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9February-March 1954
$0.10

Mad #9

EC · February-March 1954 · on sale 1953-12

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Identification plate

Series
Mad (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#9
Publication date
February-March 1954
Key date
1954-02-00
On-sale date
1953-12
Indicia publisher
Educational Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Harvey Kurtzman, Marie Severin; letters: Harvey Kurtzman
1So What? So You, Too, Can Join the E.C. Fan-Addict Club!promo (ad from the publisher)1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; letters: Ben Oda
2Little Orphan Melvin!comic story8script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben OdaLittle Orphan Melvin; Daddy Peacebucks; Punjoke; Gravel; Ax L. Maxl; The Gasp!; Mommy Peacebucks
3The Ravencomic story7script: Edgar Allan Poe, Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Odaa raven; the narrator; Lenore
4-letters page1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Marie Severin
5Yep Kiddies! E.C.'s New Humor Mag, Panic, Is On Salepromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben OdaMelvin; Irving
6Bop Jokes!comic story6script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: John Severin; inks: John Severin; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Oda
7Operation Under the Ground [Chapter 3]text story1script: Jerry De FuccioFive Fingers Jones; Floppova Movova
8Hah! Noon!comic story7script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben OdaMarshall Kane; Mrs. Kane; Marshall Floodnick; Killer Diller Miller; Ramona

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

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