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Issue: The Mad Frontier #12 (86-066)
Publication Date: September 1975
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Issues: #12 (86-066) of 4 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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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: 0446860662
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.25 USD
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Content Items: 23 (18 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Copyright 1958-1959, 1962, 1974 by E.C. Publications, Inc. Second and third printings.

The second printings are dated September 1975. The third printing was released circa 1976.
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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: collected edition
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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Title Page and Credits

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Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Contents

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The National Safety Council's Holiday-Weekend Telethon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Crash Program Dept.
Character(s): Barry Grue; Martin Dean; Virginia Charity
Synopsis: Telethon to pump up the number of highway fatalities to meet the numbers announced before the holiday.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: One character in cameo appears to be Scribbly Jibbet.
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MAD's M.V.B.T.A. Awards

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Double-Play's the Thing Dept.
Character(s): Harry Jingo; Babe Brando; Enos Schwack; "School Boy" Drake; Hank Ozone; Jake Jacobs; Leo Screech
Synopsis: Acting awards for baseball players hamming it up for fans and the camera during games.
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Pages: 9
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Bulletin of Alfred E. Neuman University

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 7
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"Walk - Don't Walk" Signals

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Signals Crossed Dept.
Synopsis: Thoughts on what could happen if the concept of signals were extended to everyday life events.
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Pages: 12
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The MAD Treasury of Unknown Poetry

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parodies of famous poems.
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Pages: 8
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The Chess Game

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Fatal results from cheating at chess.
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Pages: 5
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Snob Appeal vs. Slob Appeal

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lower the Pitch Dept.
Synopsis: Phony ads for Rancid's Deluxe Whiskey, Whammo Watchbands, Breezy of California jackets, and Aardvark Carpets, that show two different advertising approaches.
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Pages: 9
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25c MAD Children's Books

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Marjorie; Mr. Furd; Billy; Sue; The Little Red Hen; Comrade George; Fireman Jones; The Commissioner
Synopsis: Parodies of children's books but on adult subjects, written and illustrated in the style of Golden Books.
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Pages: 12
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Credits for the Common Man

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Honorable Mention Dept.
Synopsis: Everyday occupations with credits for all the people who helped in the background, in the style of movie credits. Also, suggested "professional" names for persons in various occupations.
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Pages: 15
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Alfred E. Neuman's Family Tree

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Nu Mun; Tut-Ankh-Nu-Men; Socrates Numanos; Nerd Numinus; Alfred The Hun; Alfred The Chicken-Harted; Johannes Nuemanberg; Christopher Numunbus; Amerigo Numanucci; Michaelanumano; Elder Neuman; Sir Isaac Neuman; Benjamin Neuman; General George Neuman; Paul Neuman; Patrick Neuman; Abraham Neuman; Jefferson Davis Neuman; Nikolai Neumanski; Teddy Neuman; William Jennings Neuman; Thomas Alva Neuman
Synopsis: Famous ancestors of Alfred, with very brief biographical notes and dates of birth and death.
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Pages: 10
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The National Osographic Magazine

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Around the World in Eighty Pictures Dept.
Character(s): Roger Sternwallow; Evelyn Sternwallow; Birdie Ugnew; Neville Brooks-Brother
Synopsis: Parody of National Geographic Magazine.
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Pages: 7
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Boating

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A look at when the boating craze gets out of hand and common traffic problems and situations will apply to boating.
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Pages: 12
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Misleading Headlines

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sarah Klunk; Sidney Klutz; Byron Brisket; Gladys Glotz; Carl Umlaut; Fred Mildew; Hank Shlubb; Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Headlines that purposefully do not describe the underlying newspaper articles.
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Pages: 5
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The Coming Attractions...Don't Always Show Exactly What's Coming!

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sneaky Prevues Dept.
Synopsis: Showing the larger boring scenes that exciting movie previews are supposedly taken from.
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Pages: 16
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Woodlore

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A guidebook to (phony) dangerous plants and animals of the woods.
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Pages: 9
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The Great Bank Robbery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A bank robbery goes wrong when no one cares about the hostage.
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Pages: 4
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Basketball

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dribble Drivel Dept.
Character(s): Richard Furd
Synopsis: Satirical look at the sport of basketball.
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Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Not a single black player is depicted.
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The End of Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Blondie Bumstead; Dennis the Menace; Henry; Smilin' Jack; Little Orphan Annie; Lothar; Mandrake the Magician; Dick Tracy; Daddy Warbucks; Puck; Sandy; Annie's real mother; Pogo; Albert the Alligator; Chief; Junior; Toonerville's The Skipper; Mary Worth; Mary's nephew; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Li'l Abner
Synopsis: Possible final strips for when newspapers have to eliminate comics to use the space for more educational features.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Parodies these strips: Little Orphan Annie; Mandrake The Magician; Pogo; Dick Tracy; Mary Worth; Li'l Abner; Dennis The Menace; Henry; Smilin' Jack; Blondie.
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More Mad Humor from Warner Books

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Pages: 2
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Ride with Mad's fast-draw artists and pun-slinging writers...
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Disclose Notes: On back cover.

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