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classic Davis baseball cover; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 7 (CBI)
EC has gone down in comic book infamy as the publisher that forced a showdown with the moralistic busybodies of the 1950s and inspired the creation of a censorship body known as the CCA or the Comic Code Authority, who would oversee and whitewash comics for several decades until the industry started to fight back in the 1970s. Perhaps the most ironic result of the crusade against sex and violence in comics like EC’s Tales From the Crypt or Vault of Horror was the story of the publisher’s lone comedic title, a subversive little satire comic named MAD, which flew under the radar thanks to its more stealthy but nevertheless more potent effect that the comic would grow to have on America’s youth, setting the table for the counterculture and becoming a bible of sorts for anti-establishment speech. This second issue in the run features parodies of the genre comics of the period, drawn by many of the same artists that created EC’s more serious titles like Wally Wood, John Severin, Bill Elder, and Jack Davis. This comic is an important milestone in comics in general as well as American culture overall.



Artists Information

Will Elder is an American Cartoonist and comic book artist who was part of the team that made up Harvey studios. Will's art style described as wacky panels with humorous details on top of humor. Elder's most notable works include Mad, Little Annie Fanny and Humbug.

Wally Wood is an American comic book artist/ writer who is also one of the founding artist for Mad comics. In addition to penciling numerous comic book pages, Wally also ventured into product illustration, music album covers, and trading cards. Wally's most notable works include the aforementioned Mad comics, Marvel's Daredevil, and Weird-Science Fantasy for EC comics.

Harvey Kurtzman was an American cartoonist and editor. His best-known work includes writing and editing the parodic comic book Mad from 1952 until 1956, and illustrating the Little Annie Fanny strips in Playboy from 1962 until 1988.

John Burton Davis, Jr. was an American cartoonist and illustrator, known for his advertising art, magazine covers, film posters, record album art and numerous comic book stories. He was one of the founding cartoonists for Mad in 1952.

John Powers Severin was an American comics artist noted for his distinctive work with EC Comics, primarily on the war comics Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat; for Marvel Comics, especially its war and Western comics; and for his 45-year stint with the satiric magazine Cracked. He was one of the founding cartoonists of Mad in 1952. Severin was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2003.