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Issue: Mad #144
Publication Date: July 1971
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Issues: #144 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/18/1971
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1971 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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Mad - Buy It...or Leave It

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Why Not Have the Next Issue Sent Directly to Your Home?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Rapunzel has her subscription copy of Mad delivered directly to her castle.
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Pages: 0.5
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Schmoe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hippie Hunting Ground Dept.
Character(s): Peter Boyle [as Schmoe Curran]; Susan Sarandon [as Melistlist Compost]; Patrick McDermott [as Hank]; Dennis Patrick [as Bull Compost]; K. Callan [as Mrs. Curran]; Audrey Caire [as Mrs. Compost]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "Joe," an upper class father murders the drug addict boyfriend of his daughter, then teams up with a borderline psychotic construction worker to search the city's counterculture hangouts for his missing daughter.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as Shmoe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 0
Disclose Notes: Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
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The Mad Non-Smoker's Hate Book

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Where There's Smoke, There's Ire Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how inconsiderate smokers annoy people who don't smoke.
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Pages: 4
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New Movie Monsters From the Medical World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Medi-Scare Dept.
Synopsis: Horror film plots based on modern hospital practices.
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Pages: 3
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The Air Show

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Major Hawks; Private Doves
Synopsis: Private Doves alters the flight plan of a military air show to promote his peace message.
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Pages: 1
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The Lighter Side of Sound Equipment

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Satire of society's obsession with radios, record players and stereo speakers.
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Pages: 5
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One Afternoon at the Beach

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A woman folds up her compactable beach equipment.
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Make Love - - Not War

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two photos are juxtaposed against a photo of the White House to convey a message visually.
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A Collection of Mad X Ray-vings

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Everything's Coming Up Sub Rosa Dept.
Synopsis: The reality behind closed doors is revealed in a series of illustrations for ironic effect.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as A Collection of Mad X-Rayvings [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy wears an odd contraption involving a microphone and a toilet.
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The F.I.B.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Forced-Feds Dept.
Character(s): Efrem Zimbalist Jr. [as Lucas Oilyskin]; Philip Abbott [as Authority Word]; William Reynolds [as Tame Coldly]
Synopsis: In a parody of the TV series "The F.B.I.," two F.B.I. agents track down diamond thieves while making sure that the products of the show's sponsor are prominently displayed.
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Pages: 6
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Modern Art

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hung Up Dept.
Synopsis: An art gallery patron is perplexed by one of the paintings displayed.
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TV... as Viewed by the Animal World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Zoo's View Dept.
Synopsis: A television screen is displayed from the point of view of different types of animals.
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A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Recording Studio

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A look at the behind closed doors antics at a commercial recording studio.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Recording Studio [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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One Hot Summer Morning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A woman stops her husband from snoring.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as One Hot Summer Morning [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Incredible Occult Magazine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Seer-Suckers Dept.
Synopsis: A niche magazine dedicated to documenting supernatural occurrences.
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In Content Item: FlagA Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] #[nn] [unnamed variant] published March 1984
as Incredible Occult Magazine [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The American Tourists in a Tokyo Restaurant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two American tourists comply with the Japanese custom of removing one's shoes before entering.
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What Deadly Missions Are More and More Servicemen Voluntarily Going on?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Missions in Vietnam are becoming more and more focused on non-military objectives.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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The Morning Delivery

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): A Scene We'd Hate to See
Synopsis: A scene from a future where milk isn't the only necessity purchased.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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