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1October-November 1952
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Mad #1

EC · October-November 1952 · on sale 1952-07-10

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Identification plate

Series
Mad (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
October-November 1952
Key date
1952-10-00
On-sale date
1952-07-10
Indicia publisher
Educational Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Harvey Kurtzman, Marie Severin; letters: Ben Oda
1-letters page1script: Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Gaines; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman
2Hoohah!comic story8script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben OdaGalusha; Daphne; Melvin The Caretaker; two unnamed Silver Avengers kids
3Blobs!comic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben OdaMelvin; Alfred
4E.C. Fans!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Al Feldstein; inks: Al Feldstein; colors: Marie Severin
5Enter Cosmo McMoon!text story1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Marie SeverinCaptain Malfeasance O'Malley; Omar Kayak; Mrs. Kayak; Cosmo McMoon
6Picture Storiespromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
7Crow Vadis?text story1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Marie SeverinTiberius O'Leary; Senator Gaius Tobey; Marcus Sumatra; Chief Lucius Patton
8Ganefs!comic story6script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben OdaBumble; Bumble's boss
9Varmint!comic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: John Severin; inks: John Severin; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben OdaTextron Quickdraw; Saddlesore; Kickiminabelly Kelly; Slippery Sam; The Pig-Faced Kid

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

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