Mad (1952) #44

EC 1952–2018 series Cover date Jan 1959

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

Value history

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About this issue

Mad #44 (1952) is issue #44 of EC's Mad (1952–2018), with a cover date of January 1959. Written by Dave Berg, E. Nelson Bridwell, Dee Caruso and others and drawn by Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker and others.

Creators

Writers: Dave Berg, E. Nelson Bridwell, Dee Caruso, Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding, Frank Jacobs, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, Bill Levine, Don Martin, Carl Memling
Pencillers: Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Kelly Freas, Don Martin, Joe Orlando, Wally Wood, George Woodbridge
Inkers: Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Kelly Freas, Don Martin, Joe Orlando, Wally Wood, George Woodbridge
Cover artist: Kelly Freas

The stories

“Clear Heads Agree Culvert D.T.'s Are Better”

Phony ad for Culvert Reserve Whiskey.

“The Coming Attractions...Don't Always Show Exactly What's Coming!”

Showing the larger boring scenes that exciting movie previews are supposedly taken from.

“International Advertising”

Ads we might see if countries advertised like other products, instead of communicating their ideologies and accomplishments as they currently do.

“The National Safety Council's Holiday-Weekend Telethon”

Telethon to pump up the number of highway fatalities to meet the numbers announced before the holiday.

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