| Issue | #10 |
| Published | April 1954 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Notes | Character appearances, Department names and other miscellaneous info for this issue added by Donald Dale Milne, December 2008. |
| Genre | humor |
| Pencils | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Inks | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Notes | Character appearances, Department names and other miscellaneous info for this issue added by Donald Dale Milne, December 2008. |
| Reprinted | in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn]; Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #4 |
| Synopsis | Subscription ad for Panic. |
| Genre | humor |
| Pencils | Jack Davis (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Davis (signed) |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
| Characters | Galusha Iggy Shmoe [G. I. Shmoe]; Sgt. Squirt; Comrade Commander |
| Synopsis | A parody of war comics. |
| Genre | humor; war |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Pencils | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Inks | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Notes | Every woman in the story uses the line, "...Hey Joe...You got chewing gum?" |
| Reprinted | in Utterly Mad (Ballantine Books, 1956 series) #178; Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad #4 (EC, 1997 series) |
| Characters | Sane; Paw; Maw; Joey; Wilson |
| Synopsis | Sane beats Wilson in a gun battle through trickery. |
| Genre | humor; western |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Pencils | John Severin (signed) |
| Inks | John Severin (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Notes | Parody of the film "Shane." |
| Reprinted | in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #4 |
| Characters | Five Fingers Jones; Floppova Movova; Lavrenti Buried |
| Synopsis | Five Fingers is captured by the Soviet BVD. |
| Genre | humor; spy |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman ? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Labled as Chapter 35. |
| Reprinted | in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #4 |
| Genre | fact |
| Script | Frank D. Lee (business manager) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | As of 23 September 1954 Mad magazine was owned by Educational Comics, William Gaines, J. K. Gaines, and V.E. McAdie. |
| Synopsis | An ad for membership in the E.C. fan club. |
| Pencils | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Inks | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Synopsis | Letters of comment from Clare Gottfried, "L.S.", Manfred Waechter, Melvin Talipida, Larry Lengle, Gwynne DeCoverly, Ed Spigel, and Roger Schenkman. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | May have the first use of the word "potrzebie" in MAD. Answer to one letter notes that Marie Severin is the colorist on ALL E.C. magazines. |
| Characters | the vagabond |
| Synopsis | An illustration of D'Arcy poem. |
| Genre | humor; parody |
| Script | Jack Davis (plot); H. Antoine D'Arcy (text) |
| Pencils | Jack Davis (signed); Basil Wolverton (final panel) |
| Inks | Jack Davis (signed); Basil Wolverton (final panel) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Notes | This is the text of the famous poem accompanied by humorous illustrations. Notes that the original poem title is "The Face Upon The Barroom Floor." |
| Reprinted | in Mad Reader, The (Ballantine Books, 1954 series) #93; Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #4 |
| Characters | Woman Wonder [Diana Banana]; Steve Adore; Nivlem [a disguised Steve Adore]; Mickey; Spillane; Superduperman (cameo) |
| Synopsis | A parody of Wonder Woman. |
| Genre | humor; superhero |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Pencils | Bill Elder (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Elder (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Reprinted | in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] #21 (EC, 1970 series); Brothers Mad, The (Ballantine Books, 1958 series) #U2105; Brothers Mad, The (Ballantine Books, 1958 series) #267; Brothers Mad, The (Ballantine Books, 1958 series) #267K; Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #4 |
| Synopsis | An advertisement for salesmen for Stuart Greeting Cards. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | J. E. Smith |
| Synopsis | An ad for National Radio Institute training. |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Characters | Charles Atlas |
| Synopsis | An ad for the Charles Atlas booklet, "Everlasting Health and Strength." |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |