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Issue: Mad #87
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/26/1964
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Feldstein
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color (#1-23, 400-550); color cover with black & white interior (#24-399)
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US (#1-23); magazine size (#24 onward)
Paper Stock: glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Norman Mingo (signed)
Norman Mingo (signed)
Norman Mingo (signed)
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Miscellaneous
1
Kids' Versions of Adult Films

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Hart
Mort Drucker
Mort Drucker
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Tot A-Okay Dept.
Jack Lemmon; Lee Remick; Paul Newman; Jackie Gleason; Roy Scheider; Melina Mercouri; Jules Dassin
Serious dramatic films sanitized and altered to appeal to a pre-teen audience. Films parodied are "Days of Wine and Roses", "The Hustler", "Irma La Douce" (with an all funny animal cast), "Never on Sunday" and "Monte Cane".
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Miscellaneous
6
At the Mask Store

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin
Don Martin
Don Martin
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
Merry mix-ups at a costume shop.
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Miscellaneous
2
Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Subject Matter
humorous
Marginal Thinking Dept.
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Miscellaneous
0
Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
Watch That Price with the Asterisk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Jaffee
Bob Clarke (signed)
Bob Clarke (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Who's Covering Up Dept.
Examples of advertised bargains with hidden costs concealed in the fine print.
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Miscellaneous
3
Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Antonio Prohias
Antonio Prohias
Antonio Prohias
Subject Matter
humorous
Joke & Dagger Dept.; Spy Vs. Spy
The Black Spy; The White Spy
The Black Spy tricks the White Spy into thinking he has a rodent problem.
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Miscellaneous
1
TV Ads We'd Like to See

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
The Pause That Depresses Dept.
Then current television commercials given satirical endings.
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Miscellaneous
2
A Mad Look at the Circus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Grinding the Acts Dept.
A satirical look at circus acts.
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Miscellaneous
4
Fake-Out Record Jackets

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jim Rutherford; Darlene Rutherford
Jack Rickard
Jack Rickard
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Stars in Your Buys Dept.
Record album covers designed to make you think you're getting something you're not.
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Miscellaneous
2
Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Antonio Prohias
Antonio Prohias
Antonio Prohias
Subject Matter
humorous
Joke & Dagger Dept.; Spy Vs. Spy
The Black Spy; The White Spy
The White Spy fools the Black Spy with a fake time bomb.
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Miscellaneous
1
If Tax Forms Were Made Up by Psychiatrists

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Tom Koch
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Bread-Shrinker Dept.
The 1040 form is redesigned by a psychiatrist.
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Miscellaneous
1
The Lighter Side of Home Owners

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Berg's Eye View Dept.
A satirical look at owning a home.
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Miscellaneous
4
Ending on a Sour Note

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
George Woodbridge (signed)
George Woodbridge (signed)
George Woodbridge
Subject Matter
humorous
Harper's Fury Dept.
A dead body objects to a bad blues singer.
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Miscellaneous
1
The Great Cigarette Filter Tip War

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Jaffee
Bob Clarke
Bob Clarke
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Puff, the Tragic Draggin' Dept.
Escalating examples of redesigned cigarette filter tips.
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Miscellaneous
3
Pre-Recorded Phone Messages

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Larry Siegel; Frank Jacobs
Mort Drucker
Mort Drucker
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
If a Machine Answers, Hang Up Dept.
Answering machine messages designed to discourage certain callers.
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Miscellaneous
3
Mad Beastlies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Coker, Jr. ?
Paul Coker, Jr.
Paul Coker, Jr.
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Word Game Preserve Dept.
Common words or phrases are given anthropomorphic embodiment.
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Miscellaneous
2
The Electrician

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin
Don Martin
Don Martin
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
A man attempts to install a ceiling light fixture.
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Miscellaneous
1
Angry

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Hart
George Woodbridge (signed)
George Woodbridge (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Act Your Rage Dept.
A niche magazine for people with violent tempers.
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Miscellaneous
7
An Evening in the City

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin
Don Martin
Don Martin
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
People watch a marathon for rats.
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Miscellaneous
1
Who Wants to Be President More than Anything?

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee (signed)
Al Jaffee (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Mad Fold-In
Barry Goldwater; Nelson Rockefeller; Richard Nixon
Barry Goldwater and Nelson Rockefeller debate who should be the 1964 Republican nominee.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
What Have We Got Against Colds

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Parody of Contact Cold Remedy print ads; The makers of Contact explain how well they profit off of illnesses prolonged by their ineffective product.
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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