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Issue: Mad #41
Publication Date: September 1958
 
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
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Content Items: 31 (19 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Albert B. Feldstein
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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
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Alfred E. Neuman
Alfred E. Neuman
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Miscellaneous
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If You're A New Fan You're Lucky!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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? (photo); Bill Elder
? (photo); Bill Elder
typeset
Subject Matter
MAD For Keeps
Alfred E. Neuman
House ad for new hardcover book from Crown Publishers.
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Small figure at bottom of ad by Bill Elder is excerpt from previous issue. Inside front cover.
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Departments

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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various
various
typeset
Subject Matter
Vital Features
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Miscellaneous
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Art is excerpts from this issue. There is a writer credit for Albert Meglin, Steve Tuttle and Marguerite McClain, but unknown for what stories.
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MAD Answers Questions Most Asked By Camp Counselors

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mel Lazarus (signed)
Mel Lazarus (signed)
Mel Lazarus (signed)
Mel Lazarus (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
Aide-De-Camp Dept.
Questions summer camp counselors might have...but no answers.
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Don't Be A Shnook!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?; Bob Clarke
?; Bob Clarke
typeset
Subject Matter
Mad Magazine
William M. Gaines
House ad for MAD subscriptions.
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Art is excerpts from issues #5 (Gaines) and #40 (all others).
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Hot Off The Press!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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? (photo)
? (photo)
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Subject Matter
The Brothers MAD
House ad for a MAD paperback book.
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Random Samplings of Reader Mail

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Albert B. Feldstein; Marge Duffy Devine; George Leeman; Miriam Frank; R. Leland; New York Graphic Society; Merrill Lifton; Peter Torvik; Robert Ryan; Allen Standish; John Bruck; Samuel Northcross; Paul Vervisch; Jim Stripling; Clifford Kent; Bob Lilienthal; Rollins Turner
various; ? (photo); Henry Major
various; ? (photo); Henry Major
typeset
Subject Matter
Letters Dept.
Wally Wood; The Gay Philosopher
Letters of comment, mostly about issue #40. Includes a photo of Wally Wood receiving the "Best Comic Artist of 1957" award, and a painting of The Gay Philosopher by Henry Major.
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Just A Limited Amount Left!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Norman Mingo (painted)
Norman Mingo (painted)
typeset
Subject Matter
Alfred E. Neuman
Alfred E. Neuman
House ad for pinups suitable for framing.
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Statement of Ownership

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William M. Gaines
typeset
Subject Matter
informational
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Publisher = Willaim M. Gaines; Editor = Albert B. Feldstein; Owner = E.C. Publications, Inc. [William M. Gaines; Jessie K. Gaines; Virginia E. MacAdie]

For October 1, 1957.
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It's Fun To Phone!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Wally Wood (signed)
Wally Wood (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Bet Telephone System
Parody of Bell Telephone System ad, showing how it's fun to phone your bookie.
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Miscellaneous
1
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The MAD Primer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Tom Koch
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Throw The Book At 'Em Dept.
Irving; Schlep; Farmer Brown; Miss Furd; Sadie; Irving's father; Bobbie Smith; Mr. Johnson
Parody of a reading primer, with a rather psychotic family.
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FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
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Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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Don Martin at Large In a Haberdashery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin (signed)
Don Martin (signed)
Don Martin (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
Don sniffs (or worse) the handkerchiefs and coats before buying.
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How To Put Out An Imitation of MAD

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Harvey Kurtzman (frame, signed); Bill Elder (frame, signed); Norman Mingo (Alfred); Jack Davis (main cover illustration)
Harvey Kurtzman (frame, signed); Bill Elder (frame, signed); Norman Mingo (Alfred); Jack Davis (main cover illustration)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Free-Loading Dept.
Alfred E. Neuman
Instructions to other publishers and editors on how to imitate MAD.
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FlagMad #27 published April 1956
was 1956 [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
 
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Includes the Departments page from this issue.
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Rare Old Magazines

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Wally Wood (signed)
Wally Wood (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Look In The Yellowed Pages Dept.
Possible modern style magazines as they would have existed in history.
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Miscellaneous
2
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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Go West, Old Format

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Albert Meglin
George Woodbridge
George Woodbridge
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
3:10 To Yuma Dept.
Joe Friday; Dead-Eye; Mike Wallace; Blackjack Cohen; Bob Cummings; Chuck; Georgia; Phil Silvers; Pvt. Doberman
Ways to punch up old tv shows by turning them into westerns.
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Shows parodied are: Dragnet; Mike Wallace; Bob Cummings; Phil Silvers. Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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Go East, Old Western

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Albert Meglin
George Woodbridge (signed)
George Woodbridge (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
3:10 To Westport Dept.
Pallidin; Mr. Kitzel; Mr. Wessel
Turning a western tv show into a Madison Avenue concept, Pallidin is hired to create an advertising campaign and when it doesn't work, forces a merger of two companies.
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Parody of tv show "Have Gun, Will Travel." Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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Snob Appeal vs Slob Appeal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Bob Clarke
Bob Clarke
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Lower The Pitch Dept.
Phony ads for Rancid's Deluxe Whiskey, Whammo Watchbands, Breezy of California jackets, and Aardvark Carpets, that show two different advertising approaches.
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The Chess Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin (signed)
Don Martin (signed)
Don Martin (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
Fatal results from cheating at chess.
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The New, Improved, Rotten Circus

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Morgan
Wally Wood (signed); Bob Clarke (signed)
Wally Wood (signed); Bob Clarke (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Henry Morgan Dept.
Henry Morgan
Henry compares modern circuses to old-fashioned ones...unfavorably.
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How To Play Golf

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Tom Koch
George Woodbridge (signed)
George Woodbridge (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Tee And Sympathy Dept.
Alfred E. Neuman
Bad tips on golfing, including giving up the game.
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Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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One Day's Advice Columns...The Next Day's Headlines

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Wally Wood
Wally Wood
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Help Needed Dept....Help Heeded Dept.
Sidney Fawnover; Ozgood Z'Beard; Kate Potchka; Helen DuBois
What might be happening when people follow the advice they receive from newspaper columnists.
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Includes article noting Kelly Freas has been fired from Time Magazine, which ties in with the cover of this issue.
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Strangely Believe It!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ernie Kovacs
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
Subject Matter
humorous
Ernie Kovacs Dept.
Ernie Kovacs; J. Daniel Frump; Frembish K. Fair III
Parody of Ripley's Believe It Or Not.
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The Wrong Lions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Mort Drucker (signed)
Mort Drucker (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Movies Dept.
Christian Diesel [Marlo Brandin]; Michael Wiffycur [Dean Martini]; Noah Ackermoan [Montgomery Cleft]; Irwin Shaw
Parody of movie The Young Lions with twist ending involving the author of the book.
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The Great Mail Robbery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin (signed)
Don Martin (signed)
Don Martin (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
A robbery goes bad when the mail carrier seems to be indestructible.
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Boating

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg (signed)
Dave Berg (signed)
Dave Berg (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Two Years Before The Mess Dept.
A look at when the boating craze gets out of hand and common traffic problems and situations will apply to boating.
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The Count-Down Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding; Bill Levine; Dee Caruso
Mort Drucker (signed)
Mort Drucker (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Bob & Ray Dept.
Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding; Wally Ballew; Dr. Adolph Von Schmutz
Wally interviews the man who counts down rocket launches for NASA.
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Writer credits from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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The National Osographic Magazine

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Tom Koch
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Around The World In Eighty Pictures Dept.
Roger Sternwallow; Evelyn Sternwallow; Birdie Ugnew; Neville Brooks-Brother
Parody of National Geographic Magazine.
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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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5
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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In A Penny Arcade

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin (signed)
Don Martin (signed)
Don Martin (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
When two men finish playing a boxing game, the mechanical characters take over.
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You'll Be A "Knockout" In A MAD T-Shirt

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Larry Maleman (photo); Wally Wood
Larry Maleman (photo); Wally Wood
typeset
Subject Matter
MAD T-Shirts
Alfred E. Neuman
House ad for t-shirts with Alfred E. Neuman on front.
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On inside back cover.
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Edited Advertising Slogans

Filler  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Marginal Thinking Dept.
Advertising slogans with a punch line following.
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Appear in the margins of 25 pages of the issue.
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The Skid-Row Bums

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Chesterfind Cigarettes
Phony ad parody of Chesterfield Cigarettes ad.
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FlagMore Trash from Mad #2 published January 1959
as The Skid-Row Bums [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Back cover.

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