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Issue: Mad #1
Publication Date: October 1952
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Issues: #1 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: EC An Entertaining ComicView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Educational Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/10/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1952, page 145, registration number B367574.
Had a print run of 400,000 copies per Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files on William Gaines and EC Comics, as reported by a confidential informant to the Bureau. From Muckrock.com Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of 27 January 2012 (https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/comic-book-publishers-donenfeld-liebowitz-goodman-gaines-gleason-1054/#file-4246), page 27, retrieved 26 February 2017.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: That thing!
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In Content Item: FlagMad #1 published November 1952
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #1 published January 1997
as Mad No. 1] ["It's Melvin!" cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Mad comic book covers [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTommy og Tigern #8/1999 published August 1999
as Variasjoner over et tema [In-house Column on Interior Page(s)]0.4 page
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad 1 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published February 2000
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: See cover to Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Disney, 1990 series) #11; Batman: Gotham Adventures (DC, 1998 series) #13; Smult (Bladkompaniet, 2002 series) #5/2002 (poster); Gorilla (Egmont Serieforlaget, 2003 series) #1/2003 (illustration).

Marie Severin addressed on at least two occasions the coloring of art created or edited by Harvey Kurtzman. In remarks published in 1995, she said “Kurtzman colored his own art, especially on covers​.” And in response to a 1986 question about Kurtzman and MAD covers, she said “Now I might have interpreted, but I don’t remember. I think he did every one of them. I might have helped out with some production or something, but it’s all Harvey” (Ringgenberg 2016, 88).
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References:

Cassell, Dewey, with Aaron Sultan. 2012. “The Artists of EC Comics” (reprinting Severin 1995). In Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics. 46–47. Raleigh: TwoMorrows Publishing.

Ringgenberg, Steven. 2016. “Marie Severin.” In The Comics Journal Library Vol. 10: The EC Artists Part 2, edited by Michael Dean, 84–95. Seattle: Fantagraphics Books.

Ringgenberg, Steven. [2016] 2018. “An Interview with Marie Severin.” The Comics Journal, September 5. Accessed June 18, 2023. https://www.tcj.com/an-interview-with-marie-severin.

Severin, Marie (John Province, transcriber [uncredited]). 1995. “Mostly about Color.” In CFA-APA 36, January.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, opinion
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In Content Item: FlagMad Strikes Back #491K published February 1961
as [untitled] [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]figures only
In Content Item: FlagMad Strikes Back #01564 published March 1969
as [untitled] [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]figures only
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside front cover; no letters.
Art credits identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1.
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Hoohah!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous
Character(s): Galusha; Daphne; Melvin The Caretaker; two unnamed Silver Avengers kids
First Line: Night!...Black, wet, pouring night...
Synopsis: Two youngsters run out of gas and enter a house they think is haunted.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #1 published January 1997
as Hoohah! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad 1 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published February 2000
as Hoohah! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: A parody of the E.C. horror comics stories.
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Blobs!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Melvin; Alfred
First Line: Speed! More speed! I've got to see Melvin!
Synopsis: Alfred outlines a terrible thought he has about the end of humanity.
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In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #1 published January 1997
as Blobs! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad 1 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published February 2000
as Blobs! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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E.C. Fans!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Weird Fantasy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Weird Fantasy #15. Printed with sequence 6 as two ½ pages in bookend fashion around text story sequence.
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Enter Cosmo McMoon!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Captain Malfeasance O'Malley; Omar Kayak; Mrs. Kayak; Cosmo McMoon
First Line: Captain Malfeasance O'Malley of the Bureau of Missing Persons...
Synopsis: Cosmo solves(?) a missing person case.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #4 published January 1998
as Enter Cosmo McMoon! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text story with an illustration. Story straddles two pages, half on each.

Art credits identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Picture Stories
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Picture Stories titles.
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Crow Vadis?

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Tiberius O'Leary; Senator Gaius Tobey; Marcus Sumatra; Chief Lucius Patton
First Line: Tiberius O'Leary - Roman Counterspy!
Synopsis: Story of how a Roman soldier invented the chalkboard eraser.
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In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #1 published January 1997
as Crow Vadis? [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad 1 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published February 2000
as Crow Vadis? [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text story with an illustration.

Art credits identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1.
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Ganefs!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, humorous
Character(s): Bumble; Bumble's boss
First Line: Bumble! Every time you pull a job, you fumble!
Synopsis: A perfect crime is hatched but Bumble fumbles.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSon of Mad #S1701 published October 1959
as Ganefs! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #1 published January 1997
as Ganefs! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad 1 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published February 2000
as Ganefs! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Varmint!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Character(s): Textron Quickdraw; Saddlesore; Kickiminabelly Kelly; Slippery Sam; The Pig-Faced Kid
First Line: Gimme a drink, Joe...
Synopsis: Textron is hunting the killer of Melvin and kills every suspect.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #1 published January 1997
as Varmint! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad 1 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published February 2000
as Varmint! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Super Powerful!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Consumers Mart
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for binoculars.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Roger Hirsch; George F. Jowett
First Line: I gained 53 lbs. of shapely power-packed muscles!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for body-building method. On inside back cover.
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How To Fix Any Part of Any Car

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for auto repair books. On back cover. Motor Book Dept.

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