CATALOG RECORD

Mad #30

EC · Series began 1952 · November-December 1956

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Dates

Cover date: November-December 1956
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Norman Mingo, Reed Crandall, Jack Davis, Don Martin, Phil Interlandi, Bob Clarke, Wally Wood, Kent, Thomas, Doug Rice, Parks, Ilnicki, Bill Davis, Jerry Lee, Jack Davidinks: Norman Mingo, Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Reed Crandall, Jack Davis, Don Martin, Phil Interlandi, Bob Clarke, Wally Wood, Kent, Bill Davis, Doug Rice, Parks, Ilnicki, Jerry Lee, Thomas, Jack Davidscript: Al Feldstein, Edmund E. Price, Phil Interlandi, Nick Meglin, Kent, Doug Rice, Bill Davis, Parks, Ilnicki, Jerry Lee, Thomas, W. Hall, James Blish, C. Reiner, Coleman Jacoby, Arnie Rosenediting: Harvey Kurtzman

Stories

B. F. Goodnrich Autoless - Because You Don't Need a Car, Just Tires · B. F. Goodnrich Carsaver Tires · 1 pages
Phony ad for tires from B. F. Goodnrich that don't need a car.
Elvis Pelvis · 2 pages
Satirical look at various facets of Elvis Presley's style.
Gunsmoked · 4 pages
Quick recap of typical plots from the show.
Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions · 1 pages
Advice for a man who loves both his wife and taxidermy, but whose wife hates his taxidermy.
The Manly Art of Self Defense · Collector's Dept.: Rare Old Mayhem · 2 pages
Excerpts from a treatise on The Manly Art of Self Defense by Edmund E. Price, published 1867, with illustrations and new captions.
Scenes We'd Like To See: The Gladiator and the Empress · 1 pages
A man is thrown into the gladiatorial ring and defeats a better armed opponent...but loses to a lion.
MAD Builds a More Civilized Mouse Trap · 2 pages
Several supposedly civilized ways to trap and kill mice.
Motorist Beware! · 2 pages
Describes the escalating efforts of police to patrol highways unnoticed, including several of the latest unmarked vehicles.
MAD Establishes an... Old Comic-Strip Characters' Home · 2 pages
Discusses the idea of a retirement home of no-longer published comic strip characters, with a pinup of characters and numbered key.
Bowling · 4 pages
Shows the scoring, style tips, psychological underpinnings, and problems of bowling.
Collegiate Whimsey · 3 pages
Gag cartoons from the following college publications: Iowa State Green Gander; Harvard Lampoon; Stanford Chaparral; Florida Smoke Signals; Cornell Widow; Minnesota Daily; Michigan Gargoyle; California Pelican; U.C.L.A. Scop
Morbid Dick · 4 pages
Tells the tale of the ill-fated voyage of the Peckwad in a vain attempt to kill the white whale.
Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions · 1 pages
Advice to a man whose girlfriend's father threatens that the man will only marry his daughter over his dead body.
A Medal for Horatius · 2 pages
Series of mock memos from Roman Military regarding heroic action of one Gaius Gaius Horatius, showing how politics trumps truth.
What's Happened to the... Pulp Magazines? · 4 pages
Various genres of pulp stories are all given the same treatment, showing underlying similarity.
A Saw Screams at Midnight · Band-Aid Dept. · 2 pages
Techniques for using a band saw.
MAD Merit Badges · 2 pages
Scout-type merit badges for everyday lazy, loutish clods.
Walt Dizzy Presents Dizzyland · 6 pages
Behind the scenes look at the 5 worlds of Dizzyland: Tomorrowsland, Frontrearland, Adventuresland, Fantasticland, Moneyland.
Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions · 1 pages
Advice for a girl who's being stalked by a boy.
Marginal Thinking · Nobody Asked Us, But - Dept. · 0 pages
One sentence observations on pop culture.

Characters

Alfred E. NeumanElvis PresleyDemocrat DonkeyRepublican Elephant

Reprinted in

The Worst from MAD (1958), Mad (1959), More Trash from Mad (1958), The Organization Mad (1960), Mad about the Fifties (1997), Mad for Decades (2007), Mad for Keeps (1958), Like, Mad (1960)