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Issue Details

Issue #14
Published August 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.

Cover Details - "Mona Lisa"

Synopsis Leonardo's "Mona Lisa" holding an issue of MAD (EC, 1952 series) #9 February-March 1954.
Genre satire; parody
Pencils Leonardo DaVinci (painting); ? (mixed media)
Inks Leonardo DaVinci (painting); ? (mixed media)
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]

1 page Mad Magazine promo (ad from the publisher) "No Need to Fight Over Mad"

Synopsis House ad for MAD subscriptions featuring a photograph of the Lacoon, an ancient Roman sculpture.
Genre satire; parody
Pencils ? (photograph)
Inks ? (photograph)

8 page Newspaper Cartoon Dept. story "Manduck the Magician"

Characters Manduck; Loathar; Charles Atlas (cameo); Lamont Shadowskeedeeboomboom; Narda
Synopsis Manduck is reduced to using his hypnotic spells to sell snake oil on the street, until he matches spells with Lamont Shadowskeedeeboomboom.
Genre satire; parody
Script Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils Will Elder (signed)
Inks Will Elder (signed)
Colors Marie Severin ?
Notes A parody of the comic strip Mandrake the Magician.
Reprinted in Mad Strikes Back (Ballantine Books, 1955 series) #106

7 page Cinema Dept.; Advertising Dept. story "Movie...Ads!"

Synopsis The differences between scenes in a movie and the way the movies are advertised.
Genre satire; parody
Script Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils Wally Wood (signed)
Inks Wally Wood (signed)
Colors Marie Severin ?
Reprinted in Inside Mad (Ballantine Books, 1955 series) #124

1 page [Report From Abroad] text story "Mszentelési Ün Jubileumi Ban"

Synopsis A report on the Hungarian political situation -- in Hungarian.
Genre satire; parody
Letters typeset
Notes The Hungarian is suspect, as each paragraph heading is "Potrzebie."

1 page E. C. Fan-Addict Club! promo (ad from the publisher) "You, Too, Can Meet New Friends!"

Synopsis House ad for the E.C. Fan-Addict fan Club.
Pencils Wally Wood (signed)
Inks Wally Wood (signed)
Colors Marie Severin ?

1 page MAD Mumblings letters page "MAD Mumblings"

Synopsis Letters of comment from Mrs. Harriette K. Vandenbaun, New Haven, CT; David Reiff, Kew Gardens, NY; Doug Yonnick & Joe Kowall, Mattydale, NY; Mrs. E.K., Brooklyn, NY; Cosulnd, Chandler, Rush, Fitz, Sturdivia, and Harris, Chanute, KS; Robert Chichester, Mariette, OH; Keith Nutt; Roy Pender, Dallas, TX; Jackson Kranes and Dave Kranes, Belmont, MA; and Richard Christen
Letters typeset

6 page Television Dept. story "The Countynental!"

Synopsis A parody of the television program "The Continental."
Genre satire; parody
Script Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils Jack Davis (signed)
Inks Jack Davis (signed)
Colors Marie Severin ?

7 page Plastic Hero Worship Dept. story "Plastic Sam!"

Characters Plastic Sam; Wheezy Wunks [aka. Wizzy Woonks, Wowzy, Wuzzy Wurnks, Wozzy Wanks, Wazzy Wunks, Weezy Wonks, Wonkzy Weez]; Joe Friday; Ed Saturday; Imitation Plastic Sam
Synopsis Plastic Sam meets an imitation who is a bank robber.
Genre satire; parody
Script Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils Russ Heath (signed)
Inks Russ Heath (signed)
Colors Marie Severin ?
Notes A parody of Plastic Man (Quality, 1943 series).
Reprinted in Son of Mad (Signet Books, 1959 series) #S1701

1 page National Schools advertisement "Get Shop-Method Home Training"

Synopsis Ad for National Schools training courses.
Pencils ? (photograph)
Inks ? (photograph)
Letters typeset

1 page Cheerful Card Company advertisement "Do You Need Money?"

Synopsis Ad for Cheerful Card Company.
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover.

1 page Charles Atlas advertisement "Hey Skinny!"

Characters Charles Atlas
Synopsis Ad for Charles Atlas body building booklet.
Pencils ?; ? (photo)
Inks ?; ? (photo)
Notes On back cover.