Cover: Kelly Freas
Mad #45
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Knuckleheaded People Who Drink Inferial And Then Go Driving, End Up As A Case
The First Annual MAD Awards for "Worsts" of 1958
Sue SullivanJerry De MuthJames C. DouglassRon NowickiStu BrodySonny MathiasMonroe MeiselGerry WaddellBarney GilmoreJames E. PackerDaniel GarciaJim Smythe
Body-Building And Weight-Lifting
Gus Clutz
Fish Story
Mr. HotchkinsMr. Hotchkins's boss
MAD's Guide For Novice Drivers
Elihu Fribble
If Comic Strip Artists Drew Editorial Cartoons
Alley OopMary WorthSupermanJiggsCharlie BrownLucy Van PeltSchroederLinus Van PeltSnoopyDennis The MenaceHenry Mitchell (Dennis's father)Alice Mitchell (Dennis's mother)PopeyeJoe PalookaLi'l AbnerDaisy MaeLittle Orphan AnnieDaddy WarbucksNancySluggoMorticia AddamsPugsley Addams
The George Washington Advertising Agency Inc.
George WashingtonJames ArnessAmanda Blake
It Pays To Read The Label
Photos Of Poetry In Motion
Planned Obsolescence
Tattooing Gets A Shot In The Arm
TV Commercials To Match The Show
Chet HuntleyDavid BrinkleyBob ElliottRay GouldingJohnAunt MarthaBenMatt"Pills" Kowalski
Bu$ine$$ Valentines
Alfred E. Neuman
Professor Bleent In Africa
Professor Bleent
Gook
LassieFrancine ScwineNorman Vincint SpielAlbrecht Von NeumanRichard NixonJoe DimaggioLittle Orphan AnnieSandyAlfred E. Neuman
In An Amusement Park
In All The World Only Sweathard's Portable Oval Tub Can Make A Bath So Rewarding, So Refreshing
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Full credits
artist, inker Bob Clarke
cover pencils, inks Kelly Freas
Reprints
Reprinted in Mad #1 (1959), More Trash from Mad #2 (1959), The Worst from MAD #3 (1960), More Trash from Mad #3 (1960), Mad Follies #1 (1963), Mad #61 (1974), The Completely Mad Don Martin #[nn] (1974), Dave Berg's Mad Trash #[nn] (1977), Dave Berg's Mad Trash #[nn] (1981), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #36 (1981), Mad about the Fifties #[nn] (1997), Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin #[nn] (2014)
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