MAD PAPERBACK BOOKS

1954 to 1993 - #'s 1 - 93

Note: Beginning in 1954, William M. Gaines began presenting reprints of material for Mad in black-and-white paperbacks, the first being The Mad Reader. Gaines made a special effort to keep the entire line of paperbacks in print at all times, and the books were frequently reprinted in new editions with different covers variations.  93 MAD paperbacks were published from 1954 to 1993. In addition the contributors to MAD published specialty author specific paperbacks that exceeds in number to the MAD paperbacks, most with different cover variations making collecting ALL of the cover variations to ALL of the books a daunting task. I hope to one day complete the quest!

BOXED BOOK SETS


  1. Classically MAD by Ballantine, 5 Book Set
  2. Totally MAD by Ballantine, 5 Book Set with Number on Box
  3. Totally MAD by Ballantine, 5 Book Set without Number on Box
  4. An Insanely MAD Collection by Signet, 4 Book Set
  5. The MAD Scene by Signet, 8 Book Set: White Background Version 1
  6. The MAD Scene by Signet, 8 Book Set: White Background Version 2
  7. The MAD Scene by Signet, 8 Book Set: Red Background
  8. The MAD Scene by Signet, 8 Book Set: Red Background with Signet Books $4.80
  9. The MAD Scene by Signet, 8 Book Set: Pink Background
  10. Completely MAD by Signet, 8 Book Set: Yellow Box Version 1
  11. Completely MAD by Signet, 8 Book Set: Yellow Box Version 2
  12. Completely MAD by Signet, 8 Book Set: Green Box: with Alfred Heads
  13. Completely MAD by Signet, 8 Book Set: Green Box: without Alfred Heads
  14. Completely MAD by Signet, 8 Book Set: Black Box Version 1
  15. Completely MAD by Signet, 8 Book Set: Black Box Version 2
  16. Completely MAD by Signet, 8 Book Set: Black Box with Orange Alfred (Misprint)
  17. It's A MAD World by Signet, 4 Book Set: Red Background
  18. It's A MAD World by Signet, 8 Book Set: Pink Background
  19. The Cool, Calm, Collected Al Jaffee by Signet, 5 Book Set
  20. The Cool, Calm, Collected Al Jaffee by Signet, 4 Book Set
  21. The MAD Sampler Box Is A Collection of Wit, Man! by Warner, 5 Book Set
  22. The MAD Sampler Box by Warner, 4 Book Set
  23. The World Is Going MAD by Warner, 5 Book Set
  24. A Certifiably MAD Collection by Warner, 5 Book Set: Orange Box
  25. A Certifiably MAD Collection by Warner, 5 Book Set: Orange Box with Plain Background
  26. A Certifiably MAD Collection by Warner, 5 Book Set: Green Box
  27. A Certifiably MAD Collection by Warner, 5 Book Set: Green Box with Plain Background (May Not Exist?)
  28. A Certifiably MAD Collection by Warner, 5 Book Set: Gold Box
  29. A Certifiably MAD Collection by Warner, 5 Book Set: Gold Box with Plain Background (May Not Exist?)
  30. A Certifiably MAD Collection by Warner, 5 Book Set: Blue Box
  31. A Certifiably MAD Collection by Warner, 5 Book Set: Blue Box with Plain Background
  32. The Certifiably MAD Spy vs Spy by Warner, 5 Book Set
  33. MAD by Warner Paperback Library, 6 Book Set Yellow Box
  34. Don Martin Carries On by Warner, 4 Book Set
  35. MAD's Don Martin The Whole Don Set by Warner, 5 Book Set: Green Suit Cover
  36. MAD's Don Martin The Whole Don Set by Warner, 5 Book Set: Yellow Suit Cover
  37. Five MAD Books Plus a Pair of MAD Bookends by Warner, 5 Book Set: Red Version
  38. Five MAD Books Plus a Pair of MAD Bookends by Warner, 5 Book Set: Gold Version
  1. The MAD Reader
  2. MAD Strikes Back
  3. Inside MAD
  4. Utterly MAD
  5. The Brothers MAD
  6. The Bedside MAD
  7. Son of MAD
  8. The Organization MAD
  9. Like, MAD
  10. The Ides of MAD
  11. Fighting MAD
  12. The MAD Frontier
  13. MAD in Orbit
  14. The Voodoo MAD
  15. Greasy MAD Stuff (re-issued as The Greasy MAD)
  16. Three Ring MAD
  17. The Self-Made MAD
  18. The MAD Sampler
  19. It's a World World, World, World, MAD
  20. Raving MAD
  21. Boiling MAD
  22. The Questionable MAD
  23. Howling MAD
  24. The Indigestible MAD
  25. Burning MAD
  26. Good 'n' MAD
  27. Hopping MAD
  28. The Portable MAD
  29. MAD Power
  30. The Dirty Old MAD
  31. Polyunsaturated MAD
  32. The Recycled MAD
  33. The Non-Violent MAD
  34. The Rip Off MAD
  35. The Token MAD
  36. The Pocket MAD
  37. The Invisible MAD
  38. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. MAD
  39. Steaming MAD
  40. MAD at You
  41. The Vintage MAD
  42. Hooked on MAD
  43. The Cuckoo MAD
  44. The Medicine MAD
  45. A MAD Scramble
  46. Swinging MAD
  47. MAD Overboard
  48. MAD Clowns Around
  49. A MAD Treasure Chest
  50. MAD Sucks
  51. Super MAD
  52. The Abominable Snow MAD
  53. MAD About the Buoy
  54. MAD For Kicks
  55. The Uncensored MAD
  56. Pumping MAD
  57. MAD Horses Around
  58. The Eggs-rated MAD
  59. A MAD Carnival
  60. The Explosive MAD
  61. MAD Barfs
  62. Eternally MAD
  63. MAD About Town
  64. Big MAD on Campus
  65. The Endangered MAD
  66. Stamp Out MAD
  67. Forbidden MAD
  68. Monster MAD
  69. The Plaid MAD
  70. Son of MAD Sucks
  71. The Qwerty MAD
  72. Monu-Mentally MAD
  73. Big Hairy MAD
  74. The Wet and Wisdom of MAD
  75. MAD Duds
  76. Till MAD Do Us Part
  77. The Spare MAD
  78. The MAD Cooler
  79. MAD Blasts
  80. MAD Jackpot
  81. MAD in the Box
  82. Soaring MAD
  83. The Weather MAD
  84. The Aimless MAD
  85. The Ages of MAD
  86. See No...Hear No...Speak No...MAD
  87. Swing Along With MAD
  88. The Porpoise-ful MAD
  89. MAD Capades
  90. MAD Takes the Cake
  91. Unstoppable MAD
  92. The Spring Training MAD
  93. Bristling MAD


SERGIO ARAGONE'S
DAVE BERG
DICK DEBARTOLO
MAD PAPERBACKS
DON (DUCK) EDWING
STAN HART
FRANK JACOBS
AL JAFFEE
TOM KOCH
DON MARTIN
NICK MEGLIN
PAUL PETER PORGES
ANTONIO PROHIAS
LARRY SIEGEL
LOU SILVERSTONE
MISC. AUTHORS
"NON-MAD" PAPERBACKS
LIST OF MAD PAPERBACKS BY TYPE AND AUTHOR

This is the MAD Paperback' Master List compiled over the last 15 years by TheMADmuseum featuring an Excel spreadsheet with 19 detailed pages covering 12 Countries. Use it to keep track of your collection like a true MAD-Man!


List Current as of: 2025!