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Issue: Mad #510
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 60
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UPC/EAN: 07447033230508
Price: $5.99 USD
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Content Items: 31 (16 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color (#1-23, 400-550); color cover with black & white interior (#24-399)
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US (#1-23); magazine size (#24 onward)
Paper Stock: glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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In Dumbest Day...

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A different version of the oath of the ring.
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How To Train Your Dragon Series

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How To Train Your Dragon Series
Ad for book series from Little, Brown and Company.
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inside front cover
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Departments

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Green Lunkhead [Hack Boredom]; Katie Couric; Slick Hair-Is-Gone; Captain Kangaroo; Captain Jack Sparrow
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Labeled "It's the List We Can Do Dept.". The feature "The Boxers Rebellion Department" is phony and does not actually appear in the issue.
Art is from various articles in this issue.
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Random Samplings of Reader Mail

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Al Shams; Vanessa Carter; Judy Keenan; Earl Holden
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Jane Fonda; Al Jaffee; Katie Keenan; Alyssa (Prohias ?)
Letters, photos and fan art, including a Morse code tattoo on Antonio Prohias' grandaughter, Spy Vs. Spy sculptures, and a 90th birthday card from Al Jaffee.
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An Incredible, Spectacular Offer for NEW Subscribers Only!

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MAD Magazine
Ad for subscriptions, giving away the Alfred E. Neuman portraits that were sold from 1966-1984.
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Spy vs Spy Gear & Gifts

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Ad for Spy vs. Spy merchandise.
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[untitled]

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informational, non-fiction
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Humorous Stupidious!

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MAD Presents Harry Potter
House ad for special edition collecting MAD's Harry Potter spoofs.
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Lists the on sale date as July 19.
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The Fundalini Pages

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Michael Grinspan; Kiernan P. Schmidt
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When The Going Gets Duff; New Trends: The Cover We Didn't Use; Celebrity Cause-of-Death Betting Odds; Top Tourist Attractions In 2058; The Fast Five; Plugged Nickel; Worst Selling Exotic Pets; On Sale Now
Lindsay Lohan; Newt Gingrich; Donald Trump; Meatloaf; Stephen Hawking; Snooki
Various short satires of pop culture.
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Additional features are: Obama-Haters' Reactions to the Killing of Osama Bin Laden; What Lindsay Lohan Learned During Her Community Service At The L.A. Morgue
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Terminated

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In the Line of Fired Dept.; A MAD Poster Parody
Kieth Olbermann; Glenn Beck; Katie Couric
Parody of posters for the Terminator movies, retitled as Terminated movies, featuring TV news personalities whose shows have been canceled.
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Appears in 3 different places in the magazine, one page for each celebrity.
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Green Lunkhead

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Sewing His Wild Oath Dept.
Green Lunkhead [Hack Boredom]; Green Lunkhead [Turhan-Be]; Green Lunkhead [Strepthro]; Green Lunkhead [Sillyfrog]; Green Lunkhead [Lucky the Leprechaun] (cameo); Green Lunkhead [Shrek] (cameo); Green Lunkhead [Baby Bop] (cameo); Green Lunkhead [Kermit] (cameo); Green Lunkhead [Oscar the Grouch] (cameo); Green Lunkhead [Green M&M] (cameo); Green Lunkhead [Teletubby Dipsy] (cameo); Green Lunkhead [Mr. Yuk] (cameo); Green Lunkhead [Yertle the Turtle] (cameo); Green Lunkhead [The Grinch] (cameo); Green Lunkhead [Broom Hilda] (cameo); Green Lunkhead [Mike Wazowski] (cameo); Green Lunkhead [Elliott (from Pete's Dragon)] (cameo); Green Lunkhead [Geico Gecko] (cameo); Green Lunkhead [Little Pod] (cameo); Green Lunkhead [Angry Bird] (cameo); Green Lunkhead [Toy Story Little Green Man] (cameo); Green Lunkhead [Yoshi] (cameo); Green Lunkhead [The Philly Phanatic] (cameo); Green Lunkhead [Star Wars cantina alien] (cameo); Green Lunkhead [Tick-Tock the Croc] (cameo); Gardengnomes of Oo-Wee; Pairofslax; Carol Ferrets; Hector Hamstrung; Mr. Hamstrung (Hector's father)
A parody of the Green Lantern movie, filled with just about every green pop culture character you can imagine.
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FlagMad About Super Heroes #[nn] published January 2012
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When Ventriloquists Go Bad

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Throwing Their Vice Dept.
A number of ways antisocial ventriloquists can plague society.
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A MAD Look at Celebrity Life

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A look at the problems that public recognition causes celebrities.
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Bored Bath & Be Gone

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Rotten To The Store Dept.
Phony ad flyer highlighting products from the "Things That Convert Into Other Things Sale." Parody of Bed Bath & Beyond stores.
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How Does Captain America Stack Up Against Other Legendary Captains?

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Military Zeroes Dept.
Captain Morgan; Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger; Captain Lou Albano; Captain Hawkeye Pierce; Captain Von Trapp; Captain Kangaroo; Captain Jack Sparrow; Captain Ahab
Humorous comparisons between each captain and Captain America.
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Spy vs. Spy

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In one story, the spies engage in feigned suicides to get the better of each other. In the second story, the White Spy encounters poison ivy while trying to reach the Black Spy.
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Romance: Before & After The Economic Slump

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The Cost of Loving Index Dept.
Ways the poor economy may have affected love life.
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Stupidity Never Sleeps!

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The Idiotical
House ad for MAD's new blog, The Idiotical.
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Art is excerpts from various features, including an image from Don Martin.
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The Strip Club

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Pete Tamburino
Pete Tamburino
Pete Tamburino
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Pete Tamburino
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humorous
Pen And Stink Dept.; Good Enough!; That Sinking Feeling; The Machine That Travels Through Time; Nitemare Zone; Lil Popi
Jungle Jeff; Tofu; Lil' Popi; Rex
A collection of comic strips.
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Other features are: I'm Afraid It's Very Serious; Jungle Jeff; Rex In The City; and Got Your Nose.
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The #1 App in America!

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It Was App To Happen Dept.; A MAD Ad Parody
Angry Birds; Osama Pig Laden
Ad parody for "Angry Birds Team Six Navy Seals Edition."
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Planet Tad!!!!!

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Tad discusses his efforts to earn money for an amusement park ticket.
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A MAD Look at Burial at Sea

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The MAD Vault; The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Lame Dept.
Things that might go wrong with a burial at sea.
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New Monopoly Cards That Reflect The Sleazy Way Business Is Really Done

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Community Jest Dept.
Rich Uncle Pennybags
Proposed new Chance and Community Chest cards for Monopoly, with amounts in the multi-millions.
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MAD Pins Down Some Truly Shocking WWE: Did You Knows?

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Bored of The Ring Dept.
The Undertaker; Kane; Triple-H; Hubert H. Humphrey; Linda McMahon; Vince McMahon; Rey Mysterio; Jerry "The King" Lawler
Goofy wrestling news items under the heading of the Did You Know feature used by World Wrestling Entertainment TV.
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On Sale Now Wherever Books Are Still Sold!

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MAD's Greatest Artists
House ad for book of Sergio Aragones' work.
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Yawn Stars

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Hock Around The Clock Dept.
Slick Hair-Is-Gone; Big Loss; the Old Man; Chunky
Parody of the TV show Pawn Stars.
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The Shadow Knows

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Light Makes Right Dept.
Shadows reveal people's true intentions.
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The Least Interesting Man in The World

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We Have Nothing To Fear but Beer Itself Dept.; A MAD Ad Parody
Satire of Dos Equis Beer ads featuring the Most Interesting Man In The World.
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What Despicable Group Is Scorned around the Country Wherever They Go?

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Answer is The Miami Heat.
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inside back cover
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Drawn Out Dramas

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Puss-in-Boots
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Gags appear on 16 different pages.
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The Time Has Come!

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Alpocalypse
Weird Al Yankovic
Ad for latest album by Weird Al Yankovic.
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back cover

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