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Worst from Mad (1958) comic books

  • Issue #3
    Worst from Mad (1958) 3
    Published 1960 by EC.

    COMPLETE WITH BONUS: 20 x 30 Campaign poster "Alfred E. Neuman for President". Stories and art by Wally Wood, Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Tom Koch, Albert Meglin, Frank Jacobs, Sy Reit, Dee Caruso, Bill Levine, Gary Belkin, E. Nelson Bridwell, Arnie Kogen, Norman Mingo, Kelly Freas, Mort Drucker, Bob Clarke, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, and Joe Orlando. The Worst from Mad was an annual collection of classic material from Mad magazine, with new material attached in the form of posters, stickers and even vinyl recordings. Mad's parody of the Perry Mason TV series, featuring art by Mort Drucker. Mad's takes on comic strips, movie trailers, and National Geographic, all illustrated by comics legend Wally Wood. Early pre-"Lighter Side" strips by Dave Berg, and early Don Martin cartoons and art. Includes Bonus Alfred E Neuman for President Poster, a full-color poster-sized pull-out featuring art by Norm Mingo. The End of Comics; International Advertising; A Nameless Story; Pushcarts; The Mad Treasury of Unknown Poetry; Woodlore; Mad's Modern Handy Phrase Book For the American Tourist; Bet Telephone System; The Night that Perry Masonmint Lost a Case; On the Bowery; The Coming Attractions Don't Always Show Exactly What's Coming!; How to Play Golf; Big Cars; How to Read Graphs; Alfred E. Neuman's Family Tree; The North American Veeblefetzer Company's Veeble People; The Great Mail Robbery; If Comic Strip Artists Drew Editorial Cartoons; Little League; Coming Musicals; Alfred E. Neuman For President Campaign Poster; Scenes We'd Like to See - The Monster and the Villagers; Misleading Headlines; If Hollywood Directors Staged Advertising Photos; The Mad Primer; Rare Old Magazines; Understanding Football Terms; One Day's Advice Columns, The Next Day's Headlines; Scenes We'd Like to See - The Frogmen Health Chairs; Graduation Speeches That Somebody Listened To; The Chess Game; Holiday-Weekend Telethon; Payhouse 90 Production Schedule; The National Osographic Magazine; Down Lovers' Lane; Samforized; Crust Gum Paste. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

  • Issue #5N
    Worst from Mad (1958) 5N
    Published 1962 by EC.
    • 7" Cumulative spine split, some paper loss at spine. Piece missing from back cover.

    MISSING BONUS: Does NOT include 33 1/3 rpm record. Stories and art by Wally Wood, Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Arnie Kogen, Frank Jacobs, Sy Reit, Paul Laikin, Gary Belkin, Lester Krauss, Antonio Prohias, Mort Drucker, Bob Clarke, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, and Joe Orlando. The Worst from Mad was an annual collection of classic material from Mad magazine, with new material attached in the form of posters, stickers and even vinyl recordings. Mad's parody of dog hero Lassie, featuring art by Mort Drucker. Mad's lifestyle magazine for Beatniks, plus a Beatnik version of Casey at the Bat illustrated by Don Martin. Comic strip spoofs by comics legend Wally Wood. Early pre-"Lighter Side" strips by Dave Berg, early Don Martin cartoons, and Spy vs. Spy. If Magazines Carried Comic Strips; Up-To-Date Names for Rockets and Missiles; The Mad "Down-To-Earth" Coloring Book; The Safe Crackers; TV's Wonder Dog Lizzie; Spy Vs. Spy; Sailing; Admissions of Dishonesty Still Don't Make It Right!; Amateur Photography; The Carpenter's Assistants; Beatnik - The Magazine for Hipsters; Togetherness Through Music; Critical Reviews of Everything; Mad's "Pure Products" Law; Commercial Roulette; A Child's History of the Middle 1900's (1940-1960); If Doctors Advertised; The Fortune Teller; TV Ads We'd Like to See - The Bann Roll-On Commercial; How to Get Complete Newspaper Coverage; "Cool" Casey at the Bat; Scenes We'd Like to See - The Race to the Crossing; Madison Avenue Surplus Sale; At a Masquerade; The Parent from the Ages of 21 to 60; The Moving Men; Furd Foulcar; What Sort of Man Reads Mad? 8.5-in. x 11-in., 88 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

  • Issue #6N
    Worst from Mad (1958) 6N
    Published 1963 by EC.
    • Chew.

    MISSING BONUS: Does NOT include 33 1/3 rpm record. Stories and art by Wally Wood, Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Tom Koch, Earle Doud, Don Reilly, Archie De Silva, Frank Jacobs, Sy Reit, Paul Laikin, Gary Belkin, Pearl Belkin, Lester Krauss, Mort Drucker, Bob Clarke, George Woodbridge, Kelly Freas, Dave Berg, Antonio Prohias, and Joe Orlando. The Worst from Mad was an annual collection of classic material from Mad magazine, with new material attached in the form of posters, stickers and even vinyl recordings. Mad's parody of TV drama Route 66, plus a pre-1963 JFK story, featuring art by Mort Drucker. Mad's newspaper for Beatniks, illustrated by Joe Orlando. Bedtime story spoofs by comics legend Wally Wood. Early pre-"Lighter Side" strips by Dave Berg, early Don Martin cartoons, and Spy vs. Spy. A Realistic Children's Book for Realistic Children; The Inventor; How Madison Avenue Could Sell America to the World; Spy Vs. Spy; A Mad Look at The Beach; The Daily Square - A Newspaper for Discriminating "Nowhere" People; At the Knife-Throwing School; Route 67; Bedtime Stories as Told by "Job-Conscious" Fathers; The Little League Hall of Fame; Scenes We'd Like to See - The Doctor's Pronouncement; The Business of Baseball; Advertising Space on Road Signs; The Pickpocket; Medical Illustrated; How to Improve America's Prestige Abroad; Boarding the Uptown Bus; The Minute After That One-Minute TV Commercial; A Mad Guide to Classified Advertising Abbreviations; The Great Magazine Circulation Drive; In the Park; The Truth About Secret Ingredients; How to Read a Gossip Column; The Typical Summer Resort Ad / The Typical Summer Resort; Paperback Roulette In the Penny Arcade; A Mad Look at the Telephone; Sports Typography; The Hitchhiker; The Jack Kennedy Show; Liberty Mutilate Insurance Company; Glass Container Manufacturers Association. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 88 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

  • Issue #9N
    Worst from Mad (1958) 9N
    Published 1966 by EC.
    • 3 1/4" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Water damage.

    MISSING BONUS: Does NOT include 33 1/3 rpm record. Cover by Norman Mingo. Stories and art by Wally Wood, Phil Hahn, Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Frank Jacobs, Jim Rutherford, Darlene Rutherford, Arnie Kogen, Stan Hart, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Lester Krauss, Mort Drucker, Bob Clarke, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Antonio Prohias, Joe Orlando, and Sergio Aragones. The Worst from Mad was an annual collection of classic material from Mad magazine, with new material attached in the form of posters, stickers and even vinyl recordings. Mad's parodies of TV's "The Fugitive" and the film classic Lawrence of Arabia, featuring art by Mort Drucker. A reprint of the very first Mad Fold-In by Al Jaffee, featuring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Stories by comics legend Wally Wood. Early "Lighter Side" strips by Dave Berg, early Don Martin cartoons, and Spy vs. Spy (plus Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy). Cover by Norman Mingo includes The Beatles and other famous musicians recoiling in horror at Alfred E. Neuman's singing. Mannie Get Your Ghoul; At the Mask Store; Watch That Price With the Asterisk; The Phewgitive; A Mad Look at the Circus; The Sunday Drive; What Could Happen When They Use Numbers for Everything; The Lighter Side of Water Sports; Spy Vs. Spy; New School Letters for Unheralded Achievements; The Hunter; Pre-Recorded Phone Messages to Handle Those People You'd Rather Avoid Speaking To; Mad Beastlies; When This Trend Toward "Understanding" Gets Out of Hand; Insecurity Is a Pair of Loose Swim Trunks; Angry Magazine; The Lighter Side of Little League; The Mad Plan for Fighting the War Against Junk Mail; The Small Businessman in the Amazon; Fake-Out Record Jackets; Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy; The Great Cigarette Filter Tip War; The Mad Safety Council's Predictions for the Upcoming July 4th Weekend; Flawrence of Arabia; The First Fold-In; Concertina Expanding Can. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

  • Issue #10N
    Worst from Mad (1958) 10N
    Published 1967 by EC.
    • Back cover missing.

    MISSING BONUS: Does NOT include Mad bumper sticker. Cover by Norman Mingo. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Dean Norman, Bette Norman, Frank Jacobs, Harry Purvis, Dick DeBartolo, Don (Duck) Edwing, James T. Shannon, Tom Koch, Arnie Kogen, Stan Hart, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Mort Drucker, Bob Clarke, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Antonio Prohias, and Sergio Aragones. The Worst from Mad was an annual collection of classic material from Mad magazine, with new material attached in the form of posters, stickers and even vinyl recordings. Mad's parodies of TV's "Man From UNCLE," Beatles movies, and a musical version of James Bond, featuring art by Mort Drucker. Rules for Mad's legendary unplayable game, 43-Man Squamish. A modern-day version of the poem "The Highwayman" (a Mad favorite) illustrated by Don Martin. Early "Lighter Side" strips by Dave Berg, Don Martin cartoons, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Spy vs. Spy. A Child's View of Newspaper Headlines; The Official Barber; The Man From A.U.N.T.I.E.; Spy Vs. Spy; Typewri-Toons; Baseball Foto-Plays; Neurotic Magazine; A Fine Day in the City; The Lighter Side of Spring; TV Commercials and Some Folks Who Couldn't Care Less; Famous People's Home-Study Courses; If Kids Used Movie Cliches in Everyday Life; The Flying Ace (Starring The Beatles); A Celebrity's Wallet - Hugh Hefner; The Question; Surfing; The Mad Gun Owners and Other Small Bores Primer; I Got All the Finks I Need; The Lighter Side of Summer Evenings; In a Las Vegas Hotel Lobby; The Modern Highwayman; Mad Magazine Introduces 43-Man Squamish; 007 -- The James Bomb Musical; Fold-In; Contact Continuously Contagious Capsules. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

  • Issue #11
    Worst from Mad (1958) 11
    Published 1968 by EC.

    COMPLETE WITH BONUS: Mad car window stickers. Cover by Norman Mingo. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Phil Hahn, Jack Hanrahan, Frank Jacobs, Dotty Brooks, Dick DeBartolo, Don (Duck) Edwing, Tom Koch, Arnie Kogen, Stan Hart, Jack Rickard, John Putnam, Irving Schild, Paul Coker, Jr., Mort Drucker, Bob Clarke, George Woodbridge, Joe Orlando, Jack Davis, Dave Berg, Antonio Prohias, and Sergio Aragones. The Worst from Mad was an annual collection of classic material from Mad magazine, with new material attached in the form of posters, stickers and even vinyl recordings. Mad's parodies of TV's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and 1960s teen-oriented musical programs, featuring art by Mort Drucker and Jack Davis. Comic-strip characters discuss issues of the day. A lifestyle magazine for cops. Early "Lighter Side" strips by Dave Berg, Don Martin cartoons, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Spy vs. Spy. Includes Bonus Mad car window stickers, adhesive stickers with satirical messages, in a full-color insert. The Mad Comic Strip Characters' Forum on Current Affairs; Future Wit & Wisdom Books; At the Elevators; Voyage to See What's on the Bottom; Spy Vs. Spy; Some Mad Suggestions for Other "Ridiculous Ad Images"; The Lighter Side of Traveling; In the Delicatessen; Mad's "Share the Wealth" Income Tax Form; Boy Scouts vs. Little Old Ladies; Mad Car Window Stickers; The Toy Manufacturer of the Year; Mad's Puzzle Page; Fathers Are Two-Time Losers; Another Great Bank Robbery; The Mad Treasury of Unknown Poetry Volume IV; Hullabadig Au Go Go; In the Haberdashery; The Wonderful World of Re-Packaging; Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts!; Badge & Billy - The Magazine for Law Enforcement Officers; Horrifying Cliches; The Lighter Side of Shopping; Mad's "Lifetime-People" Chart; The Mad Suburban Primer; The Sinpiper; On the Subway; Fold-In. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

  • Issue #12
    Worst from Mad (1958) 12
    Published 1969 by EC.

    COMPLETE WITH BONUS: Mad picture postcards. Cover by Norman Mingo. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Phil Hahn, Jack Hanrahan, Frank Jacobs, Max Brandel, Dick DeBartolo, Don (Duck) Edwing, Tom Koch, Don Reilly, May Sakami, Stan Hart, Jack Rickard, John Putnam, Irving Schild, Paul Coker, Jr., Mort Drucker, Bob Clarke, Joe Orlando, Dave Berg, Antonio Prohias, and Sergio Aragones. The Worst from Mad was an annual collection of classic material from Mad magazine, with new material attached in the form of posters, stickers and even vinyl recordings. Mad's parody of the film classic The Sound of Music, featuring art by Mort Drucker. A phone book for superheroes. A spoof of Vietnam news coverage that is a real sign of its times. Early "Lighter Side" strips by Dave Berg, Don Martin cartoons, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Spy vs. Spy. Includes Bonus Get Mad picture postcards, pre-written postcards with satirical messages, in a full-color insert. The Mad Hate Book; The Preamble Revisited; One Day in a Hospital; Announcements for Everything; The Life of Your Run; Spy Vs. Spy; Yellow Pages for Super Heroes; The Lighter Side of Camera-Bugs; Downtown; Correspondence Schools for Repulsive People; How Various Magazines Might Handle the Same Cartoon Situation; "Get Mad" Picture Postcards; The Television Network President of the Year; Mad's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself Vietnam Newspaper Story; More Snappy Answers to Those Old Cliches; Where Our Tax Dollars Go; Once Again in the Laboratory; Telephone Solicitors; A Portfolio of Mad Namelies; The Lighter Side of Mail; What Is a Final Exam?; Idiot-Proof Products; Another Visit With a Sculptor; Horrifying Cliches; The $ound of Money; A Quick Stroll; Fold-In; Marble-Row Funeral Directors. Final issue of the series; followed by Mad Special (1970 Super Special) #1. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.60.