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Issue: Mad #57
Publication Date: September 1960
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Issues: #57 of 550 Issues (594 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
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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Fly Swatter 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
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Useful suggestion for your copy of Mad Magazine.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Paid Testimonial

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kelly Freas (signed)
Inker(s): Kelly Freas (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fidel Castro
Synopsis: Cuban revolution leader Fidel Castro endorses Stikky brand peanut butter.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Skippy peanut butter.

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Madison Ave. Surplus Sale

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): Hard Sell-Out Dept.
Synopsis: 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
Pages: 4
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The Good Humor Ice Cream Truck

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: Cynical look at the negative effect of ice cream trucks on society.
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Pages: 3
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The Fortune Teller

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin
Inker(s): Don Martin
Letterer(s): Don Martin
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Martin Dept.
Synopsis: A fortune teller makes a horrific discovery about her client.
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Pages: 1
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Documentary Records

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando
Inker(s): Joe Orlando
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sounds of our Crimes Dept.
Synopsis: Satirical look at documentary-style LP records.
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Pages: 2
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If Magazines Carried Comic Strips

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): Comic Relief Dept.
Character(s): 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
Synopsis: Tailoring comic strips to the magazines they appear in.
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Pages: 4
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Scenes We'd Like to See

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gary Belkin
Penciller(s): George Woodbridge
Inker(s): George Woodbridge
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hollywood Dept.
Synopsis: Parody of the cliche "car racing the train to the railroad crossing" scene.
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Pages: 1
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Fishing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Jaffee
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker
Inker(s): Mort Drucker
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fin And Had-it Dept.
Synopsis: Satire of fishing.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Self-Made Mad #Y6981 published January 1971
as Fishing [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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At the Clothiers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin
Inker(s): Don Martin
Letterer(s): Don Martin
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Martin Dept.
Synopsis: A man gets fitted for a tailored suit.
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Pages: 1
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Mad Goes to a Gangster Movie Preview

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel
Penciller(s): Wally Wood
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gang-Green Dept.
Character(s): Ira Schlock
Synopsis: Parody of gangster films.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Self-Made Mad #Y6981 published January 1971
as MAD Goes to a Gangster Movie Preview [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Mad's "Pure Products" Law

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sy Reit
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando
Inker(s): Joe Orlando
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): What's in it for Me Dept.
Synopsis: Product ingredient labels the Mad Magazine way.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Self-Made Mad #Y6981 published January 1971
as MAD's "Pure Products" Law [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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Reproportioning Photographs for Fun and Mainly Profit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke
Inker(s): Bob Clarke
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Stretching the Truth Dept.
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Stretching or squashing photos to make the products seem more impressive.
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Pages: 4
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Tall Tales

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Jaffee
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee
Inker(s): Al Jaffee
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lanky-Panky Dept.
Synopsis: Series of single panel cartoons with the panel being twice the normal height of standard newspaper panel cartoons.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: These are reprints of a syndicated newspaper cartoon panel produced by Al Jaffee.
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At the Masquerade

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 man at the buffet gets a surprise.
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Pages: 1
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Beatnik: The Magazine for Hipsters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Woodbridge
Inker(s): George Woodbridge
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sick, Sick Slick Dept.
Synopsis: Parody magazine for the beat generation.
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Pages: 6
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TV Ads We'd Like to See

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke
Inker(s): Bob Clarke
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Television Dept.
Synopsis: Parody of a Ban Roll-on deodorant commercial.
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Pages: 1
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The Moving Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin
Inker(s): Don Martin
Letterer(s): Don Martin
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Martin Dept.
Synopsis: Two moving men try to catch a woman falling from an upper floor window.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Self-Made Mad #Y6981 published January 1971
as The Moving Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Good Things Begin to Happen

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kelly Freas (signed)
Inker(s): Kelly Freas (signed)
Colorist(s): Kelly Freas (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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