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Issue: Mad #62
Publication Date: April 1961
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Issues: #62 of 550 Issues (594 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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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
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Content Items: 20 (16 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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Special March Winds Issue

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Kelly Freas (signed)
Inker(s): Kelly Freas (signed)
Colorist(s): Kelly Freas (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Samples of decorative weather vanes, including one shaped like Alfred E. Neuman.
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Enjoy-the-View Television

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kelly Freas (signed)
Inker(s): Kelly Freas (signed)
Colorist(s): Kelly Freas
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of General Electric television print ads.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Total Sell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sy Reit
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Clarke (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Stretching the Selling-Point Dept.
Synopsis: Cynical look at advertising and marketing schemes.
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Pages: 4
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The Population Explosion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel
Penciller(s): George Woodbridge
Inker(s): George Woodbridge
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): No Room at the Top Dept.
Synopsis: A look at how over-population in the future will complicate every day activities.
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Pages: 3
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A Guided Tour Through a Steel Foundry

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin
Inker(s): Don Martin
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Martin Dept.
Synopsis: A tour through a foundry goes horribly wrong.
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Pages: 1
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How to Make Dull Reading Matter Interesting

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): Wally Wood
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): No-Humdrum Dept.
Synopsis: Improving text presentations through exciting graphics.
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Pages: 4
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Greeting Cards with Enclosures

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Hahn
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke
Inker(s): Bob Clarke
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Battle of the Bulge Dept.
Synopsis: Greeting cards with appropriate objects enclosed.
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Pages: 3
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Mad Visits the World's Greatest TV Panelist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker
Inker(s): Mort Drucker
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): No-Talent Associates Dept.
Character(s): Edward R. Murrow [as Ed Morrow]; Johnny Sincere; Bennett Cerf [as Bennett Smirk]; Dorothy Kilgallen [as Dorothy Killbottle]; John Daly [as Don Coyly]
Synopsis: Biography of a professional game show panelist.
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Antonio Prohias
Penciller(s): Antonio Prohias
Inker(s): Antonio Prohias
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joke & Dagger Dept.
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The spies try to seduce each other.
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Up to Date Names for Rockets and Missiles

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): George Woodbridge (signed)
Inker(s): George Woodbridge (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Out to Launch Dept.
Character(s): Jack Paar; Charles Van Doren; Jimmy Hoffa; Louella Parsons; Dean Martin; Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Naming missiles after celebrities to highlight their specific capabilities.
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Togetherness Through Music

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin
Inker(s): Don Martin
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Martin Dept.
Synopsis: A music teacher plays the heads of his students like a xylophone.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This gag bears a passing resemblance to the famous "Nairobi Trio" skit performed on the Ernie Kovacs Show.
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Ladies Home Journey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Koch
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando
Inker(s): Joe Orlando
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bringing Down Father Dept.
Synopsis: Parody of the magazine The Ladies Home Journal.
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Pages: 6
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Horseback Riding

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dave Berg
Penciller(s): Dave Berg
Inker(s): Dave Berg
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Berg's Eye View Dept.
Synopsis: Satirical look at horseback riding.
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Pages: 3
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Spy Vs. Spy, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Antonio Prohias
Penciller(s): Antonio Prohias
Inker(s): Antonio Prohias
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joke & Dagger Dept.
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The spies insult two strangers, thinking each is the other spy in disguise.
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Mail Order Gift Catalogues

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Jaffee
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke
Inker(s): Bob Clarke
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Parcel Pest Dept.
Synopsis: Parody of mail order gift catalogs.
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Pages: 4
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Tomorrow's Parents

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gary Belkin
Penciller(s): Wally Wood
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Daddy-O Knows Best Dept.
Synopsis: Satirical look at how 1960 era teenagers will be in the future when they have kids.
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Pages: 3
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In a French Restaurant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin
Inker(s): Don Martin
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Martin Dept.
Synopsis: A fussy customer demands to see the head chef of a restaurant.
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The United Nations Awards Show

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker
Inker(s): Mort Drucker
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Every Dag Must Have His Day Dept.
Character(s): Dag Hammerskjold; Andrei Gromyko; Mao-tse Tung; Marilyn Monroe; Jimmy Stewart; Elsa Maxwell; Gamel Abdul Nassar; Walter Winchell; Nikita Kruschev; Tab Hunter; Fidel Castro; Richard Nixon; Lawrence Welk; Andrei Porumbeanu
Synopsis: The United Nations holds an Oscar-like award show.
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What This Country Needs is a Good 25 Cent Humor Mag

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lester Krauss (photo)
Inker(s): Lester Krauss (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Carmine the Ward Heeler
Synopsis: A corrupt local politician gives a testimonial for Mad Magazine.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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He Bought the Brooklyn Bridge With His Sucker Pen

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of print ads for upscale fountain pens.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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