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Issue: Mad #9
Publication Date: February 1954
 
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Publisher: FlagEC
Indicia Publisher: Educational Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/1953
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman (see notes); Marie Severin ? (coding for separations)
Subject Matter
humorous, western
The bad ones are coming, Marshall...
Reprinting
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #12 published January 1973
as The Nostalgic Mad No. 2 [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Mad comic book covers [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #3 published January 1998
as Mad No. 9] [Gunfight Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
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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.
So What? So You, Too, Can Join the E.C. Fan-Addict Club!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror
E.C. Fan-Addict Club
House ad for E.C. Fan-Addict Club membership.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
Little Orphan Melvin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Little Orphan Melvin; Daddy Peacebucks; Punjoke; Gravel; Ax L. Maxl; The Gasp!; Mommy Peacebucks
Daddy is continually too late to save Melvin from danger, and also cannot save himself from Mommy.
Reprinting
FlagUtterly Mad #4 published October 1956
as Little Orphan Melvin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagUtterly Mad #4 published December 1963
as Little Orphan Melvin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #3 published January 1998
as Little Orphan Melvin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
A parody of the comic strip Little Orphan Annie. Includes a stanza of a poem by Byron.
The Raven

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
a raven; the narrator; Lenore
An adaptation of Poe's poem "The Raven."
Reprinting
FlagUtterly Mad #4 published October 1956
as The Raven [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagUtterly Mad #4 published December 1963
as The Raven [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as The Raven [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #3 published January 1998
as The Raven [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
This is the text of the famous poem accompanied by humorous illustrations. Script credit from The Complete Color Mad (Russ Cochran, 1986 series) #2 (1986).
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Letters of comment from Henry Hartz in Utica, New York; Keith Nutt in Midland, Texas; Ann Slavin in West Haven, Connecticutt; Dick Clarkson in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Ben Jones in Quinwood, West Virginia; Jerry Schuler in Rochester, New York; Clyde Waddell in Alexandria, Louisiana; Ann Busch in Buffalo, New York; and Raoul D’Arcy.

Script and colors credits from The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2.
Yep Kiddies! E.C.'s New Humor Mag, Panic, Is On Sale

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Panic
Melvin; Irving
A subscription ad for Panic.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Subscription ad for Panic.
Bop Jokes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Five gags using Bop terms.
Reprinting
FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #3 published January 1998
as Bop Jokes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Includes a 1-page Bop Dictionary, so reader can understand the gags.
Operation Under the Ground [Chapter 3]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Five Fingers Jones; Floppova Movova
Five Fingers meets Floppova while searching Moscow for the artificial dirt factory.
Reprinting
FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #3 published January 1998
as Operation Under-the-Ground (Chapter 3) [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Script: Sources vary. De Fuccio credit is from The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2. Kitchen and Buhle assert that “Harvey Kurtzman wrote every word from front to back” of this issue (2009, 83).
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Reference:

Kitchen, Denis, and Paul Buhle. 2009. The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics. New York: Abrams ComicArts.
Hah! Noon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, western
Marshall Kane; Mrs. Kane; Marshall Floodnick; Killer Diller Miller; Ramona
Marshall Kane dithers about leaving town, beats up another marshall, and kills some accomplices of Miller before subduing Miller without violence.
Reprinting
FlagThe Bedside Mad #S1647 published April 1959
as Hah! Noon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Bedside Mad #D2316 published February 1964
as Hah! Noon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Bedside Mad #P3520 published January 1969
as Hah! Noon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #12 published January 1973
as Hah! Noon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Bedside Mad #6 (88-893) published April 1979
as Hah! Noon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #3 published January 1998
as Hah! Noon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
A parody of the Gary Cooper film "High Noon."
Get Shop-Method Home Training

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (photo)
? (photo)
typeset
?
Subject Matter
An ad for National Schools vocational training.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
It's Great Fun to Play a Guitar and So Easy Ttoo!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (photo)
? (photo)
typeset
?
Subject Matter
Lonnie Glosson; Wayne Raney
An ad for Lonnie and Wayne Studios guitar lessons.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
The New Way To Enjoy Sports, Movies, Plays, Television

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
?
Subject Matter
An ad for International Binocular Company Spektoscopes.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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