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Issue: Mad's Original Idiots Will Elder #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2015
 
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
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Pages: 212
ISBN: 9781401259006
UPC/EAN: 9781401259006
Price: $14.99 USD
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Content Items: 43 (29 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Color
Dimensions: 6.5" x 9.5"
Paper Stock: Bond
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: One-Shot
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Woman Wonder
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Will Elder The Rascally Devil's in the Details

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Ganefs!

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Mole!

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Dragged Net!

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A parody of the Dragnet television show.
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Shadow!

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Kane Keen
You Say You Lost Your Voice...
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Outer Sanctum!

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Ping Pong!

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A parody of the King Kong movie.
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Shermlock Shomes!

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Frank N. Stein!

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A parody of The Frankenstein horror comics and films.
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The Raven

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Script credit from The Complete Color Mad (Russ Cochran, 1986 series) #2 (1986).
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Woman Wonder!

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Dragged Net!

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Starchie

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A parody of Archie comic books.
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Robinson Crusoe!

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Manduck the Magician

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Gasoline Valley!

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The Hound of the Basketballs!

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Restaurant!

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Bringing Back Father!

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Parody of the Bringing Up Father comic strip.
Drawn in 2 different styles by the 2 different artists: odd pages in the cartoon style and even pages in a more realistic style where Jiggie is shown to be severly injured by Maggs's constant violence.
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Howdy Dooit!

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Parody of the Howdy Doody television show.
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Mickey Rodent!

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Puzzle Pages!

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Katchandhammer Kids!

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Popeye!

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Comic Book Ads!

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Special Art Issue

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Bill Elder?
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Special Art Issue

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Introduction to the stories in this issue about Bill Elder.
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The Child!

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The Boy!

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Humorous bio of Bill's childhood, through photos supposedly showing his early artwork. Photos are historical photos, some with drawing on top of them or Elder's face pasted in.
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The Young Artist!

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Story consists of historical photos and reproductions of famous paintings, some with drawing on top of them or Elder's face pasted in.
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The Commercial Artist!

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Story consists of historical and stock photos, some with drawing on top of them. There are also fake ads and commercial art samples by Elder.
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The Old Pro! [Mole!]

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One doctored photo as a lead-in to "Mole!", replacing original splash panel.
This edition reprints Mole! from MAD #2 with the artwork reduced to fit on three pages.
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Senility!

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"If You Haven't Been Able To Find 'MAD' On Your Local Newsstand..."

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