Mad #20 (1955) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Composition	cover	1	script: Harvey Kurtzman
1	No, I Said! You Can't Have My Copy of MAD!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Will Elder; inks: Will Elder; letters: Ben Oda
2	Katchandhammer Kids!	comic story	8	script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Oda	Hans Katchandhammer; Feetz Katchandhammer; Der Kapitan; Inspektor; boat company man; Mamma
3	Sound Effects!	comic story	7	script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Oda	Kane Keen; Joe Arrrgh
4	Piracy	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Oda
5	-	letters page	1	script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Marie Severin
6	Bop	text article	1	script: Harvey Kurtzman
7	Paul Revere's Ride!	comic story	6	script: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Oda
8	Cowboy!	comic story	5	script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Oda	Lance Sterling; John Smurd

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Mad Strikes Back #[nn]	1955	On eBay ›
Inside Mad #124	1955	On eBay ›
Mad about the Fifties #[nn]	1997	On eBay ›
More Trash from Mad #1	1958	On eBay ›
Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #12	1973	On eBay ›
Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #18	1975	On eBay ›
Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad #7	1999	On eBay ›
Mad about Comic Strips #[nn] ISBN 1-4012-0095-8	2003	On eBay ›
Mad for Keeps #[nn]	1958	On eBay ›
Mad Strikes Back #491K	1961	On eBay ›
Mad Strikes Back #01564	1969	On eBay ›
Mad Strikes Back #03373-6	1973	On eBay ›

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