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Issue: Mad #242
Publication Date: October 1983
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Issues: #242 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
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Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (17 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: With the exception of the covers, the entire magazine is in black and white.
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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:  
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reprinted from some/all another Issue.
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Mad Unmasks "The Return Of The Jedi" And "The A-Team"

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Luke Skywalker; Han Solo; Princess Leia Organa; Mr. T [as Darth Vader]; Alfred E. Neuman [as Wicket W. Warrick]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMad About Star Wars #[nn] published October 2007
as Cover - Mad #242 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Departments

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Contents page featuring staff listings & what's featured in the magazine, listed by special Mad departments.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman [As Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie; As an ape from The Planet Of The Apes]; President Ronald Reagan; Margaret Thatcher; Captain Klutz
Synopsis: Letters page with random samplings of reader mail.
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From Issue: FlagMad #240 published July 1983cover
From Content Item: FlagMad #157 published March 1973
was In This Issue We Rip Off... The Planet of the Apes [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes: from Discover July 1983 cover; from Mad's Don Martin Presents Captain Klutz II (1983 series) #nn (1983)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: From the "Letters" Dept. A Mad subscription ad appears here as well as an ad for Don Martin Presents Captain Klutz II. A cartoon of Ronald Reagan becoming Margaret Thatcher from the June 15, 1983 San Diego Tribune appears as well.
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Re-Hash of the Jeti

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Princess Laidup [Princess Leia Organa]; Ham Yoyo [Han Solo]; Chewbacco [Chewbacca]; Dart Zader [Darth Vader]; Landough [Lando Calrissian]; Cree-pio [C-3PO]; Lube Skystalker [Luke Skywalker]; Bar-Stool [R2-D2]; Yodel [Yoda]; Raid bug (cameo); Kermit the Frog (cameo); Fozzie Bear (cameo); Ewoks; Miss Piggy (cameo); Cookie Monster (cameo); Stormtroopers; Chubby The Fatt [Jabba The Hutt]; Rancor Monster; Jawas; Bib Fortuna; Salacious Crumb; Boba Fett; Big Bird (Cameo); Oldie Von Moldie [Obi-Wan Kenobi]; Tin Man (cameo); E.T. (cameo); Smokey the Bear (cameo); Emperor Palpatine; Admiral Ackbar; Mon Mothma; General Madine; Dumbo (cameo); Dopey (cameo); Grumpy (cameo); Doc (cameo); Bashful (cameo); Sleepy (cameo); Sneezy (cameo); Happy (cameo); Tarzan (cameo); Mickey Mouse (cameo); Spock (cameo)
Synopsis: A satire of the movie Return Of The Jedi.
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In Issue: FlagMad Star Wars Spectacular #1996 published January 1996
In Content Item: FlagMad Star Wars Spectacular #[1999] published January 1999
as Re-Hash Of The Jeti [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad About Star Wars #[nn] published October 2007
as Re-Hash of the Jeti [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Han Solo is satirized in this story as Ham Solo, Ham Yoho and Ham Yoyo.
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Warning Labels We Desperately Need

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Whoopee! Caution Dept.
Synopsis: Warning labels for basic everyday things.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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A Mad Guide of Life's Annoying Little Uncertainties...Or...You're Never Really 100% Sure...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Doubts All, Folks! Dept.
Synopsis: A series of gags on things we're just not certain of in life's everyday situations.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Mad's Video Game Arcade Owner of the Year

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Two Bit Operator Dept.
Character(s): Clint Westwood [Clint Eastwood]; Philo Starbuck
Synopsis: Clint Eastwood interviews Philo Starbuck of the Milky Way Arcade.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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One Fine Medieval Morning at Home

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Home-town boy gets decapitated.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Short History Showing How Different Publications Slant the News

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Trying to Strip Bias Dept.
Character(s): Ted Kennedy; Frank Sinatra; President Ronald Reagan; Carol Burnett
Synopsis: A series of newspaper front pages with slanted views on events.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Lighter Side Of...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Roger Kaputnik
Synopsis: Dave Berg's Lighter Side of gag section focusing on the topics, Clothes; Dentists; Records; Sex; Food; Love; Annoyances; Soap Operas; Block-Busting; Bragging; Dating; Greeting Cards; Graffiti; Money & Pets.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Spy VS. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Black Spy; White Spy
Synopsis: White Spy falls for Black Spy's Two-In-One spring torpedo trap.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mad's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself Peanuts Comic Strip

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Charlie Brown; Lucy Van Pelt
Synopsis: Mad's do-it-yourself featuring a fill in the blanks Peanuts comic strip.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #101 published January 1995
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Poetic Tributes to People Who Wouldn't Ordinarily Get Them

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Knock Verse Dept.
Synopsis: Poems dedicated to people in small time or seedy occupations include a mugger, a plumber, a garbage man, a parking attendant, a mover, a loan-shark, a postal clerk, an accountant, and a forgotten government official.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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One Afternoon on a Remote Jungle Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Lord Pembrook
Synopsis: Cannibal's version of a food fight.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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An Advertiser Would Have Us Believe...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Karl Malden; Robert Young
Synopsis: Examples of what advertisers will say just to get someone to buy into their product.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Lose Weight (Mainly Because You Lose Your Appetite) with the Mad Gross-Out Diet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Queasy Does It Dept.
Synopsis: A series of gags featuring disgusting things around you while eating.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The *A* Team [The *Asinine* Team]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): T and *A* Dept.
Character(s): Hannibull Swish [Col. John "Hannibal" Smith]; Charlie Brown (cameo); B.M. [Sgt. Bosco "B.A." Baracus]; Lt. Templeton "(Face)man" Peck; Amy Amanda Allen; Capt. H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock; Walter Matthau
Synopsis: A satire of the TV series The A-Team.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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One Fine Evening During Prime Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A coach potato doesn't have to watch TV to get his prime time dose of violence.
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Pages: 1
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What Is Changing America's Drinking Habits?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Another famous Mad Fold-In from Al Jaffee.
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In Issue: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #68 published January 1989
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. In color. Fold-In answer: "Contaminated Water".
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One-On-One Night in the Laboratory

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Frankenstein's Monster; Dr. Frankenstein; Igor
Synopsis: Dr. Frankenstein and Igor come up with an unique way of putting the brain in the monster.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Outside back cover. In color.
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Drawn Out Dramas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Sergio Aragones' mini textless gags that appear in various margins and panels on most of the pages in the magazine.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0
Disclose Notes: No page count as gags appear in Various Places Around The Magazine. From the "Marginal Thinking" Dept.

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