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Issue: Mad #44
Publication Date: January 1959
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Issues: #44 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 (17 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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Alfred E. Neuman Gets A Gift From...

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover is same window scene, but from Alfred's viewpoint. The logo of the soft drink Moxie appears in about every other article.
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Clear Heads Agree Culvert D.T.'s Are Better

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Culvert Reserve
Synopsis: Phony ad for Culvert Reserve Whiskey.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of ad for Calvert Reserve Whiskey.
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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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art is excerpts from this issue.
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Catch Up On What You've Missed

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 hardcover book from Crown Publishers.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Getting Sick of TV?

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: 0.17
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Random Samplings of Reader Mail

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Albert B. Feldstein
Synopsis: Letters of comment, mostly about issue #42.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Two photos of Feldstein; one is from house ad for MAD tee shirts in MAD #42.
Letters from: Harold Chamberlain, Cronley's Barber Shop, Knut Schaad, Jonathan Williams, Jerry Bourasaw, Barbara Nace, Bjorn Petersson, Johnny Lunsford, Arthur Marchino, Howard Hoffman, Leslie Naman
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It's Yours Free!

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: 0.17
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A Christmas Gift Suggestion

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): MAD Magazine
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: House ad for MAD subscriptions.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Art matches art from "Alfred E. Neuman's Family Tree
" article in this issue.
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The Coming Attractions...Don't Always Show Exactly What's Coming!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sneaky Prevues Dept.
Synopsis: Showing the larger boring scenes that exciting movie previews are supposedly taken from.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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International Advertising

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Globaloney Dept.
Synopsis: Ads we might see if countries advertised like other products, instead of communicating their ideologies and accomplishments as they currently do.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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The National Safety Council's Holiday-Weekend Telethon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Crash Program Dept.
Character(s): Barry Grue; Martin Dean; Virginia Charity
Synopsis: Telethon to pump up the number of highway fatalities to meet the numbers announced before the holiday.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: One character in cameo appears to be Scribbly Jibbet.
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Junior Additions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Crib Sheet Dept.
Character(s): Little Red Riding Hood; Dennis The Menace
Synopsis: Possible kids' editions of popular magazines, including: Junior Confessions, Tiny Homes and Gardens; Sports Infantile; Truant; Tyke; Pedal Trend; The Saturday Evening Tot.
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Pages: 2
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Memories of Summer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: 3 cartoons of the dangers of summer.
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Pages: 3
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Basketball

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dribble Drivel Dept.
Character(s): Richard Furd
Synopsis: Satirical look at the sport of basketball.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Not a single black player is depicted.
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Alfred E. Neuman's Family Tree

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Nu Mun; Tut-Ankh-Nu-Men; Socrates Numanos; Nerd Numinus; Alfred The Hun; Alfred The Chicken-Harted; Johannes Nuemanberg; Christopher Numunbus; Amerigo Numanucci; Michaelanumano; Elder Neuman; Sir Isaac Neuman; Benjamin Neuman; General George Neuman; Paul Neuman; Patrick Neuman; Abraham Neuman; Jefferson Davis Neuman; Nikolai Neumanski; Teddy Neuman; William Jennings Neuman; Thomas Alva Neuman; Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Famous ancestors of Alfred, with very brief biographical notes and dates of birth and death.
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In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Alfred E. Neuman's Family Tree [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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"Walk - Don't Walk" Signals

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Signals Crossed Dept.
Synopsis: Thoughts on what could happen if the concept of signals were extended to everyday life events.
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In Content Item: FlagDave Berg's Mad Trash #[nn] published January 1981
as "Walk - Don't Walk" Signals [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Custom-Made Christmas Cards

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): X-Missles Dept.
Character(s): Elfrida Von Nardroff; Charles Van Doren; Nikita Khrushchev; Ed Sullivan; Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Phony Christmas cards from celebrities to other celebrities.
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Pages: 3
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How to Read Graphs

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Grid and Bear It Dept.
Synopsis: Useless explanations of various types of graphs.
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Pages: 3
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Scenes We'd Like to See: The Monster and the Villagers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Frankenstein's monster
Synopsis: When the villagers finally corner the monster he responds by signing autographs.
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Pages: 1
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The Search for Sleep

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mind Over Mattress Dept.
Synopsis: Various methods of inducing sleep.
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Pages: 3
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Next Year's Extra-Long Book Titles

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gone to Great Lengths Dept.
Synopsis: Possible long book titles based on the recent success of book by Robert Paul Smith.
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Pages: 1
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Electrical Report

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding; Wally Ballew; Ludlow J. Poindexter
Synopsis: Showing how the electrical company supposedly controls refrigerator lights and other appliance lights from a central headquarters.
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Pages: 2
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Veeble People

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Working Press Dept.
Character(s): Elihu J. Sternwallow; Pop Schlepp; Woodruff Durfendorfer
Synopsis: Fictitious company magazine for North American Veeblefetzer Co.
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Pages: 4
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A Very Merry Christmas...And a Happy New Year!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Season's Greetings Dept.
Synopsis: Two cartoons: a toddler unwraps his older brother instead of the present, and a woman's hair turns into a New Year's noisemaker.
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Pages: 2
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You'll Be "Chairman of The Board" In Your MAD T-Shirt

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): MAD T-Shirts
Synopsis: House ad for t-shirts with Alfred E. Neuman on front.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside back cover.
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Some Items "For Sale - Cheap"

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Items once associated with a celebrity, but no longer needed.
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Pages: 0
Disclose Notes: Appear in the margins of 20 pages of the issue.
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untitled

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Moxie Cowznofsky
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The front cover as seen from Alfred's viewpoint. Moxie Cowznofsky is named in letters column of issue #48.

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