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Mad #23

May 1955 · EC · 0.10 USD
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In the final issue of MAD as a comic book, Harvey Kurtzman delivers one last surreal blast with "Gopo Gossum!", marking the end of an era. This 1955 issue, priced at 10 cents, announces that the next installment will launch as a 25-cent black and white magazine, signaling a bold new direction for the iconic humor title.

Contains 4 stories
Gopo Gossum!
6 pp · Satire-Parody
Gopo GossumSimple J. Baloney [Joe McCarthy]Alphonse Alligator [Winston Churchmouse]Tideland Owl [Marshland Tito]Ol' Tortoise [Mendup France]Corky Porcupine [Waterhole Nehru]Ol' Bloodhound [Change-Ki-Check]Rackleddy Coon [Chew-An-Play]Mouse [Georiga Melloncough]Darnold DuckMickey RodentGoonyMinny Rodenta tadpole
Scenes We'd...Like to See!
9 pp · Satire-Parody
SnirdingbashLance SterlingGwathmey
Ripup's Believe It or Don't
3 pp · Satire-Parody
The Barefoot Nocountessa!
7 pp · Satire-Parody
Harry Drawers [Humphrey Yogurt]The Nocountessa [Ava Nother]Edward KirksAlberto BananoCount Vincenzo-Torlato-PizzariaMelvin Cowznowski

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $71
CGC 9.8 · 1 in census $4,824*
CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $2,954*
CGC 9.4 · 5 in census $1,890
CGC 9.2 · 5 in census $1,212
CGC 9.0 · 5 in census $844
CGC 8.5 · 9 in census $614
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CGC 8.0 · 12 in census $461*
CGC 7.5 · 14 in census $313
CGC 7.0 · 17 in census $280
CGC 6.5 · 15 in census $258*
CGC 6.0 · 3 in census $223*
CGC 5.5 · 9 in census $187*
CGC 5.0 · 14 in census $159
CGC 4.5 · 12 in census $152*
CGC 4.0 · 10 in census $132*
CGC 3.5 · 8 in census $118*
CGC 3.0 · 2 in census $107
CGC 2.5 · 2 in census $78
CGC 2.0 · 2 in census $72*
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Full credits

artist, inker Jack Davis
colorist Marie Severin
letterer Ben Oda

Reprints

Reprinted in Mad Strikes Back #[nn] (1955), The Bedside Mad #S1647 (1959), Mad Strikes Back #491K (1961), The Bedside Mad #D2316 (1964), The Bedside Mad #P3520 (1968), Mad Strikes Back #01564 (1969), Mad Strikes Back #03373-6 (1973), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #15 (1975), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #21 (1976), The Bedside Mad #6 (88-893) (1979), The Best of Pogo #[nn] (1982), Spécial USA #7 (1984), The Complete Color Mad #4 (1987), Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad #8 (1999), Mad Strikes Back #[nn] (2002), Beaux Arts hors-série #19 (2011), The Mad Archives #4 (2013), Mad's Original Idiots Jack Davis #[nn] (2015), Mad's Original Idiots Wally Wood #[nn] (2015)

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