| Issue | #1 |
| Published | October-November 1952 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Notes | See also cover to Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Disney, 1990) #11. |
| Genre | Satire |
| Pencils | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Inks | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Notes | See also cover to Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Disney, 1990) #11. |
| Reprinted | In Tales Calculated To Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #1 (Summer 1997); Millennium Edition: Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad 1 (DC, 2000 Series) #[nn] (February 2000) |
| Genre | Satire; Editorial |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman; William Gaines |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | On inside front cover. |
| Characters | Galusha; Daphne; Melvin The Caretaker; two unnamed Silver Avengers kids |
| Synopsis | Two youngsters run out of gas and enter a house they think is haunted. |
| Genre | Satire; Humor; Horror |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Pencils | Jack Davis |
| Inks | Jack Davis |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Notes | A parody of the E.C. horror comics stories. |
| Reprinted | In Tales Calculated To Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #1 (Summer 1997); Millennium Edition: Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad 1 (DC, 2000 Series) #[nn] (February 2000) |
| Characters | Melvin; Alfred |
| Synopsis | Alfred outlines a terrible thought he has about the end of humanity. |
| Genre | science fiction; humor |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Pencils | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Inks | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Reprinted | From Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (E.C., 1997 series) #1 |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | House ad for other E.C. comics. Printed as two ½ pages in bookend fashion around text story sequence. |
| Characters | Captain O'Malley; Omar Kayak; Mrs. Kayak; Cosmo McMoon |
| Synopsis | Cosmo solves(?) a missing person case. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Text story with an illustration. |
| Reprinted | in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (E.C., 1997 series) #4 |
| Characters | Tiberius O'Leary |
| Synopsis | Story of how a Roman soldier invented the chalkboard eraser. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with an illustration. |
| Reprinted | in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (E.C., 1997 sseries) #1 |
| Characters | Bumble; Bumble's boss |
| Synopsis | A perfect crime is hatched but Bumble fumbles. |
| Genre | crime; humor |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Pencils | Bill Elder [as B. Elder] |
| Inks | Bill Elder [as B. Elder] |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Reprinted | in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (E.C., 1997 series) #1; Son Of Mad (Signet Books, 1959 series) #S1701 |
| Characters | Textron Quickdraw; Saddlesore; Kickiminabelly Kelly; Slippery Sam; The Pig-Faced Kid |
| Synopsis | Textron is hunting the killer of Melvin and kills every suspect. |
| Genre | western; humor |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Pencils | John Severin [as J. Severin] |
| Inks | John Severin [as J. Severin] |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Reprinted | in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (E.C., 1997 series) #1 |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Ad for binoculars. |
| Characters | Roger Hirsch; George F. Jowett |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Ad for body-building method. On inside back cover. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Ad for auto repair books. On back cover. |