More Trash from Mad #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Bruce Gentry - Where to Buy

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Series: More Trash from Mad (EC, 1958 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: 1958
Key date: 1958-00-00
Indicia publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
Price: $0.50
Pages: 108

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Bruce Gentry - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	What, Me Worry?	cover	1	pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas; colors: Kelly Freas	Alfred E. Neuman
1	I Don't Want To Be A King	comic story	1	pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas	Edward, Duke of Wales
2	Departments	table of contents	1	pencils: Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder; inks: Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder	Alfred E. Neuman
3	Gunsmoked	comic story	4	pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis	Madd Dillinger; Gambler Dan; Blacksmith Sam; Chestnut; Doc; Kiddie; Mayor Melvin
4	A Collection of Daily Strips	comic story	2	pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder	Brunette; Dogwood; Punjoke; Little Orphan Melvin; Daddy Peacebucks; Little Melvin Rooney; Smilin' Melvin; Upwind Johnson; Lil' Ab'r; Mammy Jokeum; Dick Tracing; Chief; Junior; Popcorn kids; Manduck The Magician; Loathar
5	The Railroad Timetable	text article	1	script: Frank Jacobs
6	The Race Is On For The Super Guided Missile	comic story	4	script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee, Jack Davis, Wally Wood; inks: Al Jaffee, Jack Davis, Wally Wood	Gallup; Kerbang; Blitz; Pick; Back; Buck Roger; Waldo; Zork Argh; Dashkin; Propelnik; Schmidt; Beelzebub; Buck Rojinikoff; Plotkin; Watchova
7	Future TV Ad	comic story	2	script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin	Charlie; Bill
8	Orson Bean's "The Two Chinese Fellas Who Go To An American Restaurant" Routine	comic story	4	script: Orson Bean; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood	Orson Bean
9	Scenes We'd Like To See: The Woodsman Who Failed To Save The Girl	comic story	1	pencils: Phil Interlandi; inks: Phil Interlandi
10	Motorist Beware!	comic story	2	script: H. Goldstein; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
11	Field & Scream	comic story	5	pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis	Lance Sturdley; Irv Blintz; Milton Forbisher; Lancelot Borscht-Bagel; Ozgood Z'Beard; Elmo Klunk; Walt Goober; Fenwick Furd
12	Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions	comic story	1	pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
13	Kovacs' Strangely Believe It!	comic story	2	script: Ernie Kovacs; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Wally Wood
14	Make Your Own Love-Story Comic	comic story	2	pencils: Jack Kamen; inks: Jack Kamen
15	Scenes We'd Like To See: Escaping The Cannibals	comic story	1	pencils: Phil Interlandi; inks: Phil Interlandi
16	Future Drive-Ins	comic story	3	pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
17	The Truth About Cowboys	comic story	4	script: Henry Morgan; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood	Henry Morgan
18	New Designs In Television Sets	comic story	2	pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis
19	MAD Establishes An...Old Comic-Strip Characters' Home	text article	2	pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood	Barnaby, Batman, Barney Baxter, Buster Brown, Big Chief Wahoo, Denny Colt, Dickie Dare, Eustace P. Dolan, Flyin' Jenny, Bruce Gentry First, Dick Grayson, Ignatz Mouse, Krazy Kat, Little Nemo
20	The Steve Allan Story	comic story	5	pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke	Elvis Presley
21	Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions	comic story	1	pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin	Alfred E. Neuman
22	Mr. Science	comic story	3	script: Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker	Mr. Science; Jimmy; Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding
23	Scenes We'd Like To See: The Fighter Who Didn't Rally	comic story	1	pencils: Phil Interlandi; inks: Phil Interlandi
24	Modern Furniture	comic story	4	script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg	Dave Berg
25	MAD Bubble Gum Cards	comic story	2	pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis	Smedley van Sturdley; Milton Forbisher; Stanley Henkledorf; Walter N. Goober; Beauregard Bordon
26	What's Happened To Sports Magazines?	comic story	4	pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke	Duke Snyder
27	MAD Tickets	text article	1	script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
28	Katchandhammer Kids!	comic story	8	script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Will Elder; inks: Will Elder	Hans Katchandhammer; Feetz Katchandhammer; Der Kapitan; Inspektor; boat company man; Mamma
29	The "Night People" vs. "Creeping Meatballism"	comic story	4	script: Jean Shepherd; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood
30	Scenes We'd Like To See: The Day of The Big Race	comic story	1	pencils: Phil Interlandi; inks: Phil Interlandi
31	Future TV Ads	comic story	2	script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin	George; Harriet
32	Wrestling	comic story	10	pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis	Gomez Addams, Morticia Addams, Pugsley Addams, Frankenstein's monster
33	Free Fall Ferris	comic story	3	script: Jerry DeFuccio; pencils: Wallace Wood; inks: Wallace Wood	Free Fall Ferris
34	Pitchers and Poachers	comic story	1	letters: typeset
35	Tom Lehrer Sings	text article	3	script: Tom Lehrer; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge	Tom Lehrer
36	Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions	comic story	1	pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
37	Wedding Album	comic story	4	pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood	Wally Balloo
38	Kovacs' Strangely Believe It!	comic story	2	script: Ernie Kovacs; pencils: Wallace Wood; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Wally Wood
39	Scenes We'd Like To See: The Last Minute Pardon	comic story	1	pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando
40	Yul Brynner Used Volatilis...Then He Took A Shower	comic story	1	pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas	Yul Brynner
41	Nobody Asked Us, But; Purloined Proverbs Ascribed to Popular People; Fictitious Want Ads Placed By Famous Folk; Jobs We'd Like To Have; Meaningless Musings While Munching Miltown	text article	0	script: Arnie Rosen, Coleman Jacoby
42	Seems Like Somebody Always Butts In When You Talk About...Winsten	comic story	1	pencils: Larry Maleman; inks: Larry Maleman; colors: Larry Maleman	Nick Megliola (postman); Jerry DeFuccio

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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