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Issue: Mad Overboard #47
Publication Date: February 1978
 
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Issues: #47 of 1 Issue
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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: none
Pages: 196
ISBN: 0446866156
UPC/EAN: 0709930012586615
Price: $1.25 USD
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Content Items: 24 (20 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black & 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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: humorous
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Title Page and Credits

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On a Clear Day You Can See a Funny Girl Singing 'Hello Dolly' Forever

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): At the Beak of Her Career Dept.
Character(s): Barbra Streisand [as Bubby Strident]; Yves Montand [as the Doctor]; Omar Sharif [as Nick Arsenic]; Walter Matthau [as Horror]; Louie Armstrong [as Satchmo]; Eliott Gould [as the Waiter]
Synopsis: In a parody of Barbra Streisand star vehicles, a college student is examined under hypnosis by a psychologist. He discovers that she has starred in several major Hollywood films, essentially playing the same character.
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One Day in a Crash-Pad

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Answers the question, "Where does a hippy store his leftovers ?"
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Pages: 4
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The Lighter Side of Love

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Examples of romance that don't always go according to plan.
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Pages: 15
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A Collection of Mad X Ray-vings

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Everything's Coming Up Sub Rosa Dept.
Synopsis: The reality behind closed doors is revealed in a series of illustrations for ironic effect.
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Pages: 7
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Spy vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: espionage, humorous
Character(s): Black Spy; White Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy builds a contraption that intrigues and ultimately defeats the Black Spy.
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Pages: 6
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How to Read a Resort Ad

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Vacational Guidance Dept.
Synopsis: Real meanings to resort ad blurbs.
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Pages: 9
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In a Specialist's Office

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A doctor is visited by an outrageous-looking patient.
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You Know You're Really a Football Fan When...

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Examples of behavior that identifies a person as an obsessed football fan.
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Pages: 8
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The Psychology of Snoring

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sleeper Play Dept.
Synopsis: The word balloons of sleeping individuals are drawn to indicate the mood of the sleeping person.
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Pages: 7
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Horrifying Cliches

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Things That Go Bump in the Trite Dept.
Synopsis: Ordinary phrases are given monstrous illustrations, such as "embracing a belief" or "avoiding a confrontation".
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Pages: 9
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One Day in the Garden of Eden

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Adam; Eve
Synopsis: Adam makes another use for the fig leaf.
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Pages: 4
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Mad Clippings to Leave Lying Around

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Printer's Devilment Dept.
Synopsis: Newspaper clippings that teens can use to bolster their arguments against their parents.
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Pages: 11
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The Mad Love Book

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Gags featuring the opening line..."Don't you just love..."
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New Movie Monsters from the Medical World

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Medi-Scare Dept.
Synopsis: Horror film plots based on modern hospital practices.
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Pages: 8
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One Night in the Acme Ritz Central Arms Waldorf Plaza Statler Hilton Grand Hotel

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Siamese twins sleep in a hotel.
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Ordure of the Day

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): In the Line of Doody Dept.
Synopsis: An ode to domestic dogs and the presents they leave during walks.
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Pages: 3
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The Mad Blow-Your-Mind Drug Primer

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Satire of the emerging drug culture in society.
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Pages: 12
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The Lighter Side of Boating

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Roger Kaputnik
Synopsis: A look at the strange things people do when boating.
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Pages: 19
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One Morning in the Life of an Optician

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: An optician accidentally dislodges the eye of a former patient.
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Pages: 4
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A Mad Look at Obedience Training

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: If canine obedience training techniques were applied to humans.
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Pages: 9
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Silent Majority the Magazine for Middle America

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Putting the Right on Dept.
Synopsis: A mock magazine focusing on Middle American lifestyles.
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Pages: 15
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Start Rocking the Boat!

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Genres: humorous
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