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Issue: Mad #148
Publication Date: January 1972
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Issues: #148 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/16/1971
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (18 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1972 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:  
Disclose Reprinted In18
reprinted 9 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 Answers to Children's Letters--From Santa [Photo Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975 as The Lighter Side of ... Living Space [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975 as Congressional Off-the-Record [Photo Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975 as If the Characters in "Peanuts" Aged Like Ordinary People [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975 as A Mad Look at Water Beds [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975 as The Trauma of '42 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagA Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] #[nn] [unnamed variant] published March 1984 as If the Characters in "Peanuts" Aged Like Ordinary People [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagA Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] #[nn] [unnamed variant] published March 1984 as Mad's Rhyming Guide to Pro Football [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010 as The Great Escape Plot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Sword Duel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A sword duel ends badly for the winner because of gravity.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Among the letters are one from Hollywood script writer Sol Weinstein and a picture of "Five Easy Pieces" co-stars Jack Nicholson, Helena Kallianiotes and Michelle Phillips reading an issue of Mad.
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Haunted By the Ghost of Christmas Presents?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Ebeneezer Scrooge; Alfred E. Neuman [as Jacob Marley]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMad #116 published January 1968
was Haunted By the Ghost of Christmas Presents? [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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If the Characters in "Peanuts" Aged Like Ordinary People

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Charlie Brown; Linus Van Pelt; Schroeder; Violet; Snoopy; Woodstock; Lucy Van Pelt; Pigpen
Synopsis: Glimpses of the age-progressed cast of "Peanuts" at various stages of their lives.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as If the Characters in "Peanuts" Aged Like Ordinary People [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagA Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] #[nn] [unnamed variant] published March 1984
as If the Characters in "Peanuts" Aged Like Ordinary People [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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When Madison Avenue Appeals to Extremists

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hard-Core-Sell Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of print advertising aimed at fringe demographics.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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The Trauma of '42

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Three to Get Ready Dept.
Character(s): Gary Grimes [as Wormy]; Jennifer O'Neill [as Mrs. Pushover]; Jerry Houser [as Husky]; Oliver Conant [as Beanie]
Synopsis: Parody of the film "The Summer of '42"; an awkward teen has a series of awkward encounters with an older woman waiting for her husband to return from the war.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as The Trauma of '42 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Mort Drucker slips Linus Van Pelt and Moon Mullins into the backgrounds of two panels on page 5.
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Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0
Disclose Notes: Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
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The Great Escape Plot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Con Vex Dept.
Synopsis: The plans for a plot to escape from prison gets passed on to one person too many.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010
as The Great Escape Plot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Don Martin in a Play-Land

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man has a series of problems with an arcade game.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Lighter Side of Living Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Satire of modern society's attempts to deal with urban sprawl.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as The Lighter Side of ... Living Space [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Electric Train

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Major Hawks; Private Doves
Synopsis: Private Doves is assigned to put together the toy train set of the Major's son. He uses the opportunity to convey his message of peace.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Answers to Children's Letters - - from Santa

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Santa answers letters from children.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as Answers to Children's Letters--From Santa [Photo Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy thinks he's sabotaged The Black Spy's ability to retaliate.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mad's Rhyming Guide to Pro Football

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pros and Poetry Dept.
Character(s): John Niland; Dick Butkus; Fran Tarkenton; Ben Davidson; Steve Cox; Pat Sumerall; Howard Cosell
Synopsis: An explanation, in rhyme, of the positions, strategies and coverages of pro football.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagA Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] #[nn] [unnamed variant] published March 1984
as Mad's Rhyming Guide to Pro Football [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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One Thursday Afternoon on the Moon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two astronauts on a moon walk find their lunar rover stripped.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Behind the Scenes at an Underground Newspaper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The antics and editorial decisions of a counter-culture oriented newspaper are revealed.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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A Mad Look at Waterbeds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Asleep on the Deep Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of the pitfalls of owning a waterbed.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as A Mad Look at Water Beds [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy uses trained fleas to harass the Black Spy.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Messy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Turkey An' the Store Dept.
Character(s): Lorne Greene; Betty White
Synopsis: Satire of the silly floats and balloons of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the antics of the people who watch it, and the network television coverage of it.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Daily Congressional Off-The-Record

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Senate and House Organ Dept.
Synopsis: A newsletter covering Congress and the actions of the elected representatives.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as Congressional Off-the-Record [Photo Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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What Is Really Bugging Most Americans?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Jab at F.B.I. domestic surveillance tactics.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Caesar Made the Salad

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of a Wishbone Salad Dressing television ad; The crowd at a Roman Forum react to Caesar's claim of credit for the salads.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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