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Issue: Mad #20
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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: 15 (4 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
 
 
Composition

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Cover appears as a high school composition notebook.
Reprinting
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)]
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, I Said! You Can't Have My Copy of MAD!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Will Elder
Will Elder
?
Subject Matter
Panic; Mad
A house ad for MAD and Panic subscriptions.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
Katchandhammer Kids!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Will Elder (signed)
Will Elder (signed)
Marie Severin
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Newspaper Cartoon Dept.
Hans Katchandhammer; Feetz Katchandhammer; Der Kapitan; Inspektor; boat company man; Mamma
A parody of the Katzenjammer Kids comic strip.
Reprinting
FlagInside Mad #124 published November 1955
as Katchandhammer Kids! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMore Trash from Mad #1 published January 1958
as Katchandhammer Kids! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
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.
Sound Effects!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Wally Wood (signed)
Wally Wood (signed)
Marie Severin
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Comic book Dept.
Kane Keen; Joe Arrrgh
A murder mystery with no dialog, only sound effects.
Reprinting
FlagMad for Keeps #[nn] published July 1958
as Sound Effects! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #12 published January 1973
as Sound Effects! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Reed Crandall
Reed Crandall
Marie Severin
?
Subject Matter
historical
Piracy
We Know You'll Enjoy...
A house ad for a subscription to Piracy.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Harvey Kurtzman
Harvey Kurtzman
Marie Severin
typeset
Subject Matter
MAD Mumblings
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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.
Bop

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
A dictionary of Bop slang.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Script credit identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
Paul Revere's Ride!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (original); Harvey Kurtzman (adaptation)
Jack Davis (signed)
Jack Davis (signed)
Marie Severin
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Poetry Dept.
A humorous illustration of the poem by Longfellow.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Script credit from The Complete Color Mad (Russ Cochran, 1986 series) #2 (1986).
Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
Cowboy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Jack Davis (signed)
Jack Davis (signed)
Marie Severin
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Comparison Dept.
Lance Sterling; John Smurd
Parallel stories comparing the movie version of the Old West with real life.
Reprinting
FlagMad Strikes Back #106 published May 1955
as Cowboy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagTrue West v3 #6 (16) published July 1956
as Cowboy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad Strikes Back #491K published February 1961
as Cowboy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad Strikes Back #01564 published March 1970
as Cowboy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
Look Here!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Classified ads.
You, Too, Can Be Tough!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
?
Subject Matter
Lighting Ju-Jitsu
An ad for Bee Jay ju-jitsu instruction.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Television-Radio-Electronics

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?; typeset
?
Subject Matter
National Schools
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Miscellaneous
1
An ad for National Schools training courses.
New Catalog of 3100 Novelties

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
?
Subject Matter
Johnson Smith & Company
An ad for Johnson Smith & Company novelty catalog.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
9X Area Magnification!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (photo)
? (photo)
typeset
?
Subject Matter
Powerhouse Binoculars
An ad for Powerhouse binoculars from Thoreson's.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
inside backcover
Prizes Given

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
?
Subject Matter
The FUNman
Ad for the FUNman religious wall motto sales.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1

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