MAD #1 — Oct. – Nov. 1952

Contents

• Mad Mumblings — "Greetings, you MAD readers!"

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 1 — 2002
  C2 sample
• Hoohah!

  Terror Dept.

  Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #1 — Summer 1997
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 1 — 2002
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD Color Classics #11 — April 2005 (excerpt)
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD's Original Idiots — Jack Davis — 2015
  • MAD #22 — December 2021
  • MAD Haunts Halloween — Special Edition 2024
  1–8
• Blobs!

  Science-Fiction Dept.

  Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #1 — Summer 1997
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 1 — 2002
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD's Original Idiots — Wally Wood — 2015
  • MAD #30 — April 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 5 — Apr/May 2023
  9–15 sample
• Enter Cosmo McMoon! — ads for other E.C. titles interspersed

  Art by Harvey Kurtzman

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #4 — Summer 1998
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 1 — 2002
  16–17
• Crow Vadis?

  Art by Harvey Kurtzman

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #1 — Summer 1997
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 1 — 2002
  18
• Ganefs!

  Crime Dept.

  Art and idea by Will Elder

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • Son of Mad — 1959 (Paperback #7)
  • Completely Mad — 1991 (excerpt)
  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #1 — Summer 1997
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 1 — 2002
  • MAD's Original Idiots — Will Elder — 2015
  19–24
• Varmint!

  Western Dept.

  Art by John Severin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #1 — Summer 1997
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 1 — 2002
  • Inside Mad — 2013 (excerpt)
  • MAD Picks — Special Collector's Edition 2013 (excerpt)
  25–31
• Real ads
  32, C3, C4

Credits

• Entire issue written by Harvey Kurtzman / except Enter Cosmo McMoon! and Crow Vadis? written by Jerry DeFuccio
• Subscriptions to MAD set you back 75 cents for six issues (60 cents plus 15 cents for packing and mailing)
• Color by Marie Severin
• First instance of MAD logo and 22 more comic appearances / Article lettering by Ben Oda
• Reprints from 2000 and 2024 alongside 1952 original