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Issue: Mad #33
Publication Date: October 2023
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Issues: #33 of 43 Issues (44 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/08/2023
Volume:
Pages: 60
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194135676103311
Price: $5.99 USD
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Content Items: 28 (23 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 Goes Back to Ghoul

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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One Fine Day During Lunch Period

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A student learns that science is part observation.
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A MAD Look At Zombies

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Things that could go wrong for zombies, or because of them.
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Scenes We'd Like to See (The Bride of Frankenstein)

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Genres: humorous
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The Adnauseum Family

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Character(s): Gonads Adnauseum; More-teasin’ Adnauseum; Grandmuck Adnauseum; Doomsday Adnauseum; Pigsly Adnauseum; Uncle Festive; Edward Scissorhands; Jason Voorhees; Freddy Krueger; Lunch; Cousin Zit; Abigail Grave-in
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Don't Die This Halloween!!!

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Definitely Come In Candy Dept.
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Superhero High

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): The Fantastic Four Years Dept.
Character(s): The Flash [Barry Allen ?]; Wolverine; Captain America; Dr. Octopus; Judge Dredd; Wonder Woman; Daredevil; Mr. Fantastic; Iron Man; Dr. Strange; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Thor; Conan the Barbarian
Synopsis: Vignettes of superheroes in high school.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Includes a splash panel "class picture" featuring 30 superhero comic characters.
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What School Bus Drivers Are Doing While You're In Class!

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Wheel World Dept.
Synopsis: Goofy ideas of what school bus drivers do in their downtime.
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One Tuesday Afternoon After School

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): What a Rip Off Dept.
Synopsis: A mother helps her son remove a plastic bandage.
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The Raven

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): a raven; the narrator; Lenore
Synopsis: An adaptation of Poe's poem "The Raven."
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: This is the text of the famous poem accompanied by humorous illustrations. Script credit from The Complete Color Mad (Russ Cochran, 1986 series) #2 (1986).
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Goosebumps Horror Stories That Would Really Scare Kids

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Another Stine Mess Dept.
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Mad's Tom Bunk Visits a High School Lunchroom

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Genres: humorous
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Spy Vs Spy

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy thinks the Black Spy has died.
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Academy Awards for Teachers

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Class Act Dept.
Synopsis: Awards for less-than-desirable behavior by teachers.
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One Midnight In Wolverton

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Feature(s): Wolfbane of My Existence Dept.
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Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions at Harry Keister High

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Genres: humorous
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Disclose Notes: Name of the school changed (apparently we can't kick Dick Nixon around anymore).
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Mad Presents Selected Scenes from the Transylvania Mall

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Feature(s): Little Shops of Horrors Dept.
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Differences between the Original Halloween & Halloween 2018

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): What a Gore Dept.
Synopsis: Compares the original Halloween movie with the 2018 remake.
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New Movie Monsters From Everyday Life

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Horror Things By You Dept.
Synopsis: Horror movies centered on contemporary nuisances.
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Disclose Notes: A mailbox pictured has the name H. P. Lovecraft. Writer credit given to "E. Nelson Bridewell" (sic).
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This Issue's Proposed Mad Medals... to Be Presented to Deserving Students

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Givin’ ‘Em a Ribbin’ Dept.
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Van Helstink

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Genres: horror, humorous
Feature(s): Hugh Jackass Dept.
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Reprint Notes: Reprinted from Mad (1952 series) #445; issue not indexed at time of this sequence entry.
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Pages: 4
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Mad Looks at... Dracula

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Genres: horror, humorous
Feature(s): A Count Receivable Dept.
Character(s): Dracula
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Meanwhile...

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Genres: humorous
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Things That Really Get Under A Zombie's Skin

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Monsters' Gall Dept.
Synopsis: Problems that zombies would run into if they tried to live normal lives.
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Last Giggles & Gasps

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Writer(s): Todd Eisner (credited); Benjamin Schultz (credited)
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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Segments include: "He's calling it a hate crime."; The Zombie Food Pyramid; Product Placement in Horror Movies.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: What scary thing is waiting for students at some schools?
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Look, Mom - No More Cavities!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Crust Gumpaste
Character(s): Melvin Furd
Synopsis: Parody of ad for Crest Toothpaste, with painting signed as "Norman Rocknroll."
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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