Here's an oddball: Nostalgic Mad #2 - Opinions please

[divad]

This comic book was an insert to Mad Special #12 from 1973. It is a 36-page collection of classic Mad stories, with a Harvey Kurtzman cover and no advertising. It has moderate spine damage, caused (I believe) from being glued inside the center of the Mad Special magazine. I doubt that there are any copies that don't exhibit at least some of this kind of damage, unless they are still bound in the original magazine.

 

 

 

[deathlok]

I remember seeing these inserts in Mad.

 

Removing the inserts was sorta like cutting the MVS out of comics. Ruined the value of both the Magazine and the inserts.

 

too bad.

[divad]

DL,

 

Well, I agree and disagree. IMHO the mag itself is relatively worthless. But I would take the inserts in any condition - short of the REAL thing (see back cover) It's just killer stuff!

[deathlok]

I don't think the inserts have any value though. Even though you might want them, they are part of the original magazine they were printed in.

 

I could be wrong, because I don't normally collect Mads. Is there a market for removed inserts like these?

[divad]

I dunno, but we'll see Grade?

[divad]

[burntboy]

well, as you've already stated, the spine is pretty messy. but stepping back and looking at the whole book, the rest is very nice. URC crease and that long diagonal crease on the back cover are about the only other things that stand out.

 

 

 

i'd have to guess around a 4.0-4.5.............

 

i'd also think there may be some market for these, even if only for the collectors who are missing the insert............

[rjpb]

The "Carload O'Crumb" insert from Cheri magazine has some value,even detached from the magazine, but that's a comic insert from a non-comic magazine. I would think that a Mad insert from a Mad magazine would at best have a reading/curiosity value of a buck or so.