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Mad #5

EC · Series began 1952 · June-July 1953

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Dates

Cover date: June-July 1953
On sale: March 2, 1953
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Bill Elder, Wally Wood, John Severin, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davisinks: Bill Elder, Wally Wood, John Severin, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Daviscolors: Marie Severinletters: Ben Odascript: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman, Jerry De Fuccio

Stories

The EC "Publisher of the Issue" · William M. Gaines · 1 pages
A fake biography of William M. Gaines.
Outer Sanctum! · 8 pages
The Professor creates Heap and uses him to rob banks until Heap leaves to find a mate.
Black and Blue Hawks! · 7 pages
The Black and Blue Hawks stage a mutiny.
Exam · 1 pages
Analysis of what happens to the average college student on exam day.
Miltie of the Mounties! · 6 pages
Miltie the Mountie doesn't get his man.
Kane Keen! Private Eye · 7 pages
Kane finds the murderer: the butler did it.

Publisher’s description

Featuring the spoof of the Blackhawk comic book! Plus parodies of private eye and horror comics--and much more!

Reprinted in

The Brothers Mad (1958), The Complete Color Mad (1986), Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (1997), The Mad Archives (2002), The Bedside Mad (1959), Son of Mad (1959), Son of Mad (1974), The Son of Mad (2003), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (1970), The Bedside Mad (1973), Mad's Original Idiots Jack Davis (2015), Mad's Original Idiots Will Elder (2015), Mad's Original Idiots Wally Wood (2015)