Mad #1 Oct. - Nov. 1952

• Cover Artist and Writer: Harvey Kurtzman

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• Mad Mumblings -
  "Greetings, you MAD readers!" (C2)
• Hoohah! (Jack Davis art) (1-8)
• Blobs! (Wally Wood art) (9-15)
• Enter Cosmo McMoon! (Harvey Kurtzman art)
  (ads for other E.C. titles interspersed) (16-17)
• Crow Vadis? (Harvey Kurtzman art) (18)
• Ganefs! (Will Elder art and idea) (19-24)
• Varmint! (John Severin art) (25-31)
• Real ads (32,C3,C4)

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• 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