| Issue | #8 |
| Published | December 1953-January 1954 |
| Cover Price | .10 |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Notes | Character appearances, Department names and other miscellaneous info for this issue added by Donald Dale Milne, December 2008. |
| Pencils | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Inks | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Letters | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Notes | Character appearances, Department names and other miscellaneous info for this issue added by Donald Dale Milne, December 2008. |
| Reprinted | in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn] |
| Synopsis | E.C. Fan-Addict Club membership ad. |
| Pencils | Jack Davis (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Davis (signed) |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
| Characters | Baron Francesco Napoleon Stein; Bumble; Melvin; Sherman; the monster |
| Synopsis | A parody of The Frankenstein horror comics and films. |
| Genre | humor; parody |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Pencils | Bill Elder (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Elder (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Notes | The monster has Adolph Hitler's face. |
| Reprinted | in Utterly Mad (Ballantine Books, 1956 series) #178; Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #3 |
| Characters | Lone Stranger; Pronto [Chief Wonga]; Ookabollwonga tribe |
| Synopsis | The Lone Stranger learns of Proto's secret identity. |
| Genre | humor; parody; western |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Pencils | Jack Davis |
| Inks | Jack Davis |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Notes | A parody of the Lone Ranger and Tonto. |
| Reprinted | in Bedside Mad, The (Signet Books, 1959 series) #S1647; in Bedside Mad, The (Signet Books, 1959 series) #D2316; in Bedside Mad, The (Signet Books, 1959 series) #P3520; MAD Special [MAD Super Special] #18 (EC, 1970 series); Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) 3 |
| Synopsis | House ad for Weird Fantasy #22 |
| Pencils | Joe Orlando (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Orlando (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Notes | Left side of page. |
| Characters | Five Fingers Jones; the Chief |
| Synopsis | Five Fingers makes his way to Moscow. |
| Genre | humor |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Right side of page and left side of facing page. |
| Reprinted | in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #3 |
| Synopsis | Ad for Picture Stories From the Bible Complete New Testament Edition, Picture Stories from the Bible Complete Old Testament Edition, Picture Stories From Science #2, and Picture Stories from World History #2 |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Right side of page. |
| Synopsis | Letters of comments from John Hurt of Elgin, Oregon; Ronald Ketterer of Reading, Pennsylania; Harry Mitchell; Bobby Percy of Auburn, Alabama; Rose Sultan of New York City; Bill Wiesenbach of Pensacola, Florida; Atascaedro Union Hight school; Chucks Hancox; Howard Griffith; and David Allessio of Pittsfield, Massachusetts |
| Letters | typeset |
| Synopsis | A man tries a new chair. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Pencils | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Inks | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Letters | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Notes | The first panel contains text lacking in the original publication noting that this and the following 5 pages are reprints. |
| Reprinted | From Jeanie Comics (Marvel, 1947 series) #22 (November 1948) |
| Synopsis | A man shows off his new fireplace. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Pencils | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Inks | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Letters | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Reprinted | From Margie Comics (Marvel, 1946) #43 (October 1948) |
| Synopsis | A man doesn't like the sound of radio news. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Pencils | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Inks | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Letters | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Reprinted | From Gay Comics (Marvel, 1944 series) #34 (October 1948) |
| Synopsis | A man tries to eat breakfast cereal. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Pencils | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Inks | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Letters | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Reprinted | From Patsy Walker (Marvel, 1945 series) #22 (May 1949) |
| Synopsis | A man makes too much noise at a movie. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Pencils | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Inks | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Letters | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Reprinted | From Margie Comics (Marvel, 1946 series) #43 (October 1948) |
| Synopsis | A man tries out a magic hat. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Pencils | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Inks | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Letters | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Reprinted | From Joker Comics (Marvel, 1942 series) #35 (January 1949) |
| Characters | Bat Boy; Rubin; the Fleagle Gang; the Flurgle Gang |
| Synopsis | Bat Boy and Rubin eliminate the gangs in Cosmopolis, but the killer is still at large. |
| Genre | humor; parody |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Pencils | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Inks | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Notes | A parody of Batman and Robin comics. May be first use of word "furshlugginer" in MAD. |
| Reprinted | in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn]; Inside Mad (Ballantine Books, 1955 series) #124; Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #3 |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Notes | An ad for Ideal Company watches, jewelry, and other items. |
| Synopsis | An ad for International Binocular Company Spektoscopes. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Synopsis | An ad for Jetex model plane. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |