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Issue: Mad #1
Publication Date: October 1952
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Indicia Publisher: Educational Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/10/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date in U. S. Copyright Office filings.

Had a print run of 400,000 copies per Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files on William Gaines and EC Comics, as reported by a confidential informant to the Bureau. From Muckrock.com Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of 27 January 2012 (https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/comic-book-publishers-donenfeld-liebowitz-goodman-gaines-gleason-1054/#file-4246), page 27, retrieved 26 February 2017.
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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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Cover, Front
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Cover, Front
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Adult Image
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Title Genre Feature(s) Character(s)
[untitled]
Illustration on Cover, Front
humorous    
MAD Mumblings
Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)
humorous, opinion MAD Mumblings  
Hoohah!
Story on Interior Page(s)
horror, humorous   Galusha; Daphne; Melvin The Caretaker; two unnamed Silver Avengers kids
Blobs!
Story on Interior Page(s)
humorous, science fiction   Melvin; Alfred
E.C. Fans!
Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)
  E.C. comics  
Enter Cosmo McMoon!
Text Story on Interior Page(s)
humorous   Captain O'Malley; Omar Kayak; Mrs. Kayak; Cosmo McMoon
Crow Vadis?
Text Story on Interior Page(s)
humorous   Tiberius O'Leary
Ganefs!
Story on Interior Page(s)
crime, humorous   Bumble; Bumble's boss
Varmint!
Story on Interior Page(s)
humorous, western   Textron Quickdraw; Saddlesore; Kickiminabelly Kelly; Slippery Sam; The Pig-Faced Kid
Super Powerful!
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
  Consumers Mart  
I Gained 53 lbs. of Shapley Power-Packed Muscles!
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
  Jowett Institute of Physical Training Roger Hirsch; George F. Jowett
How To Fix Any Part of Any Car
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
  Motor's Auto Repair Manuals  

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