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Issue: Mad #29
Publication Date: September 1956
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Issues: #29 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 30 (17 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: First issue edited by Feldstein. First issue with text in margins.
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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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3-Ring Circus of Fun

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Worst from MAD #1 published January 1958
as A Collection of Humor And Satire From These Past Sickening Issues: [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Mad magazine covers [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Yard Birds

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ethel, Cooperate
Synopsis: Phony ad for Ethel, exhorting everyone to drive more.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Worst from MAD #1 published January 1958
as The Furious Falcon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Ethyl Corp. gasoline additive ads. Some characters based on Pogo comic strip. Possible Feldstein script per Feldstein: The Mad life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
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Departments; Vital Features

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art is excerpts from this issue. Quote under the masthead is from Swift (1667-1745).
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The New Expandable Severolet...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Severolet
Synopsis: Phony ad for Severolet, a car that comes in sections and can expand to any desired length.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Script credit confirmed by Feldstein in the book Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein. Parody of ad for Chevrolet station wagon; car drawing resembles one.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad Magazine
Character(s): Melvin
First Line: Melvin? You say you can't find Mad anywhere?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for MAD Magazine subscriptions. Kurtzman credit confirmed by Al Feldstein in the book Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Galahad
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
Disclose Notes: Includes correction to the Collegiate Whimsey article in issue #28. First issue to use title "Random Samplings of Reader Mail" but this is only used on the Table of Contents page (and the titles listed there deviate from nearly all of those found on the stories themselves - sometimes considerably). Letters, mostly commenting on issue #28 by Philip Charize; Nathan A, Shotbag; Bob Martinick; Harvey Simons; Bob Tucker; Bill Fried; Max Schneider; James Germain; John Murray Jr.; Alex Dunne; Stan Lamontovich; Tony Gristina; Paul Johnson; Murray Loew; Roger Johnson; Frank Veles; John Nellis; Jim McConnell; Ron Freund; Don Evans; Dianne Haber; Chester Swedge and James Layland.
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Free Fall Ferris

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Free Fall Ferris
Synopsis: Story about a mouse who becomes a U.S. astronaut.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMore Trash from Mad #1 published January 1958
as Free Fall Ferris [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Free Fall Ferris [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Writer/idea credit per info from Al Feldstein in the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein. "Totally MAD" CD collection credited DeFuccio with script.
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Scenes We'd Like To See: The Runaway Stagecoach

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Cowboy tries to save a woman in a runaway stage coach by jumping from his horse onto one of the runaway horses... but falls on the ground.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagUtterly Mad #4 published October 1956
as Scenes We'd Like To See... Stage Coach [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad for Keeps #[nn] published July 1958
as Scenes We'd Like to See: The Runaway Stagecoach [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUtterly Mad #4 published December 1963
as Scenes We'd Like To See: Stage Coach [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Interlandi script per info from Al Feldstein in the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
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Gringo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Games Dept.
Character(s): Ernie Kovacs
Synopsis: Rules for a fictitious board game.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMad for Keeps #[nn] published July 1958
as Gringo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Gringo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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New Designs In Television Sets

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Examples of types and uses of television remote controls.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMore Trash from Mad #1 published January 1958
as New Designs In Television Sets [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Feldstein was unsure if this story was written by him or Kurtzman. Info from the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
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Dining Etiquette Quiz

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Quiz with bad examples of dining practices.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Dining Etiquette Quiz [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wolverton script per info from Al Feldstein in the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
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The Man In The Soot-Gray Flannel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Tim Wrath [Greg Peckory]; Gene Lockjaw; Mrs. Wrath [Joan Jennifer]; Rosa [Maria Parmesan]
Synopsis: Major scenes from the movie, with captions instead of dialog.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Parody of movie "The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit." Writer credit per info from Al Feldstein in the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
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Rare Old Cartoons: Hans Huckerbein der Young Hard-Luck Raven

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Hans Huckerbein; Fritz; Auntie Lotten
Synopsis: Fritz captures a raven, Hans, and brings it home where it destroys the place until it drinks some wine and dies tangled in some rope. The moral is loosely given as the bad you do will catch up with you.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Cartoon is over 100 years old, by the creator of "Max und Moritz" which was the inspiration for the Katzenjammer Kids.
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Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Advice for a man who loses everything and wants to hang himself.
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In Content Item: FlagMore Trash from Mad #1 published January 1958
as Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions (part 1) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Writer credit per info from Al Feldstein in the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein. Alfred E. Neuman does not physically resemble the MAD trademark character.
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Camp

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Melvin Cowznofsky
Synopsis: Story of Melvin's summer at Camp Pot-Ra-Zee-Bee.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Worst from MAD #1 published January 1958
as Camp [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Script credit per info from Al Feldstein in the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
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Make Your Own Love-Story Comic

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A bunch of figures, captions, and titles to cut out and arrange on some background scenes.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMore Trash from Mad #1 published January 1958
as Make Your Own Love-Story Comic [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Writer and artist credits confirmed per info from Al Feldstein in the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
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Hot Weather Photos

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mort Pestle; Mickey Toonis; Sid Lumly; George Sturdley; Vava Voom
Synopsis: Collection of typical newspaper photos taken to show hot summer weather.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMad for Keeps #[nn] published July 1958
as Hot Weather Photos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Kurtzman script per info from Al Feldstein in the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
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MAD Bubble Gum Cards

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hobby Dept.
Character(s): Smedley van Sturdley; Milton Forbisher; Stanley Henkledorf; Walter N. Goober; Beauregard Bordon
Synopsis: Bubble gum cards in the Famous Cowards series.
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In Content Item: FlagMore Trash from Mad #1 published January 1958
as MAD Bubble Gum Cards [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLike, Mad #T4904 published January 1970
as MAD Bubble Gum Cards [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Script credit per info from Al Feldstein in the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
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Scenes We'd Like To See: Escaping The Cannibals

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man and a woman are running to escape cannibals and she twists an ankle, whereupon the man runs away as the cannibals close in, instead of carrying her.
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In Content Item: FlagMore Trash from Mad #1 published January 1958
as Scenes We'd Like To See: Escaping The Cannibals [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLike, Mad #T4904 published January 1970
as Scenes We'd Like to See: Escaping the Cannibals [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Script credit per info from Al Feldstein in the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
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The Underworld Around Us

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Epic Case History Dept.
Synopsis: Essay on early human evolution up to the Stone Age.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Scenes We'd Like To See: The Day of The Big Race

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: After a jockey is fired for taking a bribe, the owner's granddaughter volunteers to ride in the big race. She loses.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagUtterly Mad #4 published October 1956
as Scenes We'd Like To See... The Race [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMore Trash from Mad #1 published January 1958
as Scenes We'd Like To See: The Day of The Big Race [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUtterly Mad #4 published December 1963
as Scenes We'd Like To See: The Race [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Script credit per info from Al Feldstein in the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
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Convention Forecasts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Political Crystal Ball Dept.
Character(s): Sylvester J. Ike; Cosmo L. Nixon; Stevenson Blung; Irving I. Kefauver; Harriman Twince
Synopsis: Predictions for political convention personnel whose names resemble famous politicians.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Script credit per info from Al Feldstein in the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
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Real Estate Ads

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Home-Sweet-Homes Dept.
Character(s): Furd famliy
Synopsis: The Furds find an attractive real estate ad only to be disappointed by the actual home.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Worst from MAD #1 published January 1958
as Real Estate Ads [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Script credit per info from Al Feldstein in the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
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Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Advice for a man whose wife plays the tuba at night.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMore Trash from Mad #1 published January 1958
as Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Script credit per info from Al Feldstein in the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
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Energetic 17-Year-Olds Are Happy Happy Happy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): How To Give A Party Dept.
Character(s): Mrs. Goodfellow Kringe; Irving Kringe
Synopsis: A look at a teenage Rock 'n Roll Romp party and aftermath.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2.66
Disclose Notes: Al Feldstein was unsure if he or Kurtzman wrote this story. Info per Al Feldstein from the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
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Mad Records For Mad Readers!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Ad for hi-fi records.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.17
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Show-Off Your Records!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Leslie Productions
Synopsis: Ad for record album rack.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.08
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What... Me Worry?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Ad for drawings of Alfred E. Neuman suitable for framing.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.08
Disclose Notes: Alfred is not named.
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Biggest Year In MAD History

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad Magazine
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Meaningless charts showing useless statistics about MAD's first year.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMad for Keeps #[nn] published July 1958
as Biggest Year in Mad History [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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This One Has the Urp!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Padst Red Ribbon Beer
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Phony ad for Padst Red Ribbon Beer (parody of ad for Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer). Script credit per info from Al Feldstein in the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein. On back cover.

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