CATALOG RECORD

Mad #8

EC · Series began 1952 · December 1953-January 1954

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Dates

Cover date: December 1953-January 1954
On sale: September 1, 1953
Pages: 36

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

script: Harvey Kurtzmanpencils: Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, Bill Elder, Joe Orlando, Wally Woodinks: Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, Bill Elder, Joe Orlando, Wally Woodcolors: Harvey Kurtzman, Marie Severinletters: Harvey Kurtzman, Ben Oda

Stories

Frank N. Stein! · 8 pages
A parody of The Frankenstein horror comics and films.
Lone Stranger Rides Again! · 7 pages
The Lone Stranger learns of Pronto's secret identity.
Operation Under-the-Ground [Chapter II] · 1 pages
Five Fingers makes his way to Moscow.
Collectors' Item Dept. · 1 pages
A man tries a new chair.
Untitled · 1 pages
A man shows off his new fireplace.
Untitled · 1 pages
A man doesn't like the sound of radio news.
Untitled · 1 pages
A man tries to eat breakfast cereal.
Untitled · 1 pages
A man makes too much noise at a movie.
Untitled · 1 pages
A man tries out a magic hat.
Bat Boy and Rubin! · 7 pages
Bat Boy and Rubin eliminate the gangs in Cosmopolis, but the killer is still at large.

Reprinted in

The Complete Color Mad (1986), The Mad Archives (2002), Utterly Mad (1956), The Bedside Mad (1959), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (1970), Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (1997), Mad (2018), Inside Mad (1955), The Ridiculously Expensive Mad (1969), The Bedside Mad (1973), Mad Batman Spectacular (1997), Mad about the Fifties (1997), Mad About Super Heroes (2002), Mad about Super Heroes (2006), Mad Presents Batman (2012), Mad's Original Idiots Wally Wood (2015), Mad's Original Idiots Jack Davis (2015), Mad's Original Idiots Will Elder (2015)