Mad (1952 EC) comic books 1962

Cover art by Don Martin. Parody of Alpine cigarette print ads, art by Lester Krause. "Midnight TV Roulette," script by Gary Belkin, art by Jack Rickard; A viewer surfs between the three options on late night television: "Hamlet", a monster movie or The Tonight Show with Jack Paar. "The Appointment," script and art by Don Martin; A man races to make an appointment, but every means of transportation he uses breaks in half. "If Stars Had Ordinary Jobs," script by Arnie Kogen, art by Mort Drucker; featuring Groucho Marx; Art Linkletter; Mitch Miller; Chet Huntley; David Brinkley; Boris Karloff; and Ed Sullivan. "A Mad Look at Christmas," script and art by Dave Berg; Series of Christmas-based humorous situations. "Inspirational Poems By, For and About the Nation's Building Men," script by Larry Siegel, art by Joe Orlando; Famous poems altered to appeal to the construction industry. "The Comic Strip Characters' Christmas Party," script by Gary Belkin, art by Wally Wood. "Mad's Handy Guide to Languages of the U.S.A.," script by Gilbert Barnhill and Gary Belkin, art by Joe Orlando; Interpretations of slang terms endemic to various professions. "College Fraternities," script by Don Reilly, art by George Woodbridge; Examples of people stretching the truth. "What Do You Do For a Living, Daddy?", script by Don Reilly, art by Wally Wood; Various fathers try to explain their jobs to their children. "The Guns of Minestrone," script by Larry Siegel, art by Mort Drucker; Parody of the film "The Guns of Navarone." Parody of milk print ads, script and art by Kelly Freas. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Kelly Freas. Parody of Liberty Mutual Insurance print ads, art by Lester Krauss. "If Babies Could Take Parent Pictures," script by Don Reilly, art by Wally Wood; Comparison of the pictures adults take of babies with the pictures babies take of adults. "Mad Previews the Top News Stories of 1962," script by Larry Siegel, art by Joe Orlando; Satirical newspaper items of events yet to come. "The Lighter Side of the Dentist," script and art by Dave Berg. "The Painter," script and art by Don Martin. "Fight Songs For Schools That Can't Afford Major Sports," script by Frank Jacobs, art by George Woodbridge. "Model Building Kits for Adults," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Bob Clarke. "Spy Vs. Spy," script and art by Antonio Prohias. "If TV Shows Were Actually Like Their Capsule Descriptions," script by Earle Doud, art by Mort Drucker; Television shows act literally like their descriptions. "Some TV Ads We Never Got to See," script by Dick DeBartolo and Al Jaffee, art by Jack Rickard; Four satirical versions of the television ad for Imperial Margarine. "The Stone-Age Trend on TV," script by E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Mort Drucker; Adapting other television programs to the "Flintstones" formula. "Less Violent TV Shows," script by E. Nelson Bridwell, art by George Woodbridge. "When Culture Comes to Top-Rated TV Shows," script by Larry Siegel, art by Mort Drucker; Injecting high-brow culture into "The Untouchables" and "American Bandstand." Parody of a Saturday Evening Post cover, art by Norman Mingo. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Kelly Freas. "Museum of Madison Avenue," script by Gary Belkin, art by Wally Wood; Museum dedicated to famous advertising icons and campaigns. "In a Doctor's Office," script and art by Don Martin; A doctor keeps getting punched in the face. "More Efficient Snow Removal," script by Al Jaffee, art by Bob Clarke; Innovative ways to remove heavy snowfall from neighborhood streets. "Spy Vs. Spy," script and art by Antonio Prohias; The White Spy gives the Black Spy a booby-trapped present. "The Lighter Side of Entertaining," script and art by Dave Berg; Series of gags related to entertaining at home. "Six Comics in Search of a Punch Line," script by Gary Belkin, art by Mort Drucker; Six popular standup comics tell the same situational joke in their own comic style. "Movies in Flight," script by Sy Reit, art by George Woodbridge; How air travel has changed due to in-flight movies. "Spy Vs. Spy," script and art by Antonio Prohias. "Route 67," script by Larry Siegel, art by Mort Drucker; Parody of the television show "Route 66." "The Telephone," script and art by Don Martin. "The North American Veeblefetzer Corporation Annual Report," script by Don Reilly, art by Jack Rickard; The annual report of a less-than-competent corporation. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Norman Mingo. Alfred E. Neuman bust ad. "MAD Investigates the Sordid Business of Gambling," script by Al Jaffee, art by Wallace Wood; A look at the evils of gambling and how they hide in everyday life. "Rain," script and art by David Berg; A look at all the ways rain can spoil your day. "Spy vs Spy," script and art by Antonio Prohias; The Black Spy kicks the White Spy into a bucket of water. "A MAD Guide to Russia," script by Phil Hahn, art by Joe Orlando; A look at Russian culture through the prism of cold-war era stereotypes. "Don Martin in Sherwood Forest," art by Don Martin; Tales of Robin Hood, slightly fractured. "MAD's Journal of Future Physical Afflictions," script by Howard Schneider, art by Bob Clarke: An illustrated listing of possible future physical problems caused by repeated actions undertaken in modern society. "The Birth of a Madison Avenue Brand Name," script by Walter Farley, art by George Woodbridge; The brainstorming sessions that may have occurred on Madison Avenue to name various products. "Spy vs Spy," script and art by Antonio Prohias. "South Chicago," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Mort Drucker; Parody of musical South Pacific set with gangsters in Roaring 20s Chicago. Phony ad for John Vaultlock Sta-Put Burial Insurance, a parody of John Hancock Insurance, art by Kelly Freas. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Kelly Freas. "C-Men in Action," script by Earle Doud, art by Mort Drucker; Parody television show revolving around the Secret Service squad assigned to guard Caroline Kennedy. "A Fisherman and His Wife," script and art by Don Martin; A man accidentally swallows his wife's catch. "Celebrities' Wallets," script by Arnie Kogen, art by Jack Rickard; A look at the items in Chubby Checker's wallet. "The Lighter Side of Smoking," script and art by Dave Berg. "Mother's Day Cards For Substitute Mothers," script by Phil Hahn, art by George Woodbridge. "Spy Vs. Spy," script and art by Antonio Prohias. "If Comic Strip Characters Were As Old As Their Strips," script by Earle Doud, art by Wally Wood. "A Typical Old Time Prison Movie/A Typical Prison Movie of the Future," script by Larry Siegel, art by Mort Drucker; One page of a standard 1930's Warner Brothers prison movie, contrasted with the same type of picture that would be made in the 1960s. "On the Elevator," script and art by Don Martin. "A Mad Look at the Eating Habits of Animals," script by Dean Norman, art by Wally Wood. A "Mad Guide to Do-It-Yourself TV Repairs," script by Al Jaffee, art by Bob Clarke. Parody of Wagon Train Dog Food ads, art by Kelly Freas. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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"Bananaz," script by Earle Doud and Lou Silverstone, art by Mort Drucker; Parody of the television series "Bonanza." "Don Martin Looks at Doctors," script and art by Don Martin; Series of one-page cartoons with doctor themes. "The Mad Book of Modern Fairy Tales," script by Don Reilly, art by Joe Orlando. "Who's In Charge Here?", script by Gerald Gardner; Funny captions added to news photos of celebrities. "Spy Vs. Spy," script and art by Antonio Prohias. "Racketeer Illustrated," script by Larry Siegel, art by George Woodbridge; Magazine aimed at professional criminals. "What If Products Only Worked Under Demonstration Conditions," script by Earle Doud, art by Wally Wood; Products that don't work as advertised; John Kennedy tries to sign a bill with a malfunctioning Paper-Mate pen. "The Lighter Side of the Summer Vacations," script and art by Dave Berg. "Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy," script and art by Antonio Prohias; A sexy female spy lures the Black Spy and the White Spy into garotting themselves. "The Subtle Science of Packaging," script by Don Reilly, art by Bob Clarke; How packaging makes us satisfied with less. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Kelly Freas. Parody of Polaroid camera print ads, art by Lester Krauss. "Dr. Killjoy," script by Lou Silverstone, art by Mort Drucker; In a parody of the television series Dr. Kildare, a handsome but incompetent doctor and his crusty but equally incompetent supervisor make a mess in a large metropolitan hospital. "Future TV Medical Shows," script by Stan Hart, art by Jack Rickard. "Labor Day Cards From Management to Labor," script by Frank Jacobs, art by George Woodbridge; Examples of greeting cards aimed at various professions that emphasize the superiority of management. "Waterskiing," script and art by Don Martin; A water-skier attempts to avoid a retractable bridge. "If Corporations Ran Their Own Summer Camps," script by Larry Siegel, art by Bob Clarke; A summer camp designed to indoctrinate children to the corporate way of thinking. "Spy Vs. Spy," script and art by Antonio Prohias. "When Newspaper Editors Go on Vacation," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Joe Orlando; Example of a newspaper put together by fill-in editors. "If They Had Summer Replacements in Every Day Life," script by Frank Jacobs, art by George Woodbridge; How various professions would fare if unqualified replacements performed them. "At the Movies," script and art by Don Martin. "TV Ads We'd Like to See," script by Earle Doud, art by Wally Wood; Cynical parodies of commercials for Allstate Insurance, Anacin, Dash detergent, Imperial margarine and Raleigh cigarettes. "The Rock 'N' Roll Senior Citizens' Problem," script by Larry Siegel, art by Mort Drucker; How ex-rock and roll singers will cope after rock and roll dies out. "Eating Out," script and art by Dave Berg. "Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy," script and art by Antonio Prohias. "The Mad Celebrity Primer," script by Larry Siegel, art by Wally Wood; Examples of various film and television celebrities, written in the form of a children's reading primer. Parody of Sanka print ads, art by Lester Krauss. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Norman Mingo. In a parody of Volkswagen print ads, art by Bob Clarke. "Kids Letters to Other World Leaders," script by Pearl Belkin, art by Bob Clarke; Examples of letters kindergarten age children might write to various world leaders. "Spy Vs. Spy," script and art by Antonio Prohias. "The Irving Irving Story," script by Larry Siegel, art by Mort Drucker; Parody musical based on the life of a parody amalgam of musical composers. "Superstitions," script by Jack Mendelsohn, art by Bob Clarke; Humorous enactments of common superstitions. "Celebrities' Home Movies," script by Larry Siegel and Arnie Kogan, art by Wally Wood; Humorous home movies featuring various film and television celebrities. "Robinson Crusoe or On The Beach with Don Martin," script by Daniel Defoe (original story) and Don Martin (adaptation), art by Don Martin; Adaptation of the novel "Robinson Crusoe," with satirical illustrations by Don Martin. "Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy," script and art by Antonio Prohias; The Gray Spy sells munitions to the other two spys. "Intellectual TV Shows Geared to the Seven-Year-Old Mind," script by Earle Doud, art by Mort Drucker; Various news and debate programs are presented with the participants acting like children. "The Lighter Side of Teenagers," script and art by Dave Berg. "Mad's 1962 Football Roundup," script by Frank Jacobs, art by George Woodbridge; Humorous look at College Football. "Chicken: The Magazine for Gentle Men," script by Earle Doud, art by Jack Rickard. "The Parting Shot" one-page story, art by Joe Orlando. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.