Issue | #32 |
Published | April 1957 |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Albert B. Feldstein |
Characters | Alfred E. Neuman |
Genre | humor |
Pencils | Norman Mingo (painted, signed) |
Inks | Norman Mingo (painted, signed) |
Colors | Norman Mingo (painted, signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Pronto |
Synopsis | House ad for 4th paperback MAD book, "Utterly MAD", and previous releases. |
Pencils | Jack Davis |
Inks | Jack Davis |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Illustration is excerpt from a previous issue. |
Genre | fact |
Pencils | various |
Inks | various |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Art is excerpts from this issue. Masthead quote is from Chamfort (1741- 1794). There is a credit of Nick Megliola for ideas, but no indication of what articles. |
Characters | Nansy; Nansy Duck; Pinnochio; Dick Nansy; Junior; Pat [Patton]; Li'l Nansy; Abner Mae; Nansy Canyon |
Synopsis | A look at a joke from one cartoon strip as it might be interpreted by other strips. |
Genre | satire |
Pencils | Wallace Wood |
Inks | Wallace Wood |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Parodies of Nancy, Donald Duck, Dick Tracy, Li'l Abner and Steve Canyon. |
Reprinted | in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #36; in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |
Synopsis | House ad for MAD Magazine subscriptions. |
Pencils | Wally Wood |
Inks | Wally Wood |
Letters | typeset |
Synopsis | Letters of comment, mostly about issue #31. |
Script | Albert B. Feldstein; Robert Hollinger; Chuck Levy; Danny Lichty; Steve Ellerbroek; Joshua Zerlin; Bob Singer; Bruce Brown; Bill O'Keefe; "Lucky" Simonds; Fred Beard; Tom Main; Mark Trail; Bob Koeser; Arthur Miller; Bryson Kitchen; Ken Corey; Alan Besser; Albertha Spaulding; Wendell Crowley; Dave Little; E. Pally Achee; Don Calfa; George Tysh; John Benson; M. Reine, Jr.; Ray Prochaska; Alfred Mazolie; Tom Donoher; Bruce Marshall |
Pencils | various |
Inks | various |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Art is excerpts from issue #31. |
Genre | fact |
Script | John F. Putnam |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | For October 1, 1956. Publisher: William M. Gaines, Editor: Albert B. Feldstein, Managing Editor: John F. Putnam, Owners: E. C. Publications, Inc.; William M. Gaines; V. E. McAdie; J. K. Gaines. |
Characters | Alfred E. Neuman |
Synopsis | House ad for pinups suitable for framing. |
Pencils | Norman Mingo; Wally Wood ? |
Inks | Norman Mingo; Wally Wood ? |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Steve Allan; Ray Geneburn; Ed Suvillan; Elvis Presley; Wes Yeast |
Synopsis | Shows Steve at work and discusses how tv show is produced. |
Genre | satire |
Pencils | Bob Clarke (signed) |
Inks | Bob Clarke (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Parody of tv's Steve Allen Show. |
Reprinted | in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 |
Synopsis | A hunter is stuck in a bear trap and sends his dog back to town for help, whereupon the dog is captured by the local dog catcher. |
Genre | satire |
Pencils | Joe Orlando (signed) |
Inks | Joe Orlando (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn]; in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |
Characters | Alfred E. Neuman; Lila Vavoom; Sam Westee; Javier Pereira |
Synopsis | Foolish predictions for world events in the coming year. |
Genre | humor |
Script | G. Stang |
Pencils | Wallace Wood (signed) |
Inks | Wallace Wood (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection. |
Characters | Rhodent [Ratty McCormack]; Fancy Kelly; Evileye Varden; Melvin Cowznofski; Henry Bones; Claude Bagel |
Synopsis | Makes the argument that the Rhodent character in the movie was actually sweet and caring and ends with a petition to allow children to see the movie. |
Genre | satire |
Script | Paul Laikin |
Pencils | Bob Clarke (signed) |
Inks | Bob Clarke (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Parody of the movie "The Bad Seed." Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection. |
Characters | Joe Phipps; pirates; Joe's boss |
Synopsis | After years of laboring in obscurity, reporter Joe finally finds a big story, only to be fired when he's three days late finding it. |
Genre | satire |
Script | Don Martin (signed) |
Pencils | Don Martin (signed) |
Inks | Don Martin (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Parody of tv show "The Big Story"? |
Characters | Orson Bean |
Synopsis | Orson delivers a monologue built around his paper trick, and instructions for making the tree. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Orson Bean |
Pencils | Wally Wood (signed) |
Inks | Wally Wood (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Synopsis | A couple discusses all the things they got with coupons from Rolly Cigarettes. |
Genre | satire |
Script | Allen Robin |
Pencils | Mort Drucker (signed) |
Inks | Mort Drucker (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Parody of Raleigh Cigarette ads. Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection. |
Reprinted | in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |
Synopsis | The ideal woman as visualized by 6 magazines, compared to the women who read the magazines. |
Genre | humor |
Script | D. Purdy |
Pencils | Kelly Freas |
Inks | Kelly Freas |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection. |
Reprinted | in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |
Synopsis | Police are unable to arrest a man until they saw apart the iron fence he is clinging to. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Henry Mayo Bateman (signed) |
Pencils | Henry Mayo Bateman (signed) |
Inks | Henry Mayo Bateman (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | From Punch (?) #? (1917) |
Characters | Duke Snyder |
Synopsis | Analysis of older style and modern sports magazines, with their differing viewpoints on the sports versus lifestyles of sports personalities. |
Genre | satire |
Pencils | Bob Clarke (signed) |
Inks | Bob Clarke (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 |
Characters | Johnathan Gordon; Barbara Bridgewood; Robert Miltown |
Synopsis | Messages to Alfred E. Neuman from three classmantes, at different points in their lives. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Nick Meglin |
Letters | ?; typeset |
Reprinted | in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |
Characters | Bick Benedick; Leslie Lynnton; Luz Benedick; Vashti Snythe; Jett Rink; Anita Ekberg |
Synopsis | Reviews of three very long movies: Giant, War And Peace, and The Ten Commandments. |
Genre | humor |
Pencils | Wallace Wood (signed) |
Inks | Wallace Wood (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Tom Lehrer |
Synopsis | A brief fake biography with an illustrated song, including sheet music. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Tom Lehrer; ? |
Pencils | George Woodbridge (signed) |
Inks | George Woodbridge (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn]; in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 |
Characters | Charlie; Bill |
Synopsis | Phony ad storyboard for Schveppes Activated Sparkling Seltzer. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Don Martin (signed) |
Pencils | Don Martin (signed) |
Inks | Don Martin (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 |
Genre | humor |
Script | Jean Shepherd |
Pencils | Wally Wood |
Inks | Wally Wood |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 |
Synopsis | Reviews different techniques of the shy type, agressive type and MAD type. |
Genre | humor |
Pencils | Bob Clarke (signed) |
Inks | Bob Clarke (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn]; in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |
Characters | Albert Dorne; Norman Rockwell; Eric Ericson; John Whitaker; John Busketta; Harriet Kuzniewski |
Synopsis | Ad for commercial artist training. |
Script | Rex Taylor |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | On inside back cover. |
Synopsis | One-line want ads misattributed to celebrities and historical figures. |
Genre | humor |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Occur on 17 different pages of the issue. |
Reprinted | in More Trash From MAD (EC, 1958 series) #1 [portions]; in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 [portions] |
Synopsis | Phony record labels for 45s. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Albert B. Feldstein |
Pencils | Wally Wood (signed) |
Inks | Wally Wood (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | On back cover. Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection. |
Reprinted | in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn]; in Worst From MAD (EC, 1958 Series) #1 |