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Issue: Mad #24
Publication Date: July 1955
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Issues: #24 of 550 Issues (594 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Educational Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/02/1955
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 27 (20 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Disclose Notes: Phrase "What? Me Worry?" is used for the first time in MAD. First 25 cent, magazine size issue.
On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1955, page 89, registration number B533230.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Kurtzman (frame, signed)
Inker(s): Harvey Kurtzman (frame, signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Socrates; Napoleon; Sigmund Freud; Marilyn Monroe; Alexander The Great; Rembrandt; Galileo; Lassie; Tom Swift; Columbus; Caesar; Buffalo Bill; Alfred L. Neuman; Melvin Cowznowski [Alfred E. Neuman]; Copernicus; Louis Pasteur; Ludwig Van Beethoven
First Line: This New Magazine Is Vital For You To Read...
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In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Mad magazine covers [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Characters noted are in the frame around the page. Alfred L. Neuman bears no physical resemblance to Alfred E. Neuman, whose image does appear unnamed.
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Headache? Cold Misery?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Bill Elder (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Elder (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bofforin
Synopsis: Phony ad for Bofforin pain reliever.
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In Content Item: FlagMad for Keeps #[nn] published July 1958
as Headache? Cold Misery? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Mad ad: Bofforin [Story on Interior Page(s)]from inside front cover
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Bufferin ad. Inside front cover.
Script credit identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
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Extremely Important Message From The Editors

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Inker(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Message is, "Please Buy This Magazine."
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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She Wanted To Drown Her Troubles

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Wally Wood
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gluggle!
Character(s): Jane Outsell
Synopsis: Phony ad for movie "Gluggle!"
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of ad for movie "Underwater!" Also mentions movie credits for: Howard Huge; Eli Lectric; Manny Tshark; Myrtle Turtle; Eben Tide; Ty Dalwave.
Script credit identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Roger Price; Bernard Shir-Cliff; Ernie Kovacs; Ira Wallach
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a brief summary of contents with photos of some contributors. Layout appears similar to Playboy table of contents pages.
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I Dreamed I Walked Down 5th Avenue In My Ironmaidenfit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ironmaidenfit
Synopsis: Phony ad for Ironmaidenfit bras.
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In Content Item: FlagMad for Keeps #[nn] published July 1958
as I Dreamed I Walked Down 5th Avenue in My Ironmaidenfit [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Parody of Maidenform bra ad.
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Letters Dept.

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters Dept.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art is excerpts from previous issues.
Script credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
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Are You Ever Lovely To Love?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Bill Elder (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Elder (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): MMboy
Synopsis: Phony ad for MMBoy Cream Deodorant.
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In Content Item: FlagMad for Keeps #[nn] published July 1958
as Are You Ever Lovely to Love? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Is A Trip To The Moon Possible?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Wally Wood
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Science Dept.
Character(s): Dr. X Fline Saucer; Captain Buck Roger; Melvin Cowznowski; Commander Zork Argh
Synopsis: A humorous look at the problems and joys of travel to the moon.
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In Content Item: FlagMad for Keeps #[nn] published July 1958
as Is a Trip to the Moon Possible? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Report From Russia

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hans Christian Andersen
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): News Dept.
Character(s): Tel-Tapper-Phoner; Watchbug
Synopsis: A supposed look into Russian thought...in Russian (Cyrillic script).
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Brothers Mad #24331 published January 1975
as This Is a Tel-Tapper-Phoner [Story on Interior Page(s)]illustration only
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a propaganda cartoon, "This Is A Tel-Tapper-Phoner", which is reprinted in Brothers Mad, The. The Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection, may indicate the text is actually a story by the Danish author, written in Russian.
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Out of The Frying Pan And Into The Soup

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ira Wallach
Penciller(s): Bernie Krigstein (signed)
Inker(s): Bernie Krigstein (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Literature Dept.
Character(s): Ernest Heminghaw [Pappa]; Private First Class; Pierre; Mignonette; a driver
Synopsis: A tangled story of a retired army private and his granddaughter.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Billed as, "The first part of a ½ part novel." Author listed as "Eli Wallach" in issue but "Totally MAD" CD collection lists as "Ira Wallach", same as a story in issue #26.
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Wrestling

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sports Dept.
Character(s): Kid Kindyouth; Offensive Herman; Art Rottencore; Reggie Spoilsport; Tom Strongheart; Dick Stoutfellow; Yukon Klondike; Antonio Rockingchair; Gomez Addams (cameo); Morticia Addams (cameo); Pugsley Addams (cameo); Frankenstein's monster (cameo)
Synopsis: A humorous look at professional wrestling matches, using all the stereotypes in the sport.
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In Content Item: FlagMore Trash from Mad #1 published January 1958
as Wrestling [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Comics Digest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Bill Elder (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Elder (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Newspaper Comics Dept.; Brunette; Little Orphan Melvin; Smilin' Melvin; Lil' Ab'r; Dick Tracing; Popcorn; Manduck The Magician
Character(s): Brunette; Dogwood; Punjoke; Little Orphan Melvin; Daddy Peacebucks; Little Melvin Rooney; Smilin' Melvin; Upwind Johnson; Lil' Ab'r; Mammy Jokeum; Dick Tracing; Chief; Junior; Popcorn kids; Manduck the Magician; Loathar
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In Content Item: FlagMore Trash from Mad #1 published January 1958
as A Collection of Daily Strips [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
In Content Item: FlagThe Brothers Mad #U2105 published December 1963
as Brunettie [Story on Interior Page(s)]Parody of newspaper comic Blondie.
In Content Item: FlagThe Brothers Mad #U2105 published December 1963
as Little Orphan Melvin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Brothers Mad #U2105 published December 1963
as Li'l Ab'r [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Brothers Mad #U2105 published December 1963
as Smilin' Melvin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Brothers Mad #U2105 published December 1963
as Dick Tracing [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Brothers Mad #U2105 published December 1963
as Popcorn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Brothers Mad #U2105 published December 1963
as Manduck the Magician [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Brothers Mad #24331 published January 1975
as Brunettie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Brothers Mad #24331 published January 1975
as Little Orphan Melvin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Brothers Mad #24331 published January 1975
as Comics Digest [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Single strip parodies of newspaper comics: Blondie; Little Orphan Annie; Smilin' Jack; Lil' Abner; Dick Tracy; Peanuts; Mandrake the Magician. Title from contents page.
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Classy Crimes #138: Who Put The Strichnine In Mrs. Murphy's Husband?

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard Shir-Cliff
Penciller(s): Bill Elder (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Elder (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Crime Dept.
Character(s): Dr. Milo Quackenbush; Francis L. Guteberger; Alfred L. Neuman; Seamus Murphy; Voona Murphy; Vasily Vaselodovich Orang-outang; Fothergill; Rosencrantz
Synopsis: Detective Francis L. Guteberger investigates the murder of Seamus Murphy.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Alfred L. Neuman bears no physical resemblance to Alfred E. Neuman, whose picture also appears with no name.
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Anyone Can Build This Coffee Table

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Do It Yourself Dept.
Synopsis: Bogus instructions on how to build a coffee table complete with a potted plant sitting on the table.
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In Content Item: FlagMad for Keeps #[nn] published July 1958
as Anyone Can Build This Coffee Table [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Anyone Can Build This Coffee Table [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Is This Your Life?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Bill Elder
Inker(s): Bill Elder
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Television Dept.
Character(s): Raoul Phedwards; Melvin Furd; Shiloh Culpepper; Sabrina Voom; Sheldon Scrounge; Alfred L. Neuman; Brunhilda Furd; Furd children; Furd's mother; Furd's father; Furd's sister; Furd's brother; Lone Ranger (cameo); Snap (cameo); Crackle (cameo); Pop (cameo); Santa Claus (cameo); Smith Brothers (cameo); Quaker Oats Man (cameo); Edward R. Murrow (cameo); Winston Churchill (cameo); Joe McCarthy (cameo); Harry Truman (cameo); Liberace (cameo); Abraham Lincoln (cameo); Bing Crosby (cameo); Bob Hope (cameo); Marlon Brando (cameo); Marilyn Monroe (cameo); Joe Friday (cameo); Aunt Jemima (cameo); Arthur Godfrey (cameo); Jackie Gleason (cameo); Douglas MacArthur (cameo); Groucho Marx (cameo); Donald Duck (cameo); Dean Martin (cameo); Prince Albert (in a can, cameo); others (cameo);
Synopsis: Melvin Furd is nearly killed during the show, which features family, friends, enemies and someone he doesn't even know.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Parody of tv show "This Is Your Life." Alfred L. Neuman bears no physical resemblance to Alfred E. Neuman.
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Tom Swifft And His Electric Ping Pong Ball

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ernie Kovacs [as Victor Applesauce]
Penciller(s): Bill Elder (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Elder (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Classics Dept.
Character(s): Tom Swifft; Professor Harding; Six-Torso [Ramona Popkin]
Synopsis: Tom's invention is stolen by a Russian spy.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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A Guide For Future Job Hunters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Inker(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Education Dept.
Synopsis: A series of phony graphs explaining employment statistics.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Script and art credits identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
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How To Get The Job You Want By Thinking Positively And Also Get Ahead By Learning My Five Rules That Will Give You A New And Unbelievable Positive Personality And Help You Achieve Success

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Price
Penciller(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Inker(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Education Dept.
Synopsis: Five foolish rules for building a positive personality for yourself.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Includes one illustration.
Art credits identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
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Vera's Cruz

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Movie Dept.
Character(s): Burt Lambaster; Gary Chickencooper; Seezer Romeo; Emperor Maxamillion; Denice Parcel; Melvin Cowznowski; Sarita Vavavoom
Synopsis: Two men sign on to guard a gold and guns shipment, but are also out to steal it for themselves.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: A parody of the movie "Veracruz."
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If You Suffer Pain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Inker(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Anasprin
Character(s): Melvin Coznowski [Alfred E. Neuman]
Synopsis: Phony ad for Anasprin.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSon of Mad #S1701 published October 1959
as If You Suffer Pain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.11
Disclose Notes: Parody of both Anacin and aspirin ads. Character is unamed.
Script and art credits identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
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When The Talk Turns To Books Do You Find Yourself Saying: "Hoo Hah?"

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The MAD Reader
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.11
Disclose Notes: House ad for The MAD Reader paperback.
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Pictoquiz

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Puzzle Dept.
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman; Wanda Furd
Synopsis: A quiz where none of the answers makes sense.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.45
Disclose Notes: Alfred E. Neuman is name given to several celebrities pictured, one of which is actually him (although it was not officially his name as yet).
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Are You Walking Around Like A Human Question Mark?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Bill Elder
Inker(s): Bill Elder
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rubbaban
Synopsis: Phony ad for Rubbaban women's foundation garments.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Script credit identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
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In These Danger Periods Your Skin "Dies" A Little

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pund's Cold Cream
Character(s): Camenbert, Duchess of Fromage
Synopsis: Phony ad for Pund's Cold Cream.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Pond's Cold Cream ad.
Script credit identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #4.
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Never Before A Bandage That Sticks Like This!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Bill Elder (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Elder (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bind-Aig
Synopsis: Phony ad for Bind-Aig adhesive bandages.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMad for Keeps #[nn] published July 1958
as Never Before a Bandage That Sticks Like This! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Band-Aid ad. On inside back cover.
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When I'm Eating Jell-y I Wish I Were A Human Being

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Bill Elder (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Elder (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jell-y
Synopsis: Phony ad for Jell-y dessert.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Jell-O ad. On back cover.

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