| Issue | #17 |
| Published | November 1954 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Notes | This cover is printed upside down and is actually back cover of magazine. The sequences are indexed in order from the apparent "back" cover to this "front" cover. |
| Genre | humor |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | This cover is printed upside down and is actually back cover of magazine. The sequences are indexed in order from the apparent "back" cover to this "front" cover. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Science-Fiction Book Club. On apparent back cover, which is actually the front cover. |
| Notes | House ad for Panic and MAD subscriptions. On inside "back" cover. |
| Characters | Jiggie; Maggs; Little Orphan Annie (cameo); Dinty Moore; Jiggie's brother-in-law; Jiggie's daughter |
| Synopsis | Jiggie cannot take Maggs's abuse any longer so when he has his serious moments he hires some goons to beat her into submission. |
| Genre | satire |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman ? |
| Pencils | Bill Elder (signed); Bernie Krigstein (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Elder (signed); Bernie Krigstein (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Notes | Drawn in 2 different styles by the 2 different artists: odd pages in the cartoon style and even pages in a more realistic style where Jiggie is shown to be severly injured by Maggs's constant violence. |
| Characters | Jay Renkins; Everett Dirkdaughter; Henry Doorshack; Charles Potrzebie; John McLellillellillin; Stuart Sawhimintown; Henry Jackdaughter; Lana Cheesecake; Joseph McCartaway; Even Steven; Sturdley Smurdley; Karl Weekdt |
| Synopsis | How the Senate Subcomittee hearings would go if they were run like a tv game show. |
| Genre | satire |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman ? |
| Pencils | Jack Davis (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Davis (signed) |
| Notes | Game show style loosely based on "What's My Line?" |
| Reprinted | in Mad Reader, The (Ballantine Books, 1954 series) #93 |
| Synopsis | Appears to be an excerpt from some history text. |
| Script | Su |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Gag is that this is the small countries' viewpoint, and type is very tiny. In fact it's almost unreadable and indexer is uncertain of title. |
| Pencils | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Inks | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Notes | House ad for Piracy comic subscriptions. Drawing may be caricatures of E. C. staffers. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Synopsis | A collection of drawings of grotesque women entered in the Miss Potgold of 1955 contest. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman ? |
| Pencils | Basil Wolverton (signed); (photo) |
| Inks | Basil Wolverton (signed); (photo) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Notes | First page is a parody of a Rheingold Beer ad. |
| Synopsis | The difficulties MAD writers have in coming up with ideas. |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman ? |
| Pencils | Wally Wood |
| Inks | Wally Wood |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Notes | The titles of MAD and 11 competitors are used in the narrative: Bughouse; Crazy; Eh!; Flip; Get Lost; MAD; Madhouse; Nuts!; Panic; Riot; Wild; Whack. This page is a setup for the following story. |
| Characters | Julius Caesar; Willie The Elder (cameo); Dick Tracy (cameo); Martin Walkingkane (cameo); Shermlock Shomes (cameo); Marlon Branflakes; Calphurnia; Marilyn Monroe (cameo); Fearless Feasdick; Junior; Mickey Mouse (cameo); Donald Duck (cameo); Pluto (cameo); Goofy (cameo) |
| Synopsis | MAD writer points out standard lampoon shtick elements during a portion of Julius Caesar story. |
| Genre | satire |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman ? |
| Pencils | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Inks | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Reprinted | in Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1971 series) #nn; Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Bonanza, 1971 series) #nn |
| Characters | B. J. Sutart |
| Pencils | ?; ? (photo) |
| Inks | ?; ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Stuart Greetings card sales outfits. |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Ad for sales kits for Mason Shoes. On inside "front" cover. |