Where are the Mad Magazine collectors? 10 10

[Tri-Color Brian]

Back when I bought this nice copy of #53 in 1966, Cherokee Book Store was charging $1 for them.  I bought this copy at Collector's Books in Hollywood, and the scoundrels there charged me $1.25...but it came in a free magazine bag...

[EC Star&Bar]

I still have a couple of little mid-'70s Collectors Book Store catalogs.

Here's a heads-up for Mad fans:  I found one of the "Mad 5-Pack Bundle" bagged sets at an Ollie's Bargain Outlet store, priced at $5.99.  Mags from circa 2014.  (These sets pop up on ebay, but not so low-priced.) 

 

[Robot Man]

On 6/4/2020 at 4:03 AM, ThothAmon said:

After seeing the nice 28s I was curious to see how nice my 28 was  Not very, as apparently that’s one I’ve missed over the years. The wantlist gets longer. 
 

 

#30 always seems to be an issue missing when I have bought collections. I know it is one of the most popular issues as far as sales go. I can’t find them and I can’t keep them...

[ThothAmon]

30 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

#30 always seems to be an issue missing when I have bought collections. I know it is one of the most popular issues as far as sales go. I can’t find them and I can’t keep them...

First Alfred E. cover.  Im guessing I might have another copy or two hiding out somewhere.  I think have a pulp(?) somewhere from the 20's that has his spitting image in it (maybe with the same name if I recall correctly).  Hardly a day goes by that I don't see a young person that makes me think of him.

[Robot Man]

#30 is the first full cover appearance of him as we now know him. He also had a small appearance on issue #21. His first MAD appearance was on the MAD Reader paperback. 

He has, of course, been around since the turn of the century and used for advertising, politics, bars and restraunts. Never mentioned by name (MAD named and copyrighted his name. 

The slogan “Me Worry?” Has been around just as long. MAD added the “What” and the rest is history...

[bounty_coder]

Have any of y'all ever noticed how; this thing in the Mad Logo is being pulled by a rope connected to another thing's boobs between the A->D? 

Also...what are these "things?"  Are they People?  Ghosts? Things? 

[FoggyNelson]

So I never noticed before above, but that’s what I loved about MADs , the had so many little things all over their pages an margins , it was so fun finding the an the usually was funny😷😷

[FoggyNelson]

On 6/3/2020 at 7:47 PM, Robot Man said:

Yes, I liked cracked too but other than the first maybe 25 and then just spotty issues, I stopped. Cracked in general are a lot harder to find. They didn't sell as well and fewer were printed. I really have never met anyone who specificaly collected them.

Hmm maybe I will be the first one to go for a complete run of 1 thru 100 , I bet there is some hard to find issues😷😷

[Robot Man]

5 hours ago, bounty_coder said:

Have any of y'all ever noticed how; this thing in the Mad Logo is being pulled by a rope connected to another thing's boobs between the A->D? 

Also...what are these "things?"  Are they People?  Ghosts? Things? 

Oh yeah I noticed even as a young kid. Never thought about who or what they were. Now, I just figure they were out of Kurtzman’s crazy mind...

[Robot Man]

4 hours ago, FoggyNelson said:

Hmm maybe I will be the first one to go for a complete run of 1 thru 100 , I bet there is some hard to find issues😷😷

I suspect there will be quite a few.

[FoggyNelson]

I just went through EBay looking for what is available for Cracked issues an it is very sporadic, not all that many issues are for sale , would take long time to put collection together 😷😷

[01TheDude]

Before I had my major health problem, I got caught up in the ending of MAD magazine from some other thread I cannot find anymore. Anyway-- it was a pretty good deal and only cost me 5.99 using a groupon deal someone shared. I realized that my subscription might kick into renewal so I chased down the website and cancelled it before getting charged full fare. In case you also tried getting in on this deal-- you might want to do the same. A buck and issue is a deal.

One of the thing I came back to were my issues of MAD. Untouched for the most part-- still sadly-- but I have issues 9 through 14. My sub has run it's course and apparently the magazine is not coming to an end. Oh well-- thought I was jumping on something interesting-- and maybe I did. I still need to go through them once my mind is not so easily distracted.

Anyway-- the last two covers after @Robot Man are....

Edited June 21, 2020 by 01TheDude

[FoggyNelson]

Like the number 14 MAD above👍👍‼️

[Robot Man]

I never got the 14 in the mail. So I guess my last one was 13...

Kind of odd. I have never seen 14 on the newsstand either. Maybe done to fulfill subscriptions only? 

[FoggyNelson]

3 hours ago, Robot Man said:

I never got the 14 in the mail. So I guess my last one was 13...

Kind of odd. I have never seen 14 on the newsstand either. Maybe done to fulfill subscriptions only? 

Now you have to get it from somewhere😷😷

[OtherEric]

7 hours ago, Robot Man said:

I never got the 14 in the mail. So I guess my last one was 13...

Kind of odd. I have never seen 14 on the newsstand either. Maybe done to fulfill subscriptions only? 

Pretty sure, starting with #10, they were subscription/ comic shop/ digital only.

[wpbooks01]

The other Al Jaffee.....Why Shpy??

 

https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/4805741/jewish/How-Cartoonist-Al-Jaffee-Found-His-Inner-Jewish-Superhero.htm/fbclid/IwAR3yv2WHZDUmRLmzHPuUEWlRGI6Q5Gt5vOFIUfvSFlAxYI5AbB7jyLZUPpk#utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tw_en

[Robot Man]

[EC Star&Bar]

We could use a front-cover scan of the blue cloth Mad for Keeps over at the GCD (comics.org) as an "additional" cover.

[Robot Man]

Here you go. Hopefully this will work for you.