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Issue: Mad #125
Publication Date: March 1969
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Issues: #125 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/31/1968
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1969 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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Warning! One Man's Magazine May Be Another Man's Poison

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
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Snow Job

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A woman waits for the right moment in order to maximize the sympathy factor of her plea.
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Among the reader letters is an illustrated cartoon missive from Peanuts artist Charles Schulz.
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Why Not Have the Next Issue Sent Directly to Your Home?

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Synopsis: A vampire has his subscription copy of Mad delivered directly to his coffin.
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201 Minutes of a Space Idiocy

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Kier Dullea [as Bowtie]; Gary Lockwood [as Poop]; William Sylvester [as Dr. Haywire]; Leonard Rossiter [as Dr. Smyles]
Synopsis: Parody of the film "2001: A Space Odessey"; two astronauts are sent to investigate a monolith found on the moon.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Mort Drucker draws one of the apes dancing around the monolith with Fred Flintstone's face.
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Don Martin on the Golf Course

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Golfers experience odd occurrences on the links.
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Drawn Out Dramas

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Genres: humorous
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Disclose Notes: Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
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A Portfolio of Mad Portraits

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Deface Is Familiar Dept.
Character(s): John Lindsey; Liberace; Hugh Hefner; Ronald Reagan; Charles DeGaulle; Gamel Abdul Nasser; Eugene McCarthy; Pablo Picasso; Timothy Leary; J. Edgar Hoover; Twiggy; Richard Nixon
Synopsis: Faces of celebrities are superimposed onto the bodies of other people or animals for ironic effect.
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Spy vs. Spy

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy leads the Black Spy into a chasm.
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The Lighter Side of Teenage Dances

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Satirical look at dances as popular teenage social gatherings.
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Spy vs. Spy

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy strafes what he thinks is a stranded Black Spy.
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Tiny Tim's Wallet

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Odd-Ball in the Back Pocket Dept.
Synopsis: Examining the contents of the wallet of entertainer Tiny Tim.
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A Mad Look at Sex Education in the Schools

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Who's Minding the Stork Dept.
Synopsis: Speculation of the possible effects of sex education being taught in elementary school.
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Mad's Book Publisher of the Year

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Garbage Disposal Dept.
Synopsis: Mad interviews a shady book publisher.
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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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Me and My Big Mouth 2

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tongue-In-Check Dept.
Synopsis: People say things they're later sorry for saying.
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The Mad Poetry Round Robin

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shifting into Re-Verse Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of famous poems rewritten in the styles of different famous poets.
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In Content Item: FlagA Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] #[nn] [unnamed variant] published March 1984
as The Mad Poetry Round Robin [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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You Know You've Really Made It When...

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Status-Sphere Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of signs that you now lead a successful life.
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If Comic Characters Were Psychoanalyzed

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Charlie Brown; Snoopy; Dagwood Bumstead; Blondie Bumstead; Alexander Bumstead; Cookie Bumstead; Mr. Dithers; Donald Duck; Beetle Bailey; Sgt. Snorkel; Mary Worth
Synopsis: Comic strip characters show that psychoanalytic advice isn't always the solution to one's problems.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #36 [$1.75 Cover Price] published January 1981
as If Comic Characters Were Psychoanalyzed [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad #503 published May 2010
as The MAD Vault 1969 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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In the Hall of Fame

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man in an art gallery gets a surprise.
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What Is the One Thing Protest Marches Have Greatly Improved

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: One industry is actually benefiting from protest marches.
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Cemetery Fillers Cigarettes

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Adolph Hitler endorses a brand of cigarettes.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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