MAD COMIC COVER GALLERY - PART ONE...

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As I'm sure most of you will know, MAD Magazine started life as a comicbook in 1952.  Yup, for the first 23 issues, Mad was a comic just like any other, before switching to magazine format with its 24th number in 1955.  Interestingly, although most people tend to think that Mad Mascot ALFRED E. NEUMAN first appeared in the magazine incarnation, he actually made his debut in a mock ad on the cover of #21, when it was still a comic.  (Don't worry, you'll see it in part four of this series if you stick around.)

So fasten your seatbelts, you Mad Maniacs - we're off!

PART TWO Of KEN REID'S QUEEN Of The SEAS...

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Back on May 1st last year, I promised you more of KEN REID's classic strip from SMASH!, namely QUEEN Of The SEAS.  I want to show them in sequential order, but that presents a slight problem.  Y'see, I've already shown the first part, which means that the next one due is the second.  However, that was included in my relatively recent post about Smash! #2, so what's a fella to do?  You'll just have to bear with me as I repeat myself, I'm afraid.  After all, Ken Reid's artwork is always worth another look.

AHHHH...

And if that doesn't bring a smile to your face, you must be dead.

RECOMMENDED READING: THE MIGHTY THOR EPIC COLLECTION VOLUME ONE...

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Here's another EPIC COLLECTION that belongs on your bookshelf (though you'll have to buy your own copy, you ain't getting mine) - The GOD Of THUNDER, otherwise known as The MIGHTY THOR.  In full-colour, containing 27 issues of JOURNEY Into MYSTERY, that's only three issues short of the b&w ESSENTIALS volume.  Superb stuff!

Nip 'round to your local comics shop before they're sold out!