MAD #57 — September 1960

"Behind almost every successful man is a woman who doesn't have a thing to wear!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Stikky Peanut Butter

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Kelly Freas

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MADvertising — 2005
  • MAD Dumps on Trump and other Unlikeable Leaders! — Special Collector's Edition 2018
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for Alfred E. Neuman bust, The Organization MAD, A Golden Trashery of MAD, Subscriptions (art by Don Martin from The Escaped Convict)
  2–3
• More “MAD Y'OX”

  Marginal Marvin Dept.
  (various places around the magazine)
• Madison Avenue Surplus Sale

  Hard Sell-Out Dept.

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • MAD's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee — 1976 Big Book
  4–7
• The Good Humor Ice Cream Truck

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg
  8–10
• The Fortune Teller

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  11
• Documentary Records

  Sounds of Our Crimes Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Joe Orlando
  12–13
• If Magazines Carried Comic Strips

  Comic Relief Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  14–17
• Scenes We'd Like to See — The Race to the Crossing

  Hollywood Dept.

  Written by Gary Belkin / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • MAD Special #2 — Spring 1971
  • MAD About the Movies — 1998
  • MAD About the Movies — Director's Cut — 2008
  18
• Fishing

  Fin and Had-It Dept.

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • The Self-Made MAD — 1964 (Paperback #17)
  • MAD Special #41 — Winter 1982
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  19–25 sample
• At the Clothiers

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  26
• MAD Goes to a Gangster Movie Preview

  Gang-Green Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Self-Made MAD — 1964 (Paperback #17)
  27–30
• MAD's “Pure Products” Law

  What's In It For Me Dept.

  Written by Sy Reit / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • The Self-Made MAD — 1964 (Paperback #17)
  31–33
• Reproportioning Photographs for Fun and Mainly Profit

  Stretching the Truth Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Follies #3 — 1965 Annual
  34–37
• Tall Tales (book plug)

  Lanky-Panky Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD #32 — August 2023 (excerpt)
  38–39
• At a Masquerade

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  40
• Beatnik — The Magazine for Hipsters

  Sick, Sick Slick Dept.

  Written by Paul Laikin / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  41–46 sample
• TV Ads We'd Like to See — The Bann Roll-On Commercial

  Television Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  47
• The Moving Men

  Don Martin Dept. Part IV

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #5 — 1962 Annual
  • The Self-Made MAD — 1964 (Paperback #17)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  48
• Have Yourself a Political Party with an “Alfred E. Neuman for President” Kit

  Art by George Woodbridge from #55
  C3 sample
• Back Cover — Sham-Bug's Beat-A-Check Soup Kit

  Art by Kelly Freas

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #2 — Spring 1971
  • MADvertising — 2005
  • MAD #22 — December 2021
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