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CATALOG RECORD

Mad #17

EC · Series began 1952 · November 1954

Dates

Cover date
November 1954
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

script: Harvey Kurtzmanletters: Ben Odapencils: Bill Elder, Bernie Krigstein, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Basil Wolvertoninks: Bill Elder, Bernie Krigstein, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Basil Wolvertoncolors: Marie Severin

Stories

  • Bringing Back Father! · 8 pages

    Jiggie cannot take Maggs's abuse any longer so when he has his serious moments he hires some goons to beat her into submission.

  • What's My Shine! · 7 pages

    How the Senate Subcomittee hearings would go if they were run like a TV game show.

  • Dra · 1 pages

    Excerpt of the history section of the Geology entry from Encyclopedia Britannica (Volume 10 in the 1929 edition). The tiny text begins with "Modern Geologists. -- With the work of James Hutton (1726-97), which is rather difficult reading, and its lucid exposition by John Playfair (1748-1819), we at last come to the beginnings of modern geology."

  • Meet Miss Potgold · 6 pages

    A collection of drawings of grotesque women entered in the Miss Potgold of 1955 contest.

  • Julius Caesar! · 7 pages

    MAD writer points out standard lampoon shtick elements during a portion of Julius Caesar story.

Reprinted in

The Complete Color Mad (1986), The Mad Archives (2002), The Mad Reader (1954), The Mad Reader (2002), Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (1971), Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (1971), Mad about Comic Strips (2003), The Sincerest Form of Parody: The Best 1950s MAD-Inspired Satirical Comics (2012), Mad's Original Idiots Jack Davis (2015), Mad's Original Idiots Wally Wood (2015), Mad's Original Idiots Will Elder (2015)

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