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MAD comic books issue 42

  • Issue #42
    Mad (1952 EC) 42
    Published Nov 1958 by EC.
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    Painted cover art by Kelly Freas. "What If You Did What They Told You On TV?", script by Dee Caruso and Bill Levine, art by Bob Clarke; How doing the things that tv commercials suggest will not get the results you expect. "MAD's 1958 Pigskin Preview," script by Tom Koch, art by George Woodbridge; Parody of magazine college football season previews, along with fake definitions of football terms. "A Nameless Story," script and art by Don Martin; A boy saves a bird from a hunter...then eats the bird. "Big Cars," script and art by Dave Berg; Solutions to parking and congestion problems caused by big cars. "I'm Five!", script by Milton Schafer and Danny Kaye, art by Wally Wood; Song lyrics as performed by Danny Kaye, with illustrations. "Not-So-Far-From-Wrong Spelling Errors," script by Julius Rothenberg, art by George Woodbridge. "Not-So-Far-From-Wrong Spelling Errors," script by Julius Rothenberg, art by George Woodbridge; Parodies of children's books but on adult subjects, written and illustrated in the style of Golden Books. "Sick Sick Sick," script and art by Jules Feiffer. "Credits For The Common Man," script by Paul Laikin, art by Wally Wood; Everyday occupations with credits for all the people who helped in the background, in the style of movie credits. "Baseball Report," script by Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, art by Mort Drucker; Wally interviews the official team heckler for the San Francisco Giants. "Scenes We Never Got To See," script by Albert Meglin, art by Wally Wood; The supposed final frame cut from famous movie scenes. Parody of Miss Clairol hair coloring ad, art by Kelly Freas. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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    $50 Mad Magazine #42 - FINE PLUS (6.5) Classic Early Mad! Nov 1958
    $56 Mad magazine #42 FINE+ Classic Danny Kaye musical parody - Kelly Freas cover
    $70 MAD MAGAZINE #42 - Very Fine - 7.5, Football Review Issue, November 1958
    $80 Mad Magazine #42 - VERY FINE (8.0) Classic Early Mad! Nov 1958

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  • Issue #42
    Mad Special (1970 Super Special) 42

    Spring 1983. Cops, Politicians, Teachers. Cover by Bob Clarke and Norman Mingo. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Stan Hart, Larry Siegel, Larry Gore, Lou Silverstone, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Jack Rickard, Arnie Kogen, Paul Coker, Jr., Mort Drucker, Peter Andrews, Tom Koch, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Angelo Torres, Don (Duck) Edwing, William Garvin, Irving Schild, and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Super Special reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine, often accompanied by original stories and attached bonuses in the form of posters, stickers, recordings and comics. Parodies of the Clint Eastwood classic Dirty Harry, and the TV series Welcome Back Kotter, Barney Miller and Columbo, featuring art by Mort Drucker and Angelo Torres. Mad's takedowns of Nixon, guidance counselors, and Congress. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Don Martin cartoons. Nixon Slipped Here; Dirty Larry; On the Subway; The Mad Politician's Primer; A Mad Look at Motorcycle Cops; While Hanging Around the Corner; Mad's Educator of the Year; Commemoratives to President Nixon; The Lighter Side of Cops; Mad's Simplified ABC Method of Bulling Your Way Through Election Campaigns; Welcome Back, Klodder; The Electrician; Letters to a Congressman That Were Answered by Form Letters From That Congressman; The Biology Professor; A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Service Station; The White House Follies of 1977; In an Alley; What is a Guidance Counselor?; The Lighter Side of Corruption; Blarney Miller; The Small Businessman; A Mad Look at Service Stations; The Private Eye; The Mad Academy Awards for Small Businessmen; Mad's Guaranteed Effective All-Occasion Non-Slanderous Political Smear Speech; An Early Morning Bathroom Scene; Modern Teacher Magazine; A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at the U.S. Congress; One Night in a Police Station; How Bad Childhood Habits Can Help in a Congressional Career; Clodumbo; Fold-In; RonReagan. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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    $4 Mad Super Special #42 (Spring 1983, E.C. Publications) - Good/Very Good
    $15 Mad magazine Summer 1983 Good Condition

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  • Issue #42
    Mad (2018 E.C. Publications) 42

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    Written by The Usual Gang Of Idiots. Art by The Usual Gang Of Idiots. Cover by An Art School Idiot. MAD #42 teeters with tittering tales that will topple you into hysterics! This issue features MAD classic favorites like A MAD Look at... by Sergio Aragones, Spy Vs. Spy, The Lighter Side of... by Dave Berg, and much more. Plus, new content will bring you a bevy of belly (up) laughs too. And the new fold-in by Johnny Sampson will make you fold over onto your face. Don't get caught with your pants down! Wobble over to your local comic shop and pick up on all the unbalanced ballyhoo that fills the pages of MAD #42. Cover price $5.99.

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  • Issue #42
    Archie's Madhouse (1959 Archie) 42

    "Godfrey Gooch Space Hunter"; The Earth Space Zoo director wants Godfrey to get the zoo something new. "Space Patrol"; In 2065 A.D., space patrolmen Dolan of Earth and Moo Goo of Mars chase a speeder and end up in a strange galaxy; They are captured by giant aliens and put in jail. Ads for Archie's Jokes, Around the World with Archie, Archie's Madhouse Annual. "The Mad Ad Monster"; Scientists create a product that will cure bad breath, dandruff, and B.O. However, after their announcer drinks the product on a live TV commercial, he gains strange powers and decides to ruin all TV commercials. "Zalula the Love Sick Space Monster"; An astronaut lands on a planet and encounters a giant alien who has fallen for him. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #42
    Mad (1959 Thorpe & Porter) UK Magazine 42

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