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Issue: Like, Mad #D2347
Publication Date: July 1963
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Issues: #D2347 of 4 Issues
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Publisher: FlagNew American Library
Brand: Signet BooksView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: New American Library, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 196
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 29 (17 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Albert B. Feldstein (credited)
Disclose Notes: Publication date is for Seventh Printing: July 1963.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: mass market paperback (4 1/4" x 6 7/8"; 10.9 cm x 17.3 cm)
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: collected edition
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William M. Gaines's Like, Mad

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Things you should know about "Like, Mad".
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More of William M. Gaines's Mad Humor from Signet

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Mad Paperbacks
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Image of a rat in a trap on first page from story "Mad Builds a More Civilized Mouse Trap".
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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The English Titles Don't Quite Match the Action in Foreign Movies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Movies Dept.
Synopsis: Typical scenes from foreign movies with subtitles that don't describe what's going on.
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Pages: 10
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Bomb Song Hits

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lead Pan Alley Dept.
Synopsis: Parodies to songs are written for the post-nuclear war days.
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Pages: 6
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Mad Coats of Arms

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ye Olde Heraldry Dept.
Synopsis: Proposed coats of arms for current celebrities.
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Pages: 5
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A Scene We'd Like To See: The Fighter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hollywood Dept.
Synopsis: The fighter rallies one last time after receiving some good news ringside, but is knocked out anyway.
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Mad's Picture-Phone Backdrops

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Seeing Is Believing Dept.
Synopsis: Ideas for backdrops so that when you answer the picture-phone of the future, you can still lie to people about where you are.
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Motorist Beware!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fair Warning Dept.
Synopsis: Describes the escalating efforts of police to patrol highways unnoticed, including several of the latest unmarked vehicles.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Script credit per Al Feldstein, from the book Feldstein:The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein. "Totally MAD" CD collection incorrectly credited Herb Goldstein.
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Nansy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Newspaper Comics Dept.
Character(s): Nansy; Nansy Duck; Pinnochio; Dick Nansy; Junior; Pat [Patton]; Li'l Nansy; Abner Mae; Nansy Canyon
Synopsis: A look at a joke from one cartoon strip as it might be interpreted by other strips.
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Backyard Barbecue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): How Now Charred Cow Dept.
Synopsis: The problems and future of life at the outdoor grill.
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Pages: 12
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Mad Bubble Gum Cards

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hobby Dept.
Character(s): Smedley van Sturdley; Milton Forbisher; Stanley Henkledorf; Walter N. Goober; Beauregard Bordon
Synopsis: Bubble gum cards in the Famous Cowards series.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script credit per info from Al Feldstein in the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
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The Children's Hour

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Poetry Dept.
Character(s): Alice; Allegra; Edith; the children's father
Synopsis: Humorous drawings to illustrate the famous poem, with a macabre ending.
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The Mad Dating Technique

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dating Dept.
Synopsis: Reviews different techniques of the shy type, agressive type and MAD type.
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Another Scene We'd Like To See: Escaping The Cannibals

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hollywood Dept.
Synopsis: A man and a woman are running to escape cannibals and she twists an ankle, whereupon the man runs away as the cannibals close in, instead of carrying her.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Script credit per info from Al Feldstein in the book Al Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
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Why the Precision Engineered, Highly Perfected 35mm Camera Replaced The Simple, Unpretentious, Primitive Box Camera

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): A. Rosen
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Negative Thinking Dept.
Synopsis: Humorous look at the relative problems of both types of cameras, ending in the question still unanswered.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
Art signature removed for this reprint.
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Sin-Doll Ella

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Albert Meglin [as Tennessee Williamsburg]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Once Upon A Time Dept.
Character(s): Ella; Ella's stepmother; Maggie; Blanche; Prince Kowalski; Fairy Godmother; Big Fat Daddy Kowalski
Synopsis: A mixture of Cinderella and A Streetcar Named Desire, in which the Fairy Godmother gets the Prince.
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Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Parody of Cinderella story. Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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Future TV Ads

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Soft-Sell Advertising Dept.
Character(s): George; Harriet
Synopsis: Phony ad storyboard for Ringwort's Rat Poison Pills.
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The Potrzebie System of Weights And Measures

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Donald Knuth
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Science Dept.
Synopsis: A system of weights, measures, force and time based on the thickness of MAD #26 as a standard potrzebie. It seems to resemble the metric system.
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Pages: 7
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Dead Letters

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Signed, Sealed And Undelivered Dept.
Synopsis: Phony undelivered mail addressed to famous historical figures, just before they became famous.
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Raw Guts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): U. S. Male Dept.
Synopsis: Parody of men's magazines, with beginnings of several adventure stories.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
Art signature removed for this reprint.
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Mad Eating Utensils

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): There's Many A Slip Twixt Dept.
Synopsis: New ideas for eating utensils to solve age-old problems.
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Pages: 16
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Mad Builds a More Civilized Mouse Trap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Beat-A-Path Dept.
Synopsis: Several supposedly civilized ways to trap and kill mice.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script credit per Al Feldstein, from the book Feldstein:The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein.
Self-references this article with a mouse reading it.
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The Railroad Timetable

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Travelers Aid Dept.
Synopsis: Parody of a passenger railroad timetable with lots of meaningless information.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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The Seaside Incident

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Vacation Dept.
Synopsis: Three fellows blow up their floating toys, but one has a toy not intended for the water.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally listed as Davy Jone's Locker Dept.
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Are You a Member of "The Beat Generation?"

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various (see Notes)
Inker(s): various (see Notes)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Disclose Notes: Promotional copy for this book.
Includes thumbnails from interior stories.
Back cover.

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