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73September 1962
$0.25

Mad #73

EC · September 1962 · on sale 1962-06-26

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Series
Mad (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#73
Publication date
September 1962
Key date
1962-09-00
On-sale date
1962-06-26
Indicia publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
Price
$0.25
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1letters: typeset
1Why These Sluggers Belt Every Pitch With T.E.A.photo story1pencils: Lester Krauss; inks: Lester Krauss
2Alfred's Poor Almanaccomic story1script: Frank Jacobs
3Bananazcomic story5script: Earle Doud, Lou Silverstone; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerLorne Greene [as Paw Cartwheel]; Dan Blocker [as Ox Cartwheel]; Michael Landon [as Mort Cartwheel]; Pernell Roberts [as Yves Cartwheel]; Primrose Blossomflower
4Road Signscomic story3script: Phil Hahn; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard
5Don Martin Looks at Doctorscomic story5script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
6The Mad Book of "Modern" Fairy Talescomic story4script: Don Reilly; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando
7Who's In Charge Here?photo story4script: Gerald GardnerFidel Castro, Queen Elizabeth II, John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev, Richard Nixon, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Mao Zedong
8-comic story1script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio ProhíasThe Black Spy, The White Spy
9Racketeer Illustratedcomic story5script: Larry Siegel; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
10What If Products Only Worked Under Demonstration Conditionscomic story4script: Earle Doud; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood
11Typewri-Toonscomic story2script: Dean Norman, Bette Norman
12The Lighter Side of the Summer Vacationscomic story4script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg
13Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spycomic story1script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio ProhíasThe Black Spy, The White Spy
14The Subtle Science of Packagingcomic story6script: Don Reilly; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
15Mad Sets a Recordpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood
16The Alfred E. Neuman Hex Signillustration1letters: typesetAlfred E. Neuman

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