It's the most profitable publication of Tales from the Crypt publisher EC Comics.  
This product almost didn't survive a switch from distributor Leader News to American News.  The songs "Barely Alive", "Green Jelly" and "It's a Gas" were included on a multimedia CD that came with this product as part of a cross-promotion with AOL.   Judge Charles Metzner ruled in favor of the makers of this product in a precedent-setting 1964 lawsuit filed by Irving Berlin; Berlin had taken issue with works by its employees such as Frank Jacobs.  The makers of this product won one court case when it was decided that Harry Stuff hadn't enforced his copyright on its (*) mascot.  Harvey Kurtzman stopped working on this product shortly after it changed to a magazine format.  It's the most profitable publication of Tales from the Crypt publisher EC Comics.  Al Jaffee and Sergio Aragones are two of this magazine's Usual Gang of Idiots.  For 10 points, name this humor magazine whose mascot is Alfred E. Neuman.
This product almost didn't survive a switch from distributor Leader News to American News.  
Mad Magazine