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Issue: Mad #12
Publication Date: June 1954
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Issues: #12 of 550 Issues (594 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Educational Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harvey Kurtzman
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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
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Special Issue

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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In Content Item: FlagMad About the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Mad comic book covers [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #4 published January 1998
as Mad No. 12] [High Style Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Stoppit!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Will Elder (signed)
Inker(s): Will Elder (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Panic
Synopsis: House ad for Panic subscriptions.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Starchie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Will Elder (signed)
Inker(s): Will Elder (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Teen-Age Comics Dept.
Character(s): Starchie Standrews; Bottleneck; Mr. Weathernot; Little Orphan Melvin (cameo); Cookie Bumstead (cameo); Salonica; Biddy; Wedgie Van Smelt; Mr. Standrews; Mrs. Standrews; Dick Tracy (cameo)
Synopsis: Bottleneck frames Starchie so that Starchie goes to prison and Bottleneck can take over the girls and rackets at the high school.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Mad Reader #93 [1] published November 1954
as Starchie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as Starchie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad About the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Starchie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #4 published January 1998
as Starchie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: A parody of Archie comic books.
Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2.
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From Eternity Back to Here!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Bernie Krigstein (signed)
Inker(s): Bernie Krigstein (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Moving Picture Dept.
Character(s): Sgt. Gaym Warden; Captain Sherlock Homes; Prew Prewitt; Mrs. Homes; Jodie Majjio; Fatso; Mrs. Kipper; Princess
Synopsis: Prewitt will not fight, no matter what, and Sgt. Warden and Mrs. Homes drown on the beach.
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In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #4 published January 1998
as From Eternity Back to Here! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Parody of the movie "From Here to Eternity."
Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2.
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Operation Under-the-Ground [Chapter 6]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry DeFuccio
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cloak-And-Dagger Dept.
Character(s): Five Fingers Jones; Floppovo Movova; Lavrenti Buried
Synopsis: Five Fingers is killed and the story is farshimmelt.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Almost half of the page is blank space.
Script credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2. Previous indexer had Harvey Kurtzman.
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Do People Laugh at You for Reading Comic Books?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mad Magazine
Synopsis: House ad for MAD subscriptions.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2.
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MAD Mumblings

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): MAD Mumblings
Synopsis: Letters of comment from Sandy Milne, National City, CA; John Savocks, Clifton, NJ; Collren Irwin, Azuza, CA; A. Katt; Jack the Maniac, Redwood City, CA; James Ellis Knoxville, TN; John Lanctot Burlington, VT; Jean LeMorpion, New York, NY; Hugh Redmon, Oklahoma City, OK; Eddie Schneider Miami Beach, FL; George Vampire, New York, NY
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Script credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2.
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3-Dimensions!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Wally Wood (signed)
Inker(s): Wally Wood (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Odd (3-D) Comics Dept.
Character(s): MAD writer; MAD artist
Synopsis: A phony description of how 3-D comics are made and a look at what can go wrong.
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In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #4 published January 1998
as 3-Dimensions! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The final page is completely blank.
Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2.
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Mark Trade!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Nature Lover's Dept.
Character(s): Mark Trade; Mr. Tamesplinter; Morsemere; Sandy; scouts
Synopsis: Parody of the comic strip Mark Trail, finding Mark sick and tired of nature.
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In Content Item: FlagInside Mad #124 published November 1955
as Mark Trade! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #4 published January 1998
as Mark Trade! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2.
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Get Shop-Method Home Training

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Schools
Synopsis: Ad for National Schools.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Send for My FREE Outfit and start a Quick-Cash Spare Time Shoe Business!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mason Shoes
Synopsis: Ad for Mason Shoe Manufacturing Company.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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The World Is On Fire

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The FUNMan
Synopsis: Ad for the FUNman religious motto sales.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On back cover.

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