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Issue: Mad #137
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/23/1970
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: With the exception of the covers, entire magazine is in black & white. First appearance of Hawks & Doves. On-sale date from 1970 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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Title Page
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In This Issue: Boob & Carnal & Tad & Alas & Alfred

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
humorous
Boob; Carnal; Tad; Alas
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Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Hawks And Dove
Major Hawks (introduction); Private Doves (introduction)
Private Doves uniquely puts a peace symbol on Major Hawks back with a beach umbrella.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #118 published February 1997
 
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This is the first appearance of the "Hawks & Doves" strip by Al Jaffee. No Dept. listed but following strips are from the "Fowl Play" Dept. Inside front cover. In color.
Departments

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Contents page featuring staff listings & what's featured in the magazine, listed by special Mad departments.
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Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Sergio Aragones; Alfred E. Neuman
Two pages featuring three sections; First section is an ad for Mad subscriptions; Middle section is Letters page with random samplings of reader mail, And third section is an ad for Mad About Mad, by Sergio Aragones.
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From the "Letters" Dept. Paul Coker's artwork appears in the subscription ad; Aragones' artwork appears in the Mad About Mad ad & Jack Davis' artwork appears in the letters section.
Boob and Carnal and Tad and Alas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Switch Hit Dept.
Mr. Sweet; Bill Cosby (cameo); Boob; Carnal; Tad; Alas
A satire of the movie, "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice".
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Miscellaneous
6
Great Non-Violent Guns!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Series of gags featuring non-violent guns.
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Miscellaneous
2
A Mad Portfolio of TV Scenes We'd Like to See

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Wide World, U.P.I. (Photos)
Wide World, U.P.I. (Photos)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Idiot-Box Rebellion Dept.
Ed Sullivan; Johnny Carson; Eddie Albert; Jerry Lewis; Ed McMahon
TV photo gags with truthful dialogue.
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Miscellaneous
2
The Lighter Side of Summer Resorts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Roger Kaputnik
Dave Berg's Lighter Side of gag section focusing on a singular topic, Summer Resorts.
Reprinting
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #14 published January 1974
 
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5
A Boy-Dog Named "Lassie"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Male Bitch Dept.
Lassie; Raymond Massey; Roddy McDowall
A parody of the song, "A Boy Named Sue", featuring Lassie.
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Miscellaneous
3
A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes of Home Services

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Gags taken place featuring home service people like plumbers, grocery delivery boys, gas company, exterminators, etc.
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Miscellaneous
2
Sports Cars We'd Like to See

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Auto-Suggestion Dept.
A series of gags featuring wacky cars designed by the insane mind of Basil Wolverton.
Reprinting
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #13 published January 1974
 
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3
Spy VS. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Black Spy; White Spy
White Spy falls for Black Spy's fake flower and hose trap.
Reprinting
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #14 published January 1974
 
Miscellaneous
1
If The World's Greatest Painters Drew the Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Prissy Percy; Harrie; Carrie; Those Girls; Cool Cats; Tillie
Famous painters drawing comic strips in their unique style.
Reprinting
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #36 [$1.75 Cover Price] published January 1981
as If the World's Great Painters Drew the Comics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagA Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] #[nn] [unnamed variant] published March 1984
as If The World's Greatest Painters Drew the Comics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Spy VS. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Black Spy; White Spy
Black Spy falls for White Spy's rubber club trap.
Reprinting
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #13 published January 1974
 
Miscellaneous
1
21st Century Outdoors Magazine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
We Will Bury Us! Dept.
Loreen Taylor; Steel Nurvs; Judy DeLizza; Joe Theismann; Carla Zammarioni
A mock magazine focusing on outdoor life and man's involvement in destroying it.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #13 published January 1974
 
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6
What They Say... And What It Really Means

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Gags featuring people saying one thing but meaning another.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as What They Say ... and What It Really Means [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
While Hanging Around the Corner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
A nose picker gives directions.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #14 published January 1974
 
Miscellaneous
1
Makeus Sickby M.D.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Sterile Cuckoos Dept.
Makeus Sickby; Richard Craven; Dr. Smiley; Brenda; Howard Cosell; Jackie Gleason
A parody of the TV series, "Marcus Welby, M.D."
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Miscellaneous
6
What Silent Majority Will We Never Hear From?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Another famous Mad Fold-In from Al Jaffee.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #14 published January 1974
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover. In color.
One Day in the Park

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
A kid tries to break a seller's balloons.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #15 published January 1975
 
Miscellaneous
1
On back cover. In color.
Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Sergio Aragones' mini textless pantomime humor gags that appear in various margins and panels on most of the pages in the magazine.
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No page count as gags appear in Various Places Around The Magazine.

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