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Issue: Mad #46
Publication Date: April 1959
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Issues: #46 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
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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
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 28 (19 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: April Fool's issue printed flipped; with the interior sequences inverted to be read from the back. Contents herein after the April Fool's cover are indexed beginning from the flipped 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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This Is the End of Mad

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Pages: 1
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See the Difference Color TV Makes...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): RGA Victim
Synopsis: Parody of ad for RCA Victor color televisions.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection. On back cover, or front cover once flipped.
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Wash and Wish... or... Wash and Bewitch?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Samforized Fabric
Synopsis: Parody of ad for Sanforized Fabric but trying to convince people not to buy the product.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover, or inside front cover once flipped.
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Departments

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Vital Features
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art is excerpts from this issue. Instead of usual Alfred E. Neuman quote, masthead quote is from The New Yorker, November 29, 1958.
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Mad Goes on Record

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Musically Mad
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: House ad for first Mad record album, from RCA Victor.
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Pages: 0.33
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If You Have the Feeling Mankind Is Doomed, Read

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Brothers Mad
Synopsis: House ad for a Mad paperback book.
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Pages: 0.17
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Random Samplings of Reader Mail

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Scribbly Jibbet; Moxie Cowznofsky
Synopsis: Letters of comment, mostly about issue #44.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letter from Sheldon Mayer recognizes Scribbly Jibbet. Moxie Cowznofsky is named in letters column of issue #48. Letter writers: Irene LaCapria; William Wheaton; Dennis Hotaling; Ronald Keeperman; Bob Quick; Roger Goldman; Tom Sabo; Lila Vail; Larry Swanbom; Bob Vogel; Peter Olin; George Willick; Sally Hartley; K. H. Richter; Ronald Soldberg; Esther O'Mara
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They're Sweeping the Country!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: House ad for pinups suitable for framing.
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Pages: 0.17
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Don't Look Like an April Fool

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mad Magazine
Synopsis: House ad for MAD subscriptions.
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Pages: 0.33
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Sunday Evening Television Roulette

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Change for the Better Dept.
Character(s): Gene Rayburn; Steve Allen; Ed Sullivan; Eydie Gorme; Jane Mansfield; Brett Maverick; Henny Youngman; Senior Wences; Mickey Mantle; The Four Aces; Ben Hogan; The Belgian Congo Ballet Company
Synopsis: The interesting TV viewing you could have by constantly switching channels between ABC, NBC, and CBS.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection.
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The Suicide

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man fails to stop a suicide.
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Authentic Sounds in Stereo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Middle of the Roar Dept.
Synopsis: Ridiculous extremes to the trend for "real sounds" on stereo records.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection.
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Modern Auto Accidents

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): There's a Ford in Your Suture Dept.
Synopsis: Injuries caused by modern car features such as automatic windows and tailfins.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection.
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How High-Class Magazines Can Use Low-Class Pictures

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Increase the Circulation Dept.
Character(s): Irving Finster; Zelda Zitzlaff
Synopsis: Shows how the same photo can be used by many different publications, through cropping.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection.
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Western Weapons of the Future

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Have Spittoon - Will Travel Dept.
Synopsis: Various things TV western heroes might use as weapons, if the trend away from guns continues.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection.
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The Hidden Persuaders Become the Hip Persuaders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Grey Flannel Goatee Dept.
Character(s): Miles Davis; Dizzy Gillespie
Synopsis: Parodies of ads, using hip language and celebrities.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection.
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How to Choose and Train Your Master

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): A Doghouse Is Not a Home Dept.
Synopsis: Excerpts from a book written by a dog on what to look for and how to train a master.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection.
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Mad's Modern Handy Phrase Book for the American Tourist

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Nuts to Vous Dept.
Synopsis: Foolish phrases you may need in various foreign countries.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection.
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Modern Architecture

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Frank Lloyd Wrighteous; Mies Van Der Roebuck; Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Showing how the beauty of modern architecture is lost when the buildings are jammed in with all the other existing buildings.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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On Choosing a Book

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man exhibits a disgusting way to choose a book in a bookstore.
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If Famous Authors Wrote the Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): William Shakespeare; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Pauline Poodle; Dick Tracy; Flattop; Pruneface; Charlie Brown; Lucy Van Pelt; Linus Van Pelt; Schroeder; Snoopy; Pigpen; Hans; Fritz; The Captain; Rex Morgan; Little Orphan Annie; Sandy; Big Daddy Warbucks; Cousin Asp; Dennis the Menace; Nancy; Sluggo; Fritzi Ritz
Synopsis: Various comic strips written in the styles of: Paddy Chayefsky; Gilbert & Sullivan; Rudyard Kipling; Walt Whitman; Rogers & Hammerstein; Tennessee Williams; Edgar Allan Poe; Mickey Spillane.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #36 [$1.75 Cover Price] published January 1981
as If Famous Authors Wrote the Comics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Mad's Cut-Rate Success Symbols

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Get Rich Cheap Dept.
Synopsis: Fake cheap alternatives to common expensive status symbols.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection.
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Movies Are Emptier Than Ever

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): There's No Business in Show Business Dept.
Synopsis: Showing how theaters can attract more patrons by remodeling to be more like watching TV at home.
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Pages: 3
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TV Ads We'd Like to See

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Phone ad for Vicejoy Cigarettes.
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Disclose Notes: Parody of ad for Viceroy Cigarettes.
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The Happy Endings Weren't So Happy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Grimm Facts Dept.
Character(s): Hansel; Gretel; Derrence Clarow; Beauty; Irving Prince [The Beast]; Jack; Sleeping Beauty; Prince Charming; Little Red Riding Hood
Synopsis: Thoughts on what happened after the end of several fairy tales.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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On Picking Flowers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man is surprised at the law enforcement tactics when he violates a "Do Not Pick Flowers" sign.
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For the First Time in Your Life... Feel Really Mad!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mad Straight Jacket
Character(s): Leonard Brenner
Synopsis: House ad for fake straitjacket.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Leonard is the model with back turned to the reader; named in letters column of Mad #49. Inside front cover, or inside back cover once flipped.
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Mad Daffynitions

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Goofy fake word definitions.
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Disclose Notes: Appear in the margins of 24 pages of the issue.

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