Mad #74 October 1962

  • Cover Artist: Kelly Freas
  • Mad Logo: Harvey Kurtzman
  • Polaroid Land Camera Ad Campaign (Lester Krauss photo) (C2)
  • Contents Page (1)
  • 10th Anniversary Letters from, Fabian, Johnny Mathis, Louis Nye, Bill Mauldin, Lyle Bettger, Judge Crater alias Bobby Darin, Danny Kaye, The Honorable Benjamin S. Rosenthal of New York entering remarks into the Congressional Record, Joanie Sommers, Allen Saunder and Ken Ernst as Mary Worth, Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, Milton Caniff as Steve Canyon, Jerry Dumas (Sam and Silo), Mort Walker (Beetle Bailey)
    (mailbox 2 of 6 drawn by Nick Meglin) (2-3)
  • Ads for Subscriptions - "Nine bombs are on their way!" (Lester Krauss photo of Jerry DeFuccio as wartime bomb spotter), Alfred E. Neuman bust and portrait
  • Favorite Chinese Dishes of Some Famous Folk
    (written by Jack Mendelsohn)
    **various places around the magazine
  • Alfred's Poor Almanac
    (written by Frank Jacobs / John Putnam art) (4)
  • Dr. Kiljoy (TV satire)
    (written by Lou Silverstone / Mort Drucker art) (5-9)
  • Future TV Medical Shows
    (written by Stan Hart / Jack Rickard art) (10-11)
  • Labor Day Cards from Management to Labor
    (written by Frank Jacobs / George Woodbridge art) (12-14)
  • Waterskiing (Don Martin) (15-16)
  • If Corporations Ran Their Own Summer Camps
    (written by Larry Siegel / Bob Clarke art) (17-20)
  • Spy Vs. Spy - grenade tennis / sewer project cannon (Antonio Prohias) (21)
  • Speaking From Pictures (22-23)
    (written by Gerald Gardner / UPI and World Wide photos)
  • When Newspaper Editors Go On Vacation
    and "Summer Replacement" Editors Take Over
    (written by Frank Jacobs / Joe Orlando art) (24-27)
  • If They had Summer Replacements in Everyday Life
    (written by Frank Jacobs / George Woodbridge art) (28-31)
  • At the Movies (Don Martin) (32)
  • TV Ads We'd Like to See
    (written by Earle Doud / Wally Wood art) (33-34)
  • The Rock 'N' Roll Senior Citizens' Problem
    (written by Larry Siegel / Mort Drucker art) (35-37)
  • A Celebrity's Wallet - Vince Edwards
    (written by Arnie Kogen / Bob Clarke art) (38-39)
  • Eating Out (Dave Berg) (40-43)
  • Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy - wrecking ball love /
    head to head magnet (Antonio Prohias) (44)
  • The Mad Celebrity Primer
    (written by Larry Siegel / Wally Wood art) (45-47)
  • The Arrival of the King (Don Martin) (48)
  • Ad for Mad In Orbit paperback (C3)
  • Back Cover -- Sucka Instant Coffee (Lester Krauss photo)

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