CATALOG RECORD

Mad #44

EC · Series began 1952 · January 1959

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Dates

Cover date: January 1959
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Kelly Freas, Larry Maleman, Norman Mingo, Wally Wood, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Don Martin, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Joe Orlandoinks: Kelly Freas, Larry Maleman, Norman Mingo, Wally Wood, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Don Martin, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Joe Orlandocolors: Kelly Freasscript: Al Feldstein, Frank Jacobs, Dee Caruso, Bill Levine, Tom Koch, Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Dave Berg, E. Nelson Bridwell, Carl Memling, Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding

Stories

Clear Heads Agree Culvert D.T.'s Are Better · Culvert Reserve · 1 pages
Phony ad for Culvert Reserve Whiskey.
The Coming Attractions...Don't Always Show Exactly What's Coming! · Sneaky Prevues Dept. · 4 pages
Showing the larger boring scenes that exciting movie previews are supposedly taken from.
International Advertising · Globaloney Dept. · 3 pages
Ads we might see if countries advertised like other products, instead of communicating their ideologies and accomplishments as they currently do.
The National Safety Council's Holiday-Weekend Telethon · Crash Program Dept. · 3 pages
Telethon to pump up the number of highway fatalities to meet the numbers announced before the holiday.
Junior Additions · Crib Sheet Dept. · 2 pages
Possible kids' editions of popular magazines, including: Junior Confessions, Tiny Homes and Gardens; Sports Infantile; Truant; Tyke; Pedal Trend; The Saturday Evening Tot.
Memories of Summer · 3 pages
3 cartoons of the dangers of summer.
Basketball · Dribble Drivel Dept. · 5 pages
Satirical look at the sport of basketball.
Alfred E. Neuman's Family Tree · 3 pages
Famous ancestors of Alfred, with very brief biographical notes and dates of birth and death.
"Walk - Don't Walk" Signals · Signals Crossed Dept. · 3 pages
Thoughts on what could happen if the concept of signals were extended to everyday life events.
Custom-Made Christmas Cards · X-Missles Dept. · 3 pages
Phony Christmas cards from celebrities to other celebrities.
How to Read Graphs · Grid and Bear It Dept. · 3 pages
Useless explanations of various types of graphs.
Scenes We'd Like to See: The Monster and the Villagers · 1 pages
When the villagers finally corner the monster he responds by signing autographs.
The Search for Sleep · Mind Over Mattress Dept. · 3 pages
Various methods of inducing sleep.
Next Year's Extra-Long Book Titles · Gone to Great Lengths Dept. · 1 pages
Possible long book titles based on the recent success of book by Robert Paul Smith.
Electrical Report · 2 pages
Showing how the electrical company supposedly controls refrigerator lights and other appliance lights from a central headquarters.
Veeble People · Working Press Dept. · 4 pages
Fictitious company magazine for North American Veeblefetzer Co.
A Very Merry Christmas...And a Happy New Year! · Season's Greetings Dept. · 2 pages
Two cartoons: a toddler unwraps his older brother instead of the present, and a woman's hair turns into a New Year's noisemaker.
Some Items "For Sale - Cheap" · 0 pages
Items once associated with a celebrity, but no longer needed.

Reprinted in

The Worst from MAD (1958), The Mad Frontier (1975), More Trash from Mad (1958), Mad (2018), Mad (1959), Mad Follies (1963), The Completely Mad Don Martin (1974), Dave Berg's Mad Trash (1977), Dave Berg's Mad Trash (1981), Mad about the Fifties (1997)