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Issue: Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #97
Publication Date: January 1994
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Issues: #97 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: 76
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UPC/EAN: 07099234080442
Price: $3.95 USD
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Content Items: 28 (21 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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Collector's Series #8

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First Line: Save money!
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Some Useful Mad Gadgets for... Slob-Proofing Your Home

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mess Hysteria Dept.
Synopsis: Gadgets designed to keep your home clean from the assaults of thoughtless people.
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Mad's "Cliche Conversation" Killers

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Puncturing cliche conversation starters in various social gatherings.
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One Day at the Bullfights

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Synopsis: At a bullfight, neither the matador nor the bull are what they seem.
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A Mad Guide to the Modern American Class System

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Status Quotients Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how people react to situations, and how situations react to them, based on their economic status.
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Popicorn

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Butterfly McQueen Dept.
Character(s): Steve McQueen [as Poppicorn]; Dustin Hoffman [as Louisi Engraver]; Victor Jory [as the Chief]
Synopsis: Parody of the film "Papillon"; a prisoner in a Hellish island French prison persists in trying to escape in the face of all odds.
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S.O.S.

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Character(s): Black Spy; White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy sends out an S.O.S. The White Spy responds, intending to bomb the Black Spy's raft, but the raft is a decoy for a vessel which shoots the White Spy's plane out of the sky.
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The Mad Ice Hockey Primer

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Genres: humorous
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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A Nostalgic Look at Dogs

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mongrel Hoardes Dept.
Synopsis: A cynical look at boys and their dogs.
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The Office Workers' Hall of Fame

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Feature(s): On the Job, Straining Dept.
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Presenting More Original Mad Covers and One Mad Moment Later

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Seconding Our Notion Dept.
Synopsis: Previous Mad covers are reprinted with illustrations of what happened next accompanying them.
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A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Fancy Restaurant

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Synopsis: The behind the scenes antics of restaurant employees are depicted.
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Official Top Secret Rules for Mad's Spy vs. Spy Combat Card Game!

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Disclose Notes: Two pages of instructions (b&w) and six pages of punch out game cards on heavy stock paper.
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A Portfolio of Mad Blooming-Idiosyncrasies

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Feature(s): Flowery Language Dept.
Synopsis: Different terms illustrated by types of flowers.
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Why Spy?

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Feature(s): Caustic Agents Dept.
Character(s): Robert Culp [as Kitty]; Bill Cosby [as Scoot]
Synopsis: In a parody of the television series "I Spy", two secret agents travel to Hong Kong undercover as tennis pros looking for a kidnapped atomic scientist/part-time swimsuit model.
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Plane with Machine Guns

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The Lighter Side of Traveling

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Synopsis: Collection of cartoons with a travel theme.
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You Know You've Really Made It When...

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Feature(s): Status-Sphere Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of signs that you now lead a successful life.
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A Mad Look at Commuting

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Synopsis: The trials of trying to get from your home to your job.
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Zappy Endings We'd Like to See

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The Mad Travel Agency's Specialized Tours for You and Your Neurosis

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Feature(s): Sick Transit Gloriously Dept.
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Sure-Fire Ticket Deterrents for Frustrated Drivers

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Synopsis: Examples of notes that can be left on windshields in order to forestall a ticket.
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The Mad Poetry Round Robin

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Synopsis: Examples of famous poems rewritten in the styles of different famous poets.
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One Night in a Police Station

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Synopsis: A crime victim works with a police sketch artist on a composite of the perpetrator.
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What Is the Most Explicitly Taught Subject in the World?

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Synopsis: A portrait of what will steal the future.
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The New Yorker

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Synopsis: Parody of New Yorker Magazine; The famous New Yorker aristocrat finds his modern city has become a dangerous place.
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