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Issue: Mad #30
Publication Date: April 2023
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Issues: #30 of 43 Issues (44 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/14/2023
Volume:
Pages: 60
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194135676103011
Price: $5.99 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 27 (20 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: ongoing series
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Mad Takes Apart Technology

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Cover art from Mad #258 but with the computer Alfred face replaced by a Norman Mingo one; background art under hands replaced with George Woodbridge art from first sequence (but it does not work because the space under the hands would be the front cover, not the first sequence).
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If Computers Are So Brilliant...

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Terminal Illness Dept.
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You've Definitely Bought the Wrong Robot If...

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Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): Dull and Droid Dept.
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Reprint Notes: Reprinted from Mad (1952 series) #476 (not indexed at time of this entry).
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Robot Chokers

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A Mad Look at Drones

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Genres: humorous
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Reprint Notes: Reprinted from Mad (1952 series) #544 (issue not indexed at time of this sequence entry).
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Pages: 4
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Manic Y2K Panic

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
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Reprint Notes: Supposedly reprinted from Mad (1952 series) #389 but no Tom Bunk credit in that issue as indexed.
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Pages: 1
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Other Y2K Problems Guaranteed to Make Your Life Miserable

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): More Grist for the Mill-ennium Dept.
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13 Things You Never Want to Hear from a Computer Tech Support Guy

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Help Is on the Wane Dept.
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Reprint Notes: Reprinted from Mad (1952 series) #453 (issue not indexed at time of this sequence entry).
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Small But Significant Inventions of the Past

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Behind the Create Ball Dept.
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Messy Layered One

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Feature(s): See, Gee, Aye! Dept.
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Low-Tech Inventions for Everyday Needs

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Free Speeches on the Beaches

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hop on Pop-ulism Dept.
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Mad's Catalogue of Practical Joke Items for the Computer

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Writer(s): Seth Greenberg (idea)
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The Future of Job Automation

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): A.I. Just Work Here Dept.
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MAD's 50 Worst Things About the Internet

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Web Slights Dept.
Character(s): Tila Tequila; Tay Zonday; Conan O'Brien; Steve Jobs; Steve Ballmer; Perez Hilton
Synopsis: Various short satires of pop culture on the internet.
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Inventions We'd Like to See

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Necessity for that Mother Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of helpful inventions that don't yet exist.
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Rob the Evil Backstabbing Robot Temp

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Genres: humorous
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Reprint Notes: Reprinted from Mad (1952 series) #455 (not indexed at time of sequence entry).
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Rob the Evil Backstabbing Robot Temp

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Reprint Notes: Reprinted from Mad (1952 series) #471 (not indexed at time of sequence entry).
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Accidental Inventions

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Patent Pending Dept.
Synopsis: Inventions over the ages that were not quite what the inventors had in mind.
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Disclose Notes: Writer credit is from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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Blobs!

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Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): Science Pre-fiction Dept.
Character(s): Melvin; Alfred
Synopsis: Alfred outlines a terrible thought he has about the end of humanity.
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A Guided Tour Through a Steel Foundry

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A tour through a foundry goes horribly wrong.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy decoys the White Spy with a robot duplicate.
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Five Upsides to the Robot Apocalypse

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Reprint Notes: Reprinted from Mad (1952 series) #539 (not indexed at time of this sequence entry).
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The Real Reasons Why We Still Don't Have Flying Cars

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Genres: humorous
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Reprint Notes: Reprinted from Mad (1952 series) #524 (not indexed at time of this sequence entry).
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What New Tech Innovation Is Sure to Make a Killing?

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Ouch!
Synopsis: E.T. the extra-terrestrial recoils at the price of his video game.
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Disclose Notes: The credit on the illustration reads "photo by Irving Schild" when the picture is clearly painted by an artist.

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