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Mad #53 March 1960
Cover Artist:
Kelly Freas
Mad Logo:
Harvey Kurtzman
Fleischman's Whiskey (
Kelly Freas
art) (
C2
)
Contents Page (
1
)
Letters (
2-3
)
Ads for Alfred E. Neuman portrait,
Mad Forever
,
Mad For Keeps
,
Son of Mad
, Subscriptions
Marvin Talks About Small Cars
**consecutive places around the magazine
Personalized Merchandising
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Bob Clarke
art) (
4-7
)
Breakfast at Liggett's (
Don Martin
) (
8-9
)
Mad's Tips on Highway Safety
(written by
Tom Koch
/
George Woodbridge
art) (
10-11
)
New Movie Monsters from Madison Avenue
(written by
E. Nelson Bridwell
/
Wally Wood
art) (
12-14
)
What Would Happen if Teenagers Ran the Country
(
Dave Berg
) (
15-18
)
The Rifle, Man! (TV satire)
(written by
Nick Meglin
/
Mort Drucker
art) (
19-22
)
Mad's Society Page
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
Bob Clarke
art) (
23-25
)
Changing History for Commercial TV
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
Joe Orlando
art) (
26-29
)
Valentines to People We've Fallen Out of Love With
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Mort Drucker
art) (
30-31
)
Balcony Scene (
Don Martin
) (
32
)
Mad Goes to an Alfred Hatchplot Movie
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
Wally Wood
art) (
33-36
)
Modern Sources of Untapped Energy
(written by
Sy Reit
/
George Woodbridge
art) (
37-39
)
Skiing (written by
Dave Berg
/
Bob Clarke
art) (
40-43
)
Hazards of Illuminated Signs
(written by
Sy Reit
/
Joe Orlando
art) (
44-47
)
Down on Wall Street (
Don Martin
) (
48
)
Ad for life-like, 3-D, bisque china Alfred E. Neuman Bust -
3.75" tall = $1 / 5.5" tall = $2 (
Lester Krauss
photo)
(repurposed snippet of
Will Elder
art from
Medical
) (
C3
)
Back Cover -- Eastzone Kossak Film (
Kelly Freas
art)
Click
for original art! / Click
for sample!
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