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24July 1955
$0.25

Mad #24

EC · July 1955 · on sale 1955-05-02

First appearance: LiberaceFirst appearance: Marlon BrandoFirst appearance: Pugsley Addams
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Identification plate

Series
Mad (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#24
Publication date
July 1955
Key date
1955-07-00
On-sale date
1955-05-02
Indicia publisher
Educational Comics Inc.
Price
$0.25
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Liberace - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Marlon Brando - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Pugsley Addams - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey KurtzmanSocrates; Napoleon; Sigmund Freud; Marilyn Monroe; Alexander The Great; Rembrandt; Galileo; Lassie; Tom Swift; Columbus; Caesar; Buffalo Bill; Alfred L. Neuman; Melvin Cowznowski [Alfred E. Neuman]; Copernicus; Louis Pasteur; Ludwig Van Beethoven
1Headache? Cold Misery?comic story1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder
2Extremely Important Message from the Editorscomic story1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman
3She Wanted to Drown Her Troublescomic story1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally WoodJane Outsell
4Contentstable of contents1script: Harvey KurtzmanRoger Price; Bernard Shir-Cliff; Ernie Kovacs; Ira Wallach
5I Dreamed I Walked down 5th Avenue in My Ironmaidenfitcomic story0.5script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis
6Letters Dept.letters page1script: Harvey Kurtzman
7Are You Ever Lovely to Love?comic story0.5script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder
8Is a Trip to the Moon Possible?comic story10script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally WoodDr. X Fline Saucer; Captain Buck Roger; Melvin Cowznowski; Commander Zork Argh
9Report from Russiatext article1script: Hans Christian AndersenTel-Tapper-Phoner; Watchbug
10Out of the Frying Pan and into the Souptext story3script: Ira Wallach; pencils: Bernie Krigstein; inks: Bernie KrigsteinErnest Heminghaw [Pappa]; Private First Class; Pierre; Mignonette; a driver
11Wrestlingcomic story10script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack DavisGomez Addams, Morticia Addams, Pugsley Addams First, Frankenstein's monster
12Comics Digestcomic story2script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill ElderBrunette; Dogwood; Punjoke; Little Orphan Melvin; Daddy Peacebucks; Little Melvin Rooney; Smilin' Melvin; Upwind Johnson; Lil' Ab'r; Mammy Jokeum; Dick Tracing; Chief; Junior; Popcorn kids; Manduck the Magician; Loathar
13Classy Crimes #138: Who Put the Strichnine in Mrs. Murphy's Husband?text story3script: Bernard Shir-Cliff; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill ElderDr. Milo Quackenbush; Francis L. Guteberger; Alfred L. Neuman; Seamus Murphy; Voona Murphy; Vasily Vaselodovich Orang-outang; Fothergill; Rosencrantz
14Anyone Can Build This Coffee Tablecomic story3script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis
15Is This Your Life?comic story9script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill ElderMarlon Brando First, Winston Churchill, Bing Crosby, Donald Duck, Bob Hope, Liberace First, Abraham Lincoln, The Lone Ranger, Groucho Marx, Marilyn Monroe, John Reid, Santa Claus, Harry S. Truman
16Tom Swifft and His Electric Ping Pong Balltext story2script: Ernie Kovacs; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill ElderTom Swifft; Professor Harding; Six-Torso [Ramona Popkin]
17A Guide for Future Job Hunterscomic story1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman
18How to Get the Job You Want by Thinking Positively and Also Get Ahead by Learning My Five Rules That Will Give You a New and Unbelievable Positive Personality and Help You Achieve Successtext article2script: Roger Price; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman
19Vera's Cruzcomic story10script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack DavisBurt Lambaster; Gary Chickencooper; Seezer Romeo; Emperor Maxamillion; Denice Parcel; Melvin Cowznowski; Sarita Vavavoom
20If You Suffer Paincomic story0.11script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey KurtzmanMelvin Coznowski [Alfred E. Neuman]
21When the Talk Turns to Books Do You Find Yourself Saying: "Hoo Hah?"promo (ad from the publisher)0.11letters: typeset
22Pictoquizactivity1.45script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack DavisAlfred E. Neuman; Wanda Furd
23Are You Walking Around like a Human Question Mark?comic story0.33script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder
24In These Danger Periods Your Skin "Dies" a Littlecomic story1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack DavisCamenbert, Duchess of Fromage
25Never Before a Bandage That Sticks like This!comic story1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder
26When I'm Eating Jell-y I Wish I Were a Human Beingcomic story1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder

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