Mad #25 September 1955

• Cover Artist: Thomas Nast
• Cover Writer: Harvey Kurtzman
• Cover Border Artists: Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder
• Mad Logo: Harvey Kurtzman

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• Ipuna Toothpaste (Ad parody) (Will Elder art)
• Contents Page (summary written by Harvey Kurtzman)
• Radiodetectiveland
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art)
• Leave Me Or Me Leave (Movie Poster parody)
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art)
• Letters
• the Jack E. Glisten story
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Wally Wood art)
• Very Square Dance (Steve Allen lyrics)
• Baseball... Science or Skill?
  (written by Al Jaffee (first appearance) / Jack Davis art)
• Anyone for Wrist Slashing?
  Wally Wood art / written by Stan Freberg
• Confidential Information
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art)
  • Was George Washington "George"?
  • Have You Heard About John Smith and His Indian Princess?
  • Was Snow White Really Snow White?
• The Sleeping Beauty
  Gustave Doré painting / written by Ernie Kovacs
• Mad Awards for Television Commercials
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art)
  • Goldsmobile
  • Dialtone Soap
  • Storm Window
  • Colgrate Dental Cream
  • Sarong Wrap
• Newspapers Columns written by Bernard Shir-Cliff
• They Built Their Dream-House Singlehanded
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Wally Wood art)
• Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Corrected by a School Teacher -
  corrections by Professor Feetlebaum (Doodles Weaver)
• the Stark Club
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Jack Davis art)

• Advice to Young Men on How to Get Into the Army (written and illustrated by Roger Price)
• Fozless Fooznick Sells Crazyroot Cream-Oil Hair Tonic through a comic strip (Will Elder art)
• The Blackboard Jumble (movie satire) (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Wally Wood art)
• "NDDDS" Chlorophyll Tablets with Gargol (ad parody) (Will Elder art)
• Ad for The Mad Reader and Mad Strikes Back
• Kennt Cigarettes (ad parody) (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art)
• Back Cover -- Ol' Craw Whiskey (ad parody) (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art)