CATALOG RECORD

Mad #33

EC · Series began 1952 · June 1957

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Dates

Cover date: June 1957
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Norman Mingo, Romeo Serry, Jack Davis, Carl Klein, Joe Orlando, Wally Wood, Don Martin, George Woodbridge, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Bill Elderinks: Norman Mingo, Jack Davis, Carl Klein, Romeo Serry, Joe Orlando, Wally Wood, Don Martin, George Woodbridge, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Bill Eldercolors: Norman Mingoscript: Frank Jacobs, Al Feldstein, John Jarvis, Jim Sullivan, David Small, Paul Laikin, Don Martin, Ernie Kovacs, Henry Morgan, Eddie Lawrence, Donald Knuthletters: Wally Wood

Stories

Baseball's Hall of Shame · 2 pages
Phony dedication plaques for Hall of Shame inductees.
The English Titles Don't Quite Match The Action In Foreign Movies · 4 pages
Typical scenes from foreign movies with subtitles that don't describe what's going on.
The Russian Titles Don't Quite Match The Action In American Movies · 1 pages
Scenes from the movie "Marty" as "Martski", with subtitles in Russian that don't describe what's going on.
AsP Super-Duper Markets · 1 pages
Phony supermarket ad with items never sold in stores.
Future TV Ad · 2 pages
Phony ad storyboard for Perfecut Knives from Elkon.
Kovacs' Strangely Believe It! · 2 pages
Strange things around the world.
The Railroad Timetable · Travelers Aid Dept. · 1 pages
Parody of a passenger railroad timetable with lots of meaningless information.
Why I Left The Army And Became A Civilian · 3 pages
Story of the ways civilian life is much better than Army life.
The Unfortunate Part of Feeding Pigeons Homemade Popcorn · Wild Life Dept. · 3 pages
Man feed pigeons homemade popcorn and the birds, nearby pets, and all the bystanders in the park go nuts for it.
Vending Machines of The Future · 3 pages
Shows various future vending machines such as for livestock, autos, and more vending machines.
The Truth About Cowboys · 4 pages
Discussion of historically accurate cowboys.
Dead Letters · 3 pages
Phony undelivered mail addressed to famous historical figures, just before they became famous.
MAD Tickets · Show-Off Dept. · 1 pages
Phony ticket stubs to historical events.
The Dee Jay's Old Philosopher · 2 pages
Lyrics to a song recorded by Eddie on Coral Records.
The Potrzebie System of Weights And Measures · 2 pages
A system of weights, measures, force and time based on the thickness of MAD #26 as a standard potrzebie. It seems to resemble the metric system.
Hollywood Is Ruining Marlin Brando · 4 pages
Examples of changes in Brando's life and attitude, with advice for changing back.
Kovacs' Strangely Believe It! · 2 pages
Strange things around the world.
High-School Dance · Having A Ball Dept. · 4 pages
Story of planning and evening's events at a typical high school dance.
Scenes We'd Like To See: The Overhanging Bough · 1 pages
A Marshall tries to hide from some outlaws by climbing onto a tree branch, but his horse betrays him.
Jobs We'd Like To Have · We'd Like To Be Dept. · 0 pages
Short descriptions of jobs that would do nothing if they actually existed.

Characters

Alfred E. Neuman

Reprinted in

The Worst from MAD (1958), Mad about the Fifties (1997), The Organization Mad (1960), More Trash from Mad (1958), Like, Mad (1960), Mad for Decades (2007), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (1970), The Completely Mad Don Martin (1974), Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin (2014), Mad's Greatest Writers: Frank Jacobs (2015)