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Volume 5594

MAD COMICS 1-23
by Harvey Kurtzman and Gang
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Looking back over the many decades of MAD's success
Alf has no worries

AN INTERESTING SIDE NOTE
From J David Spurlock
MAD / EC Publisher Bill Gaines knew WALLACE WOOD was the star. When founding MAD editor Harvey Kurtzman quit to launch a competing mag with Hugh Hefner, their plan was to put MAD out by taking the talent (Wood, Elder & Davis) with them. Gaines cited that MAD only had a chance without Harvey if Wood declined the advances of Hefner & Kurtzman. Gaines made it clear, if Wood left, Gaines would shut down MAD/EC and give up as a publisher. Wood stayed and saved MAD which brought in many new contributors and went on to historic success far beyond its early years. 


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