Mad #26 November 1955

• Cover Artist: Wally Wood
• Cover Writer: Harvey Kurtzman
• Cover Border Artists: Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder
• Mad Logo: Harvey Kurtzman

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• Armstronger Tire (Ad parody) (Will Elder art)
• Contents Page (summary written by Harvey Kurtzman)
• Sure Fire Dialogue (Harry Purvis)
• Letters
• Readers attempt to trace origin of "What, Me Worry?" kid
• The Dave Garrowunway Show (TV satire)
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Jack Davis art)
• Ads exploiting the Davy Crockett trend
• Confidentially - How different magazines treated Mario Labonza (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art)
• The Conquest of Tillie's Lookout
  Wally Wood art / written by Ira Wallach
• More Sure Fire Dialogue (Harry Purvis)
• Let's Go for a Ride!
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Jack Davis art)
• The Strange Cruise of the Buttercup
  written by David W. Donaldson
• The Prodigious (movie satire)
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Wally Wood art)
• At Home with Lorelei Latour -
  Gustave Doré and Wally Wood art / written by Ernie Kovacs
• The Seven Itchy Years (movie satire)
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art)
• Roger Price discusses the Criminal Investigating Game
• More Sure Fire Dialogue (Harry Purvis)
• A Guide to Better Understanding the Fine Old Art of Boxing
  (written by Al Jaffee / Jack Davis art)
• My Secret - Benn Ogen Reveals Mystery Gimmick that Made Him Rich and Famous (Al Jaffee)
• More Sure Fire Dialogue (Harry Purvis)
• Tense Tycoons and Lucky Bucks - Mad's Own Business Novel
  "Crash McCool" Reaffirms Spiritual Values of Cool Cash
  (written by Bernard Shir-Cliff / Bernie Krigstein art)
• Sanofranized (Ad parody)
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art)
• Back Cover -- Canadian Clubbed (Ad parody)
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art)