More Trash from Mad #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Brigitte Bardot - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: More Trash from Mad (EC, 1958 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: 1959
Key date: 1959-12-15
On-sale date: 1959-12-15
Indicia publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
Price: $0.50
Pages: 104

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Why this issue matters

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

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

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	MAD Attic	cover	1	pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas; colors: Kelly Freas	Alfred E. Neuman
1	I Never Carry More Than $50 in Cash	comic story	1	pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas	Brigitte Bardot First
2	Departments	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder; inks: Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder	Alfred E. Neuman
3	MAD's Revised New Up-to-Date Alphabet Book	comic story	4	pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
4	How to Make America's Kids...Science Conscious	comic story	4	pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood	Spudd Nick; Aygg Haid; Smiley; Phiz Hicks; Butch Proton; Spike Molecule; Charlie Brawn
5	Cars to Match Careers	comic story	2	script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke	Alfred E. Neuman, Popeye
6	Pizza Pie	comic story	3	script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg
7	Three Strange Tales	comic story	4	script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
8	A Martian Field Guide to U.S. Wild Life - 1957 Edition	comic story	3	script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
9	Nobody Has Any Fun at Parties	comic story	3	script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood	Harry; Sadie
10	In a Field of Daisies	comic story	1	script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
11	MAD Trading Stamps	comic story	2	script: Tom Koch; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke	Alfred E. Neuman
12	Initials That Describe the Name	comic story	2	script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
13	Opera Record Albums	comic story	2	pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
14	A Page from the MAD Phone Book	text article	1	letters: typeset
15	Future "Of-the-Month" Clubs	comic story	4	script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke	Alfred E. Neuman
16	Coast-to-Coast For $16.75	comic story	3	script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood	Philo Ardwell; Irving; Suzie Grubbwickel; Velma Mae; Harry; Timmy Goober; Speedy Slim; Mr. Smeed
17	Wha' For...Sports Cars	comic story	2	script: Dave Berg; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
18	How to Read a Chamber of Commerce Folder	comic story	2	script: Larry Yother; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando
19	MAD Looks at Endorsements	comic story	2	script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke	Alfred E. Neuman, Nikita Khrushchev, Elvis Presley, Rin-Tin-Tin First
20	Commemorative Stamps	comic story	2	script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
21	MAD's Xmas Toys	comic story	2	script: Paul Krassner; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
22	Pravda	comic story	4	script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood	Alfred E. Neuman, Nikita Khrushchev
23	Typewriters to Fit Your Trade	comic story	2	script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
24	High School Paper	text article	2	letters: typeset
25	MAD's Xmas Games	comic story	4	pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
26	Alfred E. Neuman University	comic story	2	pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
27	10 sickening Full-Color MAD Labels	illustration	5	pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando
28	The Paper-Pickers	comic story	2	script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
29	Party Games	comic story	4	script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood	Edwin
30	Why I Changed My Job	comic story	2	script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge	Dexter Yinckley
31	TV Scenes We'd Like To See	comic story	2	script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando	Alfred E. Neuman, The Lone Ranger, John Reid, Elizabeth Taylor, Tonto
32	The Bear Hunter	comic story	2	script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
33	How to Crop a Photo	comic story	3	script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood	Clyde Rancid; Mrs. Rancid; Clyde's son; Clyde's father
34	Crazy Mixed-Up Mismatched Matchbook Covers	comic story	2	script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke	Alfred E. Neuman
35	MAD Dogs and Their Owners	comic story	2	script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas
36	MAD Wallpaper	comic story	2	pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
37	The Suburbs Are on Their Way Out!	comic story	3	script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg
38	The Saturday Evening Pest	text article	6	script: Tom Koch; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke	Tugboat Annie; Dietrich Dunstan Drizzle; Fenwick Overshot; Eugene Ogg; Dr. Irving Belknap
39	Shakespeare Up-to-Date	text article	1	script: William Shakespeare, Paul Laikin	Juliet Capulet, Romeo Montague
40	A Drive in the Country	comic story	1	script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
41	Suggested Theme Songs for Some Famous Folks; Contrivances for Cliches; Christmas Gifts That Will No Doubt Be Returned; MAD Definitions; Movies' Secret Sponsors; New Authors for Old Books	text story	0	letters: typeset
42	Knuckleheaded People Who Drink Inferial and Then Go Driving, End Up As a Case	comic story	1	pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas
43	The Skid-Row Bums	comic story	1	pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas; colors: Kelly Freas

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #76	1991	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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