MAD #23 — May 1955

Contents

• Ad for E.C.'s "New Direction" Mags — MD and Psychoanalysis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  C2
• very very very very very very important announcement in the back of the book!

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  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  1
• Gopo Gossum!

  Newspaper Cartoon Dept.

  Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Strikes Back! — 1955 (Paperback #2)
  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #8 — Winter 1999
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  • MAD's Original Idiots — Wally Wood — 2015
  2–7
• MAD Mumblings

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  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  8
• Scenes We'd Like to See!

  Cliche Dept.

  Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • The Bedside MAD — 1959 (Paperback #6)
  • MAD Special #21 — Summer 1977 — The Nostalgic MAD #5
  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #8 — Winter 1999
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  • MAD's Original Idiots — Jack Davis — 2015
  9–17
• Ripup's Believe it or Don't!

  Newspaper Cartoon Dept.

  Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Strikes Back! — 1955 (Paperback #2)
  • MAD Special #15 — Summer 1975 — The Nostalgic MAD #3
  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #8 — Winter 1999
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  • MAD's Original Idiots — Wally Wood — 2015
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  18–20 sample
• The Barefoot Nocountessa!

  Hollywood Dept.

  Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Tales Calculated To Drive You MAD #8 — Winter 1999
  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  • MAD's Original Idiots — Jack Davis — 2015
  21–27
• Ad for The MAD Reader paperback

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  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  28
• Announcement that MAD will change from comic book to magazine with issue #24

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  • The MAD Archives — Volume 4 — 2012
  29
• Real ads
  30–32, C3, C4

Credits

• Entire issue written by Harvey Kurtzman
• Color by Marie Severin
• Article lettering by Ben Oda