MAD #2 — Dec. 1952 – Jan. 1953

Contents

• Ad for Weird Fantasy

  Al Feldstein

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 1 — 2002
  C2
• Hex!

  Terror Dept.

  Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #1 — Summer 1997
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 1 — 2002
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD's Original Idiots — Jack Davis — 2015
  1–8
• Melvin!

  Jungle Dept.

  Art by John Severin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #21 Summer 1977 — The Nostalgic MAD #5
  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #1 — Summer 1997
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 1 — 2002
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  9–15 sample
• Lady-In-Mascara — ads for other E.C. titles interspersed

  Art by Harvey Kurtzman

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 1 — 2002
  16–17
• Calling Cosmo McMoon!

  Art by Harvey Kurtzman

  Reprinted in 2 collections

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

  Science-Fiction Dept.

  Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 4 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
  19–24
• Mole!

  Crime Dept.

  Art and idea by Will Elder

  Reprinted in 9 collections

  • MAD #22 — April 1955
  • MAD Special #24 Summer 1978 — The Nostalgic MAD #6
  • MAD About the Fifties — 1997
  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #1 — Summer 1997
  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #8 — Winter 1999
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 1 — 2002
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  • MAD's Original Idiots — Will Elder — 2015
  25–31 sample
• Real ads
  32, C3, C4

Credits

• Entire issue written by Harvey Kurtzman / except Lady-In-Mascara and Calling Cosmo McMoon! written by Jerry DeFuccio
• Color by Marie Severin
• Article lettering by Ben Oda