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Issue: Mad #226
Publication Date: October 1981
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Issues: #226 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: none
UPC/EAN: 0709893323010
Price: $0.90 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (13 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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Some/all of Issue reprinted as 2 Content Items in other Issues:
FlagA Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] #[nn] [unnamed variant] published March 1984 as Superduperman II [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad about Super Heroes #[nn] published January 2006 as Superduperman II [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman; Christopher Reeve [as Superman]; Terrance Stamp [as General Zod]; Jack O'Halloran [as Non]; Sarah Douglas [as Ursa]
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Pages: 1
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If Your Losing Streak is Becoming a Way of Life, You're in Luck!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Parker Brothers Games
Synopsis: Advertisement for the new Mad Magazine board game.
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Pages: 1
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A Barf Bag That Advertises

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Al Jaffee draws his reaction to airlines placing print ads on airsickness bags.
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Pages: 0.13
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Superduperman II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): All Men Are Creating Sequels Dept.
Character(s): Christopher Reeve [as Superduperman/Cluck Kennt]; Margot Kidder [as Lotus]; Gene Hackman [as Lox Looter]; Terence Stamp [as General Klodd]; Sarah Douglas [as Cursa]; Jack O'Halloran [as Noggin]; Susannah York [as Lara]; Jackie Cooper [as Perry Blight]; Leonard Nimoy [as Mr. Spock]; Sylvester Stallone [as Rocky Balboa]
Synopsis: Parody of the film "Superman II"; the hero's attempt to claim a normal life is interrupted by the intrusion of three fugitive criminals from his home planet.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Among the headstones in the graveyard scene on page one are markers labeled "George Reeves" and "The Vault of Horror". On page six, when the Kryptonian fugitives remake Mt. Rushmore into their own evil images, the fourth image is former Vice-President Spiro Agnew.
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Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 0
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Don Martin Sells Us Sea Shells by the Sea Shore

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Schtick it in Your Ear! Dept.
Synopsis: Various humorous situations revolving around listening to sea shells.
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Pages: 3
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Stadium & Team Owners Paraphenalia Inc. 1981 Supply Catalogue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fan Danglers Dept.
Synopsis: Catalog of supplies for stadium operators to help them make more money and make their customer's experience worse.
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Pages: 4
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Stuff We Don't Get to See on the Tube

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): TV Guise Dept.
Character(s): James Garner [as Jim Rockford]; Stuart Margolin [as Angel Martin]; Johnny Carson; Bob Hope; Howard Cosell; Tom Bosley [as Howard Cunningham]; Ron Howard [as Richie Cunningham]; Jack Klugman [as Dr. Quincy]; Gary Walberg [as Lt. Monahan]; Buddy Ebsen [as Barnaby Jones]; Larry Wilcox [as John Baker]; Erik Estrada [as Frank Poncherello]
Synopsis: Examples of how TV reality doesn't always include real reality.
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Pages: 3
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A Pledge that Employers can Really Live Up to

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Over 12 Billion Fooled Dept.
Synopsis: Parody of the KFC quality promise to customers.
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Pages: 2
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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: Single entry strips satirizing how people deal with economizing, obedience, love, communication, finances, vacations, working, cooking, activists, marriage, worries, the office, and teenagers.
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Pages: 5
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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 White Spy decoys the Black Spy into sabotaging himself.
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Pages: 1
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How Many Mistakes can You Find in this Picture?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Err Apparent Dept.
Synopsis: A picture of a rock concert is designated with intentional "mistakes" and the reader must identify what the mistakes are.
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Pages: 2
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Thought Patterns for Real-Life Every-Day Situations

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Balloony Tunes Dept.
Synopsis: Situations revealing people thinking about anything but the situation at hand.
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Pages: 3
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Still More American Jokes They're Telling in Poland

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Jokes based on stereotypical behavior characteristics of Americans.
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Pages: 3
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Roadside Plaques That We Never Waited Around to Finish Reading

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tourist Distractions Dept.
Synopsis: Roadside plaques that reveal their peculiarities in the fine print.
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Pages: 2
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Too Gross for Comfort

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Knight of the Living Dead Dept.
Character(s): Ted Knight; Nancy Dussault; Deborah Van Valkenburgh; Lydia Cornell [as Starer]; Jim J. Bullock
Synopsis: Parody of the TV series "Too Close For Comfort"; an overprotective father annoys his two teenage daughters, but not as much as the unfunny script does.
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Pages: 6
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Your Mad Horoscope

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Zodiacs Murder Dept.
Synopsis: Satire of newspaper and magazine horoscope pages.
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Pages: 1
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What Convenient Place has the Chemical Industry Found to Dump its Toxic Products?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Synopsis: A shot at harmful food additives.
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Pages: 1
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One Day in Metropolis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis: Clark Kent tries to raise a stuck window.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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