CATALOG RECORD

Mad #64

EC · Series began 1952 · July 1961

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Dates

Cover date: July 1961
On sale: May 11, 1961
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Kelly Freas, Bob Clarke, Dave Berg, Mort Drucker, George Woodbridge, Don Martin, Antonio Prohías, Joe Orlando, Jack Rickard, Wally Woodinks: Kelly Freas, Bob Clarke, Dave Berg, Mort Drucker, George Woodbridge, Don Martin, Antonio Prohías, Joe Orlando, Jack Rickard, Wally Woodcolors: Kelly Freasscript: Sy Reit, Dave Berg, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, Don Martin, Antonio Prohías, Larry Siegel, Frank Jacobs, Dean Normanletters: Don Martin

Stories

If There'd Been a Madison Ave. Down Through History · That Old Ad-Age Dept. · 4 pages
Ad campaigns based on historical items.
A Mad Look at the Telephone · 4 pages
A series of phone-related gags.
Scenes We'd Like to See · 1 pages
Parody of movie deathbed scenes.
The Mad Treasury of Unknown Poetry Volume III · 2 pages
Parody of famous poems.
A Young Man's Ambition · 1 pages
A man bets his future success on his dazzling smile.
A Mad Guide For Baby Sitters · Squatters' Rights Dept · 7 pages
Satirical how-to guide for choosing the best baby sitter.
Spy Vs. Spy · 1 pages
The White Spy tries to ambush the Black Spy by dressing in a cat costume.
The Daily Square · 3 pages
A newspaper geared to the tragically unhip.
Boarding the Uptown Bus · 1 pages
A man tries to board an overcrowded city bus.
The Business of Baseball · 4 pages
Examples of how professional baseball has changed in sixty years.
The Typical Summer Resort Ad · Trail of the Lonesome Pines Dept. · 4 pages
Examples of deceptive advertising for summer resorts.
Spy Vs. Spy, Part 2 · 1 pages
The Black Spy trains his dog to attack the White Spy.
Sneaky Camera · Hocus-Focus Dept. · 4 pages
Parody of the television show "Candid Camera".
In the Doctor's Office · 1 pages
A man goes to a doctor for his nervous tic.
A Career Awaits You in the Modern Army · A Private Joke Dept. · 2 pages
Careers you can learn while a member of the U.S. military.
Bedtime Stories As Told by Job-Conscious Fathers · 4 pages
Fairy tales adjusted to specific job situations by their tellers.
In the Penny Arcade · 1 pages
A man plays a race course game in a penny arcade.

Characters

Alfred E. NeumanThe Black SpyThe White Spy

Reprinted in

The Worst from MAD (1958), It's a World, World, World, World Mad (1973), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (1970), Mad for Decades (2007), Mad Follies (1963), The Completely Mad Don Martin (1974), Mad's Greatest Writers: Frank Jacobs (2015), Mad (2018)