Cover: Jack Davis
Mad #2
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Hex!
CaseyYeggi BoraLeothe Old DameStan MusicalPreacher RowboatEddy StunkyMelvin Demoogio
Melvin!
Melvin of The ApesBoyJaneOokaballakonga tribe
Gookum!
Glarf NerfnickGlarf's grandfatherMelvin
Mole!
Melvin Mole
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CGC 9.8 · 4 in census $7,045
CGC 9.6 · 8 in census $5,498
CGC 9.4 · 7 in census $2,774
CGC 9.2 · 3 in census $2,221
CGC 9.0 · 10 in census $1,457
CGC 8.5 · 11 in census $1,210
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CGC 8.0 · 16 in census $930
CGC 7.5 · 24 in census $682
CGC 7.0 · 40 in census $562
CGC 6.5 · 30 in census $484
CGC 6.0 · 25 in census $476
CGC 5.5 · 16 in census $401
CGC 5.0 · 37 in census $401
CGC 4.5 · 22 in census $284
CGC 4.0 · 14 in census $284
CGC 3.5 · 12 in census $284
CGC 3.0 · 10 in census $208
CGC 2.5 · 8 in census $181
CGC 2.0 · 4 in census $181
CGC 1.5 · 4 in census $113*
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CGC 0.5 · 3 in census $79*
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Cast · 1 character
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writer Harvey Kurtzman
artist, inker John Severin
colorist Marie Severin
letterer Ben Oda
cover pencils, inks Jack Davis
Reprints
Reprinted in Mad #2 (1953), Mad #22 (1955), Utterly Mad #4 (1963), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #24 (1977), The Complete Color Mad #1 (1986), Mad about the Fifties #[nn] (1997), Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad #1 (1997), Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad #4 (1998), The Mad Archives #1 (2002), Mad's Original Idiots Jack Davis #[nn] (2015), Mad's Original Idiots Wally Wood #[nn] (2015), Mad's Original Idiots Will Elder #[nn] (2015), Artisan Edition #[16] (2024)
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