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Issue: Mad #15
Publication Date: September 1954
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Issues: #15 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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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):  
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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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...a MAD tea party.

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alice; Mad Hatter; March Hare; Doormouse
Synopsis: An illustration from Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" with MAD comics added in the characters' hands.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #5 published January 1998
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)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Proof...Of 8 Brands Tested, Panic is best imitation of MAD

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Inside front cover. House ad for Panic and MAD subscriptions.
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In Content Item: FlagComix: A History of Comic Books in America #[nn] published January 1971
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Gasoline Valley!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Wilt Willit; Skizziks Willit; Phyllus Willit; bully; Alexander Bumpstead; Juddy Willit; Caulky Willit; Nin O'Clock; Smilin' Jack (cameo); Wilber Booble; Cleavia Willit
Synopsis: Where the question of "will Caulky ever grow" is answered.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #5 published January 1998
In Content Item: FlagThe Mad Reader #93 [1] published November 1954
as Gasoline Valley! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: A parody of the Gasoline Alley comic strip. Will Elder's signature grows larger with each page.
Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.
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Pot-Shot Pete Sheriff of Yucca-pucca Gulch!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Character(s): Pot-Shot Pete; Pot-Shot's girl; Poopy; Apaches; Muzzle; arms dealer; the U.S. Calvary
Synopsis: Pot-Shot tries to halt arms sales to the Apaches.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDe avonturen van Urbanus - Wintertenenboek #[1] published January 1992
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagJohn Wayne Adventure Comics #6 published November 1950
was Pot-Shot Pete vs. The Apache Indians [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: A western parody. Confirmed to be a reprint from John Wayne #6.

Colors: Sources vary. Marie Severin colors credit appeared in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3 (but DC may have relied on GCD’s colors credit, which at that time named only Marie Severin). Marie Severin’s statement that “[Harvey] Kurtzman colored his own art, especially on covers...” (1995) suggests that Kurtzman colored stories that he drew, albeit perhaps less consistently than he colored his cover art.
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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.

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

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Continuing along the same sober lines that we did in our last issue...
Synopsis: An analysis of the Chinese political situation -- in Chinese.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Bedside Mad #6 (88-893) published April 1979
as in Chinese [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "Potrzebie" appears several times in the text.

Script credit identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.
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Now...If You Join...You Get the Bulletin...Free!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): E. C. Fan-Addict Club!
Synopsis: House ad for the E.C. Fan-Addict fan Club.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Letters of comment from John Davidson, Sparks NV; Charles Chapocon, Aiken SC; Bob Henning, Brooklyn NY; David Anderson, Washington DC; Daniel Markewich, New York NY; I. Carnel, Bay Saint Louis MS; Victor Goff, Ft. Bragg NC; Walt Place, Detroit MI.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Script and colors credits confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.
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Wild 1/2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Johnny [played by Marlon Branflakes]; Johnny's gang; a girl; the girl's father
Synopsis: Johnny and his gang give up motorcycles.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #5 published January 1998
In Content Item: FlagSon of Mad #S1701 published October 1959
as Wild 1/2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as Wild 1/2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]Confirm: direction of reprint
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Parody of the movie "The Wild One."
Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.
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Captain Tvideo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Captain Tvideo; Venusian; Commissioner; Lone Ranger (cameo); assistant Ranger; commercial announcer
Synopsis: A parody of the Captain Video television program.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #5 published January 1998
In Content Item: FlagMad Strikes Back #[nn] published May 1955
as Captain TVideo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad Strikes Back #491K published February 1961
as Captain TVideo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad Strikes Back #01564 published March 1969
as Captain TVideo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.
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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
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Ad for National Schools training courses.
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Pages: 1
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Do You Need Money?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Ad for Cheerful Card Company.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Hey Skinny!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Ad for Charles Atlas body building booklet.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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