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Issue: Mad #98
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/17/1965
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (17 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1965 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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
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Alfred E. Neuman
A dolphin trains Alfred how to perform tricks while other dolphins watch.
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Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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The letters page features letters with pictures from Mick Jagger (of The Rolling Stones), Gerry Marsden (of Gerry & the Pacemakers); Herman's Hermits, and Donna Douglas (Elly Mae Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies).
Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
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Parody of the "Ripley's Believe It or Not" cartoon panel; examples of ordinary people with unique talents or circumstances.
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Surfing

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Only For the Board-Minded Dept.
Satirical look at the sport of surfing.
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Miscellaneous
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A Dreadful Day

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A woman tries to rescue her husband from a well.
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Flapper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
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Defeating the Porpoise Dept.
Brian Kelly [as Porter Ricks]; Luke Halpin [as Sandy Ricks]; Tommy Norden [as Bud Ricks]
In a parody of the TV series "Flipper," the story of a boring game warden, his two sons and the dolphin (or porpoise) who is smarter than all of them put together.
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Mad's Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions

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A choice of sarcastic answers to typical oblivious questions is provided.
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Miscellaneous
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Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
The Black Spy; The White Spy
The Black Spy fools the White Spy with a fake fire.
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Fight Songs For the Common Man

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New lyrics are added to famous songs to reflect the trials and tribulations of common people.
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Mad's Summer Camp for Adults

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Subject Matter
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Fuddy-Duddy Buddy System Dept.
A summer camp with activities designed specifically for adults.
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Early One Morning

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Subject Matter
humorous
A man does his morning exercises.
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The Mad Academy Awards for Small Businessmen

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Subject Matter
humorous
Counter-Acting Dept.
Giving awards to small business operators who provide creative lack of service to their customers.
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Miscellaneous
5
Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
The Black Spy; The White Spy
The White Spy acquires a trained gorilla to guard his complex.
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Miscellaneous
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The Mad United States Foreign Policy Primer

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Subject Matter
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Lyndon Johnson; Alfred E. Neuman
Examination of U.S. foreign policy in the form of a children's primer.
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The Lighter Side of Summer Evenings

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Satirical look at summer activities.
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4
Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy

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The Black Spy; The White Spy; The Gray Spy
The Gray Spy lures the other spies into the middle of a cattle stampede.
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Lord Jump

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Subject Matter
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Two Years Before the Masochist Dept.
Peter O'Toole [as Lord Jump]; Jack Hawkins [as Jack Hawknose]; Eli Wallach [as The General]; Daliah Lavi [as The Girl]
In a parody of the film "Lord Jim," a sailor branded for cowardice falls into a confrontation between island natives and a mad General and stays cowardly.
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Miscellaneous
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Popeye and Charlie Brown make cameos in the story.
One Summer Afternoon

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Three children play with balloons.
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Who Are the Disaster Victims That Nobody Helps?

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Al Jaffee points out one disaster area that remains a disaster area.
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Inside back cover.
The Day That "Ajax" Got That Housewife Out of the Kitchen a Little Too Fast

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Subject Matter
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Parody of Ajax Cleanser TV commercials; A canister of Ajax pulls a woman through a door at high speed.
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Back cover.

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