Author:
Title: MAD No. 6
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Publisher:EC [Indicia: Educational Comics Inc.]
Date Published: August-September, 1953
Description: CGC certified: Fine+ (6.5). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: Light creasing to cover; light spine stress lines to cover; light tears to cover

CGC Census: 130 graded copies (124 Universal, 1 Qualified, 5 Restored).

GPAnalysis: A 6.5 sold for $472 in 8/23.

Credits: Cover: Harvey Kurtzman. Scripts: Harvey Kurtzman and Ernest Lawrence Thayer. Art: Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, John Severin, and Bill Elder.Harvey Kurtzman, MAD Genius: "With MAD, Kurtzman introduced a host of innovations to comics; he was the first to use mainstream humorists as writers; he parodied many aspects of life, including movies, television, magazines, and advertising. In the MAD comics he pushed the boundaries of what a comic was supposed to look like, incorporating photographs, fine art, and pop iconography." – Maria Reidelbach, Completely MAD: A History of the Comic Book and Magazine. Little, Brown: 1991, p. 22.______________________________________________________________

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