List of Mad issues (1952–59)

Following is a list of Mad magazine issues during its first decade from 1952 to 1959.

#Issue Date Content and debuts
1. Mad #1 October–November 1952
2. Mad #2 December 1952 - January 1953
3. Mad #3 January–February 1953
4. Mad #4 April–May 1953
5. Mad #5 June–July 1953
6. Mad #6 August–September 1953
7. Mad #7 October–November 1953
8. Mad #8 December 1953 - January 1954
9. Mad #9 March 1954
10. Mad #10 April 1954
11. Mad #11 May 1954
12. Mad #12 June 1954
13. Mad #13 July 1954
14. Mad #14 August 1954
15. Mad #15 September 1954
16. Mad #16 October 1954
17. Mad #17 November 1954
18. Mad #18 December 1954
19. Mad #19 January 1955
20. Mad #20 February 1955
21. Mad #21 March 1955
22. Mad #22 April 1955
  • Special Art Issue with altered Picasso cover (Pablo Picasso)
  • Traces life of Bill (Chicken-Fat) Elder from Child to Senility. (Will Elder)
  • Mole! reprinted from issue #2 under "The Old Pro!" heading (Dick Tracy)
23. Mad #23 May 1955
24. Mad #24 July 1955
  • With this issue, Mad switched from a comic book to a black-and-white magazine, from monthly to sporadically, from 36 to 68 pages, from 10 to 25 cents and from real advertisements to fake advertisements.
  • Is a Trip to the Moon Possible? (Man Will Conquer Space Soon!)
  • Wrestling (Wrestling)
  • Is This Your Life? (This Is Your Life)
  • Vera's Cruz (Vera Cruz)
  • Tom Swiffft
  • Who Put the Strichnine in Mrs. Murphy's Husband?
  • You Can?
  • How To Get the Job You Want By Thinking...etc.
  • Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Soup
  • Inside Russia
  • Comics Digest
  • Pictoquiz
25. Mad #25 September 1955
26. Mad #26 November 1955
27. Mad #27 April 1956
28. Mad #28 July 1956
29. Mad #29 September 1956
30. Mad #30 December 1956
31. Mad #31 February 1957
32. Mad #32 April 1957
33. Mad #33 June 1957
34. Mad #34 August 1957
35. Mad #35 October 1957
  • Mad 5th Anniversary Issue
36. Mad #36 December 1957
37. Mad #37 January 1958
  • Realistic Comic Book Heroes
  • 7 Blunders of the World
38. Mad #38 March 1958
39. Mad #39 May 1958
  • Shakespeare Up-To-Date
  • The Saturday Evening Pest
40. Mad #40 July 1958
41. Mad #41 September 1958
  • The Mad Primer
  • How To Put Out An Imitation Of Mad
  • How To Play Golf
42. Mad #42 November 1958
  • Strangely Believe It!
  • Mad Mood Music
  • Houses To Match Your Personality
43. Mad #43 December 1958
  • Mad debut of Larry Siegel.
  • The End of Comics
  • Future Magazine Mergers
44. Mad #44 January 1959
  • Basketball
  • How to Read Graphs
  • The Search for Sleep
45. Mad #45 March 1959
  • Guide for Novice Drivers
  • Tattooing Gets A Shot in the Arm
  • Business Valentines
46. Mad #46 April 1959
  • Modern Auto Accidents
  • If Famous Authors Wrote the Comics
  • Cut-Rate Success Symbols
47. Mad #47 June 1959
  • How to be a Mad Non-Conformist
  • The Battle of the Credit Cards
  • Future Halls of Fame
48. Mad #48 July 1959
  • Mad debut of Arnie Kogen.
  • The Night that Perry Masonmint Lost a Case
49. Mad #49 September 1959
  • The Mad Horror Primer
  • Mad Looks at Book Clubs
  • Half-Finished Billboards
50. Mad #50 October 1959
  • The Mad Time Capsule
  • Women in Whiskey Ads
  • The Night Peter Gone Cracked (TV Satire)
51. Mad #51 December 1959
  • The Price is All Right
  • Testing Civilians for Space Flight
  • Mad Looks at Adult Education

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Stewart, Bhob. "Tuning in Mad," Comic Book Marketplace no. 119, January 2005.
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