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Series: Mad Public Domain
Years in Print: 1952 - 2018
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Publisher: FlagEC Country: Flag United States Language: English Issues: #1 - #550 (550 Issues, 622 Printings) Continued From Continued From: none Continued In Continued In: none Disclose Tracking Notes:   Disclose Notes: MAD became magazine size with issue #24 onward at editor Harvey Kurtzman's request (he had been offered a lucrative job at a magazine and was going to take it if the change was not made). According to Bill Gaines (the publisher), it was not changed to avoid Comics Code Authority oversight. The title was "rebooted" after #550 with a new #1 in 2018 after a change in the offices from New York to Los Angeles.

website: www.dccomics.com/mad/
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Publication Type: Comic Books
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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Issue # Publication Date Pages Content Items Issue Images Count
#1 October 1952 36 13/6/1 Issue Image
3 Issue Images total
#2 December 1952 36 12/6/1 Issue Image
3 Issue Images total
#3 January 1953 36 13/6/1 Issue Image
3 Issue Images total
#4 April 1953 36 13/6/1 Issue Image
3 Issue Images total
#5 June 1953 36 12/5/1 Issue Image
3 Issue Images total
#6 August 1953 36 12/5/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#7 October 1953 36 18/10/1 Issue Image
3 Issue Images total
#8 December 1953 36 18/10/1 Issue Image
3 Issue Images total
#9 February 1954 36 12/5/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#10 April 1954 36 13/5/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#11 May 1954 36 14/6/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#12 June 1954 36 12/5/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#13 July 1954 36 12/5/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#14 August 1954 36 12/5/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#15 September 1954 36 12/5/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#16 October 1954 36 12/4/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#17 November 1954 36 12/4/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#18 December 1954 36 15/4/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#19 January 1955 36 14/3/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#20 February 1955 36 15/4/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#21 March 1955 36 13/4/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#22 April 1955 36 17/6/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#23 May 1955 36 15/4/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#24 July 1955 68 27/20/1 Issue Image
#25 August 1955 60 25/13/1 Issue Image

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