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Issue: Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #36
Publication Date: January 1981
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Issues: #36 of 141 Issues (153 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: $1.50 Cover Price
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893408013
Price: $1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
33 (30 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Magazine size
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched; some squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Comics

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman; Daddy Warducks; Nannie; Dick Tracy; Minnie Mouse; Donald Duck; Superduperman; Lone Ranger
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One Day in the Comics Suburbs

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad
Character(s): Popeye; Olive Oyl; Dagwood; Blondie; Daisy Mae;
Li'l Abner
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Table of Contents

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Genres: humorous
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Comic Strips They'd Really Like to Do

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Charlie Brown; Pogo; Mary Worth; Beetle Bailey; Miss Peach
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Disclose Notes: Also includes photos (no credits given) of Schulz, Kelly, Ernst, Saunders, Walker, and Lazarus.

Five famous comic strip creators lampoon the strips of other creators (0.7 page each):
Schulz spoofing himself (kind of)
Kelly spoofing "Miss Peach"
Ernst and Saunders spoofing "Peanuts"
Walker spoofing "the Heart of Juliet Jones"
Lazarus spoofing "Steve Canyon"
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If Comic Strip Characters Answered Those Little Ads

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Little Orphan Annie; Dick Tracy; Donald Duck; Nancy; Sluggo; Alley Oop; Henry; The Phantom; Dagwood Bumstead; Blondie; Popeye; Olive Oyl
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The Mad "Comic" Opera

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Mickey Mouse; Tarzan; Dondi (cameo); J. Wellington Wimpy (cameo); Junior (cameo); Mandrake the Magician (cameo); Alley Oop (cameo); Phil; Little Orphan Annie; Rex Morgan M.D.; Dagwood Bumstead; The Little King (cameo); The Phantom (cameo); Henry (cameo); Jeff (cameo); Sandy; Flash Gordon (cameo); Superman [Clark Kent] (cameo); Steve Canyon (cameo); Daddy Warbucks (cameo); Smilin' Jack; Penny; Snuffy Smith; Lowizee Smith; Prince Valiant (cameo); Jiggs (cameo); Maggie (cameo); Pogo (cameo); Joe Palooka (cameo); Li'l Abner (cameo); Daisy Mae; (cameo); Shmoos (cameo); Mark Trail (cameo); Andy Gump (cameo); Archie Andrews (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo); Hans Katzenjammer (cameo); Fritz Katzenjammer (cameo); Moon Mullins (cameo); Linus Van Pelt (cameo); Popeye (cameo); Olive Oyl (cameo); Mary Worth (cameo); The Spirit (cameo); Pluto (cameo); The Jeep (cameo); Red Ryder (cameo); J. C. Dithers (cameo); Blondie Bumstead (cameo); Dennis the Menace (cameo); Cheeta; Cicero's cat (cameo); Smokey Stover (cameo)
Synopsis: A parody of Broadway musicals using comic strip characters. Rex Morgan has kidnapped Annie and intends to remove her unique eyes, but Sandy leads Dick Tracy and Tarzan to a rescue, which is aided by Snuffy Smith.
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More Powerful Than a Locomotive ...

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Adult TV Cartoons

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Freddy Flintstoner; Barney; Ralphy; Norton; Mickey Mouse; Croc Paar; Groucho Owl
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Disclose Notes: Parodies of The Flintstones, The Honeymooners, Untouchables, Candid Camera, To Tell the Truth, Jack Paar Show, You Bet Your Life, and Person to Person.
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Will Success Spoil Charlie Brown?

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shermy; Lucy; Schroeder; Linus; Pigpen; Violet; Peppermint Patty; Snoopy; Patty; Charlie Brown
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Don Martin Looks at Spider-Man

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Spider-Man
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Comicland

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Orphan Annie; Sandy; Prince Valiant; Superman; Donald Duck; Henry; Daisy Mae; Nancy; Smitty; Dondi; Alexander Bumstead; Charlie Brown; Little Lulu; Kayo Mullins; Marcia Mason; Junior Tracy; Mary Worth; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer
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If Comic Characters Were Psychoanalyzed

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dagwood; Blondie; Cookie; Alexander; Mr. Dithers; Charlie Brown; Snoopy; Donald Duck; Beetle Bailey; Sarge; Mary Worth
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A Mad Look at Super Heroes

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Superman; Wonder Woman; Plastic Man; Batman; Billy Batson [Captain Marvel]; Flash; Captain America; Spider-Man; Thor; Green Lantern
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Nansy

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Nansy; Pinocchio; Pat Patton; Junior Tracy
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Misery Is a Cold Hot Dog

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Charlie Brown; Marcia Mason; Herbie; Nancy; Sluggo; Dondi; Kayo Mullins; Orphan Annie; Little Iodine; Archie; Henry; Little Lulu; Dennis Mitchell; Swee'pea; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Chip Flagston; Junior Tracy; Alexander Bumstead; Jughaid; Pepper; Trixie Flagston
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If Comic Strip Characters Behaved Like Ordinary People

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Charlie Brown; Lucy; Snoopy; Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Daddy Warbucks; Annie; Superman; Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator; Mandrake; Lothar; B.C.; Maggie; Jiggs; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell
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If Famous Authors Wrote the Comics

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Huey; Dewey; Louie; Donald Duck; Dick Tracy; Flattop; Pruneface; Charlie Brown; Snoopy; Lucy; Schroeder; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; Captain; Rex Morgan; Little Orphan Annie; Daddy Warbucks; Asp; Sandy; Nancy; Sluggo; Fritzi Ritz; Dennis Mitchell
Synopsis: Premise: what if Paddy Chayefsky wrote Donald Duck? Gilbert & Sullivan, Dick Tracy? Rudyard Kipling, Peanuts? Walt Whitman, The Katzenjammer Kids? Rodgers & Hammerstein, Rex Morgan, M.D.? Tennessee Williams, Little Orphan Annie? Mickey Spillane, Nancy? And Edgar Allan Poe, Dennis the Menace?
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If the World's Great Painters Drew the Comics

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Disclose Notes: Comics drawn in the styles of Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Grant Wood, Millet, Rousseau, and Whistler.
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A Mad Portfolio of Appropriate Comic Strip Sound Effects

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mutt; Jeff; Charlie Brown; Dagwood Bumstead; Mr. Dithers; Oliver Warbucks; Beetle Bailey; Mary Perkins; Dick Tracy; Rick O'Shay; Marcia Mason
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Future Educational Comic Pamphlets

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Popeye; President Kennedy; Olive Oyl; Bluto; Mary Worth
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Pages: 5
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A Mad Look at Superman

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Hulk; Batman; Wonder Woman
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If "Peanuts" Were a Weekly TV Series

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Charlie Brown; Schroeder; Lucy Van Pelt; Snoopy; Linus Van Pelt; Peppermint Patty; Sally Brown; Woodstock
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The Comic Strip Characters' Christmas Party

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mr. Dithers; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Moonbeam McSwine; Dick Tracy; Rex Morgan; Steve Canyon; Terry Lee; Little King; Louie; Henry; Ferd'nand; Col. Potterby; Pottsy; Fearless Fosdick; Mickey Finn; Hi Flagston; Lois Flagston; Joe Palooka; Archie; Penny; Tarzan; Prince Valiant; Mary Perkins; Phantom; Mandrake; Lothar; Fritzi Ritz; Snuffy Smith; Major Hoople; Minnie Mouse; Donald Duck; Churchy La Femme; Pigpen; Charlie Brown; Popeye; Saint; Horace Dripple; Dotty Dripple; Swee'pea; Lucy Van Pelt; Nancy; Junior Tracy; Smitty; Herby; Moon Mullins; Smokey Stover; Schroeder; Alley Oop; Felix the Cat; Shmoo; B.C.; Eugene the Jeep; Mary Worth; Lone Ranger; Maggie; Jiggs; Snoopy; Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Quincy Magoo; Miss Peach; Marcia Mason; Oliver Warbucks; Annie; Sandy; Kayo Mullins; Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; Jeff; Rip Kirby; Desmond; Dondi; Mark Trail; Gravel Gertie; Hairless Joe
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Comics for Publications That Don't Have Comics

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dagwood Bumstead; Blondie Bumstead; J.C. Dithers; Charlie Brown; Goofy; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Daisy Duck; Scrooge McDuck; Annie; Oliver Warbucks; Sandy; Hy Fashion; General Abercrombie; Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Ty Coon; Dennis Mitchell
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If Comic Strip Artists Drew Editorial Cartoons

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alley Oop; Mary Worth; Jiggs; Superman; Charlie Brown; Linus; Snoopy; Lucy; Schroeder; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Oliver Warbucks; Annie; Popeye; Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Nancy; Sluggo; Morticia Addams
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Tell-Tale Comic Strip Balloons

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Rex Morgan; Lois Flagston; Trixie Flagston; J.C. Dithers; Dagwood Bumstead; Popeye; Olive Oyl; Mary Worth; Brenda Starr; Scamp; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Major Hoople; Andy Capp; Charlie Brown; Lucy; Linus; Schroeder; Patty; Violet; Smitty; Redeye; Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
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A Super Opportunity

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Clark Kent [Superman]
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If Comic Strip Characters Were as Old as Their Strips

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Junior Tracy; Popeye; Bluto; Swee'pea; Wimpy; Abner Yokum; Daisy Mae Yokum; Fearless Fosdick; Mandrake; Lothar; Tarzan; Jane; Henry; Dennis Mitchell
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Pages: 4
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A Mad Look at Batman

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Batman; Robin
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The End of Comics

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Little Orphan Annie; Oliver Warbucks; Mandrake; Lothar; Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator; Porky Pine; Churchy La Femme; Mamselle Hepzibah; Howland Owl; Dick Tracy; Junior Tracy; Pat Patton; Mary Worth; Mammy Yokum; Al Capp; Pappy Yokum; Li'l Abner Yokum; Daisy Mae; Dennis Mitchell; Smilin' Jack; Blondie Bumstead; Henry
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Obituraries for Comic Strip Characters

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Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Oliver Warbucks; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; Nancy Fritz; Donald Duck; Smilin' Jack Martin; Dick Tracy; Mandrake J. Mandrake; Henry Smith; Dagwood Bumstead
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Indexer originally listed art credits, both pencils and inks, as "Fabian Madrach; Bradford Madrach" but art appears to be parts of art from other sequences listed in this issue, and neither Madrach is listed in credits for any MAD issue on the "Totally MAD" CD.
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Which Modern Artist Is Most Successfully Communicating With His Audience?

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Disclose Notes: Inside Back Cover (full color)
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Superman's Super-Hernia

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Character(s): Superman
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Disclose Notes: Back Cover. Title from table of contents of "Totally MAD" CD.

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