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Issue: Mad #14
Publication Date: August 1954
 
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: Educational Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
Mona Lisa

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Leonardo DaVinci (painting); ? (mixed media)
Leonardo DaVinci (painting); ? (mixed media)
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Leonardo's "Mona Lisa" holding an issue of MAD (EC, 1952 series) #9 February-March 1954.
Reprinting
FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #5 published January 1998
FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Mad comic book covers [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
No Need to Fight Over Mad

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Mad Magazine
House ad for MAD subscriptions featuring a photograph of the Lacoon, an ancient Roman sculpture.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Manduck the Magician

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Will Elder (signed)
Will Elder (signed)
Marie Severin
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Newspaper Cartoon Dept.
Manduck; Loathar; Charles Atlas (cameo); Lamont Shadowskeedeeboomboom; Narda
Manduck is reduced to using his hypnotic spells to sell snake oil on the street, until he matches spells with Lamont Shadowskeedeeboomboom.
Reprinting
FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #5 published January 1998
FlagMad Strikes Back #106 published May 1955
as Manduck the Magician [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad Strikes Back #491K published February 1961
as Manduck the Magician [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad Strikes Back #01564 published March 1970
as Manduck the Magician [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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A parody of the comic strip Mandrake the Magician.
Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.
Movie... Ads!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Wally Wood (signed)
Wally Wood (signed)
Marie Severin
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Cinema Dept.; Advertising Dept.
The differences between scenes in a movie and the way the movies are advertised.
Reprinting
FlagInside Mad #124 published November 1955
as Movie...Ads! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.
Mszentelési Ün Jubileumi Ban

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
[Report From Abroad]
A report on the Hungarian political situation -- in Hungarian.
Reprinting
FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #5 published January 1998
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Hungarian is suspect, as each paragraph heading is "Potrzebie."
Script credit identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.
You, Too, Can Meet New Friends!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Wally Wood (signed)
Wally Wood (signed)
Marie Severin
?
Subject Matter
humorous
E. C. Fan-Addict Club!
House ad for the E.C. Fan-Addict fan Club.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Harvey Kurtzman
Harvey Kurtzman
?
typeset
Subject Matter
MAD Mumblings
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Letters of comment from Mrs. Harriette K. Vandenbaun, New Haven, CT; David Reiff, Kew Gardens, NY; Doug Yonnick & Joe Kowall, Mattydale, NY; Mrs. E.K., Brooklyn, NY; Cosulnd, Chandler, Rush, Fitz, Sturdivia, and Harris, Chanute, KS; Robert Chichester, Mariette, OH; Keith Nutt; Roy Pender, Dallas, TX; Jackson Kranes and Dave Kranes, Belmont, MA; and Richard Christen.

Script credit identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.
The Countynental!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Jack Davis (signed)
Jack Davis (signed)
Marie Severin
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Television Dept.
A parody of the television program "The Continental."
Reprinting
FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #5 published January 1998
 
Miscellaneous
6
Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.
Plastic Sam!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Russ Heath (signed)
Russ Heath (signed)
Marie Severin
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Plastic Hero Worship Dept.
Plastic Sam; Wheezy Wunks [aka. Wizzy Woonks, Wowzy, Wuzzy Wurnks, Wozzy Wanks, Wazzy Wunks, Weezy Wonks, Wonkzy Weez]; Joe Friday; Ed Saturday; Imitation Plastic Sam
Plastic Sam meets an imitation who is a bank robber.
Reprinting
FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #5 published January 1998
FlagSon of Mad #S1701 published October 1959
as Plastic Sam! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
A parody of Plastic Man (Quality, 1943 series).
Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.
Get Shop-Method Home Training

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
typeset
Subject Matter
National Schools
Ad for National Schools training courses.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Do You Need Money?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Cheerful Card Company
Ad for Cheerful Card Company.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
Hey Skinny!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Charles Roman
?; ? (photo)
?; ? (photo)
?
?
Subject Matter
Charles Atlas
Charles Atlas
Ad for Charles Atlas body building booklet.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
On back cover.

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