Dates
- Cover date
- November 1955
- On sale
- October 10, 1955
- Pages
- 60
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Armstronger Tire Knock-Down Punch Socko for Skids! · Armstronger Tire · 1 pages
Phony ad for Armstronger Tires.
- Sure Fire Dialogue · 2 pages
Snippets of stereotypical movie dialog.
- The Dave Garrowunway Show · 6 pages
Dave gets locked out of the studio and J. Floyd continues the show.
- Davy Crockett Merchandising Ideas · Davy Crockett Dept. · 1 pages
Various missed opportunities to tie merchandise to the Davy Crockett fad.
- Confidentially · 3 pages
Phony articles from various confidential exposé magazines showing how they are all the same.
- The Conquest of Tillie's Lookout · Adventure Dept. · 5 pages
An account of climbing a minor hummock at a New England resort, narrated as if climbing Mt. Everest.
- More Sure Fire Dialogue · 1 pages
Snippets of stereotypical movie dialog.
- Let's Go for a Ride! · How We Live · 5 pages
Exaggerated versions of the problems of a Sunday drive, with the family finally deciding home was more peaceful.
- The Strange Cruise of the Buttercup · 3 pages
The ship never sets sail and fires cannon at the Admiralty building.
- The Prodigious · 5 pages
Review of a movie, showing major plot turning points.
- At Home with Lorelei Latour · 2 pages
Essay on how "simple" and "unassuming" Miss Latour's estate and home are, in contrast to the expected extravagance of Hollywood stars.
- The Seven Itchy Years · 2 pages
Scenes from the movie with a review.
- Today's Criminal Investigating Game · 4 pages
Roger discusses "The Sissonville Fiend Case", how to surround and capture a criminal whose location is known, obtaining information, identifying criminal types, stake outs, fingerprints, marksmanship, and delinquent youth assistance programs.
- More Sure Fire Dialogue · 1 pages
Snippets of stereotypical movie dialog.
- A Guide to Better Understanding the Fine Old Art of Boxing · 4 pages
Insight into the sport of boxing.
- My Secret · 2 pages
Shows the details of famous golfer Benn Ogen's swing.
- More Sure Fire Dialogue · 1 pages
Snippets of stereotypical movie dialog.
- Tense Tycoons and Lucky Bucks · Best Seller Dept. · 6 pages
Parts of a story about a corporate raider and the people of one of the companies he buys.
- Sanofranized · Sanofranized fabrics · 1 pages
Four single panel cartoons in different art styles, as Sanofranized ads.
- It's High Adventure · Canadian Clubbed · 1 pages
Phony ad for Canadian Clubbed whiskey.
Reprinted in
The Brothers Mad (1958), Mad for Keeps (1958), Mad about the Fifties (1997), Son of Mad (1959), Son of Mad (1974), The Son of Mad (2003), The Mad Reader (2002), Mad for Decades (2007)