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Mad #48 July 1959
Cover Artist:
Kelly Freas
Mad Logo:
Harvey Kurtzman
Awaysis Cigarettes (ad parody) (
Kelly Freas
art) (
C2
)
Contents Page (
1
)
"America was once 'The Melting Pot'…now it's 'The Pressure Cooker'!" - Alfred E. Neuman
New Stars for Old Movies
**various obscure places around the magazine
Letters (
2-3
) (ads for Mad Straight Jackets (pictured:
Jerry DeFuccio, Lenny Brenner
, and one other),
The Bedside Mad
,
Musically Mad
, Subscriptions)
Comic Strip Heroes Taken from Real Life
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Wally Wood
art) (
4-7
)
Little Known Organizations
(written by
Paul Laikin
/
Bob Clarke
art) (
8-10
)
Skin Diving (
Dave Berg
) (
11-13
)
The Cavemen (
Don Martin
) (
14-15
)
Sid Caesar
- For the Life of Progress Hornsby
(
Mort Drucker
art) (
16-19
)
Bridge - The Aristocrat of Card Games
(written by
Al Jaffee
/
Bob Clarke
art) (
20-22
)
The Old Salt (
Don Martin
) (
23
)
The Daily Optimist
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Joe Orlando
art) (
24-25
)
On-The-Job Marching Songs
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
George Woodbridge
art) (
26-28
)
The Night that Perry Masonmint
Lost a Case (TV satire) (
29-32
)
(written by
Dee Caruso
and
Bill Levine
/
Mort Drucker
art)
Future "Confession" Books
(written by
Gary Belkin
/
George Woodbridge
art) (
33
)
How You Look to Other People
(written by
Buddy Basch
/
Bob Clarke
art) (
34-35
)
How a Television Script is Born
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Wally Wood
art) (
36-39
)
Graduation Speeches That Somebody Listened To
(written by
Arnie Kogen
/
Joe Orlando
art) (
40-41
)
Insurance Policies for Teen-Agers
(written by
Sy Reit
/
George Woodbridge
art) (
42-43
)
Miracle Fabrics
(written by
Al Jaffee
/
Bob Clarke
art) (
44-47
)
How to Play Croquet (
Don Martin
) (
48
)
Ad for
Mad Forever
(
C3
)
Back Cover -- Park-David Great Moments in Medicine
(
Kelly Freas
art)
Click
for original art! / Click
for sample!
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