CATALOG RECORD

Mad #24

EC · Series began 1952 · July 1955

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Dates

Cover date: July 1955
On sale: May 2, 1955
Pages: 68

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, Bernie Krigsteininks: Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, Bernie Krigsteinscript: Harvey Kurtzman, Hans Christian Andersen, I. Wallach, Bernard Shir-Cliff, Ernie Kovacs, Roger Price

Stories

Headache? Cold Misery? · Bofforin · 1 pages
Phony ad for Bofforin pain reliever.
Extremely Important Message from the Editors · 1 pages
Message is, "Please Buy This Magazine."
She Wanted to Drown Her Troubles · Gluggle! · 1 pages
Phony ad for movie "Gluggle!"
I Dreamed I Walked down 5th Avenue in My Ironmaidenfit · Ironmaidenfit · 0.5 pages
Phony ad for Ironmaidenfit bras.
Are You Ever Lovely to Love? · MMboy · 0.5 pages
Phony ad for MMBoy Cream Deodorant.
Is a Trip to the Moon Possible? · 10 pages
A humorous look at the problems and joys of travel to the moon.
Report from Russia · News Dept. · 1 pages
A supposed look into Russian thought...in Russian (Cyrillic script).
Out of the Frying Pan and into the Soup · 3 pages
A tangled story of a retired army private and his granddaughter.
Wrestling · 10 pages
A humorous look at professional wrestling matches, using all the stereotypes in the sport.
Comics Digest · Newspaper Comics Dept.; Brunette; Little Orphan Melvin; Smilin' Melvin; Lil' Ab'r; Dick Tracing; Popcorn; Manduck the Magician · 2 pages
Classy Crimes #138: Who Put the Strichnine in Mrs. Murphy's Husband? · 3 pages
Detective Francis L. Guteberger investigates the murder of Seamus Murphy.
Anyone Can Build This Coffee Table · 3 pages
Bogus instructions on how to build a coffee table complete with a potted plant sitting on the table.
Is This Your Life? · 9 pages
Melvin Furd is nearly killed during the show, which features family, friends, enemies and someone he doesn't even know.
Tom Swifft and His Electric Ping Pong Ball · 2 pages
Tom's invention is stolen by a Russian spy.
A Guide for Future Job Hunters · 1 pages
A series of phony graphs explaining employment statistics.
How to Get the Job You Want by Thinking Positively and Also Get Ahead by Learning My Five Rules That Will Give You a New and Unbelievable Positive Personality and Help You Achieve Success · 2 pages
Five foolish rules for building a positive personality for yourself.
Vera's Cruz · 10 pages
Two men sign on to guard a gold and guns shipment, but are also out to steal it for themselves.
If You Suffer Pain · Anasprin · 0.11 pages
Phony ad for Anasprin.
Are You Walking Around like a Human Question Mark? · Rubbaban · 0.33 pages
Phony ad for Rubbaban women's foundation garments.
In These Danger Periods Your Skin "Dies" a Little · Pund's Cold Cream · 1 pages
Phony ad for Pund's Cold Cream.
Never Before a Bandage That Sticks like This! · Bind-Aig · 1 pages
Phony ad for Bind-Aig adhesive bandages.
When I'm Eating Jell-y I Wish I Were a Human Being · Jell-y · 1 pages
Phony ad for Jell-y dessert.

Characters

Donald DuckSanta ClausFrankenstein's monsterAbraham LincolnJohn ReidThe Lone RangerWinston ChurchillHarry S. TrumanBob HopeGroucho MarxMarilyn MonroeBing CrosbyMorticia AddamsLiberaceGomez AddamsMarlon BrandoPugsley Addams

Reprinted in

The Mad Archives (2002), The Brothers Mad (1958), Mad for Keeps (1958), More Trash from Mad (1958), Mad about the Fifties (1997), Son of Mad (1959), The Son of Mad (2003), Mad for Decades (2007), Atlas Comics Library (2023)