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Auction History Result 4y0289 MAD #15 comic book September 1954 Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, Bill Elder Date Sold 8/29/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 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! Artist: John Tenniel Important Added Info: Contents: "Gasoline Valley!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Will Elder; Parody of the Gasoline Alley comic strip. "Pot-Shot Pete Sheriff of Yucca-pucca Gulch!", script and art by Harvey Kurtzman; E. C. Fan-Addict Club! ad. "Wild ," script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; Parody of the movie "The Wild One." "Captain Tvideo!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; A parody of the Captain Video television program" Please note that we don't use a "comic guide" grading system, and OUR grading scale is completely different from standard comic book grading. Our "very good" is completely different from a comic book graded "very good". Because this comic book is rare and valuable, we provide images of ALL the pages of the comic book, which should allow you to get a sense of the condition of this comic book. Note: We have 19 images of this comic book, but due to a space limitation, only TEN of the 19 images are displayed above. However, there is a "supersize" link to the right of those images that lets you see the other 9. Condition: fair. Learn More about condition grades 
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