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Issue: Mad #175
Publication Date: June 1975
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Issues: #175 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
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Content Items: 20 (15 stories, 1 cover)
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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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FlagNorsk Mad #4/1981 published November 1981 as En dag på sykehuset [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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The Frog Prince

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A princess kisses a frog, hoping for a handsome prince.
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What's Entertainment?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Best Footage Forward Dept.
Character(s): Frank Sinatra; Elizabeth Taylor; Peter Lawford; Mickey Rooney; Jimmy Stewart; Bing Crosby; Gene Kelly; Debbie Reynolds; Donald O'Connor; Red Skelton; Alfred E. Neuman; Phil Silvers; Fred Astaire; Judy Garland; Jack Haley [as the Tin Man]; Ray Bolger [as the Scarecrow]; Bert Lahr [as the Cowardly Lion]; Clark Gable; Jimmy Durante; Myrna Loy; William Powell; Walter Pidgeon; Joan Crawford; Esther Williams
Synopsis: Parody of major motion picture releases which are basically cheaply assembled clip shows of past film releases.
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Pages: 7
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One Morning on an Assembly Line

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man is assembled in order to receive an award.
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Rich is Better

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Credit-Ability Gap Dept.
Synopsis: Pictures of actual objects are used as props or dialogue to show the disparity between rich and poor.
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What is a Guidance Counselor?

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Advice to the Forelorn Dept.
Synopsis: Satirical essay on the profession of guidance counseling.
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Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
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The Lighter Side of Chores

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The good and bad points of performing menial household tasks.
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The Prisoner's Last Request

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A prisoner's last cigarette kills him before the firing squad can.
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A Mad Look at Commuting

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Round Trip-Schtick Dept.
Synopsis: The trials of trying to get from your home to your job.
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Has Anybody Ever Really Seen...

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Vanishing Americanisms Dept.
Character(s): Sluggo; Mandrake the Magician; Pete the Tramp; Moon Mullins; Alice Mitchell; Dennis Mitchell; Mama; Injun Joe; Snuffy Smith; Dagwood Bumstead; Mr. Dithers; Jiggs; Beetle Bailey; Popeye; Clark Kent
Synopsis: Examples of comic strip cliches which really don't occur in reality, illustrated by famous comic strip characters.
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy fools the White Spy with a false bay in his armored car.
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Popular Photo-Monotony

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A niche magazine devoted to photography hobbyists.
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Pages: 6
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Mad's College Football Coach of the Year

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Doin' the Varsity Dragon Dept.
Synopsis: A college football coach is interviewed and program excesses are exposed.
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Pages: 5
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It's Bad Timing When...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fate Accompli Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of people being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Footnotes* to History

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Ironic takes on historical situations, presented so that only the participants' feet and legs are visible.
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One Day in a Hospital

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A surgeon has a unique solution for respiratory distress.
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Barnacle Groans

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tired Bloodhounds Dept.
Character(s): Buddy Ebsen [as Barnacle Groans]; Lee Meriwether [as Petty Groans]
Synopsis: In a parody of the TV series "Barnaby Jones," a folksy senior citizen becomes a private detective.
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Pages: 6
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Mad's Fold-In Folds with This Issue

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Don't believe everything you read.
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Ms. Liberty

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? [as Mutz] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as Mutz] (signed)
Colorist(s): ? [as Mutz] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The Statue of Liberty engages in a feminist demonstration.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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