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Issue: Mad #49
Publication Date: September 1959
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Issues: #49 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
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Content Items: 30 (19 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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Want to Cool Off?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Stop Pushing - You'll All Get a Chance to Talk to Grandma

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cell Telephone System
Synopsis: Parody of long distance ad for Bell Telephone System.
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In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
as Mad ad: Cell Telephone [Story on Interior Page(s)]from 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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Disclose Notes: Art is excerpts from this issue. There is a writer credit for Gary Belkin but uncertain what article(s) it is for.
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The Perfect Follow-Up to "Mad for Keeps"

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Mad Forever
Synopsis: House ad for hardcover book from Crown Publishers.
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Pages: 0.3
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A Delightful Pin-Up!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: House ad for pinups suitable for framing.
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Wake Up Refreshed and Invigorated!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Bedside Mad
Synopsis: House ad for sixth 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)
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Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Leonard Brenner; Naval Fighter Squadron 141
Synopsis: Letters of comment, mostly about issue #47. The letters were written by Ken Franklin, The Brothers Kaminsetzky, Jim Daniels, J. F. McGlinchy, Suzy Zuckerman, Donald Bralich, Douglas Lindsey, Marjorie Parver, J. S. Coleman, Jr., and Noll Anne Cunningham.
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Summer Is the Best Time to Subscribe to Mad

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Mad Magazine
Synopsis: House ad for Mad subscriptions.
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Now! Alfred E. Neuman Sings!

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): What - Me Worry?
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: House ad for new record album featuring Alfred and his Furshlugginer Five.
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Album cover art is by Norman Mingo and Don Martin.
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The Mad Horror Primer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dr. Frankenstein; Frankenstein's monster; The Creature; King Kong; Dracula; Wolf-Man; The Mummy
Synopsis: A grade-school reader type introduction to horror movies.
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In Content Item: FlagMad about the Fifties #[nn] [Standard Edition] published January 1997
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The Boy and His Toy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A boy breaks another boy's new toy and is then himself broken by the first boy.
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Mad Looks at Book Clubs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Millard Fillmore; Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Highly specialized book clubs.
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Pages: 4
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Functional Architecture

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Edifice Complex Dept.
Synopsis: Buildings that look like the companies they house.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Appears to be first use of the name "Roger Kaputnik" by Dave Berg.
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Half-Finished Billboards

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Marilyn Monroe
Synopsis: Fun combining the messages on billboards into a single new message when installing one message over another.
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Scenes We'd Like to See: The Cops Close In

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The cops stage a shootout, but the criminal moved out of the building weeks ago.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection.
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Family Magazines

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): What's Buzzin' Cousin Dept.
Character(s): Bing Crosby; Bob Crosby; Gary Crosby; Kathryn Grant Crosby; Bess Truman; Harry Truman; Dwight Eisenhower; Ricky Nelson; David Nelson; Ozzie Nelson; Harriet Nelson; Nelson Rockefeller; Liberace; Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip; Prince Charles; Edsel Ford
Synopsis: Magazines that could be published by celebrity families, to inform other family members of what's going on in their lives.
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Pages: 3
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America's Dream Car

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Motorvational Research Dept.
Synopsis: A list of consumer complaints about modern car design and a suggestion of a design that addresses them...the Model T.
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Shrunk World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sid Caesar; Somerset Winterset; Professor Ludvig Von Rumblemacher; Progress Hornsby; Edward T. Morrow
Synopsis: Three of Sid Caesar's characters are guests on a parody of the tv show "Small World."
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The Sculptor in His Studio

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A sculptor handles his lazy assistant in an unusual manner.
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Mad Medals for Everyday Heroes

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Zelda Zitzlaff; Fenwick J. Finster; Arthur L. Mudge; Elihu Bunchwell; Freda Prawn; Fanny Strongthumber
Synopsis: Medals that could be awarded for overcoming everyday problems.
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A Best Seller Hits the Commercial Trail

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Brigette Bardot; Steve Canyon
Synopsis: A rather prescient look at the future of merchandising for a successful novel, using "Doctor Zhivago" as an example.
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TV Ads We'd Like to See

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The day the Clawettes breath meter doesn't work; a parody of ad for Clorettes breath mints.
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Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Abraham Lincoln
Synopsis: The original address compared to an updated, "Cool School" version.
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Mad's Specialized Resorts Section

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Two Weeks with Prey Dept.
Synopsis: Resorts that cater to extreme niche markets.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally Mad" CD collection.
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TV Ads We'd Like To See

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The day the Colgrate toothpaste invisible shield falls on the announcer. A parody of Colgate toothpaste ads.
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Vic Tinny Gyms

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Big Build-Up Dept.
Character(s): Vic Tinny; Popeye
Synopsis: Discusses the methods and success of the new style of commercial gym. Parody of Vic Tanny Gyms.
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Pages: 5
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The 17th Floor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man knocks a spider out of a window and watches it fall.
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You'll "Fight 'Em Off" on Your Mad T-Shirt

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mad T-Shirts
Character(s): Leonard Brenner; Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: House ad for tee shirts.
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Disclose Notes: Leonard is the model with the t-shirt; named in letters column. Inside back cover.
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Capsule Movie Reviews

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: One sentence reviews of movies.
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Disclose Notes: Appear in the margins of 30 pages of the issue.
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We're Taking the Pledge at the Four Posies Society

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Four Posies Whiskey
Synopsis: Parody of ad for Four Roses Whiskey.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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