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4y0291 MAD #23 comic book May 1955 lots of Wally Wood, Jack Davis, final comic book issue!

Date Sold 8/29/2023
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An Original Vintage Comic Book (measures 7" x 10 1/4" [18 x 26 cm]) (Learn More)

Mad, the classic humor magazine ("Humor in a jugular vein") from the 1950s to the present. This comic was published by Bill Gaines (William Gaines) through his company, EC Comics (E.C. Comics), which he inherited from his father in 1947. It was originally a comic book edited by Harvey Kurtzman, and it was one of the famous EC Comics (E.C. Comics) that were banned in the mid-1950s, due to excessive horror content. At that point, publisher Gaines canceled most of his comic book titles, and turned Mad into a magazine with its 24th issue. Unfortunately, he and Kurtzman soon had a falling out, and Al Feldstein, who had been Gaines' writing partner on the Mad comic books (and Feldstein had edited Panic, EC's own imitation of Mad), took over, and the magazine became one of the great success stories of the 1950s and 1960s (led by its trademark character, Alfred E. Neuman, a goofy looking guy whose slogan was "What, me worry?"), with a circulation in the millions at its peak. Gaines never allowed any advertising of any kind in the magazine! In recent years, there was a "Mad" TV show which perfectly captures the spirit of the magazine!
Important Added Info: Contents: "Final issue as a color comic book. Ad for MD and Psychoanalysis magazines. "Gopo Gossum!", art by Wally Wood; Parody of Pogo comic strip. "Scenes We'd... Like To See!", art by Jack Davis; "Ripup's Believe It Or Don't," art by Wally Wood; Parody of Ripley's Believe It Or Not strips. "The Barefoot Nocountessa!", art by Jack Davis; Parody of movie The Barefoot Countessa. Announcement that MAD will change to a magazine-sized book with #24 within 3 months"

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Condition: poor. There is water staining in the right of all pages, but they are not stuck together.
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