lelak wrote:

Personally, I think it would be great if DC went BEYOND the 23 comic book issues and kept reprinting the entire run. I never understood why Russ Cochran didn't include MAD 24-28 in the COMPLETE EC LIBRARY, especially since they were edited by Kurtzman (forget about the legality of reprinting them...Gaines thought he owned the rights to the 23 comic book issues, but the DC lawyers decided otherwise).

I have no interest in the DC Archive MAD (since I own both the color and B&W Cochran sets), but would buy a 5th volume containing 24-28 in a heartbeat.


I'll enthusiastically second this idea. That material is almost completely unknown and it's really the transitional moment for Kurtzman's humor.