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Mad #51 December 1959
Cover Artist:
Kelly Freas
Mad Logo:
Harvey Kurtzman
Hames Underwear for Men and Boys (ad parody)
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
Kelly Freas
art)
Contents Page
Ads for Alfred E. Neuman portrait,
Mad Forever
,
Mad For Keeps
, Mad T-Shirts and Mad Straight Jackets, Subscriptions
Letters
Advertising Slogans Will Replace Everyday Conversation
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Wally Wood
art)
New Singers for Old Songs
**various obscure places around the magazine
The Man With the Sprung Neck (
Don Martin
)
The Price is All Right (TV satire)
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
Mort Drucker
art)
Painting By the Numbers (written by
Al Jaffee
/
Bob Clarke
art)
Treasury of Unknown Poetry Volume II
(written by
Tom Koch
/
Joe Orlando
art)
The Great Hotel Fire (
Don Martin
)
Testing Civilians for Space Flight
(written by
Al Jaffee
/
Wally Wood
art)
Scenes We'd Like to See - Driving the Golden Spike
(written by
Eugene St. Jean
/
George Woodbridge
art)
Handwriting Analysis
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Bob Clarke
art)
TV Ads We'd Like to See - The Schleppe's Commercial
(
Joe Orlando
art)
Mad Looks at Adult Education
(written by
Paul Laikin
/
George Woodbridge
art)
Hide-A-Beds and Other Kinds of "Hide-A-Things" (
Dave Berg
)
Madison Avenue Turns to History and Literature
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
Bob Clarke
art)
Grandstand Football
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
George Woodbridge
art)
Teenage Magazine (written by
Larry Siegel
/
Joe Orlando
art)
The Escaped Convict (
Don Martin
)
Ad for
Son of Mad
pocketbook
(
Wally Wood
and
Kelly Freas
art)
Back Cover -- Paying for a Diamond is Forever
(
Kelly Freas
art)
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