Publishers / EC / Mad (1952) / #82
82October 1963
$0.25

Mad #82

EC · October 1963 · on sale 1963-08-13

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Identification plate

Series
Mad (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#82
Publication date
October 1963
Key date
1963-10-00
On-sale date
1963-08-13
Indicia publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
Price
$0.25
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo; colors: Norman Mingo
1Does This Ad Look Blurred to You?comic story1letters: typeset
2Future Talking Adscomic story3script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Lester Krauss; inks: Lester Krauss
3The Nurtzescomic story6script: Stan Hart; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerShirl Conway [as Lizz Throb]; Zina Bethune [as Gale Luckless]; Ed Begley Sr. [as Ed Bagel]; Nehemiah Persoff [as Nehemiah Perstop]; Dina Merrill [as Dina Peril]
4Mad's Report on Progresscomic story3script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob ClarkeAlfred E. Neuman
5The Masterpiececomic story2script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don MartinElizabeth Taylor [as Cleopatra]; Richard Burton [as Marc Antony]
6Comiclandcomic story6script: Frank Jacobs, E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally WoodCharlie Brown, Alexander Bumstead, Dewey Duck, Donald Duck, Huey Duck, Little Orphan Annie, Louie Duck, Little Lulu, Lulu Moppet, Superman, Daddy Warbucks
7Spy Vs. Spycomic story1script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio ProhíasThe Black Spy, The White Spy
8The Lighter Side of Parents (of Little Kids)comic story3script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg
9What If Hollywood Were to Follow the Trend Towards Long and Pretentious Titles for TV Dramascomic story2script: Larry Siegel; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George WoodbridgeCurly Joe DeRita, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, King Kong
10On a Saturday Afternooncomic story1script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
11The Trend Towards Swimming Pools as a Status Symbolcomic story3script: Sy Reit; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
12Psychoanalysis by Mailcomic story3script: Tom Koch; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando
13Wheelers and Dealerscomic story2script: Basil Wolverton, Al Feldstein; pencils: Basil Wolverton; inks: Basil Wolverton
14New Opportunities for Recent Gradscomic story3script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard
15Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spycomic story1script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio ProhíasThe Black Spy, The White Spy
16For the Birdscomic story6script: Arnie Kogen, Lou Silverstone; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerNikita Khrushchev
17-photo story1pencils: ? [as Speed] (photo); inks: ? [as Speed] (photo); colors: ? [as Speed] (photo); letters: typeset

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