Mad (1952) #42

EC 1952–2018 series Cover date Nov 1958

Fair market value

Grade	CGC slab	Raw
9.8 NM/M	$480 $408–$552	$210 $179–$242
9.6 NM+	$374 $318–$431	$168 $143–$193
9.4 NM	$292 $248–$336	$134 $114–$155
9.2 NM-	$228 $194–$262	$108 $91.39–$124
9.0 VF/NM	$178 $151–$204	$86.02 $73.12–$98.92
8.5 VF+	$139 $118–$159	$68.81 $58.49–$79.13
8.0 VF	$108 $91.89–$124	$55.05 $46.79–$63.31
7.0 FN/VF	$84.31 $71.66–$96.96	$44.04 $37.43–$50.65
6.0 FN	$65.77 $55.90–$75.64	$35.23 $29.95–$40.51
5.0 VG/FN	$51.30 $43.61–$58.99	$28.19 $23.96–$32.42
4.0 VG	$40.01 $34.01–$46.01	$22.55 $19.17–$25.93
2.0 GD	$31.21 $26.53–$35.89	$18.04 $15.33–$20.75
Raw, ungraded	—	$65.00 $55.25–$74.75

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About this issue

Mad #42 (1952) is issue #42 of EC's Mad (1952–2018), with a cover date of November 1958. Written by Dave Berg, Dee Caruso, Bob Elliott and others and drawn by Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker and others.

Creators

Writers: Dave Berg, Dee Caruso, Bob Elliott, Jules Feiffer, Ray Goulding, Frank Jacobs, Danny Kaye, Tom Koch, Ernie Kovacs, Paul Laikin, Bill Levine, Don Martin, Albert Meglin, J. Rothenberg, Milton Schafer
Pencillers: Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Jules Feiffer, Kelly Freas, Don Martin, Joe Orlando, Wally Wood, George Woodbridge
Inkers: Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Jules Feiffer, Kelly Freas, Don Martin, Joe Orlando, Wally Wood, George Woodbridge
Colorist: Kelly Freas
Letterers: Jules Feiffer, Wally Wood
Cover artist: Kelly Freas

The stories

“What If You Did What They Told You On TV?”

How doing the things that tv commercials suggest will not get the results you expect.

“MAD's 1958 Pigskin Preview”

Parody of magazine college football season previews, along with fake definitions of football terms.

“A Nameless Story”

A boy saves a bird from a hunter...then eats the bird.

“Big Cars”

Solutions to parking and congestion problems caused by big cars.

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.