Issue | #14 |
Published | August 1954 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Harvey Kurtzman |
Notes | Character appearances, Department names and other miscellaneous info for this issue added by Donald Dale Milne, December 2008. |
Synopsis | Leonardo's "Mona Lisa" holding an issue of MAD (EC, 1952 series) #9 February-March 1954. |
Genre | satire; parody |
Pencils | Leonardo DaVinci (painting); ? (mixed media) |
Inks | Leonardo DaVinci (painting); ? (mixed media) |
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 | House ad for MAD subscriptions featuring a photograph of the Lacoon, an ancient Roman sculpture. |
Genre | satire; parody |
Pencils | ? (photograph) |
Inks | ? (photograph) |
Characters | Manduck; Loathar; Charles Atlas (cameo); Lamont Shadowskeedeeboomboom; Narda |
Synopsis | Manduck is reduced to using his hypnotic spells to sell snake oil on the street, until he matches spells with Lamont Shadowskeedeeboomboom. |
Genre | satire; parody |
Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
Pencils | Will Elder (signed) |
Inks | Will Elder (signed) |
Colors | Marie Severin ? |
Notes | A parody of the comic strip Mandrake the Magician. |
Reprinted | in Mad Strikes Back (Ballantine Books, 1955 series) #106 |
Synopsis | The differences between scenes in a movie and the way the movies are advertised. |
Genre | satire; parody |
Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
Pencils | Wally Wood (signed) |
Inks | Wally Wood (signed) |
Colors | Marie Severin ? |
Reprinted | in Inside Mad (Ballantine Books, 1955 series) #124 |
Synopsis | A report on the Hungarian political situation -- in Hungarian. |
Genre | satire; parody |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | The Hungarian is suspect, as each paragraph heading is "Potrzebie." |
Synopsis | House ad for the E.C. Fan-Addict fan Club. |
Pencils | Wally Wood (signed) |
Inks | Wally Wood (signed) |
Colors | Marie Severin ? |
Synopsis | Letters of comment from Mrs. Harriette K. Vandenbaun, New Haven, CT; David Reiff, Kew Gardens, NY; Doug Yonnick & Joe Kowall, Mattydale, NY; Mrs. E.K., Brooklyn, NY; Cosulnd, Chandler, Rush, Fitz, Sturdivia, and Harris, Chanute, KS; Robert Chichester, Mariette, OH; Keith Nutt; Roy Pender, Dallas, TX; Jackson Kranes and Dave Kranes, Belmont, MA; and Richard Christen |
Letters | typeset |
Synopsis | A parody of the television program "The Continental." |
Genre | satire; parody |
Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
Pencils | Jack Davis (signed) |
Inks | Jack Davis (signed) |
Colors | Marie Severin ? |
Characters | Plastic Sam; Wheezy Wunks [aka. Wizzy Woonks, Wowzy, Wuzzy Wurnks, Wozzy Wanks, Wazzy Wunks, Weezy Wonks, Wonkzy Weez]; Joe Friday; Ed Saturday; Imitation Plastic Sam |
Synopsis | Plastic Sam meets an imitation who is a bank robber. |
Genre | satire; parody |
Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
Pencils | Russ Heath (signed) |
Inks | Russ Heath (signed) |
Colors | Marie Severin ? |
Notes | A parody of Plastic Man (Quality, 1943 series). |
Reprinted | in Son of Mad (Signet Books, 1959 series) #S1701 |
Synopsis | Ad for National Schools training courses. |
Pencils | ? (photograph) |
Inks | ? (photograph) |
Letters | typeset |
Synopsis | Ad for Cheerful Card Company. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover. |
Characters | Charles Atlas |
Synopsis | Ad for Charles Atlas body building booklet. |
Pencils | ?; ? (photo) |
Inks | ?; ? (photo) |
Notes | On back cover. |