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Issue: Mad #1
Publication Date: October 1959
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Issues: #1 of 290 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagThorpe & Porter
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Strato Publications Ltd.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: 18.0 pence GBQ 0-1-6
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 18 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Numerous instances of words being altered in sequences to conform to British spellings ("flavour," etc.).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover
Dimensions: 20.4 x 27.2cm
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Binding:  
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Alfred E. Neuman Says "What - Me Worry?"

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Norman Mingo (signed); Harvey Kurtzman (frame, signed); Bill Elder (frame, signed)
Inker(s): Norman Mingo (signed); Harvey Kurtzman (frame, signed); Bill Elder (frame, signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Credits from where the reprint is taken. Reprint cover is reworked to remove political icons.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Extremely Important Message from the Editors

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Inker(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Elvis Pelvis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mass Hysteria Dept.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Gunsmoked

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Western Dept.
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Pages: 4
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Body-Building and Weight-Lifting

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke
Inker(s): Bob Clarke
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Natural Sprain Dept.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Dept. name changed from original.
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Alfred E. Neuman's Family Tree

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Koch
Penciller(s): Wally Wood
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Root of All Evil Dept.
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Pages: 3
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The Mad Primer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Koch
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando
Inker(s): Joe Orlando
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lower Education Dept.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Dept. name changed from original.
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Photos of Poetry in Motion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke
Inker(s): Bob Clarke
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Nel Blur Depinto Di Blur Dept.
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Pages: 3
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Scenes We'd Like To See: The Gladiator and the Empress

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Interlandi
Penciller(s): Phil Interlandi
Inker(s): Phil Interlandi
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hollywood Dept.
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Pages: 1
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TV Commercials to Match the Show

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker
Inker(s): Mort Drucker
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Natural Break Dept.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Dept. name changed from original.

Large sections of text changed to be more recognizable to a British audience ("chemist" instead of "drug store," etc.).
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Mad Builds a More Civilized Mouse Trap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Better World Dept.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Dept. name changed from original.
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Mad Merit Badges

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Feldstein
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Awards Dept.
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Letters Dept.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four fake letters to Mad plus what appear to be real letters from Richard Bentley and Peter Sellers.
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Shakespeare Translated

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Bard of Birdland Dept.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This may be an original contribution rather than a reprint from the US Mad.
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On the Pier

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin
Inker(s): Don Martin
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Martin Dept.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: It's likely the title was altered from the US original.
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In These Danger Periods Your Skin "Dies" a Little

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pund's Cold Cream
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Pages: 1
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Reader's Disgust

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando
Inker(s): Joe Orlando
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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