The Mad Archives - Volume 1
Cover Artist and Writer: Harvey Kurtzman from #1
Contents
"Dedicated to Harvey Kurtzman, without whom..."Nick Meglin
Mad #1 -- Oct. - Nov. 1952
Cover Artist and Writer: Harvey Kurtzman
Mad Mumblings - "Greetings, you MAD readers!"
Hoohah! (Jack Davis art)
Blobs! (Wally Wood art)
Enter Cosmo McMoon! (Harvey Kurtzman art)
Crow Vadis? (Harvey Kurtzman art)
Ganefs! (Will Elder art)
Varmint! (John Severin art)
Mad #2 -- Dec. 1952 - Jan. 1953
Cover Artist: Jack Davis
Cover Writer: Harvey Kurtzman
Ad for Weird Fantasy (Al Feldstein )
Hex! (Jack Davis art)
Melvin! (John Severin art)
Lady-In-Mascara (Harvey Kurtzman art)
Calling Cosmo McMoon! (Harvey Kurtzman art)
Gookum! (Wally Wood art)
Mole! (Will Elder art and idea)
Mad #3 -- Mar. 1953
Cover Artist and Writer: Harvey Kurtzman
Mad Mumblings
Dragged Net! (Will Elder art)
Sheik of Araby! (John Severin art)
Rookie Gladiator (Harvey Kurtzman art)
The Dandelion Caper (Harvey Kurtzman art)
V-Vampires! (Wally Wood art)
Lone Stranger! (Jack Davis art)
Mad #4 -- April - May 1953
Cover Artist and Writer: Harvey Kurtzman
Mad Mumblings
Superduperman! (Wally Wood art)
Flob was a Slob! (Jack Davis art)
The Parole (Harvey Kurtzman art)
Let's Deplore Your Mind (Harvey Kurtzman art)
Robin Hood! (John Severin art)
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Mad #5 -- June - July 1953
Cover Artist: Will Elder
Cover Writer: Harvey Kurtzman
The "Publisher of the Issue" William M. Gaines (Alias Melvin) (Al Feldstein art)
Outer Sanctum! (Will Elder art)
Black and Blue Hawks! (Wally Wood art)
Exam (John Severin art)
Mad Mumblings
Miltie of the Mounties! (John Severin art)
Kane Keen! - Private Eye (Jack Davis art)
Mad #6 -- Aug. - Sept. 1953
Cover Artist and Writer: Harvey Kurtzman
No Mad / Subscription Ad (Jack Davis art)
Teddy and the Pirates! (Wally Wood art)
Melvin of the Apes! (John Severin art)
Hevo the Great (Harvey Kurtzman art)
Mad Mumblings
Casey at the Bat! (Jack Davis art)
Ping Pong! (Will Elder art)
Notes:
Harvey Kurtzman Enter Cosmo McMoon! , Crow Vadis? , Lady-In-Mascara , Calling Cosmo McMoon! , Rookie Gladiator , The Dandelion Caper , The Parole , Let's Deplore Your Mind , Exam and Hevo the Great written by Jerry DeFuccio , The "Publisher of the Issue" William M. Gaines written by Al Feldstein and William M. Gaines
Casey at the Bat! by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Marie Severin
Ben Oda
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