Mad #29 September 1956

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

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• Ethel Gasoline (ad parody) (Wally Wood art)
• Contents Page
• The New Expandable Severolet (ad parody)
  (written by Al Feldstein / Wally Wood art)
• Melvin Can't Find Mad / Subscription Ad (Will Elder art)
• Letters
• Free Fall Ferris (written by Jerry DeFuccio / Wally Wood art)
• Scenes We'd Like to See -
  The Runaway Stagecoach (Phil Interlandi)
• Directions for Playing Gringo by Ernie Kovacs (Will Elder art)
• New Designs in TV Sets
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Jack Davis art)
• Dining Etiquette Quiz (Basil Wolverton art)
• The Man in the Soot-Gray Flannel (movie satire)
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Jack Davis art)
• Rare Old Cartoons featuring Wilhelm Busch
• Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions (Don Martin art)
• Camp (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Jack Davis art)
• Make Your Own Love Story Comic (Jack Kamen art)
• Hot Weather Photos
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art)
• Mad Bubble Gum Cards
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Jack Davis art)
• Scenes We'd Like to See -
  Escaping the Cannibals (Phil Interlandi)
• The Underworld Around Us (Bernard Wiseman)
• Scenes We'd Like to See -
  The Day of the Big Race (Phil Interlandi)
• Convention Forecasts (Wally Wood art)
• Real Estate Ads (Wally Wood and Jack Kamen art)
• Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions (Don Martin art)
• How to Give a Party for 17-year-olds
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Jack Davis art)
• Real Ads for
  • San Francisco Records
  • Leslie Creations' Record Cabinet
  • "What, Me Worry" Kid portrait
• Chart Shows MAD's Comparison to Other Magazines
• Back Cover -- Padst Red Ribbon (ad parody)
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder art)

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• First Al Feldstein edited issue /
  Harvey Kurtzman edited all prior issues