MAD #8 — Dec. 1953 – Jan. 1954

Contents

• Ad for E.C. Fan-Addict Club

  Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 2 — 2007
  C2
• Frank N. Stein!

  Terror Dept.

  Art by Will Elder

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • Utterly MAD — 1956 (Paperback #4)
  • MAD Special #15 — Summer 1975 — The Nostalgic MAD #3
  • MAD Special #43 — Summer 1983
  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #3 — Spring 1998
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 2 — 2007
  • Horrifyingly MAD — 2011
  • MAD's Original Idiots — Will Elder — 2015
  • MAD #45 — October 2025
  1–8
• Lone Stranger Rides Again!

  Western Dept.

  Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • The Bedside MAD — 1959 (Paperback #6)
  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #3 — Spring 1998
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 2 — 2007
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • MAD's Original Idiots — Jack Davis — 2015
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  9–15
• Operation Under The Ground (chapter 2) — ads for other E.C. titles interspersed

  Cloak and Dagger Dept.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #3 — Spring 1998
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 2 — 2007
  16–17
• Mad Mumblings

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 2 — 2007
  18
• Hey Look! — more Harvey Kurtzman early creations

  Collectors' Item Dept.

  Harvey Kurtzman

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #3 — Spring 1998
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 2 — 2007
  19–24
• Bat Boy and Rubin!

  Hero Worship Dept.

  Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 13 collections

  • Inside MAD — 1955 (Paperback #3)
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • MAD Special #12 — Summer 1974 — The Nostalgic MAD #2
  • MAD Special #71 — Summer 1990
  • MAD About the Fifties — 1997
  • MAD Batman Spectacular — July 1997
  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #3 — Spring 1998
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD About Super Heroes — 2002
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 2 — 2007
  • MAD Presents Batman — September 2012
  • MAD's Original Idiots — Wally Wood — 2015
  • MAD #15 — October 2020
  25–31 sample
• Real ads
  32, C3, C4

Credits

• Entire issue written by Harvey Kurtzman / except Operation Under The Ground written by Jerry DeFuccio
• Color by Marie Severin
• Article lettering by Ben Oda