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Issue: Mad #44
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
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Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
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Content Items: 27 (16 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
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Alfred E. Neuman Gets A Gift From...

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Alfred E. Neuman
Alfred E. Neuman
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Back cover is same window scene, but from Alfred's viewpoint. The logo of the soft drink Moxie appears in about every other article.
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Clear Heads Agree Culvert D.T.'s Are Better

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Kelly Freas (signed)
Kelly Freas (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Culvert Reserve
Phony ad for Culvert Reserve Whiskey.
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Parody of ad for Calvert Reserve Whiskey.
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Departments

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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various
various
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Subject Matter
Vital Features
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Art is excerpts from this issue.
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Catch Up On What You've Missed

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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? (photo)
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Subject Matter
MAD For Keeps
Alfred E. Neuman
House ad for hardcover book from Crown Publishers.
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Miscellaneous
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Getting Sick of TV?

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

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Albert B. Feldstein; Harold Chamberlain; Cronley's Barber Shop; Knut Schaad; Jonathan Williams; Jerry Bourasaw; Barbara Nace; Bjorn Petersson; Johnny Lunsford; Arthur Marchino; Howard Hoffman; Leslie Naman
Larry Maleman (photo); ? (photo)
Larry Maleman (photo); ? (photo)
typeset
Subject Matter
Letters Dept.
Albert B. Feldstein
Letters of comment, mostly about issue #42.
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Two photos of Feldstein; one is from house ad for MAD tee shirts in MAD #42.
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It's Yours Free!

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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Miscellaneous
0.17
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A Christmas Gift Suggestion

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
typeset
Subject Matter
MAD Magazine
Alfred E. Neuman
House ad for MAD subscriptions.
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Miscellaneous
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Art matches art from "Alfred E. Neuman's Family Tree
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The Coming Attractions...Don't Always Show Exactly What's Coming!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Sneaky Prevues Dept.
Showing the larger boring scenes that exciting movie previews are supposedly taken from.
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Miscellaneous
4
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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International Advertising

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Bob Clarke (signed)
Bob Clarke (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Globaloney Dept.
Ads we might see if countries advertised like other products, instead of communicating their ideologies and accomplishments as they currently do.
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Miscellaneous
3
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The National Safety Council's Holiday-Weekend Telethon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dee Caruso; Bill Levine
Mort Drucker (signed)
Mort Drucker (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Crash Program Dept.
Barry Grue; Martin Dean; Virginia Charity
Telethon to pump up the number of highway fatalities to meet the numbers announced before the holiday.
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3
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection. One character in cameo appears to be Scribbly Jibbet.
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Junior Additions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Tom Koch
Wally Wood (signed)
Wally Wood (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Crib Sheet Dept.
Little Red Riding Hood; Dennis The Menace
Possible kids' editions of popular magazines, including: Junior Confessions, Tiny Homes and Gardens; Sports Infantile; Truant; Tyke; Pedal Trend; The Saturday Evening Tot.
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Miscellaneous
2
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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Memories of Summer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin (signed)
Don Martin (signed)
Don Martin (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
3 cartoons of the dangers of summer.
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Miscellaneous
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Basketball

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
George Woodbridge (signed)
George Woodbridge (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Dribble Drivel Dept.
Richard Furd
Satirical look at the sport of basketball.
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Not a single black player is depicted.
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Alfred E. Neuman's Family Tree

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Tom Koch
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
The Root of All Evil Dept.
Nu Mun; Tut-Ankh-Nu-Men; Socrates Numanos; Nerd Numinus; Alfred The Hun; Alfred The Chicken-Harted; Johannes Nuemanberg; Christopher Numunbus; Amerigo Numanucci; Michaelanumano; Elder Neuman; Sir Isaac Neuman; Benjamin Neuman; General George Neuman; Paul Neuman; Patrick Neuman; Abraham Neuman; Jefferson Davis Neuman; Nikolai Neumanski; Teddy Neuman; William Jennings Neuman; Thomas Alva Neuman; Alfred E. Neuman
Famous ancestors of Alfred, with very brief biographical notes and dates of birth and death.
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FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
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3
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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"Walk - Don't Walk" Signals

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg (signed)
Dave Berg (signed)
Dave Berg (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Signals Crossed Dept.
Thoughts on what could happen if the concept of signals were extended to everyday life events.
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FlagDave Berg's Mad Trash #[nn] published January 1981
as "Walk - Don't Walk" Signals [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Custom-Made Christmas Cards

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Bob Clarke (signed)
Bob Clarke (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
X-Missles Dept.
Elfrida Von Nardroff; Charles Van Doren; Nikita Khrushchev; Ed Sullivan; Alfred E. Neuman
Phony Christmas cards from celebrities to other celebrities.
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Miscellaneous
3
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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How To Read Graphs

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Albert B. Feldstein ?; Joe Orlando
Albert B. Feldstein ?; Joe Orlando
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Grid And Bear It Dept.
Useless explanations of various types of graphs.
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3
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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Scenes We'd Like To See: The Monster And The Villagers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
E. Nelson Bridwell
Joe Orlando (signed)
Joe Orlando (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
Hollywood Dept.
Frankenstein's monster
When the villagers finally corner the monster he responds by signing autographs.
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Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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The Search For Sleep

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
George Woodbridge (signed)
George Woodbridge (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Mind Over Mattress Dept.
Various methods of inducing sleep.
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Next Year's Extra-Long Book Titles

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
C. Memling
Bob Clarke (signed)
Bob Clarke (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Gone To Great Lengths Dept.
Possible long book titles based on the recent success of book by Robert Paul Smith.
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Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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Electrical Report

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding
Mort Drucker (signed)
Mort Drucker (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Bob & Ray Dept.
Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding; Wally Ballew; Ludlow J. Poindexter
Showing how the electrical company supposedly controls refrigerator lights and other appliance lights from a central headquarters.
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Veeble People

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Tom Koch
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Working Press Dept.
Elihu J. Sternwallow; Pop Schlepp; Woodruff Durfendorfer
Fictitious company magazine for North American Veeblefetzer Co.
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Miscellaneous
4
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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A Very Merry Christmas...And A Happy New Year!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin (signed)
Don Martin (signed)
Don Martin (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Season's Greetings Dept.
Two cartoons: a toddler unwraps his older brother instead of the present, and a woman's hair turns into a New Year's noisemaker.
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You'll Be "Chairman of The Board" In Your MAD T-Shirt

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Larry Maleman (photo)
Larry Maleman (photo)
typeset
Subject Matter
MAD T-Shirts
House ad for t-shirts with Alfred E. Neuman on front.
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On inside back cover.
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Some Items "For Sale - Cheap"

Filler  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Marginal Thinking Dept.
Items once associated with a celebrity, but no longer needed.
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Appear in the margins of 20 pages of the issue.
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untitled

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Kelly Freas (painted, signed)
Subject Matter
Alfred E. Neuman
Moxie Cowznofsky
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Miscellaneous
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The front cover as seen from Alfred's viewpoint. Moxie Cowznofsky is named in letters column of issue #48.

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