Mad #5 (1953) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Oda	Kane Keen
1	The EC "Publisher of the Issue"	text article	1	script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder	William M. Gaines [Melvin]
2	Outer Sanctum!	comic story	8	script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Oda	Ramon; The Professor; Heap
3	Black and Blue Hawks!	comic story	7	script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Oda	Saddlesore; Saurbratten; Robespierre; Boss Hawk; Yonny Yohnson; Chop Chop Chop; woman in red
4	We At E.C. Are Proudest of Our Science-Fiction Magazines	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	colors: Marie Severin
5	Exam	text story	1	script: Jerry De Fuccio; pencils: John Severin; inks: John Severin; colors: Marie Severin
6	MAD Mumblings	letters page	1	script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Marie Severin
7	Miltie of the Mounties!	comic story	6	script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: John Severin; inks: John Severin; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Oda	Scott Yardland; Jackie; Herbie; Jerkie; Scoggins; Miltie of the Mounties; Nanuk The Canuk
8	Kane Keen! Private Eye	comic story	7	script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Oda	Kane Keen; Lassie Rover; Rollover Rover; Schlep; Mrs. Rover; unnamed laywer; unnamed police officer

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

Collection	Year
The Brothers Mad #5 (U2105)	1963	On eBay ›
The Bedside Mad #S1647	1959	On eBay ›
Son of Mad #S1701	1959	On eBay ›
Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad #1	1997	On eBay ›
Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad #2	1997	On eBay ›
Mad about the Fifties #[nn]	1997	On eBay ›
Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #9	1972	On eBay ›
Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #18	1975	On eBay ›
Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #24	1977	On eBay ›
Mad #28	1956	On eBay ›
The Bedside Mad #D2316	1964	On eBay ›
The Bedside Mad #P3520 ISBN 451-P3520-060	1968	On eBay ›

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