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MAD #9 * CGC 7.0 * High Noon Lampoon
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Title: MAD No. 9
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Publisher:EC [Indicia: Educational Comics Inc.]
Date Published: February-March, 1954
Description: CGC certified: Fine/VF (7.0). Off-white pages. Grader notes: Crease left top of front cover breaks color; spine stress lines breaks color; light crease right bottom of front cover.
CGC Census: 155 graded copies (153 Universal, 1 Qualified, 1 Restored).
GPAnalysis: A 7.0 sold for $290 in 5/19; an 8.0 sold for $900 in 1/23.
Credits: Cover: Harvey Kurtzman. Scripts: Harvey Kurtzman, Edgar Allan Poe, and Jerry De Fuccio? Art: Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, John Severin, Bill Elder.High Noon Lampoon ("WESTERN DEPT.: ...Far, far western dept.! In fact... Hollywood!"). Also features a great Wally Wood parody of Little Orphan Annie, about which critic Robert Warshow remarked: "A very funny parody of 'Little Orphan Annie,' in MAD or Panic, shows Annie cut to small pieces by a train because Daddy Warbucks' watch is slow and he has arrived just too late for the last minute; Annie's detached head complains: 'It hurts when I laugh.' The parody ends with the most obvious and most vulgar explanation of why Annie calls Daddy Warbucks 'Daddy'; I had some difficulty in explaining that joke to Paul." – Warshow, The Immediate Experience: Movies, Comics, Theatre and Other Aspects of Popular Culture. Doubleday: 1962, p. 85.______________________________________________________________
A limited edition of ten hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a few dozen softcovers. Fun reference, great keepsake, fully illustrated, chockablock with obscure facts, gags, bon mots. Softcovers are $40, deluxe hardcovers with dust jackets and limitation plates are $200. These books always go fast so don't delay. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Consignments welcome for PBA's Summer 2024 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Find out why PBA is the new fan-fave of funnybook fiends. "This is some of the best commentary I've yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books... Priceless." – R. Crumb. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Coming Soon: The DC Universe Collection Part 3: The Golden Age (August 2024) and Weird Tales and Amazing Stories: The PBA Pulp Sale (September 2024). Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com to get on the notifications list.
Title: MAD No. 9
Place Published:
Publisher:EC [Indicia: Educational Comics Inc.]
Date Published: February-March, 1954
Description: CGC certified: Fine/VF (7.0). Off-white pages. Grader notes: Crease left top of front cover breaks color; spine stress lines breaks color; light crease right bottom of front cover.
CGC Census: 155 graded copies (153 Universal, 1 Qualified, 1 Restored).
GPAnalysis: A 7.0 sold for $290 in 5/19; an 8.0 sold for $900 in 1/23.
Credits: Cover: Harvey Kurtzman. Scripts: Harvey Kurtzman, Edgar Allan Poe, and Jerry De Fuccio? Art: Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, John Severin, Bill Elder.High Noon Lampoon ("WESTERN DEPT.: ...Far, far western dept.! In fact... Hollywood!"). Also features a great Wally Wood parody of Little Orphan Annie, about which critic Robert Warshow remarked: "A very funny parody of 'Little Orphan Annie,' in MAD or Panic, shows Annie cut to small pieces by a train because Daddy Warbucks' watch is slow and he has arrived just too late for the last minute; Annie's detached head complains: 'It hurts when I laugh.' The parody ends with the most obvious and most vulgar explanation of why Annie calls Daddy Warbucks 'Daddy'; I had some difficulty in explaining that joke to Paul." – Warshow, The Immediate Experience: Movies, Comics, Theatre and Other Aspects of Popular Culture. Doubleday: 1962, p. 85.______________________________________________________________
A limited edition of ten hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a few dozen softcovers. Fun reference, great keepsake, fully illustrated, chockablock with obscure facts, gags, bon mots. Softcovers are $40, deluxe hardcovers with dust jackets and limitation plates are $200. These books always go fast so don't delay. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Consignments welcome for PBA's Summer 2024 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Find out why PBA is the new fan-fave of funnybook fiends. "This is some of the best commentary I've yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books... Priceless." – R. Crumb. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Coming Soon: The DC Universe Collection Part 3: The Golden Age (August 2024) and Weird Tales and Amazing Stories: The PBA Pulp Sale (September 2024). Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com to get on the notifications list.
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MAD #9 * CGC 7.0 * High Noon Lampoon
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