Mad (1952 EC) Magazine comic books 1957

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Painted cover art by Norman Mingo. MAD Jewelry ad. "Baseball's Hall of Shame," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Joe Orlando; Phony dedication plaques for Hall of Shame inductees. "The English Titles Don't Quite Match The Action In Foreign Movies," art by Wally Wood; Typical scenes from foreign movies with subtitles that don't describe what's going on; Includes Russian subtitles for "Martski." "Future TV Ad," script and art by Don Martin. "Kovacs' Strangely Believe It!", script by Ernie Kovacs, art by Wallace Wood; Strange things around the world. "Why I Left The Army And Became A Civilian," script by Frank Jacobs, art by George Woodbridge; Story of the ways civilian life is much better than Army life. "The Unfortunate Part of Feeding Pigeons Homemade Popcorn," script and art by Don Martin; Man feed pigeons homemade popcorn and the birds, nearby pets, and all the bystanders in the park go nuts for it. "The Truth About Cowboys," script by Henry Morgan, art by Wally Wood; Discussion of historically accurate cowboys. "The Dee Jay's Old Philosopher," script by Eddie Lawrence, art by Mort Drucker; Lyrics to a song recorded by Eddie on Coral Records. "The Potrzebie System of Weights And Measures," script by Donald Knuth, art by Wally Wood; A system of weights, measures, force and time based on the thickness of MAD #26 as a standard potrzebi; It seems to resemble the metric system. "Hollywood Is Ruining Marlin Brando," art by Bob Clarke; Parody of Marlon Brando's career. "Kovacs' Strangely Believe It!", script by Ernie Kovacs, art by Wally Wood. "High-School Dance," art by Bob Clarke; Story of planning and evening's events at a typical high school dance. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Painted cover art by Norman Mingo. "MAD Coats of Arms," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Kelly Freas; Proposed coats of arms for current celebrities. MAD Pocket-Sized Books ad. "Wedding Album," art by Wally Wood (as Wally Balloo); Typical wedding pictures contrasted with pictures of the same couple six months later. "Future TV Ad" by Don Martin. "Mr. Science," script by Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, art by Mort Drucker; Mr. Science performs a simple experiment with a light bulb and nearly burns down the studio. "$ucce$$ $tory," script by Frank Jacobs, art by George Woodbridge; Story of Edgar's rise to the presidency of a corporation. "Modern Furniture," art by Dave Berg; A review of the "advantages" of modern furniture. "Baseball Is Ruining Our Children," art by Wally Wood; Parody of the findings of Dr. Wertham regarding comic books, where nearly every juvenile delinquent has been found to have played or watched baseball. "Products For TV Commercials, Inc", script by E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Bob Clarke. "Orson Bean's The Two Chinese Fellas Who Go To An American Restaurant Routine," script by Orson Bean, art by Wally Wood; Illustrated comedy routine that reverses cliches about Chinese restaurants and people. "The Spitball Contest," script and art by Don Martin. "MAD's Picture-Phone Backdrops," art by George Woodbridge; Ideas for backdrops so that when you answer the picture-phone of the future, you can still lie to people about where you are. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.