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Issue: Like, Mad #T4904
Publication Date: January 1970
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Issues: #T4904 of 4 Issues
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Publisher: FlagNew American Library
Brand: Signet BooksView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: none
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 196
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 23 (19 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: mass market paperback (4 1/4" x 6 7/8"; 10.9 cm x 17.3 cm)
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: collected edition
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The English Titles Don't Quite Match the Action in Foreign Movies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Typical scenes from foreign movies with subtitles that don't describe what's going on. Includes Russian subtitles for "Martski."
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From Content Item: FlagMad #33 published June 1957
was The English Titles Don't Quite Match The Action In Foreign Movies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: One movie is a parody of "Marty."
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Bomb Song Hits

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lead Pan Alley Dept.
Synopsis: Parodies to songs are written for the post-nuclear war days.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #36 published December 1957
was Bomb Song Hits [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: One illustration.
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MAD Coats of Arms

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Proposed coats of arms for current celebrities.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #34 published July 1957
was MAD Coats of Arms [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Scenes We'd Like to See: The Fighter Who Didn't Rally

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The fighter rallies one last time after receiving some good news ringside, but is knocked out anyway.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #27 published April 1956
was Scenes We'd Like to See: The Fighter Who Didn't Rally [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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MAD's Picture-Phone Backdrops

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Ideas for backdrops so that when you answer the picture-phone of the future, you can still lie to people about where you are.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #34 published July 1957
was MAD's Picture-Phone Backdrops [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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Motorist Beware!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Describes the escalating efforts of police to patrol highways unnoticed, including several of the latest unmarked vehicles.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #30 published November 1956
was Motorist Beware! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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Nansy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Nansy; Nansy Duck; Pinnochio; Dick Nansy; Junior; Pat [Patton]; Li'l Nansy; Abner Mae; Nansy Canyon
Synopsis: A look at a joke from one cartoon strip as it might be interpreted by other strips.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #32 published April 1957
was Nansy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Parodies of Nancy, Donald Duck, Dick Tracy, Li'l Abner and Steve Canyon.
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Backyard Barbecue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The problems and future of life at the outdoor grill.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #35 published October 1957
was Backyard Barbecue [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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MAD Bubble Gum Cards

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hobby Dept.
Character(s): Smedley van Sturdley; Milton Forbisher; Stanley Henkledorf; Walter N. Goober; Beauregard Bordon
Synopsis: Bubble gum cards in the Famous Cowards series.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #29 published September 1956
was MAD Bubble Gum Cards [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Children's Hour

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Humorous drawings to illustrate the famous poem, with a macabre ending.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #36 published December 1957
was The Children's Hour [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The MAD Dating Technique

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Reviews different techniques of the shy type, agressive type and MAD type.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #32 published April 1957
was The MAD Dating Technique [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Scenes We'd Like to See: Escaping the Cannibals

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man and a woman are running to escape cannibals and she twists an ankle, whereupon the man runs away as the cannibals close in, instead of carrying her.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #29 published September 1956
was Scenes We'd Like To See: Escaping The Cannibals [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Why the Precision Engineered, Highly Perfected 35mm Camera Replaced the Simple, Unpretentious, Primitive Box Camera

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Humorous look at the relative problems of both types of cameras, ending in the question still unanswered.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #31 published February 1957
was Why the Precision Engineered, Highly Perfected 35mm Camera Replaced The Simple, Unpretentious, Primitive Box Camera [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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Sin-Doll Ella

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Albert Meglin [as Tennessee Williamsburg]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Ella; Ella's stepmother; Maggie; Blanche; Prince Kowalski; Fairy Godmother; Big Fat Daddy Kowalski
Synopsis: A mixture of Cinderella and A Streetcar Named Desire, in which the Fairy Godmother gets the Prince.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #35 published October 1957
was Sin-Doll Ella [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Parody of Cinderella story. Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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Future TV Ads

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): George; Harriet
Synopsis: Phony ad storyboard for Ringwort's Rat Poison Pills.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #31 published February 1957
was Future TV Ads [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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The Potrzebie System of Weights and Measures

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Donald Knuth
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A system of weights, measures, force and time based on the thickness of MAD #26 as a standard potrzebie. It seems to resemble the metric system.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #33 published June 1957
was The Potrzebie System of Weights And Measures [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Dead Letters

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Phony undelivered mail addressed to famous historical figures, just before they became famous.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #33 published June 1957
was Dead Letters [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Raw Guts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of men's magazines, with beginnings of several adventure stories.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #36 published December 1957
was Raw Guts [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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MAD Eating Utensils

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: New ideas for eating utensils to solve age-old problems.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #35 published October 1957
was MAD Eating Utensils [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
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MAD Builds a More Civilized Mouse Trap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Several supposedly civilized ways to trap and kill mice.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #30 published November 1956
was MAD Builds a More Civilized Mouse Trap [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Self-references this article with a mouse reading it.
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The Railroad Timetable

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Travelers Aid Dept.
Synopsis: Parody of a passenger railroad timetable with lots of meaningless information.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #33 published June 1957
was The Railroad Timetable [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
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The Seaside Incident

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Three fellows blow up their floating toys, but one has a toy not intended for the water.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #35 published October 1957
was The Seaside Incident [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6

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