Cover: Harvey Kurtzman
Mad #3
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Dragged Net!
Detective Sergeant Joe FridayEd SaturdayMr. GlotzThe Chief
Sheik of Araby!
RoquefortCamembertChantillySergeant GuillotineGoscinnyFrothingbashPastafazooHossenpfefferRasputinMelvinMelvin's wife Rosie
V-Vampires!
GodivaGodiva's kid brothersRenfrew
Lone Stranger!
Lone StrangerGoldenPronto
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Full credits
writer Harvey Kurtzman
artist, inker John Severin
colorist Marie Severin
letterer Ben Oda
cover pencils, inks Harvey Kurtzman
Reprints
Reprinted in Mad #3 (1953), The Mad Reader #93 [1] (1954), Mad for Keeps #[nn] (1958), The Complete Color Mad #1 (1986), Zona 84 #92 (1992), Mad about the Fifties #[nn] (1997), Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad #1 (1997), Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad #5 (1998), The Mad Reader #[nn] (2002), The Mad Archives #1 (2002), Mad for Decades #[nn] (2007), Mad's Original Idiots Jack Davis #[nn] (2015), Mad's Original Idiots Wally Wood #[nn] (2015), Mad's Original Idiots Will Elder #[nn] (2015), Artisan Edition #[16] (2024)
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