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Series: Mad
Public Domain
Years in Print: 1952 - 2018
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Publisher: FlagEC Country: Flag United States Language: English Issues: #1 - #550 (550 Issues, 622 Printings) Continued From Continued From: none Continued In Continued In: none Disclose Tracking Notes:   Disclose Notes: MAD became magazine size with issue #24 onward at editor Harvey Kurtzman's request (he had been offered a lucrative job at a magazine and was going to take it if the change was not made). According to Bill Gaines (the publisher), it was not changed to avoid Comics Code Authority oversight. The title was "rebooted" after #550 with a new #1 in 2018 after a change in the offices from New York to Los Angeles.

website: www.dccomics.com/mad/
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Publication Type: Comic Books
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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