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Issue: Mad #42
Publication Date: November 1958
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Issues: #42 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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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: 27 (19 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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Pages: 1
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Now In Its Second Printing

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): MAD For Keeps
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: House ad for new hardcover book from Crown Publishers.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Small figure at bottom of ad by Wally Wood is excerpt from previous issue. Inside front cover.
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Departments

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Vital Features
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art is excerpts from this issue.
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What If You Did What They Told You On TV?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rush Right Out Dept.
Synopsis: How doing the things that tv commercials suggest will not get the results you expect.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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Why Go Hunting For Every Issue Of MAD

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): MAD Magazine
Synopsis: House ad for MAD subscriptions.
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Pages: 0.33
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Reaches New Heights

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Brothers MAD
Synopsis: House ad for a MAD paperback book.
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Pages: 0.33
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Random Samplings of Reader Mail

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo); Mrs. W. D. Peckham (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo); Mrs. W. D. Peckham (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Peckham children; Dior Knox; Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Letters of comment, mostly about issue #41, with reader photos.
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Pages: 1.26
Disclose Notes: Letter writers: Preston Kohn; Tony Freedman; Mrs. W. D. Peckham; Eliot Kohen; Linda; Gail; H. W. Hightower; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Mendel Baylis; Carson Cox; Ed Woodsmall; Stan Balzer; Mike Conway; Martin Jublonski; Ronni Salter; Stephan Mehler; Brother John; Allan Hudson; Patty Hodgins
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Only One Left!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: House ad for pinups suitable for framing.
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Pages: 0.07
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MAD's 1958 Pigskin Preview

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Unnecessary Roughness Dept.
Character(s): Elihu "Midge" Dunkley; Charlie Schvepp; "Lush" Pitkin; Clip Clopp; Sid Blemish; Alfred E. Neuman; "Boxer" Towser
Synopsis: Parody of magazine college football season previews, along with fake definitions of football terms.
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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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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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A Nameless Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A boy saves a bird from a hunter...then eats the bird.
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Pages: 2
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Big Cars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ask The Man Who Parks One Dept.
Synopsis: Solutions to parking and congestion problems caused by big cars.
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Pages: 2
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I'm Five!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Milton Schafer
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Danny Kaye
Synopsis: Song lyrics as performed by Danny Kaye, with illustrations.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Song copyright 1957 by Frank Music Corp.
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Not-So-Far-From-Wrong Spelling Errors

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Julius Rothenberg
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): E Before I Except After Q Dept.
Synopsis: Spelling errors that tell the story better than the correct spelling would.
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In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Not-So-Far-From-Wrong Spelling Errors [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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25c MAD Children's Books

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Marjorie; Mr. Furd; Billy; Sue; The Little Red Hen; Comrade George; Fireman Jones; The Commissioner
Synopsis: Parodies of children's books but on adult subjects, written and illustrated in the style of Golden Books.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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Sick Sick Sick

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Out of The Freud And Into The Feiffer Dept.
Synopsis: Excerpts from the book.
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Pages: 3
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Strangely Believe It!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Ernie Kovacs; Sidney Klutz; Malcolm Cranshaw; Fanciful Jones; Dylan Smetnik
Synopsis: Parody of Ripley's Believe It Or Not.
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Pages: 1
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MAD Mood Music

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Let's Look At The Record Dept.
Synopsis: Popular songs arranged into phony albums of music for specific moods.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Writer credits from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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Credits For The Common Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Honorable Mention Dept.
Synopsis: Everyday occupations with credits for all the people who helped in the background, in the style of movie credits. Also, suggested "professional" names for persons in various occupations.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Writer credits from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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Baseball Report

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding; Wally Ballew; Duane Grubble
Synopsis: Wally interviews the official team heckler for the San Francisco Giants.
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Pages: 3
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On The Bowery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two bums who have been ingesting Sterno find an unusual way to light a cigarette.
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Pages: 1
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Houses To Match Your Personality

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Frame of Mind Dept.
Synopsis: Strange home styles to fit various personality types.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Writer credits from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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Scenes We Never Got To See

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Albert Meglin
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Phase On The Cutting Room Floor Dept.
Character(s): Frank Sinatra; William Holden; Kim Novak; Sophia Loren; Alan Ladd; Burt Lancaster; Deborah Kerr; Bridgette Bardot
Synopsis: The supposed final frame cut from famous movie scenes.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Writer credits from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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The Great Bank Robbery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A bank robbery goes wrong when no one cares about the hostage.
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Pages: 1
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Bullet of Alfred E. Neuman University

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 4
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You'll Be A "Horror" In A MAD T-Shirt

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): MAD T-Shirts
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman; Albert Feldstein
Synopsis: House ad for t-shirts with Alfred E. Neuman on front.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Feldstein credit from letters column of issue #44. On inside back cover.
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Where They Spent Their Vacations

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Vacation spots paired with various occupations.
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Pages: 0
Disclose Notes: Appear in the margins of 26 pages of the issue.
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Does She... Or Doesn't She...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of Miss Clairol hair coloring ad (Miss Clairold Date-Ager Kit), featuring a kit to age your date so his appearance matches yours.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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