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Issue: Mad #9
Publication Date: February 1954
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Issues: #9 of 550 Issues (594 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: EC An Entertaining ComicView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Educational Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): 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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Kurtzman (signed)
Inker(s): Harvey Kurtzman (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
First Line: The Bad Ones Are Coming, Marshall...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #12 published January 1973
as The Nostalgic Mad No. 2 [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #3 published January 1998
as Mad No. 9] [Gunfight Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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So What? So You, Too, Can Join The E.C. Fan-Addict Club!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): E.C. Fan-Addict Club
Synopsis: House ad for E.C. Fan-Addict Club membership.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Little Orphan Melvin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Wally Wood (signed)
Inker(s): Wally Wood (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Girl-And-Dog-Type-Story Dept.
Character(s): Little Orphan Melvin; Daddy Peacebucks; Punjoke; Gravel; Ax L. Maxl; The Gasp!; Mommy Peacebucks
Synopsis: Daddy is continually too late to save Melvin from danger, and also cannot save himself from Mommy.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagUtterly Mad #178 published October 1956
as Little Orphan Melvin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUtterly Mad #U2104 published December 1963
as Little Orphan Melvin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #3 published January 1998
as Little Orphan Melvin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: A parody of the comic strip Little Orphan Annie. Includes a stanza of a poem by Byron.
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The Raven

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edgar Allan Poe (original); Harvey Kurtzman (adaptation)
Penciller(s): Bill Elder (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Elder (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Classical Type Comics Dept.
Character(s): a raven; the narrator; Lenore
Synopsis: An adaptation of Poe's poem "The Raven."
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagUtterly Mad #178 published October 1956
as The Raven [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUtterly Mad #U2104 published December 1963
as The Raven [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as The Raven [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #3 published January 1998
as The Raven [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: This is the text of the famous poem accompanied by humorous illustrations. Script credit from The Complete Color Mad (Russ Cochran, 1986 series) #2 (1986).
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Inker(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): MAD Mumblings
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Hentry Hartz in Utica, New York; Keith Nutt in Midland, Texas; Ann Salvin in Westfield, Connecticutt; Dick Clarkson in Cambridge, Massaschusetts; Ben Jones in Quinwood, West Virginia; Jerry Schuler in Rochester, New York; Clyde Woddell in Alexandira, Louisiana; Ann Busch in Buffalo, New York; and Raoul D'Arcy.
Script and colors credits from The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2.
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Yep Kiddies! E.C.'s New Humor Mag, Panic, Is On Sale

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Panic
Character(s): Melvin; Irving
Synopsis: A subscription ad for Panic.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Bop Jokes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): John Severin (signed)
Inker(s): John Severin (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Five gags using Bop terms.
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In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #3 published January 1998
as Bop Jokes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Includes a 1-page Bop Dictionary, so reader can understand the gags.
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Operation Under the Ground [Chapter 3]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry DeFuccio
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cloak-And-Dagger Dept.
Character(s): Five Fingers Jones; Floppova Movova
Synopsis: Five Fingers meets Floppova while searching Moscow for the artificial dirt factory.
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In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #3 published January 1998
as Operation Under-the-Ground (Chapter 3) [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Script credit from The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2.
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Hah! Noon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Feature(s): Western Dept.
Character(s): Marshall Kane; Mrs. Kane; Marshall Floodnick; Killer Diller Miller; Ramona
Synopsis: Marshall Kane dithers about leaving town, beats up another marshall, and kills some accomplices of Miller before subduing Miller without violence.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Bedside Mad #S1647 published April 1959
as Hah! Noon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Bedside Mad #D2316 published February 1964
as Hah! Noon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Bedside Mad #P3520 published January 1969
as Hah! Noon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #12 published January 1973
as Hah! Noon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Bedside Mad #6 (88-893) published April 1979
as Hah! Noon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #3 published January 1998
as Hah! Noon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: A parody of the Gary Cooper film "High Noon."
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Get Shop-Method Home Training

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Schools
Synopsis: An ad for National Schools vocational training.
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Pages: 1
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It's Great Fun to Play a Guitar and So Easy Ttoo!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lonnie And Wayne, Studio
Character(s): Lonnie Glosson; Wayne Raney
Synopsis: An ad for Lonnie and Wayne Studios guitar lessons.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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The New Way To Enjoy Sports, Movies, Plays, Television

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Spektoscopes
Synopsis: An ad for International Binocular Company Spektoscopes.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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