This out-of-print archives reprints the comic book Mad #1-6, magazine size, with color by Marie Severin.
From the publisher:
Written by the Usual Gang of Idiots -- Jack Davis, Wallace Wood, Will Elder, Harvey Kurtzman, John Severin and Jerry DeFuccio; Art by the Usual Gang of Idiots -- Jack Davis, Wallace Wood, Will Elder, Harvey Kurtzman, John Severin and Jerry DeFuccio.
Before the existence of pop-culture sharpshooter MAD MAGAZINE there was the original MAD -- as in, Tales Calculated to Drive You MAD! Twenty-three comic book issues that threw the rule-book out the window and redefined comedy and satire for generations to come. It's visionary humor in a jugular vein, presented in a handsome hardcover format. Here is where it all began.