MAD #17 — November 1954

Note: cover attached upside-down, reversing page order

Contents

• Mad King Playing Card / Subscription Ad

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 3 — 2012
  C2
• Bringing Back Father!

  Newspaper Cartoon Dept.

  Art by Will Elder and Bernie Krigstein

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #6 — Spring 1999 Special
  • MAD About Comic Strips — 2003
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 3 — 2012
  • MAD's Original Idiots — Will Elder — 2015
  1–8 sample
• What's My Shine! — a better way to broadcast the McCarthy hearings

  Television Dept.

  Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • The MAD Reader — 1954 (Paperback #1)
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #6 — Spring 1999 Special
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 3 — 2012
  • MAD's Original Idiots — Jack Davis — 2015
  9–15
• Essay from a Small Country

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #6 — Spring 1999 Special
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 3 — 2012
  16
• Ad for Piracy

  Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 3 — 2012
  17
• MAD Mumblings

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 3 — 2012
  18
• Meet Miss Potgold

  Advertising Dept.

  Art by Will Elder and Basil Wolverton

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • The MAD Reader — 1954 (Paperback #1)
  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #6 — Spring 1999 Special
  • MAD XL #29 — August 2004
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 3 — 2012
  19–24
• Similar "MAD"-Type Comic Book Titles

  Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976 — The Nostalgic MAD #4
  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #6 — Spring 1999 Special
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 3 — 2012
  • MAD's Original Idiots — Wally Wood — 2015
  25 sample
• Julius Caesar!

  Cut Your Own Throat Dept.

  Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #6 — Spring 1999 Special
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 3 — 2012
  • MAD's Original Idiots — Wally Wood — 2015
  26–31 sample
• Real Ads
  32, C3, C4

Credits

• Entire issue written by Harvey Kurtzman
• Color by Marie Severin
• Article lettering by Ben Oda