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Issue: Mad #11
Publication Date: May 1954
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Issues: #11 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Educational Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/01/1954
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Disclose Reprinted From2
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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
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Beautiful Girl of the Month Reads MAD

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of LIFE cover.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAn Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories #2 published October 2008
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. 11] [Life Magazine Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad #494 published October 2008
as What the Heck Is the Difference? [Activity on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cityscape background is a photograph.
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Beware of Imitations!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad Magazine
Synopsis: Inside front cover. House ad for MAD, comparing it to Life Magazine.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Mad Reader #93 [1] published November 1954
as Beware of Imitations! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Beware of Imitations [Advertisement on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Flesh Garden!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Flesh; Dale; an alien; Dr. Noah Zark; a Zork; a Zorchton; a Zilchtron; Owlmen; Rockmen; Treemen; Grassmen; Airmen; King Mong
Synopsis: Flesh defeats aliens and the champion of King Mong but refuses to return to Earth.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Mad Reader #93 [1] published November 1954
as Flesh Garden! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Flesh Garden! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #4 published January 1998
as Flesh Garden! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Parody of Flash Gordon.

Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002) #2.
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MAD Reader!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Portraits of MAD readers.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #12 published January 1973
as Mad Reader (Part 1 of 6) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #12 published January 1973
as Mad Reader (Part 2 of 6) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #12 published January 1973
as Mad Reader (Part 3 of 6) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #12 published January 1973
as Mad Reader (Part 4 of 6) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #12 published January 1973
as Mad Reader (Part 5 of 6) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #12 published January 1973
as Mad Reader (Part 6 of 6) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #4 published January 1998
as Mad Reader! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002) #2.
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I Dreamed I Went to a Fraternity Smoker in My Panic Magazine!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Panic
Synopsis: House ad for subscriptions for Panic (EC, 1954 series)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002) #2.
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Operation Under-the-Ground Chapter 87 [Chapter 5]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Five Fingers Jones; Lavrenti Buried; Floppova Movova
Synopsis: Five Fingers is tortured.
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In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #4 published January 1998
as Operation Under-the-Ground (Chapter 87) [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Listed as Chapter 87.

Script: Sources vary. De Fuccio credit is from The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2; previous indexer had Harvey Kurtzman. 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.
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Murder the Husband!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Walter Graham; Kenneth Martin
Synopsis: A man murders his lover's husband but also manages to sink the rowboat he and the husband are in.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCrime SuspenStories #12 published August 1952
was Murder the Husband! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002) #2.
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Murder the Story!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cracker Graham; Melvin Martin
Synopsis: Humorous rescripting of a crime story.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #4 published January 1998
as Murder the Story! [Story on Interior Page(s)]in this form
From Content Item: FlagCrime SuspenStories #12 published August 1952
was Murder the Husband! [Story on Interior Page(s)]art only
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002) #2.
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Beware of Imitations!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mad Magazine
Synopsis: House ad for MAD.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002) #2.
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MAD Mumblings

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Ted K. Wagner, Madison WI; Franz Liszt Fan Club; Shirley D. Blieden; Fred Weld, Santa Barbara, CA; Mrs. R. A. Griggs; Leon Grube, Louisville, KY; Don MacDougall, Tuscon, AZ; Charles Harless; Eddie Kamien, Lancaster, NY; Bernard Bonario, Houston, TX; Mrs. John L. Kramer, Pittsburgh, PA; Zogg; E.C. Fan-Addict #141.
Script and colors credits from The Mad Archives (DC, 2002) #2.
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Dragged Net!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Joe Friday; Ed Saturday; Chief Mike Sunday; Shermlock Shomes (cameo); Dr. Whatsit (cameo); murderer; bank robber; Willie Elder
Synopsis: Parody of the crime television series, Dragnet.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Mad Reader #93 [1] published November 1954
as Dragged Net! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #4 published January 1998
as Dragged Net! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002) #2.
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Extra Money

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Stuart Greetings, Inc.
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I Will Train You at Home for Good Pay Jobs in Radio-Television

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): J. E. Smith
Synopsis: Ad for National Radio Institute.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Let Me Give You a New He-Man Body!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An ad for the Charles Atlas booklet, "Everlasting Health and Strength." On back cover.

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