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Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (1997) · The Collector

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Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (1997)

Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad

EC · 1997–1998

Format: Limited series
Status: Ended
Issues: 8
Frequency: Twice a year
Cover price: $3.99–$4.99
Editions: 12

New issues go on your pull list in Releases, with the date to order each one by.

EC#1

Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad

Issues
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Details

Issues

8 issues · 12 editions

Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad

#1

Jul 1997

Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad

#2

Cover date not stated

Sources

Grand Comics Database series 5821

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EC#3

Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad

#3

Apr 1998 · 2 editions

Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad

#4

Jul 1998

Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad

#5

Oct 1998

Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad

#6

Apr 1999 · 2 editions

Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad

#7

Oct 1999 · 2 editions

Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad

#8

Dec 1999 · 2 editions

Creators

Who made the most issues of this run, with the issues they span.

29 people credited

Writers

Harvey Kurtzman8 issues · #1–#8
Frank Jacobs4 issues · #1–#4
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow2 issues · #6–#7
Ernest Lawrence Thayer1 issue
Jerry De Fuccio1 issue
Edgar Allan Poe1 issue
Hugh Antoine d'Arcy1 issue
Basil Wolverton1 issue

Artists

Wally Wood8 issues · #1–#8
Jack Davis8 issues · #1–#8
Bill Elder8 issues · #1–#8
John Severin4 issues · #1–#4
Harvey Kurtzman4 issues · #3–#8
Basil Wolverton2 issues · #4–#6
Bernie Krigstein2 issues · #4–#6
Russ Heath1 issue

Cover artists

Harvey Kurtzman7 issues · #1–#8
Bill Elder5 issues · #2–#8
Jack Davis3 issues · #1–#7
Basil Wolverton1 issue
Leonardo da Vinci1 issue
John Tenniel1 issue

Inkers: Wally Wood (8), Jack Davis (8), Bill Elder (8)
Letterers: Harvey Kurtzman (1)
Editors: Nick Meglin (8), John Ficarra (8), Charlie Kadau (2)

Publication details

Publication notes

Reprints the Mad comic book issues #1-23.

From the Grand Comics Database.

Publishing format: Limited Series
Binding: Squarebound
Color: Color
Dimensions: Magazine
Paper stock: Newsprint interior; Glossy cover