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Issue: Mad #58
Publication Date: October 1960
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Issues: #58 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/11/1960
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Alfred E. Neuman defies the law of gravity, because he never studied law.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Past Blue Ribbons Beer

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer magazine ads.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The "Violence Trend" on TV

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): 21-Inch Scream Dept.
Character(s): Clayton "Bud" Collyer; Douglas Edwards
Synopsis: Examples of various television programming made more violent.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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"Cool" Casey at the Bat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bop-Fly Dept.
Synopsis: Satirical retelling of the Ernest Lawrence Thayer poem.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Self-Made Mad #[nn] published January 1971
as "Cool" Casey at the Bat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Successful Merchandising

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): A Profit Without Honor Dept.
Synopsis: How to successfully market your less-than-successful product.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Self-Made Mad #[nn] published January 1971
as Successful Merchandising [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Amateur Photography

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Humorous look at the hobby of photography.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Alfred E. Neuman makes a cameo on the cover of a photography hobby magazine.
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The Carpenter's Assistants

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two carpenter's assistants break more than they build.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Self-Made Mad #[nn] published January 1971
as The Carpenter's Assistants [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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A Child's History of the Middle 1900's

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Past Tense Years Dept.
Synopsis: Parody of history texts.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Self-Made Mad #[nn] published January 1971
as A Child's History of the Middle 1900's (1940-1960) [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Sailing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Breeze And Aye-Aye Dept.
Synopsis: Satirical look at small-craft sailing.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Self-Made Mad #[nn] published January 1971
as Sailing [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Critical Reviews of Everything

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pats And Pans Dept.
Synopsis: Parody newspaper clippings of reviews of mundane events.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The two pictures published with the review of the latest issue of Mad Magazine has a cut line of Gary Belkin under a picture of Alfred E. Neuman and a cut line of Alfred E. Neuman under a picture of a man, presumably author Gary Belkin.
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Mad's 1960 Political Alphabet Book

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Caps And Robbers Dept.
Synopsis: A political concept for each letter of the alphabet.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Alfred E. Neuman appears as an inmate in a psychiatric hospital being interviewed by a political pollster.
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Carols for All Occasions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Holiday Jeer Dept.
Synopsis: Carols geared to holidays other than Christmas.
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Pages: 2
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The Mad "Down-To-Earth" Coloring Book

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hue And Cryin' Out Loud Dept.
Synopsis: A coloring book that doubles as a cynical examination of modern life.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Highway Squad

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Asphalt Bungle Dept.
Character(s): Broderick Crawford [as Lt. Don Mildew]
Synopsis: Parody of the television series "Highway Patrol".
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In Content Item: FlagThe Self-Made Mad #[nn] published January 1971
as Highway Squad [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Help the Best Man to Win

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Solicitation for Alfred E. Neuman for President merchandise.
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Pages: 1
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Indulge Yourself

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of Sanka Coffee print ad.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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