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Issue: Mad #28
Publication Date: July 1956
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Issues: #28 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Useless Income Tax Guide
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
28 (14 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Issue printed with 3 different covers available. Last issue edited by Harvey Kurtzman.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color (#1-23, 400-550); color cover with black & white interior (#24-399)
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US (#1-23); magazine size (#24 onward)
Paper Stock: glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Spring Issue [Useless Income Tax Guide]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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They Wanted to Call It Partners Pick

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Billows Cotton Pick
Character(s): Cotton Billow; George Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of ad for whiskey.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Ed Sullivan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Masthead quote: "In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons." - Juvenal (100 A.D.). Art is excerpts from this and previous issue. Includes the first quote under the masthead, though it is not by Alfred E. Neuman.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mel Haney [Alfred E. Neuman]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Phillip W., Michael Dunlop, Tom Hoff & Don Blakeslee, L.E., Larry Jorgeson, DeWitt Wallace (Publisher of Reader's Digest), Howard Budner, P.J. O'Brien, Doc Dover, De Witt Clinton Fink III, Gail S. Martell, R.R., Connor Markey, The Thursday Throwback, Alan F. Charles, R.A. Kline, M.B., The Amer. Humane Assoc., M.J. Schweider, Robert Silverman, Noah Miller, Carmine J. Ruggiero, Rosemary Weaver, Bill Tepper.
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He Rose Tattooed

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Scallopini Rosa [Anna Lasagna]; Rosario Rosa [Burt Lambaster]; Antipasto Monticello; Rosa Rosa
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Parody of movie "The Rose Tattoo."
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Stamps

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A brief look at stamp collecting, focusing on printing errors.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Triumph Over Tooth Decay

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of ad for Crest Toothpaste (Best Toothpaste with Frammistan).
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The Race is on for the Super Guided Missile

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Gallup; Kerbang; Blitz; Pick; Back; Buck Roger; Waldo; Zork Argh; Dashkin; Propelnik; Schmidt; Beelzebub; Buck Rojinikoff; Plotkin; Watchova
Synopsis: Shows various parts of the space race between the US and USSR, with ultimate consequences of missile use.
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Pages: 4
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Children's Primer

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Eugene Field]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sluggo; the Double Bubble gum kid; Dennis The Menace; Jughead; Little Lulu; Nancy; Henry; The Captain; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Parody of the type of poetry written by 19th century poet, Eugene Field, The Children's Poet.
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Comic Books [Black And Blue Hawks!]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Saddlesore; Saurbratten; Robespierre; Boss Hawk; Yonny Yohnson; Chop Chop Chop; woman in red
Synopsis: The Black And Blue Hawks stage a mutiny.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: A parody of Blackhawk comic books. Pages reproduced smaller than original.
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Young Men's Spring Fashions for 1956

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fashion Dept.
Synopsis: Comparison of fashions for Ivy League class with those worn by street gangs.
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Pages: 4
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Your Income Tax

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Bad advice for filling out your federal income tax return.
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Pages: 4
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Collegiate Whimsey

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): various
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Galahad
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Reprint Notes: from Syracusan (?) xxxx-xx-xx

from Flat Iron (?) xxxx-xx-xx

from Texas Ranger (?) xxxx-xx-xx

from Columns (?) xxxx-xx-xx

from Chaparral (?) xxxx-xx-xx

from Cornell Widow (?) xxxx-xx-xx

from Showme (?) xxxx-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: These are gag cartoons from college publications.

Uncredited, but the following signatures are readable: Wilson; Spavey; BK; Noel; C. Jacobson. Letters Dept. in issue #29 notes that cartoon credited to Smoke Signals is actually from Chaparral, featuring character Galahad by Bill Davis.
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The Life of General Homer T. 'Old Hominy' Shotbag

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Homer T. Shotbag; Simeon D. Shotbag; Flora Brocklebone Shotbag; Marie d'Ewlappe Shotbag; Abraham Lincoln; Ulysses S. Grant
Synopsis: Highlights of the life of Civil War general Homer T. Shotbag, from childhood to fame.
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Pages: 7
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Talk

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shirley; Lance Cowznofski; Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Comparisons of what you think overseen conversations are, with what they actually are.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Alfred E. Neuman does not resemble the MAD trademark character.
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Rare Old Cartoons

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Man has trouble with a tube of glue.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: English cartoon from the World War I period.
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Million Dollar Horse

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Naushea; Shorty Yech; Wastrel P. Prodigal
Synopsis: Story of a celebrity race horse, showing the care taken with him versus the poor working conditions of his caretakers.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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Book Review: The Good Old, Old Days!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Borey Mernstein; hypnosis subject
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Excerpt from and review of fictitious book.
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Medical

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Konrad Strainer; Smilby; Lance Follicle; Amanda
Synopsis: Lance needs a tonsillectomy, from which he recovers in great shape, but still can't play the violin well.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Parody of tv show "Medic."
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OK Now, All Kidding Aside... These Are Real Advertisements No Kidding Around Real!!!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.16
Disclose Notes: Warning that this page contains real ads.
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She'll Love You If You Buy Her a Glob of Silly Putty

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 0.17
Disclose Notes: Ad for Silly Putty. Shows a Basil Wolverton Lena from Mad #11's cover being lifted by Silly Putty.
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Mad Records for Mad Readers!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): San Francisco Records
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Pages: 0.16
Disclose Notes: Ad for hi-fi records.
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Roger Price

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Roger Price
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Pages: 0.17
Disclose Notes: Ad for book by Roger Price (In One Head and Out the Other) from Ballantine Books.
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Looks Cooler - Is Cooler!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 0.26
Disclose Notes: Ad for Viking smoking set from R. S. Leber.
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What—Me Worry?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): "What—Me Worry?" Kid (later to be named Alfred E. Neuman)
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Pages: 0.08
Disclose Notes: Ad for "reproductions suitable for framing and patching wallpaper." Drawing is historical picture and the kid is not yet named Alfred.
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You Don't Have to Fight Over Mad

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad Magazine
Synopsis: House ad for Mad subscriptions.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art appears to be an old painting, possibly of Custer's Last Stand.
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Paper Doll Page

Activity  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Things To Make & Do Dept.
Character(s): Pete Paperdoll; Pat Paperdoll
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Paperdolls with unusual accessories; page 2 is inside back cover.
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Mad Presents: The Healthy Girl

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover; parody of a Vargas Girl.

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