Mad #52 January 1960

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

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• Parloraid Land Camera (ad parody)
  (written by Larry Siegel / Kelly Freas art) (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• Letters (ad for Son of Mad paperback) (2-3)
• Marvin Talks About the Tobacco Industry
  **consecutive places around the magazine
• The Mad 1960 Calendar (written by Larry Siegel) (4-7)
  • Cover page, December (Bob Clarke art)
  • January, May, August (Joe Orlando art)
  • February (Bob Clarke art)
  • March, October (Wally Wood art)
  • April (Kelly Freas art)
  • June (Mort Drucker art)
  • July (Dave Berg art)
  • September (George Woodbridge art)
  • November (Don Martin art)
• New Ad Spaces
  (written by Tom Koch / George Woodbridge art) (8-10)
• 777 Sunset Strip (TV satire)
  (written by Larry Siegel / Mort Drucker art) (11-14)
• The Brain Operation (Don Martin) (15-16)
• Protest Letters (written by Sy Reit / Bob Clarke art) (17-20)
• Mad's Helpful Household Repair Hints
  (Dave Berg) (21-23)
• Mad's Modern Folk Music
  (written by Tom Koch / Bob Clarke art) (24-25)
• Living Space (written by Al Jaffee / Bob Clarke art) (26-29)
• Sure-Fire 1959 Christmas Songs
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Mort Drucker art) (30-31)
• The Truth About Before and After Ads
  (written by Sy Reit / Wally Wood art) (32-35)
• In Surgery (Don Martin) (36)
• Mad Goes to a Historical Movie Preview
  (written by Larry Siegel / Joe Orlando art) (37-40)
• The First Edition, The Second Edition, The Final Edition
  (written by Frank Jacobs / George Woodbridge art) (41-43)
• Mad's Up-To-Date Version of The Night Before Christmas
  (written by Paul Laikin / Wally Wood art) (44-47)
• The Early Riser (Don Martin) (48)
• Ads for Alfred E. Neuman portrait, Mad Forever,
  Mad For Keeps, Mad T-Shirts and Mad Straight Jackets ("Deck Your Friends in Clothes of Folly!") (same bar scene with Jerry DeFuccio, Lenny Brenner as #51 - Lester Krauss photo), Subscriptions (C3)
• Back Cover -- Der Car Kraut: Volks Wagen
  (Kelly Freas art)