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Issue: Mad #151
Publication Date: June 1972
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Issues: #151 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/16/1972
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (14 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
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Mad Proudly Salutes American Industry

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The Alfred E. Neuman face is a photostat from a previous Norman Mingo work.
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One Day in the Jungle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: An African game warden isn't careful where he posts his signs.
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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 to the pouch of a kangaroo in which he is staying.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Among the letters is one from Woody Gelman, promoting the Nostalgia Press publication "Horror Comics of the 1950s", which includes some old EC Comics. Additionally, Don Martin provides an illustration giving a pronunciation guide to the name "Fonebone".
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Mad Photoetry

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Light-metered Verse Dept.
Character(s): Golda Meir; Richard Nixon; Shirley Chisholm; Bella Abzug; Gloria Steinum; Pope Paul VI; Adam Clayton Powell; Spiro Agnew
Synopsis: Selected classic poetry and prose verse is printed under photos of contemporary events for ironic effect.
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Pages: 4
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In the Operating Room with Don Martin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Series of single and multiple panel gags revolving around surgeons and operations.
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Pages: 2
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Mad's Songbook for the '72 Candidates

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Strike Up the Bandwagon Dept.
Character(s): Richard Nixon; George Wallace; Spiro Agnew; Edward Kennedy; George McGovern; Hubert Humphrey; Nelson Rockefeller; John Lindsey; Edmund Muskie; Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Anthems written for the various candidates for the 1972 Presidential nomination that are descriptive of their careers and character.
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Pages: 3
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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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Miracle Center

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hypocratic Oafs Dept.
Character(s): Chad Everett [as Dr. Gammon]; James Daly [as Dr. Lockjaw]; Chris Hutson [as Nurse Chamberpot]
Synopsis: In a parody of the TV series "Medical Center," this story is a drama about a metropolitan hospital that is more concerned with a patient's back story than his or her condition.
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Pages: 5
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Letters from the Internal Revenue Service

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Eyes of Taxes Are Upon You Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of letters from the IRS to individual filers questioning attempted deductions.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #21 published January 1976
as Letters from the Internal Revenue Service [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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A Mad Look at TV Sports Interviews - - Past, Present and Future

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jocks Trapped Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of sideline reporters interviewing athletes in 1946, 1969, 1973, 1974 and 1976.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #21 published January 1976
as A Mad Look at ... TV Sports Interviews--Past, Present & Future [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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The Small Businessman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Polish Joke Dept.
Synopsis: A boy makes a lot of money with a collapsible shoe shine kit.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #21 published January 1976
as The Small Businessman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010
as The Small Businessman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The Lighter Side of Modern Technology

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Examples of people dealing, or not dealing, with modern technological advances.
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Pages: 5
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Back in the Operating Room with Don Martin During a Heart Transplant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A heart transplant patient suffers a rejection.
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Pages: 1
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When Somebody Says...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Two-Phrased Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how a person's opinion can change when the situation changes.
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Pages: 3
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Mad's Auto Manufacturer of the Year

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Doom Buggies Dept.
Character(s): Walter Cronkite; Edsel Lemmon
Synopsis: A shady, profiteering auto executive is interviewed.
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Pages: 5
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You Know Your Days Are Numbered When...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Oh-Oh! Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of acts that someone might find potentially harmful.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #21 published January 1976
as You Know Your Days Are Numbered When ... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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Carnival Knowledge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): "R" Movies Better Than Ever? Dept.
Character(s): Jack Nicholson [as Yawnathan]; Art Garfunkel [as Sappy]; Candice Bergen [as Schmoozin]; Ann-Margaret [as Boobie]; Carol Kane [as Jennifer]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "Carnal Knowledge," the story of two college students in love with the same woman.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Mort Drucker adds a caricature of the ventriloquist puppet Mortimer Snerd into the background characters on page one. Mortimer Snerd was one of the creations of ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, who was the father of movie co-star Candice Bergen.
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What Beloved American Animal Will Never Become Extinct Because of Overwhelming Public Support?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: One animal will never become extinct as long as Walt Disney Studios has anything to say about it.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Caged Dove

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A dove of peace is imprisoned behind bars made of the red stripes of the American flag.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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