Mad #30 December 1956

• Cover Artist: Norman Mingo
• Cover Writer: Al Feldstein
• Cover Border Artists: Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder
• Mad Logo: Harvey Kurtzman

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• B.F. Goodnrich Autoless Tires (ad parody)
  (written by Al Feldstein / Reed Crandall art) (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• Arnie Rosen and Coleman Jacoby make keen observations
  **various obscure places around the magazine
• Elvis Pelvis
  (written by Al Feldstein / Jack Davis art) (2-3)
• Letters (4-5) - real ads for
  • Genuine Height-Increasing Elevator Shoes
  • "What, Me Worry" Kid portrait
• Gunsmoked (TV satire)
  (written by Al Feldstein / Jack Davis art) (6-9)
• Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions
  (written by Al Feldstein / Don Martin art) (10)
• The Manly Art of Self-Defense
  (Edmund E. Price's 1867 book redefined) (11-12)
• Scenes We'd Like to See -
  The Gladiator and the Empress (Phil Interlandi) (13)
• Mad Builds a More Civilized Mouse Trap
  (written by Al Feldstein / Jack Davis art) (14-15)
• Motorist Beware!
  (written by Al Feldstein / Bob Clarke art) (16-17)
• Old Comic-Strip Characters' Home
  (written by Al Feldstein / Wally Wood art) (18-19)
• Bowling (Nick Meglin idea)
  (written by Al Feldstein / Jack Davis art) (20-23)
• Collegiate Whimsey
  (from various college publications) (24-26)
• Morbid Dick (movie satire)
  (written by Al Feldstein / Wally Wood art) (27-30)
• Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions
  (written by Al Feldstein / Don Martin art) (31)
• A Medal for Horatius
  (written by Colonel W.C. Hall / Wally Wood art) (32-33)
• Pulp Magazines
  (written by James Blish / Will Elder art) (34-37)
• A Saw Screams at Midnight (G. A. Mills)
  (Starring Carl Reiner) (38-39)
• Merit Badges
  (written by Al Feldstein / Jack Davis art) (40-41)
• Walt Dizzy Presents Dizzyland (TV satire)
  (written by Al Feldstein / Wally Wood art) (42-47)
• Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions
  (written by Al Feldstein / Don Martin art) (48)
• Mad Subscription Ad -
  Vital Items You Can Buy For a Quarter!
  (written by Al Feldstein / Jack Davis art) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Reverse View of Front Cover
  (Norman Mingo and Jack Davis art)
  (written by Al Feldstein)