Buy DC, Marvel comic books on sale here. We sell comics - order nowWorld's Best Comic Store
See why
DC & Marvel Comic Books on Sale | NewKadia.com . Buy DC Marvel comic books ®   Call  610-277-3000 
10 am - 5 pm EST


    Help Menu
Shopped here before?   Sign-in 
 Buy Mad comic books: Add Mad comic books to store cart
 Comic books = 0
 
Today's Sales
Save 15% to 80%
Search by comic's name
    or click >   A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ORDER NOW
We ship today

   Win a $100  

Gift Card
  Enter  

Today's finalists
      Help       


Full Help Menu

Home
Show prices in ... 

Mad Magazine

1952 series  
 Also called   Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad
Save 30% from the prices below   Get code
for comics in stock over 60 days, whose  prices are green 
Mad comic books
Show Covers only

Sales Rank  #28    See Top 2,500
Publisher  E.C.     •     Ages_7-12   Ages_13-16  
First Issue  #1 - October 1952     Last  #550 - April 2018
Continued in  Mad Special

    Mad Magazine was the top humor and satire magazine of the 1950s and 1960s and one of the biggest selling magazines for young men and boys. It started to lose its influence in the mid 70s, when it lost the satire monopoly to magazines like the National Lampoon and TV's Saturday Night Live. An inexpensive way to read older issues is to get Mad Specials, which reprinted early issues.

Summaries provided by Doug Gilford's Mad Cover Site
XX This page shows issues    
1-25 26-50 51-75 76-100 101-125 126-150 151-175
176-200 201-225 226-250 251-275 276-300 301-325 326-350
351-375 376-400 401-425 426-450 451-475 476-500 501-525
526-550

We have 153 of the 550 issues.  
Click to view #   31   34   37   38   39   40   41   42   44   45   46   47   49   50   51   54   55   57   58   60   62   71   74   75   78   80   88   90   91   92   93   96   97   103   110   120   122   123   124   129   130   131   132   134   143   144   145   149   152   158   160   164   167   168   170   171   173   177   178   179   181   185   189   190   191   201   206   210   211   212   213   214   217   218   220   221   223   225   226   229   230   232   245   246   247   248   249   250   251   252   253   254   255   256   257   258   259   260   261   262   263   265   266   267   268   269   270   271   272   273   274   275   276   277   278   279   280   281   282   283   284   285   286   288   289   290   356   360   366   368   373   375   404   408   409   410   416   424   425   426   427   428   430   431   432   433   434   435   436   437   441   442   500  
        Batman Spectacular   Spoofs the 90s   Star Trek Spectacular   Star Wars Spectacular 1999   Unite the Stupid Special
    Issues  # 51-75                 Show all copies   or only   Very Good   Near Mint   or better.          

      Mad #51
Stock image
Mad #51 comic books for sale
  Summary:  
    Hames Underwear for Men and Boys. Advertising Slogans Will Replace Everyday Conversation. The Price is All Right (TV Satire). Don Martin -- The Man With the Sprung Neck, The Great Hotel Fire, The Escaped Convict. Painting By the Numbers. Treasury of Unknown Poetry II. Testing Civilians for Space Flight. Scenes and TV Ads We'd Like to See. Handwriting Analysis. Mad Looks at Adult Education. Hide-A-Beds and Other Kinds of "Hide-A-Things". Madison Avenue Turns to History and Literature. Grandstand Football. Teenage (Magazine Parody). Back Cover -- Paying for a Diamond is Forever.
Overstreet Values
Overstreet doesn't price NM+. NM+ prices are ours.
Near Mint +
Near Mint -
Very Fine
Fine
Very Good
Good
$ 270.00
$ 150.00
$ 80.00
$ 42.00
$ 28.00
$ 14.00
 To buy 
  click box below and  Add to Cart 
2 copies left   Buy 1 now.
  Condition
 Click for details
In stock Today's Price
  Fine -  photo > 1 year $ 57.09 
  Poor > 1 year $ 6.11 
 Cover is missing.
 
 Example: 1-3, 7
Best copy Low price  
    Get Free USA Shipping DetailsBack to top
Mad Magazine shown are in stock.   Ordering Mad comic books is easy:  Instructions


Mad  #52 - #53
are out-of-stock. Show out-of-stock issues.

Want a copy?
Type email address and a password
Then:   Click boxes and green button and we'll email you when it arrives.
#52   #53

Limit: 10 books on List
      Mad #54
Stock image
Mad #54 comic books for sale
  Published:  
  Cover Price:  
  Cover Artist:  
  Summary:  
April 1960
$ .25
Kelly Freas
    Phonyex Mutual Life Insurance. Ad Testimonials from Politicians. How I Turned $6.85 into a Zillion. Don Martin -- The Magician, The Hero, Uncle Herman and the Coke Machine. Around the World With U.S. Television. The Interpreter. My Fair Ad-Man (Broadway Musical Satire). Educational Billboards. America is Getting Soft. You Can Learn A Lot When You Go Through People's Garbage. Distinctive Picket Lines. Mail by Missile. Doctors' Progress. Movie Land (Magazine Parody). Back Cover -- Aspire Boot-Lick Polish.
Overstreet Values
Overstreet doesn't price NM+. NM+ prices are ours.
Near Mint +
Near Mint -
Very Fine
Fine
Very Good
Good
$ 270.00
$ 150.00
$ 80.00
$ 42.00
$ 28.00
$ 14.00
 To buy 
  click box below and  Add to Cart 
1 copy left   Buy it now
  Condition
 Click for details
In stock Today's Price
  Fine +  photo > 1 year $ 88.08 
 
 Example: 1-3, 7
Best copy Low price  
    Get Free USA Shipping DetailsBack to top
Mad Magazine shown are in stock.   Ordering Mad comic books is easy:  Instructions


      Mad #55
Stock image
Mad #55 comic books for sale
  Published:  
  Cover Price:  
  Cover Artist:  
  Summary:  
June 1960
$ .25
Kelly Freas
    Safe Form Insurance. Pictures the Editors Left Out. Mad Beats the TV Plug Crackdown. Don Martin -- The Concert, In a "Greasy Spoon" Diner. The Mad Madison Avenue Primer. The Arthur Money Party (TV Satire). Cigarette Geography. Literal Translations of Figurative Speech. I.B.M Cards Popular Politician Magazine. Sid Caesar's "The Jackie Talented Story". Barber Shop. Mother's Day Cards from Some Children Who Didn't Turn Out Very Well. The "Hip" Raven. Ad for real Mad Campaign Kit. Back Cover -- Goldbrick & Goldbrick.
Overstreet Values
Overstreet doesn't price NM+. NM+ prices are ours.
Near Mint +
Near Mint -
Very Fine
Fine
Very Good
Good
$ 270.00
$ 150.00
$ 80.00
$ 42.00
$ 28.00
$ 14.00
 To buy 
  click box below and  Add to Cart 
3 copies left. Buy 1 now.
  Condition
 Click for details
In stock Today's Price
  Very Good + > 1 year $ 39.26 
  Very Good -  photo > 1 year $ 36.59 
 Scotch tape on binding.
  Fair + > 1 year $ 15.41 
 4 inside pages missing, cover detached
 
 Example: 1-3, 7
Best copy Low price  
    Get Free USA Shipping DetailsBack to top
Mad Magazine shown are in stock.   Ordering Mad comic books is easy:  Instructions


Mad  #56
is out-of-stock. Show out-of-stock issues.

Want a copy?
Click green button and we'll email you when it arrives.:
Type email address: and a password
      Mad #57
Stock image
Mad #57 comic books for sale
  Summary:  
    Stikky Peanut Butter. Madison Avenue Surplus Sale. The Good Humor Ice Cream Truck. Don Martin -- The Fortune Teller, At the Clothiers, At a Masquerade, The Moving Men. Documentary Records. If Magazines Carried Comic Strips. Fishing. Gangster Movie Preview. Mad's "Pure Products" Law. Reproportioning Photographs for Fun and Mainly Profit. Tall Tales - Al Jaffee. Beatnik - The Magazine for Hipsters. Scenes We'd Like to See. TV Ads We'd Like to See - Bann Roll-On Deodorant. Back Cover -- Sham-Bug's Beat-A-Check Soup Kit.
Overstreet Values
Overstreet doesn't price NM+. NM+ prices are ours.
Near Mint +
Near Mint -
Very Fine
Fine
Very Good
Good
$ 270.00
$ 150.00
$ 80.00
$ 42.00
$ 28.00
$ 14.00
 To buy 
  click box below and  Add to Cart 
2 copies left   Buy 1 now.
  Condition
 Click for details
In stock Today's Price
  Good - > 1 year $ 18.35 
  Fair + > 1 year $ 15.49 
 2 inside pages missing
 
 Example: 1-3, 7
Best copy Low price  
    Get Free USA Shipping DetailsBack to top
Mad Magazine shown are in stock.   Ordering Mad comic books is easy:  Instructions


      Mad #58
Stock image
Mad #58 comic books for sale
  Summary:  
    Past Blue Ribbons Beer. The "Violence Trend" on TV. "Cool" Casey at the Bat. Don Martin -- The Carpenter's Assistants. Successful Merchandising. Amateur Photography. A Child's History of the Middle 1900's (1940-1960). Sailing. Critical Reviews of Everything. Mad's 1960 Political Alphabet Book. Carols for All Occasions. The Mad "Down-To-Earth" Coloring Book. Highway Squad (TV Satire). Back Cover -- Instant Sinka Bath Salts.
Overstreet Values
Overstreet doesn't price NM+. NM+ prices are ours.
Near Mint +
Near Mint -
Very Fine
Fine
Very Good
Good
$ 270.00
$ 150.00
$ 80.00
$ 42.00
$ 28.00
$ 14.00
 To buy 
  click box below and  Add to Cart 
2 copies left   Buy 1 now.
  Condition
 Click for details
In stock Today's Price
  Very Good -  photo > 1 year $ 36.92 
  Good - > 1 year $ 18.29 
 Scotch tape on binding.
 
 Example: 1-3, 7
Best copy Low price  
    Get Free USA Shipping DetailsBack to top
Mad Magazine shown are in stock.   Ordering Mad comic books is easy:  Instructions


Mad  #59
is out-of-stock. Show out-of-stock issues.

Want a copy?
Click green button and we'll email you when it arrives.:
Type email address: and a password
      Mad #60
Stock image
Mad #60 comic books for sale
  Cover Price:  
  Summary:  
$ .25
    Flip cover. One side congratulates John Kennedy, the other side congratulates Richard Nixon, for winning the Presidency in 1960. Furd Foulcar. Naked Town (TV Satire) . Educational Toys. Don Martin -- 20 Years in the Shipping Dept. "Warm-Ups" to Everything. Dieting. Mad's College Songs and Cheers for Traitors, Defeatists, and Cowards. The Mad Shakespear Primer. The Producer and I (Movie Satire). Spy Vs. Spy (First Appearance). TeeVee U. The European Tourist's Guide to the U.S. A Mad Peak Behind the Scenes.
Overstreet Values
Overstreet doesn't price NM+. NM+ prices are ours.
Near Mint +
Near Mint -
Very Fine
Fine
Very Good
Good
$ 360.00
$ 200.00
$ 94.00
$ 45.00
$ 30.00
$ 15.00
 To buy 
  click box below and  Add to Cart 
1 copy left   Buy it now
  Condition
 Click for details
In stock Today's Price
  Poor > 1 year $ 6.56 
 Cover is missing.
 
 Example: 1-3, 7
Best copy Low price  
    Get Free USA Shipping DetailsBack to top
Mad Magazine shown are in stock.   Ordering Mad comic books is easy:  Instructions


Mad  #61
is out-of-stock. Show out-of-stock issues.

Want a copy?
Click green button and we'll email you when it arrives.:
Type email address: and a password
      Mad #62
Stock image
Mad #62 comic books for sale
  Summary:  
    General Realistic TV. The Total Sell. The Population Explosion and How it Will Affect Future Living. Don Martin -- A Guided Tour Through a Steel Foundry, Togetherness Through Music, In a French Restaurant. How to Make Dull Reading Matter Interesting. Greeting Cards with Enclosures. The World's Greatest TV Panelist. Up-To-Date Names for Rockets and Missiles. Ladies' Home Journey (Magazine Satire). Horseback Riding. Mail Order Gift Catalogues. Tomorrow's Parents. The United Nations Awards Show. Back Cover -- Sucker 61 Fountain Pens .
Overstreet Values
Overstreet doesn't price NM+. NM+ prices are ours.
Near Mint +
Near Mint -
Very Fine
Fine
Very Good
Good
$ 198.00
$ 110.00
$ 41.00
$ 18.00
$ 12.00
$ 6.00
 To buy 
  click box below and  Add to Cart 
1 copy left   Buy it now
  Condition
 Click for details
In stock Today's Price
  Very Good - > 1 year $ 15.84 
 Cover is missing.
 
 Example: 1-3, 7
Best copy Low price  
    Get Free USA Shipping DetailsBack to top
Mad Magazine shown are in stock.   Ordering Mad comic books is easy:  Instructions


Mad  #63 - #70
are out-of-stock. Show out-of-stock issues.

Want a copy?
Type email address and a password
Then:   Click boxes and green button and we'll email you when it arrives.
#63   #64   #65   #66   #67   #68   #69   #70

Limit: 10 books on List
      Mad #71
Stock image
Mad #71 comic books for sale
  Summary:  
    Travailers Insurance Company. Alfred's Poor Almanac. Gambling. Don Martin -- In Sherwood Forest. Famous Test Papers. Dave Berg -- Rain. A Mad Guide to Russia. Celebrities' Wallets - Frank Sinatra. Future Physical Afflictions. Birth of a Brand Name. Dream Girls. South Chicago (Broadway Musical-Type Parody). The Big Bad Wall (Berlin). Back Cover -- John Vaultlock Stay-Put Burial Insurance.
Overstreet Values
Overstreet doesn't price NM+. NM+ prices are ours.
Near Mint +
Near Mint -
Very Fine
Fine
Very Good
Good
$ 135.00
$ 75.00
$ 31.00
$ 15.00
$ 10.00
$ 5.00
 To buy 
  click box below and  Add to Cart 
2 copies left   Buy 1 now.
  Condition
 Click for details
In stock Today's Price
  Fine - > 1 year $ 20.38 
  Fair + > 1 year $ 5.47 
 Cover detached from staples.
 
 Example: 1-3, 7
Best copy Low price  
    Get Free USA Shipping DetailsBack to top
Mad Magazine shown are in stock.   Ordering Mad comic books is easy:  Instructions


Mad  #72 - #73
are out-of-stock. Show out-of-stock issues.

Want a copy?
Type email address and a password
Then:   Click boxes and green button and we'll email you when it arrives.
#72   #73

Limit: 10 books on List
      Mad #74
Stock image
Mad #74 comic books for sale
  Summary:  
    Polaroid Land Camera Ad Campaign. Alfred's Poor Almanac. Dr. Kiljoy (TV satire). Don Martin -- Waterskiing, At the Movies, The Arrival of the King. Future TV Medical Shows. Dave Berg -- Eating Out. Labor Day Cards from Management to Labor. If Corporations Ran Their Own Summer Camps. Speaking From Pictures. When Newspaper Editors Go On Vacation and Summer Replacements Take Over. The Mad Celebrity Primer. If They had Summer Replacements in Everyday Life. TV Ads We'd Like to See. The Rock 'N' Roll Senior Citizens' Problem. A Celebrity's Wallet - Vince Edwards. Back Cover -- Sucka Instant Coffee.
Overstreet Values
Overstreet doesn't price NM+. NM+ prices are ours.
Near Mint +
Near Mint -
Very Fine
Fine
Very Good
Good
$ 135.00
$ 75.00
$ 31.00
$ 15.00
$ 10.00
$ 5.00
 To buy 
  click box below and  Add to Cart 
1 copy left   Buy it now
  Condition
 Click for details
In stock Today's Price
  Very Good - > 1 year $ 13.14 
 
 Example: 1-3, 7
Best copy Low price  
    Get Free USA Shipping DetailsBack to top
Mad Magazine shown are in stock.   Ordering Mad comic books is easy:  Instructions


      Mad #75
Stock image
Mad #75 comic books for sale
  Cover Price:  
  Cover Artist:  
  Summary:  
$ .25
Norman Mingo
    Volksbuggen. Alfred's Poor Almanac. Kids Letters to Other World Leaders. Don Martin -- Robinson Crusoe. The Irving Irving Story (A Show-Business Movie of the Future). Dave Berg -- Teenagers. Superstitions. Celebrities' Home Movies. Speaking From Pictures. Intellectual TV Shows Geared to the Seven-Year-Old Mind. Mad's 1962 Football Roundup. Chicken -- The Magazine for Gentle Men. The Parting Shot. A Celebrity's Purse - Elizabeth Taylor. Back Cover -- Bootyrest by Zippin$.
Overstreet Values
Overstreet doesn't price NM+. NM+ prices are ours.
Near Mint +
Near Mint -
Very Fine
Fine
Very Good
Good
$ 135.00
$ 75.00
$ 31.00
$ 15.00
$ 10.00
$ 5.00
 To buy 
  click box below and  Add to Cart 
1 copy left   Buy it now
  Condition
 Click for details
In stock Today's Price
  Good - > 1 year $ 6.56 
 
 Example: 1-3, 7
Best copy Low price  
    Get Free USA Shipping DetailsBack to top
Mad Magazine shown are in stock.   Ordering Mad comic books is easy:  Instructions



  < 26-50           51-75           76-100 >  
Issues per page:  25   50
 


Top Sellers
by buyers of  Mad  1952 series
1
Detective Comics Comic Books. Detective Comics Comics.
Detective Comics
1937 series
2
Ms. Tree's Thrilling Detective Adventures Comic Books. Ms. Tree's Thrilling Detective Adventures Comics.
Ms. Tree's Thrilling Detective Adventures
3
James Bond Jr. Comic Books. James Bond Jr. Comics.
James Bond Jr.
4
Mad Special Comic Books. Mad Special Comics.
Mad Special
5
Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme Comic Books. Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme Comics.
Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme
6
Damage Control Comic Books. Damage Control Comics.
Damage Control
May 1989 series
7
John Carter: Warlord of Mars Comic Books. John Carter: Warlord of Mars Comics.
John Carter: Warlord of Mars
1977 series
8
Legion of Super-Heroes Comic Books. Legion of Super-Heroes Comics.
Legion of Super-Heroes
1989 series

Show more  Top Sellers

Mad Magazines for sale

    Mad Magazines have been published continually since the middle of the 20th century. All our Mad Magazines for sale come with a total money-back guarantee. As a result, if you're fan of Mad Magazine, and want to buy Mad Magazines, you're at the right place.

Comic books on sale that you should collectWhy You Should Collect and Buy
Mad Magazines


Mad Magazine
    Before there was a Saturday Night Live, The Onion,  or The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, there was Mad Magazine.

   For two generations of adolescent boys, this was the irreverent, satirical hot spot in the American cultural world.

    In a population of 180 million in the 1950's, Mad's circulation topped 1 million copies per month, with a readership of over 3 million.

    Its success was widely imitated, but never surpassed in its first 25 years. Sick magazine, Plop!, and Cracked magazine all tried, without success, to come close to the biting satirical wit of Mad. If you ever want to study American culture in the 1950's, 1960's, 1970's or 1980's, back issues of Mad is the place to go for the counter-culture's take on then current events.

    Founded in 1952, early issues featured the writing of top comics and comedians from all media. Ernie Kovacs, an early of star of TV, and Bob & Ray, the great radio comedy team, all wrote for Mad, as did Charles Schulz who created 'Peanuts', Jules Feiffer, Wil Eisner, Danny Kay, Stan Freberg, and Sid Caesar. For many years it was THE place to be seen by the elite comedy superstars.

    Mad had a near-monopoly stranglehold on political and social satire in the 50's through 70's. In fact, in 2009 The New York Times wrote, "Mad once defined American satire". If you want to understand the roots of American comedy today, Mad really is required reading.

    If it was a social issue in America, Mad dissected it with more depth and bite than Saturday Night Live or the Daily Show combined.

    For teenagers growing up from 1952 to 1975, it was clearly the most important reading in your life if you were a skeptic, politically or socially aware, or if you wanted a career in comedy. 

    Looking at any back issue today reminds me of my rebellious teenage years, which many people will say were the best years of their lives. So, if you're looking for a gift for someone who has "everything", transport them back to their youth. I'm telling you, an old Mad Magazine from the time they were 10 to 14 years old, can't be beat.

    Or if you're looking for a full perspective of American society from 1952 to today, Mad Magazine is the place to start.

    If you're on a budget, you can read reprints of Mad in Mad Specials, Mad Follies and More Trash from Mad, which are all much less expensive than the original Mad Magazines.

    To buy Mad Magazines go to Mad Magazines for sale


Search
more ways
by issue # of
Mad

Example: 2-5, 9

Lowest Priced
     >  49¢ to to 99¢
     >  $1 to $3

Gifts

Gift Cards
  Click here  



Heroes
     >  Avengers
     >  Batman
     >  Capt. America
     >  Daredevil
     >  Fantastic Four
     >  Flash
     >  Green Lantern
     >  Hulk
     >  Iron Man
     >  Justice League
     >  Spider-Man
     >  Superman
     >  Wolverine
     >  X-Men
     >  All Superheroes

Most Popular
     > Top Sellers
     > Full sets: A-Z
     > Full sets: Popular
     > Hardcover books
     > Issue #1's
     > Least Expensive
     > Most Valuable
     > Free comics


Genres
     >  For Ages 3-6
     >  For Ages 7-12
     >  Disney
     >  Female heroes
     >  Ghosts
     >  Love
     >  Movies
     >  Star Wars
     >  TV - animated
     >  TV - comedy
     >  TV - drama
     >  War
     >  Western

Publishers
     >  DC comics
     >  Marvel
     >  Boom!
     >  Dark Horse
     >  IDW
     >  Image
     >  Archie
     >  Charlton
     >  Dell
     >  Gold Key
     >  All publishers

Eras
     >  Last 5 years
     >  1992-24  Modern
     >  1984-91  Copper
     >  1970-83  Bronze
     >  1956-69  Silver
     >  1939-55  Golden

Back to top
Online comic book store®Get the Latest Comic News
Reviews • Coupons • Special Deals
Sign me up!
 Buy Mad comic books: Add Mad comic books to store cart
 Comic books = 0
Let Us Help You
Your accountShopping infoBuying ideasComic infoMake money
Your ordersShipping rates & speedGift cards   Gift ideasAbout us   Press coverageSell your comics
Your delivery addressesReturnsOur picksHow we grade comicsFree USA shipping
Track a packageShopping tipsNew ArrivalsAmazing comic photosWin a $100 Gift Card
Your Want ListSecurity & Privacy80% off clearanceInvesting in comicsFree comics
Change email addressToday's salesA.I. RecommendationsAward winning comics
Browsing history

Media Contact
2799780
NewKadia comic books    125 Noble St, Suite 301    Norristown, PA 19401
610-277-3000  Monday - Friday, 10 am - 6 pm EST   

Sitemap  
 Secure shopping cart for online comic book store

24 Years Online
2000 - 2024

SECURED BY
PayPal

 © 2000- 2024 NewKadia     NewKadia's logo & NewKadia-Man character are trademarks of NewKadia.com