| Issue | #18 |
| Published | December 1954 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman ? |
| Pencils | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Inks | Harvey Kurtzman |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Cover drawing includes a connect the dots activity to complete. |
| Notes | House ad for Panic and MAD subscriptions. On inside front cover. |
| Characters | Alice; Alice's sister; the White Rabbit [Bugs Bunny]; Mad Hatter; Knave of Hearts; Queen of Hearts |
| Synopsis | After Alice's adventures, her sister takes her to a psycho-analyst. |
| Genre | satire |
| Script | Lewis Carroll (original); Harvey Kurtzman (adaptation) |
| Pencils | John Tenniel; Jack Davis (signed) |
| Inks | John Tenniel; Jack Davis (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Notes | A parody of parts of both Alice In Wonderland and Alice Through The Looking Glass, using some of the original John Tenniel illustrations as base drawings. The poem "Jabberwocky" is quoted in its entirety. |
| Reprinted | in Brothers Mad, The (Ballantine Books, 1958 series) #267K; Brothers Mad, The (Ballantine Books, 1958 series) #267; Brothers Mad, The (Ballantine Books, 1958 series) #U2105 |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Ad for stamp approval service of Zenith Company. |
| Characters | Buffalo Bill; Mickey Mouse (cameo); Howdy Dooit; Clarabella; Big Chief Thundamelvin; The PeeWee Gallery; guard |
| Synopsis | Howdy hawks advertisers' wares while Buffalo Bill tries to keep the crowd in line...but fails. |
| Genre | satire |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman ? |
| Pencils | Bill Elder |
| Inks | Bill Elder |
| Notes | A parody of the Howdy Doody tv show. |
| Reprinted | in Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics, A (Smithsonian Institution / Harry N Abrams, 1981 series) #nn; Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn] |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Ad for auto seat covers from Terrace Sales. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Ad for 3-piece pen and pencil set from Penmaster. |
| Synopsis | An excerpt from a musical score, presented as an explanation of how we sound to others. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | ? [ as G. Clef] |
| Letters | typeset |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Notes | House ad for Piracy comic subscriptions. Drawing may be caricatures of E. C. staffers. |
| Characters | Pot-Shot Pete; Poopy; Pot-Shot Pete's girl; a young gunzel; Mrs. McYetnit; Marvin McYetnit; Sheldon McYetnit |
| Synopsis | Pete brings in the McYetnits against all odds. |
| Genre | satire; parody; western |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Pencils | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Inks | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Letters | Harvey Kurtzman (signed) |
| Reprinted | From Billy The Kid Adventure Magazine (Toby, 1950 series) #9 |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Lt. Wunbar; The Animal; Security; Stepton; Feldwessel Johann Sebastian Shmaltz; Nazi General; Russian prisoners |
| Synopsis | Stepton and Lt. Wunbar excape the stalag after finding a spy in the prisoners' ranks. |
| Genre | satire |
| Script | Harvey Kurtzman ? |
| Pencils | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Inks | Wally Wood (signed) |
| Colors | Marie Severin |
| Notes | Parody of movie Stalag 17. |
| Reprinted | in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #21 |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Power Seal from Rudson Automotive Industries. |
| Characters | J. E. Smith |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Ad for training courses as radio and television technicians. On inside back cover. |
| Characters | Charles Atlas |
| Pencils | ?; ? (photo) |
| Inks | ?; ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | As for Charles Atlas's body building booklet. On back cover. |