The sixty-ninth comic: #205 Jungle Book
Not based on the Kipling novel, this Jungle Book is a collection of stories by early MAD's Harvey Kurtzman. Some of these four are pastiches of popular genres at the time, while The Organization Man in the Gray Flannel Executive Suit is a satire based on his early experiences with publishing. It's probably the most interesting story, even though it's a fairly straight forward satire the structure is good and it doesn't work out its welcome. This works with Thelonius Violence's take on detective stories as well, playing with the jazzy noir stories while still delivering a strong story - it feels like it holds up well.
The other two story don't work as well though. The western story gets repetitive and boring while the southern story never quite grabbed me - I think it's the one where I really didn't know enough A mixed bag in the end - with a clearly stronger first half.