| Issue | #29 |
| Published | September 1956 |
| Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Albert B. Feldstein |
| Notes | First issue edited by Albert B. Feldstein. First issue with text in margins. |
| Genre | humor |
| Pencils | Harvey Kurtzman (frame, signed); Bill Elder (frame, signed); Wally Wood (figures at bottom) |
| Inks | Harvey Kurtzman (frame, signed); Bill Elder (frame, signed); Wally Wood (figures at bottom) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | First issue edited by Albert B. Feldstein. First issue with text in margins. |
| Synopsis | Phony ad for Ethel, exhorting everyone to drive more. |
| Genre | satire |
| Pencils | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Inks | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Parody of Ethyl Corp. gasoline additive ads. Some characters based on Pogo comic strip. |
| Reprinted | in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |
| Pencils | various |
| Inks | various |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Art is excerpts from this issue. Quote under the masthead is from Swift (1667-1745). |
| Synopsis | Phony ad for Severolet, a car that comes in sections and can expand to any desired length. |
| Genre | satire |
| Pencils | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Inks | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Parody of ad for Chevrolet station wagon; car drawing resembles one. |
| Characters | Melvin |
| Synopsis | House ad for MAD Magazine subscriptions. |
| Pencils | Bill Elder |
| Inks | Bill Elder |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Galahad |
| Synopsis | Letters, mostly commenting on issue #28. |
| Script | Albert B. Feldstein; Philip Charize; Nathan A, Shotbag; Bob Martinick; Harvey Simons; Bob Tucker; Bill Fried; Max Schneider; James Germain; John Murray Jr.; Alex Dunne; Stan Lamontovich; Tony Gristina; Paul Johnson; Murray Loew; Roger Johnson; Frank Veles; John Nellis; Jim McConnell; Ron Freund; Don Evans; Dianne Haber; Chester Swedge; James Layland |
| Pencils | various |
| Inks | various |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Includes correction to the Collegiate Whimsey article in issue #28. First issue to use title "Random Samplings of Reader Mail." |
| Characters | Free Fall Ferris |
| Synopsis | Story about a mouse who becomes a U.S. astronaut. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Jerry DeFuccio |
| Pencils | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Inks | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection. |
| Reprinted | in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn]; in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 |
| Synopsis | Cowboy tries to save a woman in a runaway stage coach by jumping from his horse onto one of the runaway horses...but falls on the ground. |
| Genre | satire |
| Pencils | Phil Interlandi (signed) |
| Inks | Phil Interlandi (signed) |
| Characters | Ernie Kovacs |
| Synopsis | Rules for a fictitious board game. |
| Genre | satire |
| Script | Ernie Kovacs |
| Pencils | Bill Elder (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Elder (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn] |
| Synopsis | Examples of types and uses of television remote controls. |
| Genre | humor |
| Pencils | Jack Davis |
| Inks | Jack Davis |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 |
| Synopsis | Quiz with bad examples of dining practices. |
| Genre | humor |
| Pencils | Basil Wolverton (signed) |
| Inks | Basil Wolverton (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | Tim Wrath [Greg Peckory]; Gene Lockjaw; Mrs. Wrath [Joan Jennifer]; Rosa [Maria Parmesan] |
| Synopsis | Major scenes from the movie, with captions instead of dialog. |
| Genre | satire |
| Pencils | Jack Davis |
| Inks | Jack Davis |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Parody of movie "The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit." |
| Characters | Hans Huckerbein; Fritz; Auntie Lotten |
| Synopsis | Fritz captures a raven, Hans, and brings it home where it destroys the place until it drinks some wine and dies tangled in some rope. The moral is loosely given as the bad you do will catch up with you. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Wilhelm Busch |
| Pencils | Wilhelm Busch |
| Inks | Wilhelm Busch |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Cartoon is over 100 years old, by the creator of "Max und Moritz" which was the inspiration for the Katzenjammer Kids. |
| Characters | Alfred E. Neuman |
| Synopsis | Advice for a man who loses everything and wants to hang himself. |
| Genre | humor |
| Pencils | Don Martin |
| Inks | Don Martin |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Alfred E. Neuman does not physically resemble the MAD trademark character. |
| Reprinted | in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn]; in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 |
| Characters | Melvin Cowznofsky |
| Synopsis | Story of Melvin's summer at Camp Pot-Ra-Zee-Bee. |
| Genre | satire |
| Pencils | Jack Davis (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Davis (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |
| Synopsis | A bunch of figures, captions, and titles to cut out and arrange on some background scenes. |
| Genre | satire |
| Pencils | Jack Kamen ? |
| Inks | Jack Kamen ? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Jack Kamen is credited on the Contents page with something, and this is the only article I could identify that did not have individual credits. |
| Reprinted | in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 |
| Characters | Mort Pestle; Mickey Toonis; Sid Lumly; George Sturdley; Vava Voom |
| Synopsis | Collection of typical newspaper photos taken to show hot summer weather. |
| Genre | satire |
| Pencils | Bill Elder (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Elder (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Smedley van Sturdley; Milton Forbisher; Stanley Henkledorf; Walter N. Goober; Beauregard Bordon |
| Synopsis | Bubble gum cards in the Famous Cowards series. |
| Genre | satire |
| Pencils | Jack Davis |
| Inks | Jack Davis |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 |
| Synopsis | A man and a woman are running to escape cannibals and she twists an ankle, whereupon the man runs away as the cannibals close in, instead of carrying her. |
| Genre | satire |
| Pencils | Phil Interlandi (signed) |
| Inks | Phil Interlandi (signed) |
| Reprinted | in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 |
| Synopsis | Essay on early human evolution up to the Stone Age. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | B. Wiseman |
| Pencils | B. Wiseman |
| Inks | B. Wiseman |
| Letters | typeset |
| Synopsis | After a jockey is fired for taking a bribe, the owner's granddaughter volunteers to ride in the big race. She loses. |
| Genre | satire |
| Pencils | Phil Interlandi (signed) |
| Inks | Phil Interlandi (signed) |
| Colors | one |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 |
| Characters | Sylvester J. Ike; Cosmo L. Nixon; Stevenson Blung; Irving I. Kefauver; Harriman Twince |
| Synopsis | Predictions for political convention personnel whose names resemble famous politicians. |
| Genre | humor |
| Pencils | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Inks | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Furd famliy |
| Synopsis | The Furds find an attractive real estate ad only to be disappointed by the actual home. |
| Genre | humor |
| Pencils | Wally Wood; Jack Kamen (home rendering) |
| Inks | Wally Wood; Jack Kamen (home rendering) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |
| Synopsis | Advice for a man whose wife plays the tuba at night. |
| Genre | humor |
| Pencils | Don Martin |
| Inks | Don Martin |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 |
| Characters | Mrs. Goodfellow Kringe; Irving Kringe |
| Synopsis | A look at a teenage Rock 'n Roll Romp party and aftermath. |
| Genre | humor |
| Pencils | Jack Davis |
| Inks | Jack Davis |
| Letters | typeset |
| Synopsis | Ad for hi-fi records. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Synopsis | Ad for record album rack. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Synopsis | Ad for drawings of Alfred E. Neuman suitable for framing. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Alfred is not named. |
| Characters | Alfred E. Neuman |
| Synopsis | Meaningless charts showing useless statistics about MAD's first year. |
| Genre | humor |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Synopsis | Phony ad for Padst Red Ribbon Beer. |
| Genre | satire |
| Pencils | Bill Elder (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Elder (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Parody of ad for Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer. On back cover. |