Mad #44 January 1959

• Cover Artist: Kelly Freas
• Mad Logo: Harvey Kurtzman

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• Culvert Reserve (ad parody) (Kelly Freas art) (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "Kissing a girl because she lets you is like
  scratching a place that doesn't itch!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Some Items "For Sale - Cheap"
  **various obscure places around the magazine
• Letters (plug for More Trash From Mad #1, ads for "What, Me Worry" Kid portrait, The Brothers Mad, Mad For Keeps, Gift Subscriptions) (2-3)
• The Coming Attractions Don't Always Show Exactly What's Coming! (written by Frank Jacobs / Wally Wood art) (4-7)
• International Advertising
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Bob Clarke art) (8-10)
• Holiday-Weekend Telethon (Mort Drucker art)
  (written by Dee Caruso and Bill Levine) (11-13)
• Junior Editions
  (written by Tom Koch / Wally Wood art) (14-15)
• Memories of Summer (Don Martin) (16-18)
  • In the Park
  • At the Seashore
  • Hunting in the Fields
• Basketball
  (written by Al Jaffee / George Woodbridge art) (19-23)
• Alfred E. Neuman's Family Tree
  (written by Tom Koch / Wally Wood art) (24-26)
• "Walk - Don't Walk" Signals (Dave Berg) (27-29)
• Custom-Made Christmas Cards
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Bob Clarke art) (30-32)
• How to Read Graphs
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Joe Orlando art) (33-35)
• Scenes We'd Like to See - The Monster and the Villagers
  (written by E. Nelson Bridwell / Joe Orlando art) (36)
• The Search for Sleep
  (written by Al Jaffee / George Woodbridge art) (37-39)
• Next Year's Extra-Long Book Titles
  (written by Carl Memling / Bob Clarke art) (40)
• Bob & Ray -- Electrical Report
  (written by Tom Koch / Mort Drucker art) (41-42)
• The North American Veeblefetzer Company's Veeble People
  (written by Tom Koch / Joe Orlando art) (43-46)
• Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
  (Don Martin) (47-48)
• Ad - You'll be "Chairman of the Board" in your Mad T-Shirt! (photo by Larry Maleman) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Alfred's Girlfriend Stares Out Window
  (Kelly Freas art)