Publishers / EC / Mad (2018) / #49
49June 2026
$5.99

Mad #49

EC · June 2026 · on sale 2026-04-15

How to read this file
  • Every claim on this page traces to a public bibliographic record; the sources are listed at the bottom of the file.
  • A first-appearance badge means this is the earliest non-flashback appearance on record in this database.
  • Buy links are eBay affiliate links. They never change what the record says.

Identification plate

Series
Mad (EC, 2018 series)
Issue
#49
Publication date
June 2026
Key date
2026-06-00
On-sale date
2026-04-15
Indicia publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
Price
$5.99
Pages
60
Barcode
76194135676104911

Match the book in your hand against this plate before paying an edition-specific price.

Buy this issue

Buy it now on eBay ›Graded copies on eBay ›

Affiliate links. ComicRecord shows no prices and no census data; the listings speak for themselves.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Mad Stays Up for Late Nightcover1pencils: Tom Richmond; inks: Tom Richmond; colors: Tom RichmondAlfred E. Neuman
1-table of contents2pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerBill Cosby, Fred Flintstone, Cookie Monster, Alfred E. Neuman
2A Mad Look at Late Night TVcomic story3script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés; colors: Carrie Strachan
3The 38 Worst Things About Late Night TV!comic story5script: Desmond Devlin, Scott Maiko, Jeff Kruse; pencils: Hermann Mejía, Ward Sutton; inks: Hermann Mejía, Ward SuttonDavid Letterman, Barack Obama
4-comic story2script: Peter Kuper; pencils: Peter Kuper; inks: Peter Kuper; colors: Peter Kuper; letters: Peter Kuper
5One Fine Day at a Television Stationcomic story1script: Charlie Kadau; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
6Tricks of the Trade in Local TV Newscomic story2script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
7Where Else but on TV...?comic story4script: Tom Koch; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack DavisRock Hudson [as Stewart McMillan]; Ron Howard [as Richie Cunningham]; Jean Stapleton [as Edith Bunker]; Telly Savalas [as Theo Kojak]; William Conrad [as Frank Cannon]; Buddy Ebsen [as Barnaby Jones]
8TV Warnings We Really Needcomic story2script: J. Prete; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker
9Mad Deconstructs TV Talk Shows This Month: The Colbert Reportcomic story3script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: Sam Viviano; inks: Sam VivianoStephen Colbert; Jon Stewart; Jimmy Neutron (cameo); Marco Crandall
10A CBS-TV Summer Memo to the Smothered Brotherscartoon1script: Ronnie Nathan; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack RickardThe Smothers Brothers [Tom Smothers; Dick Smothers]
11A Eulogy for Colbert's Late Showcomic story2script: Paula Sevenbergen; pencils: Herman Mejia; inks: Herman Mejia; colors: Herman Mejia
12Mad Deconstructs TV Talk Shows This Month: The Daily Show with Jon Stewartcomic story4script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: Drew Friedman; inks: Drew Friedman; colors: Drew Friedman
13My Pill-Ow!photo story1script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mike Loew; inks: Mike Loew; colors: Mike Loew
14Nutworkcomic story6script: Stan Hart; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerFaye Dunaway [as Diana]; William Holden [as Max]; Peter Finch [as Harrowed Bile]; Robert Duvall [as Hatchet]; The Assassination Squad [Harry Reasoner; Walter Cronkite; John Chancellor; Barbara Walters]
15Enjoy-the-View Televisionillustration1pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas; colors: Kelly Freas
16Boob Tube Mash-Ups We Can't Wait to Seecomic story2script: Brockton McKinney; pencils: Kerry Callen; inks: Kerry Callen
17Mad's Exclusive Backstage Tour of the Family Guycomic story3script: Dave Richards; pencils: Tom Richmond; inks: Tom Richmond; colors: Tom Richmond
18The Lighter Side of the Television Setcomic story4script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg; colors: Raven Juergensen
19Guest Types You'll See On Late Night TVcomic story2script: Ivan Ehlers; pencils: Ivan Ehlers; inks: Ivan Ehlers; colors: Ivan Ehlers
20-comic story1script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías; colors: Carrie StrachanThe Black Spy, The White Spy
21Audition Tapes of Talk Show Hosts Who Never Made Itcomic story3script: Dan Birtcher; pencils: Sam Viviano; inks: Sam VivianoMikhail Gorbachev
22How Different Networks Would Cover the Story of a Giant Meteor Heading Toward Earthcomic story1pencils: Sam Sisco; inks: Sam Sisco; colors: Sam Sisco
23What Is Perhaps the Greatest Threat to Late Night Shows' Long-Term Survival?activity1script: Johnny Sampson; pencils: Johnny Sampson; inks: Johnny Sampson; colors: Johnny Sampson
24The Television Studiocartoon1script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee

Before you buy

  • Confirm which printing is being sold; later printings usually carry changed cover marks or indicia lines.
  • For variant covers, match the listing photo against the variant list on this page before paying a ratio-variant price.
  • Pressable defects (spine stress, corner blunting) matter to graders; ask for photos at an angle.

Series context

Sources

Found an error in this file? corrections@comicrecord.com