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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: EC
Title: MAD
Page Count: 52
Genre: Humor, Satire-parody
Era: Silver
Cover Price: 0.25 USD
Cover Date: March 1958
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Country: United States
Satire of Better Homes and Gardens magazine, with articles on home remodeling and tips for the handyman.; A rhyming alphabet using modern culture items, passtimes, and people.; After a series of disastrous automotive inventions beginning in 1934, Arthur invents the Ford Edsel in 1957.; Details what could happen if crime syndicates take over baby sitting and advises parents to just stay home.; Mike is hired for a case but solves nothing, as the pictures show what really happened versus the typical detective novel text.; A party that never gets going because the guests spend all night introducing themselves to each other.; An interview from the site of the contest, where we watch several contestants crash through the floor at the end of the bannister.; Things sports cars can do that normal-size cars cannot.; Mike interviews Mother Goose in his hard-hitting style, but gets no answers.; Matchbook covers whose front and back do not match, supposedly produced by Alfred when he worked for a matchbook company.; Ideas for wallpapers with purpose instead of decoration.; Quiz to see if you suffer from common pop culture neuroses.; Phony ads showing how little connection there often is between a celebrity and the product they endorse.; 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.; Photos of the artist at work and claims to be the first magazine cover ever painted by a chimpanzee.; A parody of Ripley's Believe It Or Not.; Parody of Ripley's Believe It Or Not.; Two men walking through a field discover on oversized flower, which one of them has somehow connected to a gag spray bulb.; Phony ad for Vilecream hair cream.; Phony ad for cigar.