More Trash from Mad #3 for Sale - First Appearance of Little Red Riding Hood - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: More Trash from Mad (EC, 1958 series)
Issue: #3
Publication date: 1960
Key date: 1960-12-13
On-sale date: 1960-12-13
Indicia publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
Price: $0.50
Pages: 92

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Little Red Riding Hood - 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	-	cover	1	pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo; colors: Norman Mingo	Alfred E. Neuman
1	The Most Important ¼ Inch In Smoking Today	cartoon	1	pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas
2	Departments	table of contents	1	letters: typeset
3	Comic Strip Heroes (Taken From Real Life)	comic story	4	script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood	Alfred E. Neuman, Beetle Bailey, Charlie Brown, Steve Canyon, Prince Charles, Daisy Mae Scragg, Charles de Gaulle, Killer Diller, Queen Elizabeth II, Hubert Humphrey, Nikita Khrushchev, Kayo Mullins, Moon Mullins, Richard Nixon
4	Little Known Organizations	text article	3	script: Paul Laikin; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
5	Basketball	comic story	5	pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge	Richard Furd
6	Fish Story	comic story	2	script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin	Mr. Hotchkins; Mr. Hotchkins's boss
7	The George Washington Advertising Agency Inc.	comic story	4	pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando	George Washington; James Arness; Amanda Blake
8	Combined Television Shows	comic story	4	script: Paul Laikin; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker	Eleanor Roosevelt
9	Bridge: The Aristocrat of Card Games	comic story	3	script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke	Charles Groan
10	Planned Obsolescence	comic story	3	script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg
11	The Hidden Persuaders Become The Hip Persuaders	comic story	3	script: Gary Belkin; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood	Miles Davis; Dizzy Gillespie
12	The Old Salt	comic story	1	script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
13	Jack And Jill As Retold By Various Magazines	text article	4	script: Paul Laikin; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando	Jack Smith; Jill Jones; Freddy Furd
14	Insurance Policies For Teen-Agers	text article	2	script: Sy Reit; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
15	How A Television Script is Born	comic story	4	script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood
16	The Fishermen	comic story	1	script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
17	Movie Posters For Packing In Every Type Of Audience	text article	3	script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke	Jayne Mansfield, Ricky Nelson, John Wayne
18	MAD's Cut-Rate Success Symbols	comic story	2	script: Sy Reit; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando
19	MAD's Guide For Novice Drivers	comic story	4	script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge	Elihu Fribble
20	Junior Additions	comic story	2	script: Tom Koch; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood	Dennis the Menace, Little Red Riding Hood First
21	Body-Building And Weight-Lifting	comic story	6	pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke	Gus Clutz
22	It Pays To Read The Label	comic story	2	pencils: Joe Orlando, Larry Maleman; inks: Joe Orlando, Larry Maleman
23	How To Play Croquet	comic story	1	script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
24	Bullet of Alfred E. Neuman University	comic story	4	script: Tom Koch; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando
25	Skin Diving	comic story	3	script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg
26	Miracle Fabrics	comic story	2	script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
27	On-The-Job Marching Songs	text article	3	script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
28	The Great Bank Robbery	comic story	1	script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
29	Modern Auto Accidents	comic story	3	script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
30	Gook	comic story	7	script: Tom Koch; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood	Alfred E. Neuman, Joe DiMaggio, Lassie, Little Orphan Annie, Richard Nixon, Sandy
31	In A Penny Arcade	comic story	1	script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
32	One Kind of Husband...Two Kinds of Underwear	cartoon	1	script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas	Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor
33	Great Moments In Medicine	cartoon	1	pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas; colors: Kelly Freas

Before you buy

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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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