| M.D. | |
| Schedule: | Bi-monthly |
| Format: | Anthology |
| Publisher: | EC Comics |
| Date: | April/May 1955 - December 1955/January 1956 |
| Issues: | five |
| Writers: | Carl Wessler (?Al Feldstein?) |
| Artists: | Graham Ingels George Evans Joe Orlando Reed Crandall |
| Colorists: | Marie Severin |
M.D. was a short lived comic book published by EC Comics in 1955, the sixth title in its New Direction line. The bi-monthly comic was published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein. It lasted a total of five issues before being cancelled along with EC's other New Direction comics.
M.D. focused on medical stories, surgical practices and the day-to-day work of doctors. Each issue featured four stories, plus at least one text piece about a real-life major medical figure.
The frontispiece to the first issue set out its role:...the Hippocratic Oath was then reprinted in full.
The letters page (upon the first of which the above text appeared in lieu of early letters) was titled "The Needles", and contributors to M.D. include Graham Ingels, Marie Severin, George Evans, Joe Orlando, Reed Crandall and Carl Wessler.
M.D. was reprinted as part of publisher Russ Cochran's Complete EC Library collection, alongside Valor and Impact as Volume 2 of the "New Direction Part 2" slipcased set (1985). Between September 1999 and January 2000, Cochran and Gemstone Publishing reprinted the five individual issues. This complete run was later rebound, with covers included, in a single softcover EC Annual. Dark Horse reprinted M.D. as part of the EC Archives series in 2021.
| Date | Story | Story Artist | Story Writer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April/May 1955 | The Fight For Life | ? | |
| Janie Some Day | ? | |||
| The Pain Killer (text piece on William Thomas Green Morton) | ||||
| To Fill The Bill | ? | |||
| The Antidote | ? | |||
| 2 | June/July 1955 | The Balance | ? | |
| Fever Fighter (text piece on William Gorgas) | ||||
| Different | ? | |||
| A Case For The Books | ? | |||
| The Trailblazer (text piece on Edward Jenner) | ||||
| Even For a While | ? | |||
| 3 | August/September 1955 | When You Know How | ? | |
| The Right Cure | ? | |||
| Advert for other "New Direction" titles | ? | |||
| Shock Treatment | ? | |||
| The Pioneer (text piece on Ignaz Philipp Semmelweiss) | ||||
| The Lesson | Carl Wessler | |||
| 4 | October/November 1955 | So That Others May Walk | Carl Wessler | |
| Advert for other "New Direction" titles | ? | |||
| Doctor Wizard (text piece on William Harvey) | ||||
| New Outlook | ? | |||
| Point of View | ? | |||
| Worried Sick | Carl Wessler | |||
| 5 | (December 1955/January 1956) | Complete Cure | ? | |
| Advert for other "New Direction" titles | ? | |||
| "Army Doc" (text piece on Major-General Leonard Wood) | ||||
| Child's Play | ? | |||
| Emergency | ? | |||
| The Right Diagnosis | ? | |||