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The Worst from MAD #1

EC · 1958 · on sale 1958-06-17

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Series
The Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
1958
Key date
1958-06-17
On-sale date
1958-06-17
Indicia publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
Price
$0.50
Pages
104

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0A Collection of Humor And Satire From These Past Sickening Issues:cover1pencils: various; inks: various; colors: various; letters: typesetAlfred E. Neuman
1The Furious Falconcomic story1pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood
2Departmentstable of contents1pencils: Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder; inks: Harvey Kurtzman, Bill ElderAlfred E. Neuman; Bill Gaines
3Walt Dizzy Presents Dizzylandcomic story6pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally WoodWalt Dizzy; unnamed fairy; Jimmy Dood; Ozgood Zeiss; Sigismund Sponk; Davy Crawcutt; Mike Finque; Walt Dizzy's animated characters
4Future TV Adcomic story2script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
5High-School Dancecomic story4pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob ClarkeAida Soto Voce; Hy Octane; Osgood Z'Beard; Gwendolyn Furd
6Itemtext story3script: G. StangBilly Poobah; Jim Poobah; Charles Bickford
7MAD Record Labelsinsert or dust jacket2script: Albert B. Feldstein; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood
8Scenes We'd Like To See: The Man On The Ledgecomic story1pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando
9MAD Merit Badgescomic story2pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis
10MAD's Ink Blot Testtext article2pencils: Kelly Freas, Bill Elder; inks: Kelly Freas, Bill Elder
11Don Giovannicomic story4script: Nick Meglin; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally WoodDon Giovanni; Leporello; Donna Anna; Don Pedro; Zerlina; Don Ottavio; Emily Bravo; Elvis Presley (cameo)
12MAD's Picture-Phone Backdropscomic story2pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
13MAD Builds A More Civilized Mouse Trapcomic story2pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis
14Baseball Is Ruining Our Childrencomic story3pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally WoodIrving Smedley; Sidney Finster; Melvin Cowznofski
15Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questionscomic story1pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
16MAD Coats of Armscomic story2script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas
17Products For TV Commercials, Inc.comic story3script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
18The Spitball Contestcomic story2script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
19Real Estate Adscomic story2pencils: Wally Wood, Jack Kamen; inks: Wally Wood, Jack KamenFurd family
20Why I Left The Army And Became A Civiliancomic story3script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
21Why the Precision Engineered, Highly Perfected 35mm Camera Replaced The Simple, Unpretentious, Primitive Box Cameracomic story3script: A. Rosen; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
22Scenes We'd Like To See: The Faithful Dogcomic story1pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando
23Future TV Adcomic story2script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
24Campcomic story4pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack DavisMelvin Cowznofsky
25The Ideal Womancomic story2script: D. Purdy; pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas
26Childhood Chumscomic story2script: Nick MeglinJohnathan Gordon; Barbara Bridgewood; Robert Miltown
27AsP Super-Duper Marketstext article1script: Paul Laikin
28The MAD Dating Techniquecomic story4pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
29The Rolly Cigarette Adcomic story1script: Allen Robin; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker
30Future TV Adcomic story2script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
31Dead Letterstext story3letters: ?; typeset
32Vending Machines of The Futurecomic story3script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
33Baseball's Hall of Shamecomic story2script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe OrlandoQuentin Scurvy; Edgar Simian; Omar Stagmire; Jerome McNasty; Chester Ripp; Boris Duckbill; Soames Grulnik; Alfred E. Neuman
34The English Titles Don't Quite Match The Action In Foreign Moviescomic story5pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood
35MAD Travel Stickersinsert or dust jacket2pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
36Scenes We'd Like To See: The Overhanging Boughcomic story1pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando
37The Unfortunate Part of Feeding Pigeons Homemade Popcorncomic story3script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
38TV Guisecomic story5script: Paul Laikin; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob ClarkeEdward R. Murrow; Irving Furd; Alfred E. Neuman; Bob Clarke
39Nansycomic story2pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally WoodNansy; Nansy Duck; Pinnochio; Dick Nansy; Junior; Pat [Patton]; Li'l Nansy; Abner Mae; Nansy Canyon
40Bowlingcomic story4script: Nick Meglin; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack DavisJohn L. Lewis; Tommy Manville; Osgood Z'Beard
41Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questionscomic story1pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
42B. F. Goodnrich Autoless - Because You Don't Need A Car, Just Tirescomic story1pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall
43Nobody Asked Us, But; Purloined Proverbs Ascribed to Popular People; Fictitious Want Ads Placed By Famous Folk; Jobs We'd Like To Have; Meaningless Musings While Munching Miltowntext article0script: Arnie Rosen, Coleman Jacoby
44Reader's Disgustillustration1pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe OrlandoAlfred E. Neuman

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