Mad #22 (1955) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Special Art Issue	cover	1	pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Harvey Kurtzman, Marie Severin	Will Elder
1	Special Art Issue	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Harvey Kurtzman	Bill Elder
2	The Child!	comic story	3	script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Oda	Bill Elder
3	The MAD Reader	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Harvey Kurtzman
4	The Boy!	comic story	4	script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder; letters: Ben Oda
5	The Young Artist!	comic story	5	script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder; letters: Ben Oda	Jack Webb; Marilyn Monroe; Mona Lisa; George Washington
6	MAD Mumblings	letters page	0.75	script: Harvey Kurtzman
7	Statement of Ownership	statement of ownership	0.25	script: Lyle Stuart
8	The Commercial Artist!	comic story	6	script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder; letters: Ben Oda
9	The Old Pro! [Mole!]	comic story	7	script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Oda	Bill Elder; Melvin Mole
10	Senility!	comic story	1	script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Oda	Bill Elder
11	Introducing E. C.'s Sixth "New Direction" Magazine	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Oda

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Inside Mad #124	1955	On eBay ›
Mad about the Fifties #[nn]	1997	On eBay ›
Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad #8	1999	On eBay ›
The Mad Archives #4 ISBN 978-1-4012-3761-5	2013	On eBay ›
The Complete Color Mad #4	1987	On eBay ›
The Comic Book in America: An Illustrated History #[nn] ISBN 0-87833-659-1	1989	On eBay ›
Mad's Original Idiots Will Elder #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-5900-6	2015	On eBay ›

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