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Issue: Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #39
Publication Date: January 1982
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Issues: #39 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: 84
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893408022
Price: $2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 31 (26 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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Genres: humorous
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The Castaway

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Synopsis: A man marooned on a desert atoll sends a message in a bottle.
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Table of Contents

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The Omenous

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Feature(s): Peck's Bad Boy Dept.
Character(s): Gregory Peck [as Mr. Ambassador]; Lee Remick [as Mrs. Ambassador]; Billie Whitelaw [as Mrs. Warlock]; David Warner [as Jennings]; Patrick Troughton [as the priest]; Leo McKern [as the exorcist]; Harvey Stephens [as Demon]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "The Omen," an out-of-touch upper class couple find that they're raising Satan's little boy.
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Early One Morning Out on the Bay

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A Mad Look at Winter

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Feature(s): Ice Pix Dept.
Synopsis: Series of cartoons satirizing life during winter.
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Mad Diplomacy in Every Day Life Situations

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Feature(s): Taking Another Tact Dept.
First Line: There's an old adage that goes: 'It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it!'
Synopsis: Presents ways of making terrible situations sound wonderful.
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One Afternoon in Acapulco

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Synopsis: A cliff diver picks the wrong place to dive.
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Mad "Death" Announcements

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Feature(s): Mourning Glories Dept.
Synopsis: Death announcements written to vary from the normal formula style.
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The Lighter Side of Health Nuts

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Synopsis: Presenting the odd things people do to stay healthy.
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One Afternoon While Running an Errand

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Synopsis: A boy leaves his skateboard unattended in the wrong neighborhood.
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More What's the Story...?

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Feature(s): Incident Replay Dept.
Synopsis: Pictures as word balloons show what led up to the depicted scene.
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The Mad Guide to Parental Hang-Ups

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Feature(s): Home Groan Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how parents are unintentionally exasperating their kids.
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When Members of Our Armed Forces Join a Union

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Feature(s): Look for the "Union" Army Dept.
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Early One Morning in South America

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First Line: Do you have any last words...?
Synopsis: A man successfully avoids the firing squad.
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Government Checks for Not Doing Anything

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Feature(s): Parity Begins at Home Dept.
Synopsis: Ordinary citizens receive government subsidies to not do something considered harmful.
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Lavoine & Shoiley

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Feature(s): Broad Humor Dept.
Character(s): Lavoine; Shoiley; Pop; Squeegee; Loonie; The Funz; Coalmine
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Disclose Notes: Parody of the TV series "Laverne & Shirley"
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How Come You Worry about ... When ...

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Feature(s): Waste Measurements Dept.
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One Morning Back on Main Street

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Synopsis: A cement mason deals with a rotten kid.
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Mad's Academy Awards for Jocks

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Feature(s): Athlete's Feat Dept.
Synopsis: Awards are given to sports celebrities for dysfunctional behavior.
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Disclose Notes: Nominees are thinly veiled parodies of actual sports personalities Billy Martin, Walter O'Malley, Wilt Chamberlain, Ilie Nastase, Jimmy Connors, Weeb Eubanks, Angelo Dundee and Muhammed Ali.
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If Other Businesses Offered "No-Frills" Service

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Feature(s): Minimum's the World Dept.
Synopsis: Other businesses slash perks to lower the cost to consumers, just as the airlines have.
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The Lighter Side of... Afternoons

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One Evening on a Rooftop in Texas

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You're an Eternal Optimist If ...

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Spy vs. Spy

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Character(s): Black Spy; White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy thinks he has an opportunity to ambush the White Spy.
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Testimonial Roasts for Ordinary People

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Feature(s): Clod-Boppers Dept.
Character(s): Frank Sinatra; Little Annie Fanny; Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Goofy; Henny Youngman; Foster Brooks; Steve Allen; Don Rickles; David Steinberg; Jan Murray; Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Alan King; Howard Cosell; Dean Martin; Burt Reynolds; Johnny Carson; Jack Carter; Pat Paulsen; Phyllis Diller; Totie Fields; Rodney Dangerfield
Synopsis: The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast hosts an ordinary citizen rather than a celebrity.
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The Mad Like... Love... Hate Book

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Feature(s): Progressive Razz Dept.
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One Monday Afternoon in a Downtown Jewelry Store

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Nutwork

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Feature(s): Tele Like it is! Dept.
Character(s): Faye Dunaway [as Diana]; William Holden [as Max]; Peter Finch [as Harrowed Bile]; Robert Duvall [as Hatchet]; The Assassination Squad [Harry Reasoner; Walter Cronkite; John Chancellor; Barbara Walters]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "Network," an embittered newscaster uses his television spot to perform anti-social acts and a programming executive decides to make a series out of it.
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What Popular Source of Energy Is Short-Lived and of Questionable Value?

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Mad Salutes the Automobile Industry

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Synopsis: An auto falls apart as it comes off the assembly line.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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