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Issue: Mad #3
Publication Date: January 1953
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Issues: #3 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: EC An Entertaining ComicView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Educational Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/14/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1952, page 145, registration number B387493.
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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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Cover, Front
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Vampire in the Cemetery

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): Marie Severin ? (coding for separations)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous
First Line: Th - They said there was a vampire in the cemetary...
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In Content Item: FlagMad #3 published February 1953
as Vampire In The Cemetery [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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 #1 published January 1997
as Mad No. 3] [Vampire Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Marie Severin addressed on at least two occasions the coloring of art created or edited by Harvey Kurtzman. In remarks published in 1995, she said “Kurtzman colored his own art, especially on covers​.” And in response to a 1986 question about Kurtzman and MAD covers, she said “Now I might have interpreted, but I don’t remember. I think he did every one of them. I might have helped out with some production or something, but it’s all Harvey” (Ringgenberg 2016, 88).
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References:

Cassell, Dewey, with Aaron Sultan. 2012. “The Artists of EC Comics” (reprinting Severin 1995). In Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics. 46–47. Raleigh: TwoMorrows Publishing.

Ringgenberg, Steven. 2016. “Marie Severin.” In The Comics Journal Library Vol. 10: The EC Artists Part 2, edited by Michael Dean, 84–95. Seattle: Fantagraphics Books.

Ringgenberg, Steven. [2016] 2018. “An Interview with Marie Severin.” The Comics Journal, September 5. Accessed June 18, 2023. https://www.tcj.com/an-interview-with-marie-severin.

Severin, Marie (John Province, transcriber [uncredited]). 1995. “Mostly about Color.” In CFA-APA 36, January.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Complimentary letters of review for Mad #1 from Eugene F. Shanlin, Corker Sapp, "Spider" Stannik, Mike Brennan, Melvin Harris, Bill Dennis, Nancy Cash, Jim Bruffey, Laurin Lewis, Richard Grant, Don Emkens, Larry Van Cleef, Jerry Widener, Jon Day, Aristo Lumbre, James L. Bartz, Ronnie Baumgardner, Ted Eggers, Mary Moseler, Melvin, Wamiel Dundle, Joe Anderson, Edward Saffin, Tommy Balacek, Joe Hahn, Fred Delse, Bob Galeria, Joan M. Robinson, M.C. Sinald, and less than complimentary letters from R. Schmitt, B.J.D., Joseph Raymond, Francis Minick, Joe White; with header illustration. On inside front cover.
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Dragged Net!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Character(s): Detective Sergeant Joe Friday; Ed Saturday; Mr. Glotz; The Chief
First Line: The story you are about to hear is false!
Synopsis: Joe and Ed travel around the world NOT solving a crime.
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In Content Item: FlagMad for Keeps #[nn] published July 1958
as Dragged Net! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #1 published January 1997
as Dragged Net! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: A parody of the Dragnet RADIO show. The parody of the Dragnet TV Show is in Issue #11 (and it has the same story title "Dragged Net").

Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
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Sheik of Araby!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Roquefort; Camembert; Chantilly; Sergeant Guillotine; Goscinny; Frothingbash; Pastafazoo; Hossenpfeffer; Rasputin; Melvin; Melvin's wife Rosie
First Line: Companeee, 'alt!
Synopsis: Melvin has joined the Foreign Legion to escape his wife and kids, but she decimates the entire regiment at Fort Wadi El Aycare.
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In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #1 published January 1997
as Sheik of Araby! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The first panel is an infinity picture.

Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
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E.C. Fans!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for E.C. comics featuring cover to Weird Science #17.
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Rookie Gladiator

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Gaius Decius
First Line: Friends, Romans, Countrymen!
Synopsis: Play-by-play announcing for a Roman gladiatorial double header, including a commercial.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text story with an illustration, the story spread across two pages, half on each.

Script credit from The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Picture Story comics.
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The Dandelion Caper

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, humorous
Character(s): Cosmo McMoon; Captain Malfeasance O'Malley; Morningside Mac Mixmaster; Truman Remote; Vino Muscatel; Marie Severin
First Line: Cosmo McMoon sauntered into Captain Malfeasance O'Malley's office...
Synopsis: Cosmo solves a kidnapping of Truman Remote for Remote's publisher, Random Shack.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Marie Severin runs a day nursery.
Script credit from The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #1.
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V-Vampires!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous
Character(s): Godiva; Godiva's kid brothers; Renfrew
First Line: A fog lies flat on London...
Synopsis: A vampire goes on a date with a werewolf.
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In Content Item: FlagThree Dimensional EC Classics #1 published January 1954
as V-Vampires! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #1 published January 1997
as V-Vampires! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: References "Vault of Horror" #9.

Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
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Lone Stranger!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Lone Stranger; Golden; Pronto
First Line: And now, let us tell a story of yesteryear...
Synopsis: The Lone Stranger bumbles his way through foiling a stagecoach robbery.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Mad Reader #93 [1] published November 1954
as Lone Stranger! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Lone Stranger! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #1 published January 1997
as Lone Stranger! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: A parody of the Lone Ranger.

Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
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Car Owners Shove $10 bills In Your Pocket

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Key Products Corp.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for auto seat covers.
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Scram! You Skinny Scarecrow!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Roger Hirsch; George Jowett
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for body-building method. On inside back cover.
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Get Prizes Make Money

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for seed sales opportunity. On back cover.

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