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Issue: Mad #117
Publication Date: March 1968
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Issues: #117 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/26/1967
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1967 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
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Let Us Spray

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Mad Annual complete with pull out stencils. Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: The letters page includes a letter signed by Star Trek producer Gene Roddenberry and actors William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, commenting on Mad's parody of them. A photo of Shatner and Nimoy, in costume, reading the issue, is included.
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Will Success Spoil Charlie Brown?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Charlie Brown; Lucy Van Pelt; Linus Van Pelt; Schroeder; Pig Pen; Violet; Snoopy; Patty; Shermie
Synopsis: In a parody of “Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?”, a former friend of Charlie Brown of the Peanuts comic strip visits the old neighborhood and finds that the characters of the strip have let success change them.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #36 [$1.75 Cover Price] published January 1981
as Will Success Spoil Charlie Brown? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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Letters to a Congressman...That Were Answered by Form Letters by That Congressman

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Peter Andrews
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): R.S.V.P-U. Dept.
Synopsis: A constituent tries to communicate with his Congressman, but only gets a form letter response that can't even get his name right.
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Out West

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man driving in the desert is menaced by a flock of vultures.
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Pages: 2
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A Mad Look at Sky Diving

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Sky Above, The Thud Below Dept.
Synopsis: A cynical examination of the equipment and training that comes with sky diving.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #41 [$2.25 Cover Price] published January 1982
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Pages: 5
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Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Disclose Notes: Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
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Mad Graffiti

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cracks On The Walls Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of humorous graffiti allegedly found on the walls of public restroom stalls.
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Honest Comments on TV

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Snow Removal Dept.
Character(s): Robert Kennedy; Pete Franklin; Richard Nixon; Lawrence Spivak; Lyndon Johnson
Synopsis: How different genres of TV shows would be affected if the interviewees told the truth instead of sticking to safe talking points.
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The Mad Library of Extremely Thin Books

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Narrow-Minded Dept.
Synopsis: A collection of books with very little content.
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Disclose Notes: The bookends are the right and left halves of Alfred E. Neuman's head.
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy thinks he's discovered The Black Spy's secret sub base.
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Air Pollution Problems of the Future

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Chokes on You Dept.
Synopsis: New types of air pollution that will be caused by new social movements.
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Pages: 3
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You Know You're Really Married When...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bawl and Chain Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of behavior changes couples undergo after being married for a while.
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The Lighter Side of Clothes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Satirical look at American fashion and its effect on perception of other people.
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Welcome Aboard Speeches

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Trip-Schticks Dept.
Synopsis: If passengers got welcome speeches on other means of transportation like they do on airlines.
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One Day Last Summer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two bums find a bottle they think contains liquor.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #5 published January 1971
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Mad's Medical Mother Goose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Taking a Gander at Quacks Dept.
Synopsis: Nursery rhymes written to satirize the medical profession.
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Pages: 3
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy tries to plant a listening device in the White Spy's headquarters.
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The "Sam Pebbles"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Yangtze Go Home Dept.
Character(s): Steve McQueen [as Jake Holenhead]; Candice Bergen [as Shrilly DuGood]; Edgar Bergen; Richard Crenna [as the Captain]; Richard Attenborough [as Reverend DuGood]; Mako [as the coolie]; Emmanuelle Arsan [as Dingaling]; Mao tse-Tung; Chou en-Lai
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "The Sand Pebbles," a surly sailor aboard a U.S. Naval vessel meets a corrupt priest and his dimwitted daughter in Southeast Asia.
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Pages: 5
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Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Lyndon Johnson; Hubert Humphrey; Wilt Chamberlain
Synopsis: Parody of the "Ripley's Believe It or Not" panel cartoon; Various human physical and behavioral oddities are presented.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #5 published January 1971
as Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
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What Is the Most Expensive Accessory Item Young Car-Buyers Purchase?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The one car accessory they don't sell at the dealership.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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The Further She Is...The Closer You Should Look

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of Clairol hair color print ads; Use Clear-All field glasses to make sure that person you're lusting after is who you think it is.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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