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Issue Details

Issue #19
Published January 1955
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 - "racing sheet"

Synopsis A parody of horse race results.
Genre satire; parody
Colors Marie Severin
Letters typeset
Notes Character appearances, Department names and other miscellaneous info for this issue added by Donald Dale Milne, December 2008.

1 page Panic; Mad promo (ad from the publisher) "No, I Said! You Can't Have My Copy of MAD!"

Synopsis House ad for Panic and MAD subscriptions.
Pencils Will Elder
Inks Will Elder
Notes Inside front cover.

7 page Animation Dept. story "Mickey Rodent!"

Characters Mickey Rodent; Darnold Duck; Goony; Horace Horszneck; Pluted Pup; Minny Rodent; zookeeper; Professor
Synopsis Mickey tricks Darnold into a zoo, to get rid of him.
Genre satire; parody
Script Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils Will Elder (signed)
Inks Will Elder (signed)
Colors Marie Severin ?
Notes Parody of Walt Disney animated cartoons.
Reprinted in Inside Mad (Ballantine Books, 1955 series) #124; in Mad About the Fifties (Little, Brown & Co., 1997 series) #[nn]

1 page MAD Mumblings letters page "MAD Mumblings"

Synopsis Letters of comment from Fraklin Kambach, Pusan Korea; Caroline Raymond, Rockville MD; Suzi Hefferan, Richmond VA; Tommy Wright, Miami FL; Elaine Spiwak; Gene McWhorter, Longview TX; STanford Grossman, Detroit MI; A. Romano, Newark NJ; Jim Rusk; and Don Burdett, Checotah, OK
Letters typeset

8 page The American Scene Dept. story "Supermarkets!"

Characters Mr. Sturdley; Mrs. Sturdley; Superman (cameo)
Synopsis A look at America's obsession with supermarkets, as the Sturdley's survive the rigors of shopping.
Genre satire; parody
Script Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils Jack Davis (signed)
Inks Jack Davis (signed)
Colors Marie Severin ?
Reprinted in Utterly Mad (Ballantine Books, 1956 series) #178 [in later editions only]

5 page Filler Dept. activity "Puzzle Pages!"

Synopsis A parody of comic book activity pages.
Genre satire; parody
Script Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils Will Elder (signed)
Inks Will Elder (signed)
Colors Marie Severin ?
Reprinted in Inside Mad (Ballantine Books, 1955 series) #124; in Mad Strikes Back (Ballantine Books, 1955 series) #106

1 page Piracy promo (ad from the publisher) "We Know You'll Enjoy..."

Synopsis House ad for Piracy subscription.
Colors Marie Severin ?

6 page Hollywood Dept. story "The Cane Mutiny!"

Characters Willie Wonte; Lt. Feefer; Captain DeBris; Captain Kweeg; Van; Lt. Whitewald; Lt. Christian; Captain Bligh
Synopsis A parody of the movie "The Caine Mutiny."
Genre satire; parody
Script Harvey Kurtzman
Pencils Wally Wood (signed)
Inks Wally Wood (signed)
Colors Marie Severin ?
Reprinted in Bedside Mad, The (Signet Books, 1959 series) #S1647; in Bedside Mad, The (Signet Books, 1959 series) #D2316; in Bedside Mad, The (Signet Books, 1959 series) #P3520

1 page [Report From Abroad] text article "Drawrof"

Synopsis An analysis of Antarctica, with all words printed backwards, as it is supposed to be the point of view of "backwards nations."
Genre satire; parody
Script ? [as Yeldrums Serutan]
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Bedside Mad, The (Signet Books, 1959 series) #S1647; in Bedside Mad, The (Signet Books, 1959 series) #D2316; in Bedside Mad, The (Signet Books, 1959 series) #P3520

1 page Lighting Ju-Jitsu advertisement "You, Too, Can Be Tough!"

Synopsis Ad for B-J Company's ju-jitsu lessons.
Letters typeset

1 page National Schools advertisement "Television-Radio-Electronics"

Synopsis An ad for National Schools training.
Letters ?; typeset

1 page Johnson Smith & Company advertisement "New Catalog of 3100 Novelties"

Synopsis Ad for Johnson Smith & Company's catalog.
Letters typeset

1 page Graf-optik Binoculars advertisement "Look 10 Mile Range Binoculars"

Synopsis Ad for International Binocular Company's Graf-optik Binoculars.
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover.

1 page The FUNMan advertisement "Men-Women-Boys-Girls Prizes Given"

Synopsis Ad for the FUNman's religious wall motto sales.
Letters typeset
Notes back cover