CATALOG RECORD

Mad #38

EC · Series began 1952 · March 1958

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Dates

Cover date: March 1958
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: J. Fred Muggs, Norman Mingo, Bob Clarke, Carl Klein, Romeo Serry, Mort Drucker, George Woodbridge, Don Martin, Wally Wood, Dave Berg, Joe Orlando, Kelly Freasinks: Norman Mingo, J. Fred Muggs, Bob Clarke, Romeo Serry, Carl Klein, Mort Drucker, George Woodbridge, Don Martin, Wally Wood, Dave Berg, Joe Orlando, Kelly Freascolors: J. Fred Muggs, Norman Mingo, Kelly Freasscript: Dave Berg, Al Feldstein, Bob Foster, John Cruz, Bill Gaines, Tom Koch, Don Martin, Ernie Kovacs, Frank Jacobs, Paul Laikin, Albert Meglin, Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding, E. Nelson Bridwellletters: Wally Wood

Stories

The Story Behind the Cover · J. Fred Muggs · 1 pages
Photos of the artist at work and claims to be the first magazine cover ever painted by a chimpanzee.
Wha' for...Sports Cars · Bumper Crop Dept. · 2 pages
Things sports cars can do that normal-size cars cannot.
MAD's Revised New Up-to-Date Alphabet Book · Now Johnny Can Read Dept. · 4 pages
A rhyming alphabet using modern culture items, pastimes, and people.
Mike Malice Interviews Mother Goose · Mike Fright Dept. · 2 pages
Mike interviews Mother Goose in his hard-hitting style, but gets no answers.
Blood, Guts, a Roscoe & You · The "Eyes" Have It Dept. · 3 pages
Mike is hired for a case but solves nothing, as the pictures show what really happened versus the typical detective novel text.
Outstanding Americans: Arthur A. Freen · 4 pages
After a series of disastrous automotive inventions beginning in 1934, Arthur invents the Ford Edsel in 1957.
Strangely Believe It! · 1 pages
A parody of Ripley's Believe It Or Not.
Crazy Mixed-Up Mismatched Matchbook Covers · Close Cover Before Reading Dept. · 2 pages
Matchbook covers whose front and back do not match, supposedly produced by Alfred when he worked for a matchbook company.
MAD Invitations · R.S.V.P. Dept. · 2 pages
Phony invitations to improbable celebrity social events.
Nobody Has Any Fun at Parties · Likewise I'm Sure Dept. · 3 pages
A party that never gets going because the guests spend all night introducing themselves to each other.
Baby Sitting May Ruin Our Nation! · The Patter of Big Feet Dept. · 4 pages
Details what could happen if crime syndicates take over baby sitting and advises parents to just stay home.
Strangely Believe It! · 1 pages
Parody of Ripley's Believe It Or Not.
MAD Wallpaper · Inferior Decoration Dept. · 2 pages
Ideas for wallpapers with purpose instead of decoration.
How Neurotic Are You? · 2 pages
Quiz to see if you suffer from common pop culture neuroses.
MAD Looks at Endorsements · 2 pages
Phony ads showing how little connection there often is between a celebrity and the product they endorse.
The National Bannister Sliding Contests · 3 pages
An interview from the site of the contest, where we watch several contestants crash through the floor at the end of the bannister.
TV Scenes We'd Like to See · 2 pages
Scenes from the following tv shows with unusual outcomes: Dragnet; $64,000 Question; Ed Sullivan Show; What's My Line; The Lone Ranger; This Is Your Life!; If You Had A Million.
Bitter Homes and Gardens · 5 pages
Satire of Better Homes and Gardens magazine, with articles on home remodeling and tips for the handyman.
In A Field of Daisies · 1 pages
Two men walking through a field discover on oversized flower, which one of them has somehow connected to a gag spray bulb.
Vilecream Grooms the Self-Loving · Vilecream · 1 pages
Phony ad for Vilecream hair cream.
MAD Definitions · 0 pages
Redefined word definitions.
New Kind of Cigar Even Fills Itself By Itself - With Ink · Barker 61 Capillary Cigar · 1 pages
Phony ad for cigar.

Reprinted in

More Trash from Mad (1958), Fighting Mad (2004), The Worst from MAD (1958), The Ides of Mad (1961), Mad about the Fifties (1997), Mad for Decades (2007), Mad's Greatest Artists: Mort Drucker (2012)