MAD #4 — April – May 1953

Contents

• Mad Mumblings

  Reprinted in 1 collection

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

  Hero Worship Dept.

  Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 15 collections

  • The MAD Reader — 1954 (Paperback #1)
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • MAD Special #9 — Summer 1973 — The Nostalgic MAD #1
  • MAD Special #43 — Summer 1983
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #2 — Winter 1997
  • MAD About the Fifties — 1997
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 1 — 2002
  • MAD About Super Heroes — 2002
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • MAD's Original Idiots — Wally Wood — 2015
  • MAD #25 — June 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 2 — Aug/Sept 2022
  1–8
• Flob was a Slob!

  Romance Dept.

  Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #2 — Winter 1997
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 1 — 2002
  • MAD's Original Idiots — Jack Davis — 2015
  9–15 sample
• The Parole — ads for other E.C. titles interspersed

  Art by Harvey Kurtzman

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #2 — Winter 1997
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 1 — 2002
  16–17
• Let's Deplore Your Mind

  Art by Harvey Kurtzman

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #2 — Winter 1997
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 1 — 2002
  18
• Robin Hood!

  Hysterical Historical Dept.

  Art by John Severin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • Utterly MAD — 1956 (Paperback #4)
  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #2 — Winter 1997
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 1 — 2002
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  19–24
• Shadow!

  Crime Dept.

  Art by Will Elder

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • The Brothers MAD — 1958 (Paperback #5)
  • MAD Special #15 — Summer 1975 — The Nostalgic MAD #3
  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #2 — Winter 1997
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 1 — 2002
  • MAD's Original Idiots — Will Elder — 2015
  25–31 sample
• Real ads
  32, C3, C4

Credits

• Entire issue written by Harvey Kurtzman / except The Parole and Let's Deplore Your Mind written by Jerry DeFuccio
• Color by Marie Severin
• Article lettering by Ben Oda