MAD #42 — November 1958

"Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD For Keeps
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• Contents Page
  1
• What If You Did What They Told You On TV?

  Rush Right Out Dept.

  Written by Dee Caruso and Bill Levine / Art by Bob Clarke
  2–3 sample
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • The Worst From MAD #1 mentioned / subscription ad ($2, Jack Davis art — possible unused Field & Scream art) / ads for "What, Me Worry" Kid portrait, The Brothers Mad
  4–5
• Where They Spent Their Vacations

  Marginal Thinking Dept.
  (various places around the magazine)
• MAD's 1958 Pigskin Preview

  Unnecessary Roughness Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #3 — 1960 Annual
  6–10
• A Nameless Story

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #3 — 1960 Annual
  • The Completely Mad Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely Mad Don Martin — 2007
  11–12
• Big Cars

  Ask the Man Who Parks One Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #3 — 1960 Annual
  13–14
• I'm Five

  Danny Kaye Dept.

  Written by Danny Kaye and Milton Schafer / Art by Wally Wood
  15–17
• Not-So-Far-From-Wrong Spelling Errors

  E Before I Except After Q Dept.

  Written by Julius Rothenburg / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Forever — 1959
  • MAD About the Fifties — 1997
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  18–19
• 25 Cent MAD Children's Books

  A Child's Garden of Curses Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Forever — 1959
  • The MAD Frontier — 1962 (Paperback #12)
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  20–23
• Sick, Sick, Sick

  Out of the Freud and Into the Feiffer Dept.

  Jules Feiffer
  24–26
• Ernie Kovacs' Strangely Believe It!

  Ernie Kovacs Dept.

  Written by Ernie Kovacs / Art by Wally Wood
  27 sample
• MAD Mood Music

  Let's Look at the Record Dept.

  Written by Paul Laikin / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Forever — 1959
  28–29
• Credits / Professional Names for the Common Man

  Honorable Mention Dept.

  Written by Paul Laikin / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Frontier — 1962 (Paperback #12)
  30–33 sample
• Bob & Ray — Baseball Report

  Bob & Ray Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding / Art by Mort Drucker
  34–36
• On the Bowery

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #3 — 1960 Annual
  • The Completely Mad Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely Mad Don Martin — 2007
  37
• Houses to Match Your Personality

  Frame of Mind Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke
  38–39
• Scenes We Never Got to See

  The Phase on the Cutting Room Floor Dept.

  Written by Albert Meglin / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Forever — 1959
  40–43
• The Great Bank Robbery

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Forever — 1959
  • More Trash From MAD #3 — 1960 Annual
  • The MAD Frontier — 1962 (Paperback #12)
  • The Completely Mad Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely Mad Don Martin — 2007
  44
• Bulletin of Alfred E. Neuman University 1958–59

  College Catalog Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Forever — 1959
  • More Trash From MAD #3 — 1960 Annual
  • The MAD Frontier — 1962 (Paperback #12)
  45–48
• Ad — You'll be a "horror" in a MAD T-Shirt! — $1.25

  Photo by Larry Maleman of Al Feldstein as Igor, Nick Meglin as monster, Jerry DeFuccio as Dr. Frankenstein
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• Back Cover — Miss Clairold

  Art by Kelly Freas

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Forever — 1959
  • MAD Follies #1 — 1963 Annual
  • MADvertising — 2005
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