September 30, 1952

Mad #1

Key Issue: First issue in titled series; Wood, Davis, Elder start as regulars
Artist: Marie Severin

Harvey Kurtzman

Jack Davis

Wally Wood

Bill Elder

John Severin
Script Writer: Harvey Kurtzman

William Gaines
Publisher: EC
Editor: Harvey Kurtzman
Publication Date: Sep 30, 1952
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 36 pages

What's it Worth?

Building Tables

Graded Population

CGC Title	Publisher	Date	Verify
Mad #1	E.C. Comics	10-11/52	Verify

All Grades 570 Population Share	Universal 523 91.8% of pop	Signature 3 0.5% of pop	Restored 40 7% of pop	Qualified 3 0.5% of pop	Conserved 1 0.2% of pop
9.9	1 top 0.2%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
9.8	8 top 1.7%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
9.6	1 top 1.9%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
9.4	3 top 2.5%	0 --	1 top 2.5%	0 --	0 --
9.2	6 top 3.6%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
9.0	7 top 5%	0 --	1 top 5%	0 --	0 --
8.5	10 top 6.9%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
8.0	15 top 9.8%	0 --	2 top 10%	0 --	0 --
7.5	29 top 15.3%	0 --	2 top 15%	0 --	0 --
7.0	32 top 21.4%	1 top 33.3%	2 top 20%	0 --	1 top 100%
6.5	33 top 27.7%	0 --	3 top 27.5%	1 top 33.3%	0 --
6.0	40 top 35.4%	0 --	3 top 35%	1 top 66.7%	0 --
5.5	37 top 42.4%	0 --	6 top 50%	0 --	0 --
5.0	46 top 51.2%	1 top 66.7%	1 top 52.5%	0 --	0 --
4.5	41 top 59.1%	0 --	3 top 60%	0 --	0 --
4.0	50 top 68.6%	0 --	5 top 72.5%	0 --	0 --
3.5	32 top 74.8%	1 top 100%	2 top 77.5%	0 --	0 --
3.0	36 top 81.6%	0 --	3 top 85%	0 --	0 --
2.5	21 top 85.7%	0 --	3 top 92.5%	0 --	0 --
2.0	25 top 90.4%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
1.8	15 top 93.3%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
1.5	9 top 95%	0 --	2 top 97.5%	0 --	0 --
1.0	15 top 97.9%	0 --	0 --	1 top 100%	0 --
0.5	11 top 100%	0 --	1 top 100%	0 --	0 --

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