the E.C. Fan-Addict fan Club.
Pencils	Wally Wood (signed)
Inks	Wally Wood (signed)
Colors	Marie Severin ?

1 page MAD Mumblings letters page "MAD Mumblings"

Synopsis	Letters of comment from Mrs. Harriette K. Vandenbaun, New Haven, CT; David Reiff, Kew Gardens, NY; Doug Yonnick & Joe Kowall, Mattydale, NY; Mrs. E.K., Brooklyn, NY; Cosulnd, Chandler, Rush, Fitz, Sturdivia, and Harris, Chanute, KS; Robert Chichester, Mariette, OH; Keith Nutt; Roy Pender, Dallas, TX; Jackson Kranes and Dave Kranes, Belmont, MA; and Richard Christen
Letters	typeset

6 page Television Dept. story "The Countynental!"

Synopsis	A parody of the television program "The Continental."
Genre	satire; parody
Script	Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils	Jack Davis (signed)
Inks	Jack Davis (signed)
Colors	Marie Severin ?

7 page Plastic Hero Worship Dept. story "Plastic Sam!"

Characters	Plastic Sam; Wheezy Wunks [aka. Wizzy Woonks, Wowzy, Wuzzy Wurnks, Wozzy Wanks, Wazzy Wunks, Weezy Wonks, Wonkzy Weez]; Joe Friday; Ed Saturday; Imitation Plastic Sam
Synopsis	Plastic Sam meets an imitation who is a bank robber.
Genre	satire; parody
Script	Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils	Russ Heath (signed)
Inks	Russ Heath (signed)
Colors	Marie Severin ?
Notes	A parody of Plastic Man (Quality, 1943 series).
Reprinted	in Son of Mad (Signet Books, 1959 series) #S1701

1 page National Schools advertisement "Get Shop-Method Home Training"

Synopsis	Ad for National Schools training courses.
Pencils	? (photograph)
Inks	? (photograph)
Letters	typeset

1 page Cheerful Card Company advertisement "Do You Need Money?"

Synopsis	Ad for Cheerful Card Company.
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside back cover.

1 page Charles Atlas advertisement "Hey Skinny!"

Characters	Charles Atlas
Synopsis	Ad for Charles Atlas body building booklet.
Pencils	?; ? (photo)
Inks	?; ? (photo)
Notes	On back cover.