Mad Magazine Recurring Features


The Mad Primer


in Order of Appearance in Regular Issues

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Mad teaches basic reading skills Dick and Jane style with a bite.

FEATURE TITLE WRITER / ARTIST ISSUE / DATE
Children's Primer Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder 28 - Jul 1956
The Mad Primer Tom Koch / Joe Orlando 41 - Sep 1958
The Mad Horror Primer Larry Siegel / Wally Wood 49 - Sep 1959
The Mad Madison Avenue Primer Larry Siegel / Wally Wood 55 - Jun 1960
The Mad Shakespeare Primer Phil Hahn / Wally Wood 60 - Jan 1961
The Mad Mythology Primer Walter Farley / George Woodbridge 66 - Oct 1961
The Mad Celebrity Primer Larry Siegel / Wally Wood 74 - Oct 1962
The Mad College Primer Phil Hahn / Wally Wood 78 - Apr 1963
The Mad Baseball Primer Stan Hart / Jack Rickard 80 - Jul 1963
The Mad Hospital Primer Frank Jacobs, Larry Siegel,
Stan Hart / George Woodbridge		 85 - Mar 1964
The Mad Politician's Primer Frank Jacobs, Larry Siegel,
Stan Hart / George Woodbridge		 88 - Jul 1964
The Mad Drive-In Movie Primer Larry Siegel / George Woodbridge 89 - Sep 1964
The Mad Gun Owners and
Other Small Bores Primer		 Larry Siegel / George Woodbridge 95 - Jun 1965
The Mad United States Foreign Policy Primer Larry Siegel / Bob Clarke 98 - Oct 1965
The Mad Suburban Primer Stan Hart / Bob Clarke 101 - Mar 1966
The Mad Hypocrite Primer Stan Hart / Bob Clarke 103 - Jun 1966
The Mad Air Travel Primer Larry Siegel / George Woodbridge 106 - Oct 1966
The Mad Psychoanalysis Primer Stan Hart / Paul Coker 112 - Jul 1967
The Mad "Fad & Fetish" Primer Stan Hart / Bob Clarke 119 - Jun 1968
The Mad Getting Married Primer Dick DeBartolo / Jack Rickard 121 - Jun 1968
The Mad Ice Hockey Primer Larry Siegel / Jack Davis 125 - Mar 1969
The Mad Primer of Bigots,
Extremists and Other Loose Ends		 Frank Jacobs and Stan Hart /
Jack Davis		 129 - Sep 1969
The Richard M. Nixon Presidential Primer Larry Siegel / Max Brandel 135 - Jun 1970
The Mad Sex Education Primer Sy Reit / Paul Coker 136 - Jul 1970
The Mad Blow-Your-Mind Drug Primer Sy Reit / Bob Clarke 140 - Jan 1971
The Mad Orthodontia Primer Larry Siegel / Paul Coker 145 - Sep 1971
The Mad "Effluent Society" Pollution Primer Sy Reit / Angelo Torres 146 - Oct 1971
The Mad Religion in America Primer Larry Siegel / Paul Coker 153 - Sep 1972
The Mad Bowling Primer Larry Siegel / Jack Davis 165 - Mar 1974
The Mad Tennis Primer Larry Siegel / Jack Davis 169 - Sep 1974
The Mad Crisis Primer Stan Hart / Paul Coker 171 - Dec 1974
The Mad Economics Primer Stan Hart / Al Jaffee 178 - Oct 1975
The Mad Success Primer of the '70's Lou Silverstone / Harry North 207 - Jun 1979
The Mad Running Primer Larry Siegel / Jack Davis 212 - Jan 1980
The Mad Soccer Primer Larry Siegel / Jack Davis 217 - Sep 1980
The Mad Wrestling Primer Lou Silverstone / Jack Davis 256 - Jul 1985
The Mad Computer Primer John Boni / Al Jaffee 258 - Oct 1985
The Mad D.J. Primer Lou Silverstone / Jack Davis 273 - Sep 1987
The Mad NBA Primer David Shayne / Mort Drucker 352 - Dec 1996
Mad's Science Fiction Primer Desmond Devlin / Mort Drucker 381 - May 1999
Mad's Nascar Primer John Caldwell 386 - Oct 1999
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Excerpt from The Mad "Fad & Fetish" Primer - from #119 - June 1968

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