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62April 1961
$0.25

Mad #62

EC · April 1961 · on sale 1961-02-09

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Series
Mad (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#62
Publication date
April 1961
Key date
1961-04-00
On-sale date
1961-02-09
Indicia publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
Price
$0.25
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Special March Winds Issuecover1pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas; colors: Kelly FreasAlfred E. Neuman
1Enjoy-the-View Televisionillustration1pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas; colors: Kelly Freas
2The Total Sellcomic story4script: Sy Reit; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
3The Population Explosioncomic story3script: Larry Siegel; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
4A Guided Tour Through a Steel Foundrycomic story1script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
5How to Make Dull Reading Matter Interestingcomic story4script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood
6Greeting Cards with Enclosurescomic story3script: Phil Hahn; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
7Mad Visits the World's Greatest TV Panelistcomic story4script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerEdward R. Murrow [as Ed Morrow]; Johnny Sincere; Bennett Cerf [as Bennett Smirk]; Dorothy Kilgallen [as Dorothy Killbottle]; John Daly [as Don Coyly]
8Spy Vs. Spycomic story1script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio ProhíasThe Black Spy, The White Spy
9Up to Date Names for Rockets and Missilescomic story2script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George WoodbridgeAlfred E. Neuman
10Togetherness Through Musiccomic story1script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
11Ladies Home Journeycomic story6script: Tom Koch; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando
12Horseback Ridingcomic story3script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg
13Spy Vs. Spy, Part 2comic story1script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio ProhíasThe Black Spy, The White Spy
14Mail Order Gift Cataloguescomic story4script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
15Tomorrow's Parentscomic story3script: Gary Belkin; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood
16In a French Restaurantcomic story1script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
17The United Nations Awards Showcomic story4script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerFidel Castro, Nikita Khrushchev, Marilyn Monroe, Richard Nixon, Mao Zedong
18What This Country Needs is a Good 25 Cent Humor Magpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Lester Krauss; inks: Lester KraussCarmine the Ward Heeler
19He Bought the Brooklyn Bridge With His Sucker Penillustration1letters: typeset

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