Issue: #24
Last valuation update: 2026-04-20
Mad switched to magazine format with this issue, which allowed it to avoid the Comic Code Authority.
First appearances: Snap, Pop, Crackle, Morticia, Gomez, Pugsley
Creators: Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood, Will Elder, Bernie Krigstein, Jack Davis
Characters: Alfred E. Neuman, Snap, Pop, Crackle, Groucho Marx, Bing Crosby, Morticia, Gomez, Little Orphan Annie, Daddy Warbucks, Buck Rogers, Lothar, Daisy, Blondie, Dagwood, Silver, Lone Ranger, Mandrake, Dick Tracy, Li'l Abner