MAD MAGAZINE NO. 71 /JUNE '62 Single Issue Magazine – January 1, 1962

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Mad #71 June 1962 Cover Artist: Norman Mingo Mad Logo: Harvey Kurtzman 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 Spy Vs. Spy Dream Girls South Chicago (Broadway Musical-Type Parody) The Big Bad Wall (Berlin) Back Cover -- John Vaultlock Stay-Put Burial Insurance Mad #71 June 1962 Cover Artist: Norman Mingo Mad Logo: Harvey Kurtzman 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 Spy Vs. Spy Dream Girls South Chicago (Broadway Musical-Type Parody) The Big Bad Wall (Berlin) Back Cover -- John Vaultlock Stay-Put Burial Insurance Mad is an influential American humor magazine founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952. The last surviving title from the notorious and critically acclaimed EC Comics line, the magazine offers satire on all aspects of American life and pop culture, politics, entertainment, and public figures. Its format is divided into a number of recurring segments such as TV and movie parodies, as well as freeform articles. Mad's mascot, Alfred E. Neuman, is typically the focal point of the magazine's cover, with his faceoften replacing a celebrity or character that is lampooned within the issue. Comics historian Tom Spurgeon picked Mad as the medium's top series of all time, writing, "At the height of its influence, Mad was The Simpsons, The Daily Show and The Onion combined." Graydon Carter chose it as the sixth best magazine of any sort ever, describing Mad's mission as being "ever ready to pounce on the illogical, hypocritical, self-serious and ludicrous".