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Issue: Mad #82
Publication Date: October 1963
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Issues: #82 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/13/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (17 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #36 [$1.75 Cover Price] published January 1981 as Comicland [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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In Content Item: FlagMad #487 published March 2008
as What The Heck Is The Difference? [Activity on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Does This Ad Look Blurred to You?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The text of an ad is intentionally printed out of focus to trick readers into visiting an optometrist.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Future Talking Ads

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Blurbs is Coming Dept.
Synopsis: Parody of the style of advertisement where inanimate objects talk to each other, taking to absurd extreme.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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The Nurtzes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ward Healers Dept.
Character(s): Shirl Conway [as Lizz Throb]; Zina Bethune [as Gale Luckless]; Ed Begley Sr. [as Ed Bagel]; Nehemiah Persoff [as Nehemiah Perstop]; Dina Merrill [as Dina Peril]
Synopsis: In a parody of the CBS TV series "The Nurses," a cynical veteran nurse mentors a naive and slightly dim student nurse through the wards of an incompetent hospital.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Mad's Report on Progress

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Patent Panning Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how advancements in technology haven't necessarily made our lives better.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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The Masterpiece

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Elizabeth Taylor [as Cleopatra]; Richard Burton [as Marc Antony]
Synopsis: An artist finishes the portrait he was laboring on.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Comicland

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Henry; Daisy Mae; Nancy; Smitty; Dondi; Kayo Mullins; Marcia Mason; Junior Tracy; Punjab; Mary Worth; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer
Synopsis: Scandal tabloid-style magazine focused on the private lives of famous comic strip characters.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #36 [$1.75 Cover Price] published January 1981
as Comicland [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: There is also a fictional ad in the magazine for glamor photos of various comic strip characters, including Prince Valiant, The Dragon Lady, Mary Perkins, Eve Jones, Winnie Winkle and Miss Mizzou.
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The Black Spy confuses the White Spy with a spring-loaded blackjack.
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Pages: 1
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The Lighter Side of Parents (of Little Kids)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Series of cartoons satirizing the relationship between parents and their children.
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Pages: 3
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What If Hollywood Were to Follow the Trend Towards Long and Pretentious Titles for TV Dramas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Marquee De Sad Dept.
Character(s): Alfred Hitchcock; Chubby Checker
Synopsis: Pedantic, over-descriptive titles for new television shows.
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Pages: 2
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On a Saturday Afternoon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A father complains about his son's obsession with the game "piggyback".
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Pages: 1
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The Trend Towards Swimming Pools as a Status Symbol

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Making a Bigt Splash Dept.
Synopsis: Swimming pools adapted to fit any urban situation.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Psychoanalysis by Mail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Postal Introspection Dept.
Synopsis: A mail-order, do-it-yourself psychoanalysis kit.
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Pages: 3
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Wheelers and Dealers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Auto-Suggestion Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of outrageous car designs.
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Pages: 2
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New Opportunities for Recent Grads

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mind Your Own Business Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of business opportunities that can grow from current urban problems.
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Pages: 3
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Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Gray Spy
Synopsis: The Gray Spy fakes out the other spies with a dummy stick of dynamite.
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Pages: 1
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For the Birds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hitchcock-a-Doodle-Doo Dept.
Character(s): Tippi Hedren; Rod Taylor; Suzanne Pleshette; Jessica Tandy; Ethel Griffies; Alfred Hitchcock
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "The Birds," a woman tries to warn a seaside town of an impending attack by the local bird population, but her erratic behavior causes her not to be believed.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Speed] (photo)
Inker(s): ? [as Speed] (photo)
Colorist(s): ? [as Speed] (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Trust your car
Synopsis: Parody of Texaco print ads; a motorist is stopped on the highway by a highway patrol officer for a moving violation.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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