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Issue: Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #9
Publication Date: January 1972
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Issues: #9 of 141 Issues (153 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 112
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 37 (29 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: 84-page magazine-size issue with bound-in 28-page The Nostalgic Mad #1 comic.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Magazine size
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched; some squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Departments

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Don Martin Tries 8 New Ways to Fly

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Up, Up and Oy-Vay Dept.
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Mad's Chemical Banquet

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Feature(s): Gobble the Gook Dept.
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A Mad Peek into Some... Legendary Medicine Cabinets

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Toilet Article Dept.
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When the 'No Opinion' People Become the Majority

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Feature(s): Swept Under the Shrug Dept.
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Criticisms for the Common Man

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Feature(s): Lowest Common Denunciatior Dept.
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Can a Lot

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Knight-Schtick Dept.
Character(s): Richard Harris [as Arthur King]; Vanessa Redgrave [as Vera Gwen]; Franco Nero [as Lance A. Clod]; David Hemmings [as Morbread]; Lawrence Naismith [as Merlyn M. Merlyn]
Synopsis: In a parody of the musical "Camelot," the president of a canned wax fruit corporation deals with the plots and drama of his board and his cheating wife.
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The Mad Plan to Beautify America

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Road Show Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how to reduce highway sign clutter by combining billboards and traffic signs.
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The Lighter Side of American Tourists

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Synopsis: Examples of boorish behavior from American tourists abroad and from the foreign people entertaining those tourists.
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The Mad Ice Hockey Primer

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Genres: humorous, sports
Feature(s): Sport 'n' Blood Dept.
Synopsis: Examination of the sport of ice hockey, presented in the form of a child's reading primer.
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Me and My Big Mouth

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tongue-In-Check Dept.
Synopsis: People say things they're later sorry for saying.
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If Comic Strips Covered the Burning Issues of the Day

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pen-and-Inculcation Dept.
Character(s): Superman; Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Beetle Bailey; Sgt. Orville Snorkel; Capt. Scabbard; Snoopy; Mandrake the Magician; Lothar; Popeye; Olive Oyl; Wellington J. Wimpy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Various comic strips have current social issues injected into their story lines.
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The Hunters

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Synopsis: Two hunters misuse a duck call and get a surprise.
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The Mad Poetry Round Robin

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shifting into Re-Verse Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of famous poems rewritten in the styles of different famous poets.
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A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at an Airport

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Examples of less-than-admirable events occurring at a typical airport.
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Christmas Is...

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Series of cynical examples of how Christmas has been corrupted by commercialism and greed.
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Bridge Trap

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): White Spy; Black Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy leads the Black Spy's tank across a bridge whose planks roll up behind the White Spy as he walks, sending the tank over the ledge.
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Horrifying Cliches [Part 7]

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Spooking From Pictures Dept.
Synopsis: Cliche phrases are given horrifying visualizations.
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A Mad Look at Realistic Dolls

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Maniken-Depressing Dept.
Synopsis: Children's dolls G.I. Joe and Barbie are given realistic back-stories.
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The Lighter Side of the Generation Gap

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The misunderstandings and miscommunication between generations is explored.
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In a Fancy Restaurant

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A restaurant carving station cuts more than just some ham.
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If Polls and Surveys Had Been Used Through History

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Poll-Taxed Dept.
Character(s): Franklin D. Roosevelt; Abraham Lincoln; The Beatles [John Lennon; Paul McCartney; George Harrison; Ringo Starr]; Harry Stimson
Synopsis: Examples of how history would have been altered if those involved had listened to pollsters.
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A Mad Look at...Frustration

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Feature(s): Food for Thwart Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of frustrating incidents in life.
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Odd Squad

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Teeny-Coppers Dept.
Character(s): Michael Cole [as Peek]; Clarence Williams III [as Leak]; Peggy Lipton [as Stoolie]; Tige Andrews [as Capt. Jeer]
Synopsis: In a parody of the TV series "The Mod Squad," three runaways are recruited by the police as undercover operatives and sent on inherently silly missions.
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Plunger on the Window

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): White Spy; Black Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy sticks a plunger to the inside of the White Spy's window, then uses a hose to make it appear to be raining. When the White Spy tries to shut his window the plunger handle comes down with the window and knocks him over the head.
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Signs of Status

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Display As You Go Dept.
Synopsis: Clothing or objects with messages imprinted on them denoting how affluent the owner is.
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In an Italian Restaurant

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Synopsis: A restaurant patron complains about his dish of spaghetti.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: It's Melvin!
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Disclose Notes: Cover to the Nostalgic Mad section.

Colors were previously attributed to Marie Severin, possibly based on an erroneous attribution to her for this cover’s original 1952 colors.
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Smithson John & Co.

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred [Alfred E. Neuman]
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Disclose Notes: Satire of Johnson Smith & Co. novelty catalog ads.
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Superduperman!

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Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Superduperman [Clark Bent]; Lois Pain; Copy Boy; W. Twitchell; Captain Marbles [Billy Spafon]
Synopsis: Superduperman defeats Captain Marbles by causing Marbles to punch himself out, but Superduperman still can't make it with Lois.
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Disclose Notes: A parody of both Superman and Captain Marvel.
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Melvin of the Apes!

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Genres: humorous, jungle
Character(s): Melvin of The Apes [Lord Melvin Greystroke]; Jane; Ookaballakonga tribe; Whitegreen Greystroke; Brown Greystroke; Veridian Greystroke; Magenta Greystroke; Duke Greystroke; Duchess Fushia Greystroke;
Synopsis: The Greystrokes take Melvin back to London but then flee him by going to Africa.
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Disclose Notes: Ookaballakonga is spelled Ookabollakonga in this story.
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Beware of Imitations!

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad Magazine
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Outer Sanctum!

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Ramon; The Professor; Heap
Synopsis: The Professor creates Heap and uses him to rob banks until Heap leaves to find a mate.
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Beautiful Girl of the Month Reads MAD

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of LIFE cover.
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What Gift Will Many Holiday Party Revelers Pick Up on the Drive Home?

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A warning against holiday drinking and driving.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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The Tomb of the Unknown Smoker

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Model of a graveyard monument to smoking victims.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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