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Issue: Mad #18
Publication Date: December 1954
 
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Publisher: FlagEC
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: 15 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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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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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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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
 
 
Look Gang! Another Surprise! In This Issue...YOU Draw the Cover!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Mad comic book covers [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #6 [Newsstand] published January 1999
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
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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.
King of Clubs

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (illustration)
? (illustration)
Subject Matter
Panic; Mad
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
House ad for Panic and MAD subscriptions. On inside front cover.
Alice in Wonderland!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Alice; Alice's sister; the White Rabbit [Bugs Bunny]; Mad Hatter; Knave of Hearts; Queen of Hearts
After Alice's adventures, her sister takes her to a psycho-analyst.
Reprinting
FlagThe Brothers Mad #5 [unnamed variant] published October 1958
as Alice in Wonderland! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Brothers Mad #267K published May 1960
as Alice in Wonderland! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Brothers Mad #5 (U2105) published December 1963
as Alice in Wonderland! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Brothers Mad #5 (24331) published January 1975
as Alice in Wonderland! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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A parody of parts of both Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking Glass, using some of the original John Tenniel illustrations as base drawings. The poem "Jabberwocky" is quoted in its entirety.
319 All-Different Stamps

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (photo)
? (photo)
?
typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Ad for stamp approval service of Zenith Company.
Howdy Dooit!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Buffalo Bill; Mickey Mouse (cameo); Howdy Dooit; Clarabella; Big Chief Thundamelvin; The PeeWee Gallery; guard
Howdy hawks advertisers' wares while Buffalo Bill tries to keep the crowd in line...but fails.
Reprinting
FlagInside Mad #124 published November 1955
as Howdy Dooit! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagA Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics #[nn] published January 1981
as Howdy Dooit! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Howdy Dooit! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
A parody of the Howdy Doody tv show.
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Reversible Auto Seat Covers

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
?
typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Ad for auto seat covers from Terrace Sales.
Factory-To-You Coupon Offer Saves $4.00

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Ad for 3-piece pen and pencil set from Penmaster.
How Our Opinions Sound

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
An excerpt from a musical score, presented as an explanation of how we sound to others.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Script credit identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.
E. C. Went to Sea in Search of Another New Trend...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
historical
Piracy
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
House ad for Piracy comic subscriptions. Drawing may be caricatures of E. C. staffers.
Pot-Shot Pete...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, western
Pot-Shot Pete; Poopy; Pot-Shot Pete's girl; a young gunzel; Mrs. McYetnit; Marvin McYetnit; Sheldon McYetnit
Pete brings in the McYetnits against all odds.
Reprinting
FlagBilly the Kid Adventure Magazine #9 published February 1952
was Pot-Shot Pete vs. The McYetnit Boys [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
Marie Severin’s statement that “[Harvey] Kurtzman colored his own art, especially on covers...” (see Indexer Notes for this issue’s cover) suggests that Kurtzman colored stories that he drew, albeit perhaps less consistently than he colored his cover art.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Letters from Pete McDole, Anonymous, Roland Juge, Yale Greenspoon, Anonymous, Genghis Khan, A Girl in Oswego, Dick Regentz, Virginia Barron, Gary Barlet, Pat McKelvey, Bill Mattson, Coraline Haas, Anonymous, Anonymous (by George! This is getting repetitious!), Mike Melner, Carol Craven, Anonymous.
Script and colors credits identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.
Stalag 18!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Lt. Wunbar; The Animal; Security; Stepton; Feldwessel Johann Sebastian Shmaltz; Nazi General; Russian prisoners
Stepton and Lt. Wunbar escape the stalag after finding a spy in the prisoners' ranks.
Reprinting
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #21 published January 1976
as Stalag 18! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Parody of movie Stalag 17.
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Car Burning Oil?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (photo)
? (photo)
typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Ad for Power Seal from Rudson Automotive Industries.
I Will Train You at Home for Good Pay Jobs in Radio-Television

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (photo)
? (photo)
typeset
?
Subject Matter
J. E. Smith
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Ad for training courses as radio and television technicians. On inside back cover.
The Insult That Turned a "Chump" Into a Champ

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

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