Mad #17 November 1954

• Cover Writer: Harvey Kurtzman

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  (NOTE: cover attached upside-down, reversing page order)
• Mad King Playing Card / Subscription Ad (C2)
• Bringing Back Father!
  (Will Elder and Bernie Krigstein art) (1-8)
• What's My Shine! (Jack Davis art) (9-15)
  (a better way to broadcast the McCarthy hearings)
• Essay from a small country (16)
• Ad for Piracy (Wally Wood art) (17)
• Mad Mumblings (18)
• Meet Miss Potgold
  (Will Elder and Basil Wolverton art) (19-24)
• Similar "Mad"-type comic book titles (Wally Wood art) (25)
• Julius Caesar! (Wally Wood art) (26-31)
• Real ads (32,C3,C4)

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• Entire issue written by Harvey Kurtzman
• Color by Marie Severin
• Article lettering by Ben Oda