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Issue: Mad #16
Publication Date: October 1954
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Issues: #16 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 (4 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
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Humor In A Jugular Vein

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: "Stories" on comic book artists being arrested and comics being sold on black market.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Mad #6 [Newsstand] published January 1999
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover mimics a newspaper page.
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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): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Panic; Mad
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Panic and MAD subscriptions. On inside front cover.
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Shermlock Shomes in the Hound of The Basketballs!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shermlock Shomes; Dr. Whatsit; Arty Morty (cameo); Pru Basketball; Coolidge Basketball (corpse); the devil
Synopsis: Shermlock captures the hound that has cursed the Basketball family.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Brothers Mad #5 [unnamed variant] published October 1958
as The Hound of the Basketballs! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Brothers Mad #267K published May 1960
as The Hound of the Basketballs! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Brothers Mad #5 (U2105) published December 1963
as The Hound of the Basketballs! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Brothers Mad #5 (24331) published January 1975
as The Hound of the Basketballs! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #28 published January 1979
as The Hound of the Basketballs! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Parody of Sherlock Holmes mystery.
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
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Newspapers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Various fake newspaper stories and ads.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Mad Reader #93 [1] published November 1954
as Newspapers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Only the first page is colored.
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: An analysis of the Egyptian political situation -- in hieroglyphics.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Bedside Mad #6 (88-893) published April 1979
as in hieroglyphics [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Script and art credits identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.
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E. C. Went To Sea In Search Of Another New Trend...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Piracy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Piracy comic subscriptions. Drawing includes caricatures of E. C. staffers, including Bill Gaines and Al Williamson.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Hal Higdon, Paul Anderson, Paul Cummino, Richard Bassford, Dawn McAllister, Personnel of the 8th R.S.M., Frank Quinn, LeRoy Furguson, Marvin Galper, Edwin L. Magee, Scooter, Eddie Essen, N.S., Hopee Saunders.
Script, art and colors credits identified in The Mad Archives (DC, 2002 series) #3.
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Restaurant!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mr. Sturdley; Mrs. Sturdley; Smurdley Sturdley; junior Sturdley; baby Sturdley
Synopsis: The deprivations the Sturdleys suffer at a "typical" Sunday restaurant outing.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Bedside Mad #S1647 published April 1959
as Restaurant! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Bedside Mad #D2316 published February 1964
as Restaurant! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Bedside Mad #P3520 published January 1969
as Restaurant! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #28 published January 1979
as Restaurant! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Bedside Mad #6 (88-893) published April 1979
as Restaurant! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
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Wreck of The Hesperus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Skipper; Skipper's daughter; Popeye (cameo)
Synopsis: Relates the wreck of the ship Hesperus on the reef at Norman's Woe.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSon of Mad #S1701 published October 1959
as Wreck of the Hesperus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: 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).
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Yours Free!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): B. J. Stuart
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Stuart Greetings card sales outfits.
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Send for My Free Outfit and Start a Quick-Cash Spare Time Shoe Business!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for sales kits for Mason Shoes. On inside back cover.
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The Book Club of Tomorrow Is Here Today!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Science-Fiction Book Club. On back cover.

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