MAD #24 — July 1955

Contents

• Bofforin (ad parody)

  Art by Will Elder

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD For Keeps — 1958
  • Completely MAD — 1991
  • MAD About the Fifties — 1997
  • MAD XL #26 — March 2004
  • MADvertising — 2005
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
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• Extremely important message from the editors: (please buy this magazine)

  Harvey Kurtzman

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD About the Fifties — 1997
  • MAD Art — 2002
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
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• Gluggle! (film poster parody)

  Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  2 sample
• Contents Page

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  3
• Ironmaidenfit (ad parody)

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD For Keeps — 1958
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  4
• Letters Dept.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  4–5
• Mmboy Cream Deodorant (ad parody)

  Art by Will Elder

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
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• Is a Trip to the Moon Possible?

  Science Dept.

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD For Keeps — 1958
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  6–15
• Report from Russia (in Russian)

  News Dept.

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman

  • embedded: Tel-Tapper-Phoner

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  16
• Out of the Frying Pan and into the Soup

  Literature Dept.

  Written by Ira Wallach / Art by Bernie Krigstein

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  17–19
• Wrestling

  Sports Dept.

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #1 — 1958 Annual
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  20–29
• Comics Digest

  Newspaper Comics Dept.

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Will Elder

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #1 — 1958 Annual
  • The Brothers MAD — 1958 (Paperback #5)
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  30–31 sample
• Classy Crimes #138: Who put the Strichnine in Mrs. Murphy's Husband?

  Crime Dept.

  Written by Bernard Shir-Cliff / Art by Will Elder

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  32–34
• Anyone Can Build This Coffee Table

  Do It Yourself Dept.

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD For Keeps — 1958
  • MAD About the Fifties — 1997
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  35–37
• Is This Your Life? (TV satire)

  Television Dept.

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Will Elder

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  38–46
• Tom Swiffft and His Electric Ping Pong Ball

  Classics Dept.

  Written by Ernie Kovacs / Art by Will Elder

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  47–48
• A Guide for Future Job Hunters — How to get the job you want by thinking positively and also get ahead by learning my five rules that will give you a new and unbelievable positive personality and help you achieve success

  Education Dept.

  Written by Roger Price

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  49–51
• Vera's Cruz (movie satire)

  Movie Dept.

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  52–61
• Anasprin (ad parody)

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Son of MAD — 1959 (Paperback #7)
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  62
• Ad for The MAD Reader

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  62
• Pictoquiz

  Puzzle Dept.

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  62–63 sample
• Rubbaban (ad parody)

  Art by Will Elder

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  63
• Pund's Cold Cream (ad parody)

  Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  64
• Bind-Aig Plastic Strips (ad parody)

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Will Elder

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD For Keeps — 1958
  • MADvertising — 2005
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• Back Cover — Jell-y (ad parody)

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Will Elder

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MADvertising — 2005
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