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Issue: Mad About Town #[nn]
Publication Date: June 1983
 
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Publisher: FlagWarner Books
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Indicia Publisher: Warner Books Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 196
ISBN: 044630588X
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Price: $2.50 CAD
$1.95 USD
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Content Items: 19 (17 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: 4.24 in. x 7 in.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: square-bound
Publishing Format: one-shot; collected edition
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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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Gall of the President's Men

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Washington Post-Mortem Dept.
Character(s): Robert Redford [as Bob Woodwind]; Dustin Hoffman [as Snarl Burnsteam]; Jack Warden [as Harry Rosenfeld]; Jason Robards [as Ben Boldlee]; Gerald Ford [as Strep Throat]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "All the President's Men," two intrepid reporters stumble through the threads of a conspiracy that leads all the way to the top.
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Pages: 20
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One Wednesday Morning on a Desert Island

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A castaway tries to signal a passing ship.
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Pages: 4
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The Lighter Side of Noise

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: How people deal with noise irritations.
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Pages: 14
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Spy vs. Spy

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy booby-traps the White Spy's umbrella.
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Pages: 4
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The Mad Guide to Parental Hang-Ups

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Home Groan Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how parents are unintentionally exasperating their kids.
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Pages: 11
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Mad Products with Paired Names

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Show and Sell Dept.
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Mad's Academy Awards for Jocks

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Athlete's Feat Dept.
Synopsis: Awards are given to sports celebrities for dysfunctional behavior.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Nominees are thinly veiled parodies of actual sports personalities Billy Martin, Walter O'Malley, Wilt Chamberlain, Ilie Nastase, Jimmy Connors, Weeb Eubanks, Angelo Dundee and Muhammed Ali.
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One Day in Philadelphia

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): A vending machine that offers a cure for smoking.
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A Mad Look at Winter

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ice Pix Dept.
Synopsis: Series of cartoons satirizing life during winter.
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Pages: 15
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Late One Afternoon Last January

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man takes his dog outside during a blizzard.
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Mad "Death" Announcements

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mourning Glories Dept.
Synopsis: Death announcements written to vary from the normal formula style.
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When You're Poor...and...When You're Rich

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Status Quotes Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how your social status affects the way your behavior is labeled.
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Mad's Packager of the Year

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rapping the Wrapping Dept.
Synopsis: The head of a packaging firm of dubious ethics is interviewed.
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Don Martin Presents "The Story of Moses"

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Moses has been parting water all his life apparently.
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No Wonder We're All Screwed Up

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Double-Standard Barers Dept.
Synopsis: Common sense advice is counterpointed with newspaper headlines which fly in the face of that advice.
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Pages: 11
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The Lighter Side of Winning

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: People handling victory with humorous lack of grace.
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Great Moments in Bad Timing

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Oops! Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of people saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.
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Pages: 14
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Churlie's Angles

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Private-Eyefuls Dept.
Character(s): Boresly; Saccharina; Killy; Jolly; Lynda Carter; Lindsay Wagner; Telly Savalas; Robert Blake; Angie Dickinson; Cindy Williams; Penny Marshall
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Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Parody of television series "Charlie's Angels"

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