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55June 1960
$0.25

Mad #55

EC · June 1960 · on sale 1960-03-29

First appearance: BlackbeardFirst appearance: Hubert HumphreyFirst appearance: Nelson Rockefeller
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Identification plate

Series
Mad (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#55
Publication date
June 1960
Key date
1960-06-00
On-sale date
1960-03-29
Indicia publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
Price
$0.25
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Fair / Foulcover1pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas; colors: Kelly FreasAlfred E. Neuman
1What? You Say I'm Not Covered?comic story1script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Lester Krauss; inks: Lester Krauss
2Departmentsforeword, introduction, preface, afterword1pencils: various (see Notes); inks: various (see Notes); letters: typeset
3Have Your Own MAD Show With This Half-Baked Castpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Lester Krauss; inks: Lester Krauss
4Here's The Seventh Wonder Of The World!promo (ad from the publisher)0.17pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); letters: typeset
5Random Samplings of Reader Mailletters page1script: Albert B. Feldstein, Mike Brown, Robert Davis; pencils: Wallace Wood, George Woodbridge; inks: Wallace Wood, George Woodbridgeunnamed Marine; Alfred Hatchplot
6You'll Have A Deuce Of A Time With Your Subscription To MADpromo (ad from the publisher)0.17letters: typeset
7Feeling Low Lately?promo (ad from the publisher)0.28pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); letters: typeset
8This Is The End Of Them!promo (ad from the publisher)0.05pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman MingoAlfred E. Neuman
9Pictures The Editor Left Outcomic story4script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe OrlandoAlfred E. Neuman
10The concertcomic story2script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don MartinMandrake S. Bach
11MAD Beats The TV Plug Crackdowntext story2script: Paul Krassner; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob ClarkeGary Moore; Mr. Shnook; Chester Riley; Mrs. Riley; Bob Hope
12The MAD Madison Avenue Primertext story3script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Wallace Wood; inks: Wallace Wood
13The Arthur Money Partycomic story4script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerKathleen Money; The Arthur Money Dancers [Rhoda Pfeffer; Lewis Eskin]; Jawaharlal Nehru; Mrs. Nikita Khrushchev; Fred Astep; Ed Sullivan
14Cigarette Geographytext story3script: Sy Reit; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
15Literal Translations of Figurative Speechcomic story2script: Dave Berg; pencils: Lester Krauss; inks: Lester Krauss
16I.B.M. Cardstext story4script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe OrlandoFidel Castro, Nikita Khrushchev, Alfred E. Neuman
17In A Greasy Spoon Dinercomic story1script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
18Popular Politiciancomic story6script: Gary Belkin; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George WoodbridgeCharles de Gaulle, Nikita Khrushchev, Richard Nixon, Adlai Stevenson, Hubert Humphrey First, Nelson Rockefeller First
19The Jackie Talented Storycomic story4script: Sid Caesar; pencils: Wallace Wood; inks: Wallace WoodSid Caesar [Jackie Talented]; J. P. Starmaker; Jackie's father; Tony; Vera Brassy; Helen Zigfried
20Barber Shopcomic story3script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg
21Mother's Day Cardstext article2script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob ClarkeBlackbeard First, John Wilkes Booth, Al Capone, Nero
22The "Hip" Raventext story5script: Paul Laikin, Edgar Allan Poe; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker
23More MAD "Y'OX"text story0letters: typesetMarginal Marvin
24Have Yourself A Political Partypromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George WoodbridgeAlfred E. Neuman
25How Many Ways Can He Hurt Himself Today?comic story1pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas; colors: Kelly Freas

Where to read it

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Three Ring Mad #D24391964On eBay ›
The Completely Mad Don Martin #[nn]1974On eBay ›
Dave Berg's Mad Trash #[nn]
ISBN 0-446-87541-4
1977On eBay ›
Three Ring Mad #Y61971970On eBay ›
Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin #[nn]
ISBN 9780762455188; 0762455187
2014On eBay ›

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