CGC certified: Fine- (5.5). Off-white to white pages. 'B3/22' written on back cover in pen. MAD changes to magazine format next issue. Davis and Wood art. Last comic book issue of Mad. Kurtzman's parting shot to the comic book racks: THINK . "Of Gaines' now-defunct crime, horror and 'weird' sci-fi titles, all that remained was the mocking voice of [MAD], but it proved more than enough when applied to the weirdness observable in society... The youngest audiences could now revel in the spectacle of America's mythmaking machinery being taken apart amid mocking, revelatory laughter." -Tom Englehardt, The End of Victory Culture: Cold War America and the Disillusioning of a Generation [NY: 1995]. CGC certified: Four copies, one with the odious purple label. Comparable CGC sales: Only recorded sale in this grade was several years ago: $129 in Oct., 2016. Most recent sale: $630 for a 7.0 Gaines File Copy (Oct., 2019). Consignments Accepted for PBA's Next Comic Book Auction. Golden Age, Silver Age, Pre-Code, Original Art, Interesting Ephemera Sought. Contact [email protected] for details. March 26th Comic Book Sale catalogues available. Supplies Limited. Softcover catalogue limited to 200 copies ($45 + $5 postage/handling). Hardcover limited to 26 lettered copies, dust jacket, special limitation plate ($150). Contact [email protected] .
CGC certified: Fine- (5.5). Off-white to white pages. 'B3/22' written on back cover in pen. MAD changes to magazine format next issue. Davis and Wood art. Last comic book issue of Mad. Kurtzman's parting shot to the comic book racks: THINK . "Of Gaines' now-defunct crime, horror and 'weird' sci-fi titles, all that remained was the mocking voice of [MAD], but it proved more than enough when applied to the weirdness observable in society... The youngest audiences could now revel in the spectacle of America's mythmaking machinery being taken apart amid mocking, revelatory laughter." -Tom Englehardt, The End of Victory Culture: Cold War America and the Disillusioning of a Generation [NY: 1995]. CGC certified: Four copies, one with the odious purple label. Comparable CGC sales: Only recorded sale in this grade was several years ago: $129 in Oct., 2016. Most recent sale: $630 for a 7.0 Gaines File Copy (Oct., 2019). Consignments Accepted for PBA's Next Comic Book Auction. Golden Age, Silver Age, Pre-Code, Original Art, Interesting Ephemera Sought. Contact [email protected] for details. March 26th Comic Book Sale catalogues available. Supplies Limited. Softcover catalogue limited to 200 copies ($45 + $5 postage/handling). Hardcover limited to 26 lettered copies, dust jacket, special limitation plate ($150). Contact [email protected] .
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