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Issue: Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #25
Publication Date: January 1978
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Issues: #25 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:
Pages: 84
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893408025
Price: $1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 30 (25 stories, 1 cover)
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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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FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010 as The Castaway [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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On a Cold Winter Evening

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Geppetto
Synopsis: When there's no heat in the shop, it's not a good thing to be a wooden boy.
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Departments

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American Confetti

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Feature(s): There's Gold in Oldies Dept.
Character(s): Ron Howard [as Steed]; Cindy Williams [as Borey]; Richard Dreyfus [as Squirt]; Paul LeMat [as Yawn]; Charles Martin Smith [as Terrier]; Candy Clark [as Dippy]; Mackenzie Phillips [as The Brat]; Wolfman Jack [as Werewolf Wally]; Jimmy Stewart; Ringo Starr
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "American Graffiti," teenagers in 1962 California spend their waning teen years cruising, finding love and acting stupidly.
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One Sunday Morning on the Beach

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Synopsis: A man gives a drowning victim mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
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The Mad Bowling Primer

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Feature(s): Alley Be Praised Dept.
Synopsis: A satirical look at the sport of bowling.
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Trademark Graffiti

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Feature(s): Add-vertising Dept.
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You Know There's Something Fishy When...

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Other Side of the Con Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how you can tell you're being conned or set up.
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The Lighter Side of Dieting

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Synopsis: How people deal, or don't deal, with trying to lose weight.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Dave Berg draws a caricature of Mad publisher William Gaines on page 4.
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One Day in the City

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Mad's Sure-Fire Cliche Killers

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Synopsis: People respond to cliche observations of life with biting, satirical answers.
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Remember When...

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Feature(s): Then and Oww! Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how progress isn't always better.
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Don Martin Rock Posters

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A Mad History of Sex

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Bare Facts Dept.
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Mad Visits the "Realistic School of Medicine"

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hypocritical Oafs Dept.
Synopsis: An investigative reporter does a documentary on how modern medicine has caused medical school to evolve with the times.
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One Tuesday Afternoon After School

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Synopsis: A mother helps her son remove a plastic bandage.
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Wishful Thinking

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Feature(s): Opti-Missed Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how reality doesn't measure up to a person's expectations.
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The Dulltons

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Never Trust a Show About the ‘30’s Dept.
Synopsis: Parody of the television show "The Waltons".
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Biplane Buffoonery

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy tricks the Black Spy into crashing his biplane.
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Clean Ads for Dirty Movies

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Porn Free Dept.
Character(s): Linda Lovelace; Marlon Brando; Maria Schneider
Synopsis: X-Rated films are given movie posters that will appeal to a family audience.
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A Mad Guide to Status Symbols

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Feature(s): Staking Acclaim Dept.
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One Evening at a Cocktail Party

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Synopsis: A man engages an animal trainer in conversation at a party.
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Picture Road Signs We'd Like to See

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Symbol Truth Dept.
Synopsis: Picture road signs are expanded to encompass other traffic hazards.
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The Lighter Side of Minor Ailments

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: How people deal with, or don't deal with, injury and illness.
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One Fine Evening in the Castle

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A princess gets a surprise with her dinner of frog's legs.
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Picture Road Signs for Everyday Situations

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Symbol Explanation Dept.
Synopsis: Using picture signs to convey one's feelings rather than articulating them.
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My Fair Laddie

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Male Chauvinist Pig-Malion Dept.
Character(s): Burt Reynolds [as Lance]; Bella Abzug [as Dickering]; Gloria Steinem [as Henrietta]
Synopsis: The Broadway musical "My Fair Lady" is recast in reverse gender as a commentary on the modern women's liberation movement.
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One Dark Night in a Laboratory

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A mad scientist tries to animate a fabricated human body, with unexpected results.
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What Emerging Force Thinks It is Cleverly Solving the Problem of Overpopulation?

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Sexual preference is a huge factor in this issue.
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A Mad Medical Report

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Uncle Sam's medical report isn't encouraging.
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