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Issue: Mad #57
Publication Date: September 1960
 
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: none
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: 19 (17 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al 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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Original Artwork
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Fly Swatter Issue

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Kelly Freas (signed)
Kelly Freas (signed)
Kelly Freas (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
Alfred E. Neuman
Useful suggestion for your copy of Mad Magazine.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
A Paid Testimonial

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Kelly Freas (signed)
Kelly Freas (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Fidel Castro
Cuban revolution leader Fidel Castro endorses Stikky brand peanut butter.
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Miscellaneous
1
Parody of Skippy peanut butter.

Inside front cover.
Madison Ave. Surplus Sale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Jaffee
Bob Clarke
Bob Clarke
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Hard Sell-Out Dept.
In the wake of investigations of deceptive practices by television networks and their ad agencies, said agencies are divesting themselves of their deceptive props at close-out prices.
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Miscellaneous
4
The Good Humor Ice Cream Truck

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Berg's Eye View Dept.
Cynical look at the negative effect of ice cream trucks on society.
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Miscellaneous
3
The Fortune Teller

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin
Don Martin
Don Martin
Don Martin
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
A fortune teller makes a horrific discovery about her client.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Documentary Records

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Sounds of our Crimes Dept.
Satirical look at documentary-style LP records.
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Miscellaneous
2
If Magazines Carried Comic Strips

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Comic Relief Dept.
Rex Morgan; Superman; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Charlie Brown; Lucy Van Pelt; Flash Gordon; Dr. Zarkov; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; Mama Katzenjammer; Prince Valiant; Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator
Tailoring comic strips to the magazines they appear in.
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Miscellaneous
4
Scenes We'd Like to See

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gary Belkin
George Woodbridge
George Woodbridge
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Hollywood Dept.
Parody of the cliche "car racing the train to the railroad crossing" scene.
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Miscellaneous
1
Fishing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Jaffee
Mort Drucker
Mort Drucker
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Fin And Had-it Dept.
Satire of fishing.
Reprinting
FlagThe Self-Made Mad #Y6981 published January 1971
as Fishing [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
At the Clothiers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin
Don Martin
Don Martin
Don Martin
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
A man gets fitted for a tailored suit.
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Miscellaneous
1
Mad Goes to a Gangster Movie Preview

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Larry Siegel
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Gang-Green Dept.
Ira Schlock
Parody of gangster films.
Reprinting
FlagThe Self-Made Mad #Y6981 published January 1971
as MAD Goes to a Gangster Movie Preview [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
Mad's "Pure Products" Law

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sy Reit
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
What's in it for Me Dept.
Product ingredient labels the Mad Magazine way.
Reprinting
FlagThe Self-Made Mad #Y6981 published January 1971
as MAD's "Pure Products" Law [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
Reproportioning Photographs for Fun and Mainly Profit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Bob Clarke
Bob Clarke
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Stretching the Truth Dept.
Alfred E. Neuman
Stretching or squashing photos to make the products seem more impressive.
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Miscellaneous
4
Tall Tales

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Lanky-Panky Dept.
Series of single panel cartoons with the panel being twice the normal height of standard newspaper panel cartoons.
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Miscellaneous
2
These are reprints of a syndicated newspaper cartoon panel produced by Al Jaffee.
At the Masquerade

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin
Don Martin
Don Martin
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
A man at the buffet gets a surprise.
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Miscellaneous
1
Beatnik: The Magazine for Hipsters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
George Woodbridge
George Woodbridge
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Sick, Sick Slick Dept.
Parody magazine for the beat generation.
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Miscellaneous
6
TV Ads We'd Like to See

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Larry Siegel
Bob Clarke
Bob Clarke
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Television Dept.
Parody of a Ban Roll-on deodorant commercial.
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Miscellaneous
1
The Moving Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin
Don Martin
Don Martin
Don Martin
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
Two moving men try to catch a woman falling from an upper floor window.
Reprinting
FlagThe Self-Made Mad #Y6981 published January 1971
as The Moving Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Good Things Begin to Happen

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Kelly Freas (signed)
Kelly Freas (signed)
Kelly Freas (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Parody of Campbell Soup print ads; a man tries to get out of paying his check by putting a bug in his Campbell's soup.
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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