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6August - September 1953
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Mad #6

EC · August - September 1953 · on sale 1953-05-25

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Identification plate

Series
Mad (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#6
Publication date
August - September 1953
Key date
1953-08-00
On-sale date
1953-05-25
Indicia publisher
Educational Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Harvey Kurtzman, Marie Severin; letters: Harvey Kurtzman
1If You Haven’t Been Able to Find ‘MAD’ on Your Local Newsstand...promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis
2Teddy and the Pirates!comic story8script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben OdaTeddy; Half-Shot; Pat O’Bryan; Burma Shave; Mr. Sandthirst; Connie; Big-Poop; The Dragging Lady; The Pirates
3Melvin of the Apes!comic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: John Severin; inks: John Severin; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben OdaMelvin of The Apes [Lord Melvin Greystroke]; Jane; Ookaballakonga tribe; Whitegreen Greystroke; Brown Greystroke; Veridian Greystroke; Magenta Greystroke; Duke Greystroke; Duchess Fuscia Greystroke
4We at E.C. Are Proudest of Our Science-Fiction Magazines!promo (ad from the publisher)1colors: Marie Severin
5Hevo the Greattext story1script: Harvey Kurtzman, Jerry De Fuccio; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Marie SeverinHevo Franklin; Red Haring
6-letters page1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Marie Severin
7Casey at the Bat!comic story6script: Ernest Lawrence Thayer, Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben OdaCooney; Burrows; Flynn; Blake; Casey; umpire
8Ping Pong!comic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben OdaCecil B. V. D. Mill; ship’s captain; ship’s crew; Mr. Mill’s cameraman; Lana Lynn; Ping Pong; Ookabolaponga tribe

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

Where to read it

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