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Issue: Mad #20
Publication Date: February 1955
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Issues: #20 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
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: 15 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Composition

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Cover has the appearance of a school composition notebook.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad [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)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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No, I Said! You Can't Have My Copy of MAD!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Panic; Mad
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. A house ad for MAD and Panic subscriptions.
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Katchandhammer Kids!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Hans Katchandhammer; Feetz Katchandhammer; Der Kapitan; Inspektor; boat company man; Mamma
Synopsis: A parody of the Katzenjammer Kids comic strip.
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In Content Item: FlagInside Mad #124 published November 1955
as Katchandhammer Kids! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMore Trash from Mad #1 published January 1958
as Katchandhammer Kids! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The script appears to be real German at the beginning, before changing into a pastiche of English, German and pseudo-German.
Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
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Sound Effects!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Kane Keen; Joe Arrrgh
Synopsis: A murder mystery with no dialog, only sound effects.
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In Content Item: FlagMad for Keeps #[nn] published July 1958
as Sound Effects! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #12 published January 1973
as Sound Effects! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): Piracy
First Line: We Know You'll Enjoy...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A house ad for a subscription to Piracy. Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Abe Lieberman, Brooklyn NY; Gene Compton, Mibone NC; Eddie Evans, Dallas TX; Lawrence Rogers, Seattle WA; Walter Sandvik & Richard Whitman, Hopewell Junction NY; Margaret Charles, New York, NY; Doug Polling, Toledo OH; GGG, Derby NY; Jere Thomas, Mobile, AL; Tom Lathrop, Los Angeles, CA; Glenford Friffen, Portland OR; Al Teaff, Houston TX; and Louis Grimshaw, Ontario CN.
Script and colors credits identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
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Bop

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A dictionary of Bop slang.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Script credit identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
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Paul Revere's Ride!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A humorous illustration of the poem by Longfellow.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script credit from The Complete Color Mad (Russ Cochran, 1986 series) #2 (1986).
Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
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Cowboy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Character(s): Lance Sterling; John Smurd
Synopsis: Parallel stories comparing the movie version of the Old West with real life.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Strikes Back #[nn] published May 1955
as Cowboy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTrue West v3 #6 (16) published July 1956
as Cowboy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad Strikes Back #491K published February 1961
as Cowboy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad Strikes Back #01564 published March 1969
as Cowboy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
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Look Here!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Classified ads.
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You, Too, Can Be Tough!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: An ad for Bee Jay ju-jitsu instruction.
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Pages: 0.5
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Television-Radio-Electronics

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An ad for National Schools training courses.
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New Catalog of 3100 Novelties

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: An ad for Johnson Smith & Company novelty catalog.
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Pages: 1
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9X Area Magnification!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Powerhouse Binoculars
Synopsis: An ad for Powerhouse binoculars from Thoreson's.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside backcover
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Prizes Given

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Ad for the FUNman religious wall motto sales.
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Pages: 1

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