Mad Magazine Regular Issue Contributors
Harvey Kurtzman
Contributions in Order of AppearanceIt's generally accepted that Harvey Kurtzman had his hands in just about every aspect of the first 28 issues,
so absences of a writer credit for some articles may very likely be an uncredited Harvey Kurtzman.
Does Not Include Mad or E.C. Ads
Does not include credit for his famous Mad cover logo after its first appearance on issue #24.
(* A=Artist / W=Writer / I=Idea)
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| * | CONTRIBUTION TITLE | CO-CONTRIBUTORS | ISSUE / DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
| AW | Cover Artist and Writer | 1 - Oct 1952 | |
| AW | Mad Mumblings - "Greetings, you MAD readers!" | 1 - Oct 1952 | |
| W | Hoohah! | Jack Davis | 1 - Oct 1952 |
| W | Blobs! | Wally Wood | 1 - Oct 1952 |
| W | Blobs! | Wally Wood | 1 - Oct 1952 |
| A | Enter Cosmo McMoon! | Jerry DeFuccio | 1 - Oct 1952 |
| AW | Crow Vadis? | 1 - Oct 1952 | |
| W | Ganefs! | Will Elder | 1 - Oct 1952 |
| W | Varmint! | John Severin | 1 - Oct 1952 |
| W | Cover Writer | Jack Davis | 2 - Dec 1952 |
| W | Hex! | Jack Davis | 2 - Dec 1952 |
| W | Melvin! | John Severin | 2 - Dec 1952 |
| A | Lady-In-Mascara | Jerry DeFuccio | 2 - Dec 1952 |
| AW | Calling Cosmo McMoon! | 2 - Dec 1952 | |
| W | Gookum! | Wally Wood | 2 - Dec 1952 |
| W | Mole! | Will Elder | 2 - Dec 1952 |
| AW | Cover Artist and Writer | 3 - Jan 1953 | |
| W | Dragged Net! | Will Elder | 3 - Jan 1953 |
| W | Sheik of Araby! | John Severin | 3 - Jan 1953 |
| AW | Rookie Gladiator | 3 - Jan 1953 | |
| AW | The Dandelion Caper | 3 - Jan 1953 | |
| W | V-Vampires! | Wally Wood | 3 - Jan 1953 |
| W | Lone Stranger! | Jack Davis | 3 - Jan 1953 |
| AW | Cover Artist and Writer | 4 - Apr 1954 | |
| W | Superduperman! | Wally Wood | 4 - Apr 1954 |
| W | Flob was a Slob! | Jack Davis | 4 - Apr 1954 |
| A | The Parole | Jerry DeFuccio | 4 - Apr 1954 |
| A | Let's Deplore Your Mind | Jerry DeFuccio | 4 - Apr 1954 |
| W | Robin Hood! | John Severin | 4 - Apr 1954 |
| W | Shadow! | Will Elder | 4 - Apr 1954 |
| W | Cover Writer | Will Elder | 5 - Jun 1953 |
| W | Outer Sanctum! | Will Elder | 5 - Jun 1953 |
| W | Black and Blue Hawks! | Wally Wood | 5 - Jun 1953 |
| W | Miltie of the Mounties! | John Severin | 5 - Jun 1953 |
| W | Kane Keen! - Private Eye | Jack Davis | 5 - Jun 1953 |
| AW | Cover Artist and Writer | 6 - Aug 1953 | |
| W | Teddy and the Pirates! | Wally Wood | 6 - Aug 1953 |
| W | Melvin of the Apes! | John Severin | 6 - Aug 1953 |
| AW | Hevo the Great | 6 - Aug 1953 | |
| W | Ping Pong! | Will Elder | 6 - Aug 1953 |
| AW | Cover Artist and Writer | 7 - Oct 1953 | |
| W | Shermlock Shomes! | Will Elder | 7 - Oct 1953 |
| W | Treasure Island! | John Severin | 7 - Oct 1953 |
| A | Operation Under The Ground (chapter 1) | Jerry DeFuccio | 7 - Oct 1953 |
| AW | Hey Look! | 7 - Oct 1953 | |
| W | Smilin' Melvin! | Wally Wood | 7 - Oct 1953 |
| AW | Cover Artist and Writer | 8 - Dec 1953 | |
| W | Frank N. Stein! | Will Elder | 8 - Dec 1953 |
| W | Lone Stranger Rides Again! | Jack Davis | 8 - Dec 1953 |
| A | Operation Under The Ground (chapter 2) | Jerry DeFuccio | 8 - Dec 1953 |
| AW | Hey Look! | 8 - Dec 1953 | |
| W | Bat Boy and Rubin! | Wally Wood | 8 - Dec 1953 |
| AW | Cover Artist and Writer | 9 - Mar 1954 | |
| W | Little Orphan Melvin! | Wally Wood | 9 - Mar 1954 |
| W | Bop Jokes! | John Severin | 9 - Mar 1954 |
| W | Hah! Noon! | Jack Davis | 9 - Mar 1954 |
| AW | Cover Artist and Writer | H. Antoine d'Arcy | 10 - Apr 1954 |
| W | G.I. Shmoe! | Wally Wood | 10 - Apr 1954 |
| W | Sane! | John Severin | 10 - Apr 1954 |
| AW | Operation Under The Ground (chapter 35) | 10 - Apr 1954 | |
| W | Woman Wonder! | Will Elder | 10 - Apr 1954 |
| W | Cover Writer | Basil Wolverton | 11 - May 1954 |
| W | Flesh Garden! | Wally Wood | 11 - May 1954 |
| W | Mad Reader! | Basil Wolverton | 11 - May 1954 |
| AW | Operation Under The Ground (chapter 87) | 11 - May 1954 | |
| W | Dragged Net! | Will Elder | 11 - May 1954 |
| W | Cover Writer | 12 - Jun 1954 | |
| W | Starchie | Will Elder | 12 - Jun 1954 |
| W | From Eternity Back to Here! | Bernie Krigstein | 12 - Jun 1954 |
| AW | Operation Under The Ground (chapter 6) | 12 - Jun 1954 | |
| W | 3-Dimensions! | Wally Wood | 12 - Jun 1954 |
| W | Mark Trade! | Jack Davis | 12 - Jun 1954 |
| AW | Cover Artist and Writer | 13 - Jul 1954 | |
| W | Prince Violent! | Wally Wood | 13 - Jul 1954 |
| W | Book! Movie! | Jack Davis | 13 - Jul 1954 |
| W | Essay in Greek | 13 - Jul 1954 | |
| W | Baby Quips! (photos with captions) | 13 - Jul 1954 | |
| W | Robinson Crusoe! | Will Elder | 13 - Jul 1954 |
| W | Cover Writer | Leonardo Da Vinci | 14 - Aug 1954 |
| W | Manduck The Magician | Will Elder | 14 - Aug 1954 |
| W | Movie... Ads! | Wally Wood | 14 - Aug 1954 |
| W | Essay in Hungarian | 14 - Aug 1954 | |
| W | The Countynental! | Jack Davis | 14 - Aug 1954 |
| W | Plastic Sam! | Russ Heath | 14 - Aug 1954 |
| W | Cover Writer | Sir John Tenniel Lewis Carroll |
15 - Sep 1954 |
| W | Gasoline Valley! | Will Elder | 15 - Sep 1954 |
| AW | Pot-Shot Pete | 15 - Sep 1954 | |
| W | Essay in Chinese | 15 - Sep 1954 | |
| W | Wild 1 (correction) Wild 1/2 | Wally Wood | 15 - Sep 1954 |
| W | Captain TVideo! | Jack Davis | 15 - Sep 1954 |
| AW | Cover Artist and Writer | 16 - Oct 1954 | |
| W | Shermlock Shomes in The Hound of the Basketballs! | Will Elder | 16 - Oct 1954 |
| W | Newspapers! | Jack Davis | 16 - Oct 1954 |
| W | Article in Ancient Egyptian | 16 - Oct 1954 | |
| W | Restaurant! | Will Elder | 16 - Oct 1954 |
| W | Cover Writer | 17 - Nov 1954 | |
| W | Bringing Back Father! | Will Elder Bernie Krigstein |
17 - Nov 1954 |
| W | What's My Shine! | Jack Davis | 17 - Nov 1954 |
| W | Essay from a small country | 17 - Nov 1954 | |
| W | Meet Miss Potgold | Will Elder Basil Wolverton |
17 - Nov 1954 |
| W | Similar "Mad" -type comic book titles | Wally Wood | 17 - Nov 1954 |
| W | Julius Caesar! | Wally Wood | 17 - Nov 1954 |
| AW | Cover Artist and Writer | 18 - Dec 1954 | |
| W | Alice in Wonderland! | Jack Davis, Lewis Carroll John Tenniel |
18 - Dec 1954 |
| W | Howdy Dooit! | Will Elder | 18 - Dec 1954 |
| W | How Our Opinions Sound | 18 - Dec 1954 | |
| AW | Pot-Shot Pete | 18 - Dec 1954 | |
| W | Stalag 18! | Wally Wood | 18 - Dec 1954 |
| W | Cover Writer | 19 - Jan 1955 | |
| W | Mickey Rodent! Presented by Walt Dizzy | Will Elder | 19 - Jan 1955 |
| W | Supermarkets! | Jack Davis | 19 - Jan 1955 |
| W | Puzzle Pages! | Will Elder | 19 - Jan 1955 |
| W | The Cane Mutiny! | Wally Wood | 19 - Jan 1955 |
| W | Drawrof - (essay from a backward nation) | 19 - Jan 1955 | |
| W | Cover Writer | 20 - Feb 1955 | |
| W | Katchandhammer Kids! | Will Elder | 20 - Feb 1955 |
| W | Sound Effects! | Wally Wood | 20 - Feb 1955 |
| W | Bop Dictionary Terms | 20 - Feb 1955 | |
| W | Cowboy! | Jack Davis | 20 - Feb 1955 |
| W | Cover Writer | 21 - Mar 1955 | |
| W | Poopeye! | Will Elder | 21 - Mar 1955 |
| W | Slow Motion! | Jack Davis | 21 - Mar 1955 |
| W | Comic Book Ads! | Will Elder | 21 - Mar 1955 |
| W | Under the Waterfront! | Wally Wood | 21 - Mar 1955 |
| AW | Cover Artist and Writer | 22 - Apr 1955 | |
| W | Special Art Issue - Featuring Bill (Chicken Fat) Elder | 22 - Apr 1955 | |
| W | Bill (Chicken Fat) Elder - The Child! | Will Elder | 22 - Apr 1955 |
| W | Bill Elder - The Boy! | Will Elder | 22 - Apr 1955 |
| W | Bill Elder - The Young Artist! | Will Elder | 22 - Apr 1955 |
| W | Bill Elder - The Commercial Artist! | Will Elder | 22 - Apr 1955 |
| W | Bill Elder - The Old Pro! | Will Elder | 22 - Apr 1955 |
| W | Mole! (reprint from issue #2) | Will Elder | 22 - Apr 1955 |
| W | Bill Elder - Senility! | Will Elder | 22 - Apr 1955 |
| W | Cover Writer | 23 - May 1955 | |
| W | Gopo Gossum! | Wally Wood | 23 - May 1955 |
| W | Scenes We'd Like to See! | Jack Davis | 23 - May 1955 |
| W | Ripup's Believe it or Don't! | Wally Wood | 23 - May 1955 |
| W | The Barefoot Nocountessa! | Jack Davis | 23 - May 1955 |
| W | Cover Writer | 24 - Jul 1955 | |
| AW | Cover Border Artist | Will Elder | 24 - Jul 1955 |
| AW | Mad Cover Logo (Note: This was the first instance of his famous logo - No more examples to be listed from this point...) |
24 - Jul 1955 | |
| W | Extremely important message from the editors | 24 - Jul 1955 | |
| W | Ironmaidenfit (ad parody) | Jack Davis | 24 - Jul 1955 |
| W | Is a Trip to the Moon Possible? | Wally Wood | 24 - Jul 1955 |
| W | Report from Russia (in Russian) | 24 - Jul 1955 | |
| W | Wrestling | Jack Davis | 24 - Jul 1955 |
| W | Newspaper Comics | Will Elder | 24 - Jul 1955 |
| W | Anyone Can Build This Coffee Table | Jack Davis | 24 - Jul 1955 |
| W | Is This Your Life? | Will Elder | 24 - Jul 1955 |
| W | Vera's Cruz (movie satire) | Jack Davis | 24 - Jul 1955 |
| W | Pictoquiz | Jack Davis | 24 - Jul 1955 |
| W | Bind-Aig Plastic Strips (ad parody) | Will Elder | 24 - Jul 1955 |
| W | Back Cover -- Jell-y (ad parody) | Will Elder | 24 - Jul 1955 |
| W | Cover Writer | Thomas Nast | 25 - Sep 1955 |
| AW | Cover Border Artist | Will Elder | 25 - Sep 1955 |
| W | Radiodetectiveland | Will Elder | 25 - Sep 1955 |
| W | Leave Me Or Me Leave (Movie Poster parody) | Will Elder | 25 - Sep 1955 |
| W | the Jack E. Glisten story | Wally Wood | 25 - Sep 1955 |
| W | Confidential Information | Will Elder | 25 - Sep 1955 |
| W | Mad Awards for Television Commercials | Will Elder | 25 - Sep 1955 |
| W | They Built Their Dream-House Singlehanded | Wally Wood | 25 - Sep 1955 |
| W | the Stark Club | Jack Davis | 25 - Sep 1955 |
| W | The Blackboard Jumble (movie satire) | Wally Wood | 25 - Sep 1955 |
| W | Kennt Cigarettes (ad parody) | Will Elder | 25 - Sep 1955 |
| W | Back Cover -- Ol' Craw Whiskey (ad parody) | Will Elder | 25 - Sep 1955 |
| W | Cover Writer | Wally Wood | 26 - Nov 1955 |
| AW | Cover Border Artist | Will Elder | 26 - Nov 1955 |
| W | The Dave Garrowunway Show (TV satire) | Jack Davis | 26 - Nov 1955 |
| W | Confidentially - How different magazines treated Mario Labonza | Will Elder | 26 - Nov 1955 |
| W | Let's Go for a Ride! | Jack Davis | 26 - Nov 1955 |
| W | The Prodigious (movie satire) | Wally Wood | 26 - Nov 1955 |
| W | The Seven Itchy Years (movie satire) | Will Elder | 26 - Nov 1955 |
| W | Sanofranized (ad parody) | Will Elder | 26 - Nov 1955 |
| W | Back Cover -- Canadian Clubbed (ad parody) | Will Elder | 26 - Nov 1955 |
| W | Cover Writer | Jack Davis | 27 - Apr 1956 |
| AW | Cover Border Artist | Will Elder | 27 - Apr 1956 |
| W | Cartoon Digest | Will Elder | 27 - Apr 1956 |
| W | Beautydreamy mattress (ad parody) | Will Elder | 27 - Apr 1956 |
| W | How to be Smart | Wally Wood | 27 - Apr 1956 |
| W | The Ed Suvillan Show (TV satire) | Will Elder | 27 - Apr 1956 |
| W | Ulysses (movie satire) | Wally Wood | 27 - Apr 1956 |
| W | Back Cover -- Beer Belongs - Enjoy It | Will Elder | 27 - Apr 1956 |
| W | Cover Writer | Wally Wood | 28 - Jul 1956 |
| AW | Cover Border Artist | Will Elder | 28 - Jul 1956 |
| W | Billows Cotton-Pick Whiskey (ad parody) | Will Elder | 28 - Jul 1956 |
| W | He Rose Tattooed (movie satire) | Wally Wood | 28 - Jul 1956 |
| W | Super Guided Missle | Al Jaffee, Wally Wood Jack Davis |
28 - Jul 1956 |
| W | Children's Primer | Will Elder | 28 - Jul 1956 |
| W | Comic Books - Reprint of Black and Blue Hawks! (from #5) | Wally Wood | 28 - Jul 1956 |
| W | Young Men's Spring Fashions for 1956 | Jack Davis | 28 - Jul 1956 |
| W | Talk | Wally Wood | 28 - Jul 1956 |
| W | Medical (TV satire) | Will Elder | 28 - Jul 1956 |
| W | Paper Doll Page | Will Elder | 28 - Jul 1956 |
| W | Back Cover -- The Heathy Girl | Russ Heath | 28 - Jul 1956 |
| AW | Cover Border Artist | Will Elder | 29 - Sep 1956 |
| W | New Designs in TV Sets | Jack Davis | 29 - Sep 1956 |
| W | The Man in the Soot-Gray Flannel (movie satire) | Jack Davis | 29 - Sep 1956 |
| W | Camp | Jack Davis | 29 - Sep 1956 |
| W | Hot Weather Photos | Will Elder | 29 - Sep 1956 |
| W | Mad Bubble Gum Cards | Jack Davis | 29 - Sep 1956 |
| W | How to Give a Party for 17-year-olds | Jack Davis | 29 - Sep 1956 |
| W | Back Cover -- Padst Red Ribbon (ad parody) | Will Elder | 29 - Sep 1956 |
| AW | Cover Border Artist | Will Elder | 30 - Dec 1956 |
| W | Elvis Pelvis | Jack Davis | 30 - Dec 1956 |
| W | Gunsmoked (TV satire) | Jack Davis | 30 - Dec 1956 |
| W | Civilized Mouse Trap | Jack Davis | 30 - Dec 1956 |
| W | Merit Badges | Jack Davis | 30 - Dec 1956 |
| W | Field & Scream (magazine satire) | Jack Davis | 31 - Feb 1957 |
| W | How to Put Out an Imitation of Mad - (featuring reprint of #27 cover) |
Jack Davis, Will Elder | 41 - Sep 1958 |
| AW | Mad Cover Logo (one-shot reappearance after a long absence) | 248 - Jul 1984 | |
| I | Mad's "Goetz Mask" - Special Bonus - Wear This and No Mugger Will Mess With You!!! |
Allan Tannenbaum Will Elder |
256 - Jul 1985 |
| A | Back Cover -- What's the Beef? - The Weinburger | Al Jaffee, Will Elder | 258 - Oct 1985 |
| A | Cover Artist | Will Elder | 259 - Dec 1985 |
| A | Traveler's Blues (Glenn Frey song parody) | Frank Jacobs, Will Elder | 260 - Jan 1986 |
| A | Cover Artist | Will Elder | 261 - Mar 1986 |
| A | Camouflage Tricks of City Animals | Rurik Tyler, Will Elder | 261 - Mar 1986 |
| A | Back Cover -- The Day AT&T Went Too Far | John Prete, Will Elder | 265 - Sep 1986 |
| A | Back Cover -- Garbage Pail Adults | Will Elder | 265 - Sep 1986 |
| A | We'll Make a Fortune (TV satire) | Dick DeBartolo Will Elder |
266 - Oct 1986 |
| A | Mad's Fearless Forecast for the Upcoming TV Season | Barry Liebmann Will Elder |
267 - Dec 1986 |
| A | Cover Artist | Will Elder | 268 - Jan 1987 |
| A | Fund Raisers That Never Made It! | Dick DeBartolo Will Elder |
269 - Mar 1987 |
| A | Back Cover -- Mad Celebrity Madballs | John Prete, Will Elder | 269 - Mar 1987 |
| A | Banana Republic Dictator of the Year | Lou Silverstone Will Elder |
270 - Apr 1987 |
| A | Mad's Modern-Day Puzzlers | David Ames | 271 - Jun 1987 |
| A | Back Cover -- The American Ex-Pres Card | John Prete, Will Elder | 271 - Jun 1987 |
| A | Mad Visits an Organ Transplant Hospital | Lou Silverstone Will Elder |
272 - Jul 1987 |
| A | A Mad Look at Some Widely Held Misconceptions | Mike Snider | 273 - Sep 1987 |
| A | Why Owning a VCR is Better Than Going to the Movies | Tom Koch | 274 - Oct 1987 |
| A | All-Purpose Video Game Instructions Kit | Frank Jacobs | 279 - Jun 1988 |
| A | The Mad People Watcher's Guide to a Political Convention | Mike Snider | 281 - Sep 1988 |
| A | Play Pictionary With the Mad Artists | see issue | 284 - Jan 1989 |
| AW | 500 Issues of Mad: A Visual History - Mad Issues 1-100 "Murmurs and Mumblings" |
see issue | 500 - Jun 2009 |
| AW | 500 Issues of Mad: A Visual History - Mad Issues 201-300 "Snatched Glory and Bruised Knuckles" |
see issue | 500 - Jun 2009 |
| AW | The Mad Vault - 1973 | see issue | 501 - Oct 2009 |