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Issue: Mad #47
Publication Date: June 1959
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Issues: #47 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
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: 25 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Pages: 1
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They Said It Shouldn't Be Done!

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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): The Bedside Mad
Synopsis: House ad for 6th Mad paperback from Signet.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Departments

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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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. There is a writer credit for Vic Cowan, but uncertain what article(s) it is for.
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Dress Right

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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: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Leonard is the model with back turned to the reader; named in letters column of Mad #49.
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Here's a Clever Mother's Day Gift

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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mad for Keeps
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: House ad for hardcover book from Crown Publishers.
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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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Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman; Moxie Cowznofsky; Popeye; Pam Blandin
Synopsis: Letters of comment, mostly about issue #45.
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Pages: 1.25
Disclose Notes: Includes a reworking of the cover gag from MAD #45. Moxie Cowznofsky is named in letters column of issue #48. Letter Writers: Nancy Rice; Peggy O'Neill; Edward Lacombe; Pam Blandin; John Seeliger; Selma Mia; Mrs. Hanson; George Walters; Pat Leveille; Theta Upsilon (Tau Chapter); Knucklehead; Monty Levenson; Len Marino; Jan Leestma; Martin Friedman
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Start Off Each Day with a Smile!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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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: 0.08
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Here's a Chance to Save Money!

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mad Magazine
Synopsis: House ad for Mad subscriptions.
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Pages: 0.17
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Combined Television Shows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Joe Friday; Seymour Glad; Katherine Murray; Eleanor Roosevelt; Joe Rosner; Clarence Blechh; Melvin Cowznofski; Michael Anthony; Shorty The Slob; Matt Grappse; Gary Moore (not named); Dave Brinkle; Chet Hunter
Synopsis: Explores combinations of 2 tv shows into one, with disastrous results.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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Mother's Day Cards from Special People

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mom's the Word Dept.
Synopsis: Some foolish Mother's Day cards.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection.
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It Happened on the Crosstown Bus

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man is attacked in an unusual way.
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How to Be a Mad Non-Conformist

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Showing the differences between ordinary folks, non-conformists, and Mad non-conformists.
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In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as How To Be a Mad Non-Conformist [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection.
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Little League

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The future of kids' baseball as Little League becomes ever more organized.
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Pages: 4
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The Battle of the Credit Cards

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): All Charged Up Dept.
Synopsis: Unlikely businesses that you can charge and a journal of how credit cards work for business expenses.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection.
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The Professor Lectures on Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sid Caesar; Professor Ludwig Von Orbitmacher
Synopsis: The professor gives an incoherent lecture, concerned more about situations on Earth than in space.
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In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
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Pages: 4
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Jack and Jill as Retold by Various Magazines

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jack Smith; Jill Jones; Freddy Furd
Synopsis: The nursery rhyme retold as tales of romance, adventure and crime.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection. Magazines parodied are: Seventeen; Official Detective Stories; True; Confidential; Screen Stories; Modern Romances.
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Future Halls of Fame

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow Dept.
Character(s): Nifty Shlopp; Lester Rancid; Claudia Culvert; Abigail Sternwallow; Marvin Mung; Lethargy Mung; Bessie Clutz; Godfrey Lipton; Casey Larouche; Otis Ott; Felix Hither; Styles Fernleaf; Melvin Cowznofski; Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Inductees into various Halls of Fame we might see, if the trend of establishing these for just about any occupation or hobby in sight continues.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection.
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The Greatest Missile Ever Built

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Detailing the need for and design of an undetectable missile weapon.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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Movie Posters for Packing in Every Type of Audience

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): John Wayne; Jayne Mansfield; Ricky Nelson
Synopsis: Different posters for a movie, targeted at different audiences.
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Pages: 3
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Pressure Can Report

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding; Wally Ballew; Fenwick J. Finster
Synopsis: Fenwick shows us how stuff and air are put into aerosol spray cans and previews some new spray products.
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In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
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Pages: 3
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First Aid Handbook

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): One Good Tourniquet Deserves Another Dept.
Synopsis: Bad advice on how to treat common injuries, including how to cause them.
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In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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The Fishermen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A fisherman drags a boy out of the water, but he is below the size limit so his buddy throws the boy back.
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They'll Laugh When You Sit Down to Play Musically Mad

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Musically Mad
Synopsis: House ad for first Mad record album, from RCA Victor.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Mad Double Features

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Strange pairings of movies.
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Disclose Notes: Appear in the margins of 29 pages of the issue.
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The Most Inexpensive Way to Make Smart Clothes...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Scotch Soft-Weave
Synopsis: Phony ad for dressmakers' colored tissue paper; parody of Scott Tissue ad.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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