MAD #30 — December 1956

"With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die." — Abraham Lincoln

Contents

• B.F. Goodnrich Autoless Tires (ad parody)

  Written by Al Feldstein / Art by Reed Crandall

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #1 — 1958 Annual
  C2
• Contents Page
  1
• Arnie Rosen and Coleman Jacoby make keen observations

  Nobody Asked Us, But Dept.
  (various obscure places around the magazine)
• Elvis Pelvis

  Mass Hysteria Dept.

  Written by Al Feldstein / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD About the Fifties — 1997
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  2–3 sample
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Real ads for Genuine Height-Increasing Elevator Shoes and "What, Me Worry" Kid portrait
  4–5
• Gunsmoked (TV satire)

  Western Dept.

  Written by Al Feldstein / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #1 — 1958 Annual
  • MAD Forever — 1959
  • The Organization MAD — 1960 (Paperback #8)
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • MAD About the Fifties — 1997
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  6–9 sample
• Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions

  Advice Dept. Part I

  Written by Al Feldstein / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #1 — 1958 Annual
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  10
• The Manly Art of Self-Defense

  Collector's Dept.: Rare old Mayhem

  Edmund E. Price's 1867 book redefined
  11–12
• Scenes We'd Like to See — The Gladiator and the Empress

  Hollywood Dept.

  Phil Interlandi

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD For Keeps — 1958
  13
• MAD Builds a More Civilized Mouse Trap

  Beat-a-Path Dept.

  Written by Al Feldstein / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #1 — 1958 Annual
  • Like, MAD — 1960 (Paperback #9)
  • MAD Special #131 — October 1998
  14–15 sample
• Motorist Beware!

  Fair Warning Dept.

  Written by Al Feldstein / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #1 — 1958 Annual
  • Like, MAD — 1960 (Paperback #9)
  16–17
• Old Comic-Strip Characters' Home

  Nostalgia Dept.

  Written by Al Feldstein / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #1 — 1958 Annual
  18–19
• Bowling

  Sports Dept.

  Idea by Nick Meglin / Written by Al Feldstein / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #1 — 1958 Annual
  • MAD Forever — 1959
  • The Organization MAD — 1960 (Paperback #8)
  • MAD About the Fifties — 1997
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  20–23 sample
• Collegiate Whimsey

  College Dept.

  (from various college publications)

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • More Trash From MAD #1 — 1958 Annual
  24–26
• Morbid Dick (movie satire)

  Movie Dept.

  Written by Al Feldstein / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Organization MAD — 1960 (Paperback #8)
  27–30
• Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions

  Advice Dept. Part II

  Written by Al Feldstein / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #1 — 1958 Annual
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  31
• A Medal for Horatius

  History Dept.

  Written by Colonel W.C. Hall / Art by Wally Wood
  32–33
• Pulp Magazines

  Literature Dept.

  Written by James Blish / Art by Will Elder

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD For Keeps — 1958
  34–37
• A Saw Screams at Midnight

  Band-Aid Dept.

  G. A. Mills / starring Carl Reiner

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  38–39 sample
• Merit Badges

  Awards Dept.

  Written by Al Feldstein / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #1 — 1958 Annual
  40–41
• Walt Dizzy Presents Dizzyland (TV satire)

  TV Dept.

  Written by Al Feldstein / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #1 — 1958 Annual
  • The Organization MAD — 1960 (Paperback #8)
  • MAD About the Fifties — 1997
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  42–47 sample
• Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions

  Advice Dept. Part III

  Written by Al Feldstein / Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #1 — 1958 Annual
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  48 sample
• MAD Subscription Ad — Vital Items You Can Buy For a Quarter!

  Written by Al Feldstein / Art by Jack Davis
  C3 sample
• Back Cover — Reverse View of Front Cover

  Written by Al Feldstein / Art by Norman Mingo and Jack Davis
  C4