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Issue: Mad #147
Publication Date: December 1971
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Issues: #147 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/05/1971
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 11 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as 9 Content Items in other Issues:
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975 as Condolence Cards for Business and Professional Tragedies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975 as A Mad Look at Pet Owners [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975 as Meet Sudhir Dar [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975 as One Morning on Main Street [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975 as Future Shock [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975 as The New Army [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975 as An Italian Robin Catching a Worm [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagA Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] #[nn] [unnamed variant] published March 1984 as The New Army [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010 as Future Shock [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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No! Remember Mad Said It First

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts 12

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: In a parody of the comic strip panel "Ripley's Believe It or Not," examples of odd human behavior and unbelievable events, including the Tommy Sands Fan Club and a curious fact about consumer advocate Ralph Nader.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Why Not Have the Next Issue Sent Directly to Your Home?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man has his subscription copy of Mad delivered directly to the pumpkin in which he resides.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Little Dull Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): And Another Redskin Bites the Dustin Dept.
Character(s): Dustin Hoffman [as Jerk Crabby]; Woody Allen; Tiny Tim [as the Indian Queen]; Chief Dan George [as the Cheyenne Chief]; Faye Dunaway [as the Minister's Wife]; Martin Balsam [as Mr. Merriweather]; Richard Mulligan [as General Custer]
Synopsis: Parody of the film "Little Big Man"; a one hundred twenty-one year old man recalls for an interviewer his life as the biggest schmuck in the old west.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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An Italian Robin Catching a Worm

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A robin twirls his catch on a fork like a strand of spaghetti.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as An Italian Robin Catching a Worm [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Condolence Cards for Business and Professional Tragedies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Postal Mortems Dept.
Synopsis: Condolence cards for business setbacks and missed opportunities.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as Condolence Cards for Business and Professional Tragedies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0
Disclose Notes: Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
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Future Shock

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Seer Sucker Dept.
Synopsis: A man dismisses the outlandish predictions of a reputed fortune teller.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as Future Shock [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010
as Future Shock [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The New Army

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gung Ho-Hum Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how the military has changed with the times.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as The New Army [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagA Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] #[nn] [unnamed variant] published March 1984
as The New Army [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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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 thinks he's escaped the death trap the White Spy has left him in.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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If Nixon Were President During Custer's Last Stand

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tomahawks and Doves Dept.
Character(s): Richard Nixon
Synopsis: President Nixon tries to stonewall the press's inquiries into the Massacre at Little Big Horn.
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Pages: 2
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Meet Sudhir Dar

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): New Dehli-catessen Dept.
Synopsis: Collection of single panel cartoons done by India cartoonist Sudhir Dar.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as Meet Sudhir Dar [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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The Mountain Hike

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Major Hawks; Private Doves
Synopsis: Private Doves organizes the troops on an overnight mountain hike to light their tent lanterns in a way to display a message of peace.
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Pages: 1
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The Lighter Side of Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: How people deal with the demands of punctuality.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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One Morning on Main Street

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two men enter a costume shop to buy a silly mask.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as One Morning on Main Street [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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A Mad Look at Pet Owners

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Burden of Beasts Dept.
Synopsis: A comic look at the trials of pet ownership.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as A Mad Look at Pet Owners [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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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 convinces the White Spy he has a cloak that can let him fly.
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Pages: 1
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Modern Muscle Magazine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Press and Jerks Dept.
Synopsis: A niche magazine aimed at bodybuilding enthusiasts.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Gall in the Family Fare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Bigot Man Dept.
Character(s): Carroll O'Connor [as Starchy Bunkerhill]; Jean Stapleton [as Edith Bunkerhill]; Rob Reiner [as Meek Stivic]; Sally Struthers [as Glorioski Stivic]; Adolf Hitler
Synopsis: In a parody of the TV series "All In The Family," the bigoted head of a dysfunctional family spouts his opinions to anyone and everyone while waiting for a reunion with an old army buddy.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #11 published January 1973
as Gall in the Family Fare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #82 published July 1992
as Gall in the Family Fare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Late One Thursday Morning - - Downtown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man visits a garage and is fooled by the mechanics under a car.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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What Kind of Political Bandwagon Would Many Republicans Like to See Prepared For Our V.P.?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A hint of Republican dissatisfaction with Vice President Agnew.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Three Little Nixons

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Richard Nixon
Synopsis: The famous statuette of the three little monkeys who "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil", recast to fit the Nixon administration.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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