Mad 1952 #63 - reader copy - $7.00

Alfred gets rained on under his umbrella.

A man burglarizes the 3M Company safe by tying up the security guard with cellophane tape.

Updating school text books with modern pictures and references.

Contrasting the historical definitions of common names with celebrities who have those names.

Breakfast cereals marketed to specific demographic groups.

A man is instructed on the proper form to throw a knife.

If other cartoon series lifted their premise from established television shows, as The Flintstones were accused of doing from The Honeymooners.

Magazines geared to the over sixty set.

Various stereotypical Americans relate their ideas to improve the country's image.

The White Spy booby-traps the Black Spy's phone.

Text characters laid out to visually tell the story.

Continuing the action of various television commercials after the camera has stopped.

A man looks at the statues in the park.

A magazine publishing company badgers a person to subscribe.

The Black Spy booby-traps the White Spy's chicken.

Behind the scenes at various businesses.

A rack full of paperback book covers is presented.

Filling in the facts that Hollywood gossip columns leave out.

A pickpocket works a crowded subway car.

Satirical look behind the scenes at the filming of the John Wayne film "The Alamo".

Parody of Budweiser Beer print ads.

On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• Boy, Were We Surprised! - Inside front cover.
• Adult TV Cartoons - Jack Paar is anthropomorphized as a crocodile, Groucho Marx as an owl, and Charles Collingwood as a fox.
• How To Improve America's Prestige Abroad - Alfred E. Neuman makes a cameo appearance on a movie poster.
• Paperback Roulette - Charlie Brown appears on the cover of a Peanuts compilation. Alfred E. Neuman makes a cameo on a crime novel cover. The reprint collection "Utterly Mad" appears in the self-help section.
• Sadder...But Wiser - Back cover.