CATALOG RECORD

Mad #48

EC · Series began 1952 · July 1959

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Dates

Cover date: July 1959
On sale: 1959
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Kelly Freas, Wally Wood, Bob Clarke, Dave Berg, Don Martin, Mort Drucker, Joe Orlando, George Woodbridgeinks: Kelly Freas, Wally Wood, Bob Clarke, Dave Berg, Don Martin, Mort Drucker, Joe Orlando, George Woodbridgecolors: Kelly Freasscript: Al Feldstein, Frank Jacobs, Paul Laikin, Dave Berg, Don Martin, Sid Caesar, Al Jaffee, Dee Caruso, Bill Levine, Buddy Basch, Arnie Kogen, Sy Reit

Stories

Awaysis Takes You Away from the Everyday! · Awaysis Cigarettes · 1 pages
Parody of an advertisement for Oasis cigarettes.
Comic Strip Heroes (Taken from Real Life) · 4 pages
Comic strips about currently famous people, in styles similar to current comic strips.
Little Known Organizations · 3 pages
Advertisements for organizations that would oppose actual organizations, such as Alcoholics Unanimous, and Committee To Encourage Juvenile Delinquency.
Skin Diving · 3 pages
Problems with skin diving, new developments, and the ultimate return of man to the sea.
The Cavemen · 2 pages
A cavewoman who is resistant to being clobbered on the head falls for a man with an unusual approach.
For the Life of Progress Hornsby · 4 pages
Progress appears on the tv show "For the Life of You", a parody of "This Is Your Life."
Bridge: The Aristocrat of Card Games · 3 pages
Defines common bridge terms, gives advice and shows the pitfalls of playing bridge. Includes a phony newspaper bridge column.
The Old Salt · 1 pages
A man delicately solves the problem of his parrot going to the bathroom in his shirt.
The Daily Optimist · On the Sunny Side of the Sheet Dept. · 2 pages
Sample of a newspaper that prints all news with a positive spin...no matter how bad the news is.
On-the-Job Marching Songs · 4/4 Time-and-a-Half Dept. · 3 pages
Spirit and loyalty building songs for various industries' employees, set to familiar melodies.
The Night That Perry Masonmint Lost a Case · 4 pages
Perry finally loses a case, because he only wins on Saturday nights.
Future "Confession" Books · Confession Is Good for the Sale Dept. · 1 pages
Future celebrity confession books.
How You Look to Other People · 2 pages
How you might look to people you deal with daily, based on your value to them.
How a Television Script Is Born · 4 pages
Follows a script from the original author through various rewrites, showing how all the meaning and creativity is gradually watered down.
Graduation Speeches... That Somebody Listened To · Summa cum Louder Dept. · 2 pages
Possible graduation speeches that could have helped form the philosophies of some celebrities.
Insurance Policies for Teen-agers · 2 pages
Ideas for insurance policies against common hazards of teen-agers, such as blind dates and flunking school.
Miracle Fabrics · 4 pages
The good and bad points of modern synthetic fabrics.
How To Play Croquet · 1 pages
An unusual way to play the ball when it lands in a kid's mouth.
News Stars for Old Movies · 0 pages
Casting ideas for remakes of old movies.
Great Moments in Medicine · Park-David · 1 pages
Parody of Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Company advertisements.

Reprinted in

The Voodoo Mad (1963), More Trash from Mad (1958), Mad about the Fifties (1997), The Worst from MAD (1958), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (1970), The Completely Mad Don Martin (1974), Mad for Decades (2007), Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin (2014), Mad (2018), The Ridiculously Expensive Mad (1969), Dave Berg's Mad Trash (1977), Dave Berg's Mad Trash (1981)