Mad #25 September 1955
- Cover Artist: Thomas Nast
- Cover Writer: Harvey Kurtzman
- Cover Border Artists: Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder
- Mad Logo: Harvey Kurtzman
- Ipuna Toothpaste (Ad parody) (Will Elder art)
- Contents Page (summary written by Harvey Kurtzman)
- Radiodetectiveland
(written by Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art)
- Leave Me Or Me Leave (Movie Poster parody)
(written by Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art)
- Letters
- the Jack E. Glisten story
(written by Harvey Kurtzman / Wally Wood art)
- Very Square Dance (Steve Allen lyrics)
- Baseball... Science or Skill?
(written by Al Jaffee (first appearance) / Jack Davis art)
- Anyone for Wrist Slashing?
Wally Wood art / written by Stan Freberg
- Confidential Information
(written by Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art)
- Was George Washington "George"?
- Have You Heard About John Smith and His Indian Princess?
- Was Snow White Really Snow White?
- The Sleeping Beauty
Gustave Doré painting / written by Ernie Kovacs
- Mad Awards for Televsion Commercials
(written by Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art)
- Goldsmobile
- Dialtone Soap
- Storm Window
- Colgrate Dental Cream
- Sarong Wrap
- Newspapers Columns written by Bernard Shir-Cliff
- They Built Their Dream-House Singlehanded
(written by Harvey Kurtzman / Wally Wood art)
- Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Corrected by a School Teacher -
corrections by Professor Feetlebaum (Doodles Weaver)
- the Stark Club (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Jack Davis art)
- Advice to Young Men on How to Get Into the Army
written and illustrated by Roger Price
- Fozless Fooznick Sells Crazyroot Cream-Oil Hair Tonic
through a comic strip (Will Elder art)
- The Blackboard Jumble (movie satire)
(written by Harvey Kurtzman / Wally Wood art)
- "NDDDS" Chlorophyll Tablets with Gargol (Ad parody)
(Will Elder art)
- Ad for The Mad Reader and Mad Strikes Back
- Kennt Cigarettes (Ad parody)
(written by Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art)
- Back Cover -- Ol' Craw Whiskey (Ad parody)
(written by Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art)
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