Mad (1952 EC) Magazine comic books 1951-1953

Auction Item: GD- 1.8 View scans Auction opens July 6 1" cumulative spine split. Cover and interior oxidation. Water damage. Lateral spine tear.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $1,710.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Tape on interior cover. Label #0250812003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Debut issue of the iconic publication Mad, which would change to magazine format with issue 24. Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. "Hoohah!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; Two youngsters run out of gas and enter a house they think is haunted. "Blobs!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; Alfred outlines a terrible thought he has about the end of humanity. "Enter Cosmo McMoon!" text story by Harvey Kurtzman. "Crow Vadis?" text story by Harvey Kurtzman. "Ganefs!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Bill Elder; A perfect crime is hatched but Bumble fumbles. "Varmint!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by John Severin; Textron is hunting the killer of Melvin and kills every suspect. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Davis. Weird Fantasy ad. "Hex!", art by Jack Davis; Casey's team wins the pennant but loses Casey to the Old Dame. "Melvin!", art by John Severin; Melvin escapes from the Ookaballakonga tribe with the help of the jungle animals but the tribe shrinks Boy's head; Tarzan parody (see issue 6 for a sequel). "Lady-In-Mascara" text story. "Calling Cosmo McMoon!" text story. "Gookum!", art by Wally Wood (as Melvin Wood); A Martian escapes the Gookum on his home planet only to find it apparently exists on Earth also. "Mole!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Bill Elder; Melvin is captured during a bank robbery and continually digs his way out of jail. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $199.00 View scans Cover oxidation. Water spotting. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. "Dragged Net!", art by Bill Elder (as Sergeant Elder); Joe and Ed travel around the world NOT solving a crime; A parody of Dragnet TV show. "Sheik of Araby!", art by John Severin; Melvin has joined the Foreign Legion to escape his wife and kids, but she decimates the entire regiment at Fort Wadi El Aycare. E.C. comics ad. "Rookie Gladiator" text story. "The Dandelion Caper" text story. "V-Vampires!", art by Wally Wood; A vampire goes on a date with a werewolf. "Lone Stranger!", art by Jack Davis; The Lone Stranger bumbles his way through foiling a stage coach robbery; A parody of the Lone Ranger. First letters page. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. "Superduperman!", art by Wally Wood; Superduperman defeats Captain Marbles by causing Marbles to punch himself out, but Superduperman still can't make it with Lois; The classic Superman parody. "Flob Was A Slob!", art by Jack Davis; Ramona is engaged to slobby, boring Flob but is smitten by the newcomer Rackstraw and follows Rackstraw into a life of crime. E.C. comics ad. "The Parole" text story by Jerry DeFuccio. "Let's Deplore Your Mind" text story; A fake letters column with Cosmo answering the letters. "Robin Hood!", art by John Severin; After robbing a sheriff's posse, Robin Hood and his gang rob Big John and Sparkie of their last two cents. "Shadow!", art by Bill Elder; Lamont kills Margo to preserve the secret of his identity; Shadow parody. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Low distribution. Cover by Bill Elder. The EC "Publisher of The Issue"; A fake biography of William M. Gaines. "Outer Sanctum!", art by Bill Elder; The Professor creates Heap and uses him to rob banks until Heap leaves to find a mate. "Black And Blue Hawks!", art by Wally Wood (as Woodhawk); The Black And Blue Hawks stage a mutiny; Blackhawks parody. E.C. comics ad. "Miltie of The Mounties!", art by John Severin; Miltie the Mountie doesn't get his man. "Kane Keen! Private Eye," art by Jack Davis; Kane finds the murderer: the butler did it. One-page William Gaines biography. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. "Teddy And The Pirates!", art by Wally Wood; Teddy and Half-Shot are assigned to keep an opium shipment out of the hands of The Pirates, but one of them is an inside man. "Melvin of The Apes!", art by John Severin (as Melvin Severin); The Greystrokes take Melvin back to London but then flee him by going to Africa; Tarzan parody follow-up to the story in issue 2. E.C. comics ad. "Hevo The Great" text story. "Casey At The Bat!", script by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, art by Jack Davis; Casey has a chance to hit the winning runs in a baseball game, but strikes out for the loss; The text of the famous poem accompanied by humorous illustrations. "Ping Pong!", art by Bill Elder; Lana subdues Pong and Mr. Mill has him towed back to New York, only to find none of them quite fit in; King Kong parody. Space Commander Vibro-Matic Walkie-Talkies ad. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $135.00 View scans Centerfold detached. Water damage. Writing on interior cover and pages. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. "Shermlock Shomes!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Bill Elder; Fearing for her uncle's life, a woman has Shermlock break into his room and Shermlock goes nuts trying to solve the non-crime; Sherlock Holmes parody. "Treasure Island!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by John Severin; A parody of Classics Illustrated comics version of Treasure Island. E.C. comics ad. "Operation Under-the-Ground" (Chapter 1) text story. Six pages of "Hey Look" by Kurtzman. "Smilin' Melvin!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; A parody of the aviation comic strip Smiling Jack. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. E.C. Fan-Addict Club ad. "Frank N. Stein!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Bill Elder; A parody of The Frankenstein horror comics and films. "Lone Stranger Rides Again!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; The Lone Stranger learns of Proto's secret identity; Lone Ranger and Tonto parody. E.C. comics ad. "Operation Under-the-Ground" (Chapter 2) text story. Six pages of "Hey Look" by Kurtzman. "Bat Boy and Rubin!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; Bat Boy and Rubin eliminate the gangs in Cosmopolis, but the killer is still at large; Batman and Robin parody. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.