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Issue: Mad #222
Publication Date: April 1981
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Issues: #222 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893323004
Price: $0.90 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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 Salutes the Coffee Break

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Pages: 1
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Letters Dept.

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jack Klugman (photo); Cast of Dukes of Hazzard [Sonny Shroyer (photo); John Schneider (photo); Denver Pyle (photo); Sorrell Booke (photo); Catherine Bach (photo); Ben Jones (photo); Tom Wopat (photo); James Best (photo)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from readers - Mark Eisenberg, Jack Klugman (from Quincy M.E.), Gary Heller, Ron Labbe, Sorrell Booke (Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard), George W. Lucas (from Star Wars), Daniel Millstone, Ken Renning, Sgt. Bennett S. Turk, Beaver Tompkins, Tony Burkett and Steve Teil.
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Undressed to Kill

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): It’s a Drag! Dept.
Character(s): Kite Muller (dies); Dr. Robert Illiot; Putter Muller; Lust Blake; Brian DeTrauma; Mr. Ludwig; Dr. Leafy; Lt. Marina; Tony Perkins (cameo)
Synopsis: A satire of the movie Dressed to Kill.
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Pages: 7
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Don Martin Dept. Part I: One Morning in a Hotel Room

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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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Now Playing... at the White House

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Speaking from Pictures Dept.
Character(s): President Ronald Reagan (photos from his various movies)
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Pages: 3
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We'll Always Be Suckers for Clever Advertising...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 4
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Spy vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: espionage, humorous
Character(s): Black Spy; White Spy
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Pages: 1
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The Lighter Side of...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The Lighter Side of... Drugs; Social Calls; Childplay; Medicine; Inflation; On the Job; Dressing Up; Styles; Gifts; Activists; Shopping; The Car; Eating; Marriage.
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What Television Says and What It Really Means

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Two Sides of the Con Dept.
Character(s): Johnny Carson; Mackenzie Phillips; Mork [Robin Williams]; Lewis Hardline; Mary Tyler Moore; Ed Asner
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Pages: 3
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A Mad Look at Some... Not-So-Famous Last Words

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Finishing Lines Dept.
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Don Martin Dept. Part II: Late One Afternoon on an Interstate Highway

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Genres: humorous
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Why Didn't You Do Your Homework?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Paper Lyin’ Dept.
Synopsis: "A collection of 18 Mad excuses that teachers just might buy when they ask... Why didn't you do your homework?"
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In Content Item: FlagNorsk Mad #4/1981 published November 1981
as Hvorfor har du ikke gjort leksene? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Rhyming Ads

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): From Ad to Verse Dept.
Synopsis: Mad examples of rhyming ads.
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Pages: 4
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A Mad Look at... Air Travel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Wronging the Wright Brothers Dept.
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Pages: 5
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That's Real Incredible, People!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sicky Minutes Dept.
Character(s): Byron Alien; John Barber; Sarah Parcel; Skip Stepinson; Fran Talkaton; John Davidumb; Cathy Lee Boresme
Synopsis: A satire of the television shows Real People and That’s Incredible!
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Don Martin Dept. Part III: Late One Night in a Bank

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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A Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions "Mother Goose" Fold-In

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside backcover and in color. Answer is: Scrambled eggs.
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Mad's Story-Telling U.S. Postage Stamps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? [as U.S. Postal Service]
Inker(s): ? [as U.S. Postal Service]
Colorist(s): ? [as U.S. Postal Service]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad's Story-Telling U.S. Postage Stamps
Synopsis: "Masters and Johnson state horny writers cook up wild books!"
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the back cover.
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Drawn-Out Dramas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 0
Disclose Notes: No page count as gags appear in various places around the magazine.

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