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Issue: Mad #268
Publication Date: January 1987
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Issues: #268 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
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Price: $1.75 USD
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Content Items: 28 (16 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 a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010 as A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at Terrorist Training Camp [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #125 published December 1997
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Ellen Ripley; Sigourney Weaver; Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Parody of film Alien.
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Subscribe to Mad and We'll Deck Your Halls with Books of Folly!

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Genres: humorous
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Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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Creatures from a Hack Buffoon

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Ad for Mad Lobsters paperback by Paul Peter Porges.
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Pages: 0.5
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Regis Philbin (photo); Dick DeBartolo (photo)
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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Ronald Reagan
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Looking for a Fuse Laughs?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Ad for Mad Special #59
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Pages: 0.5
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Fearless Buller's Day Off

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Hooky Monster Dept.
Character(s): Ferris Bueller; Matthew Broderick; Jennifer Grey; Jeffrey Jones (actor); Pope John Paul II; Charlie Sheen; Rodney Dangerfield; Sally Kellerman; Ned Beatty; Sam Kinison
Synopsis: Parody of film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Last page is parody of film Back to School.
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Pages: 6
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New Clothing Care Symbols That Tell It Like It Is

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Zinger Around the Collar Dept.
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If Society's Unwritten Rules of Behavior Were Actually Written Down

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Edict and Weep Dept.
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The Lighter Side of...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Berg’s Eye View Dept.
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One Balmy November Morning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Stanley Swiersz
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Hobo picks apples.
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Typewri-Toons

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Qwerty Piouty Dept.
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Disclose Notes: These pages are printed sideways. Gag panel characters are composed of typewriter symbols. The art is credited to "Smith Corona", which in 1987, was a company that produced typewriters.
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The Mad Guide to Various High School Types

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Role Call Dept.
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A Mad Peek behind the Scenes at a Terrorist Training Camp

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Booming Idiots Dept.
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Famous Stories as Told by Famous People

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Like a Version Dept.
Character(s): Mario Cuomo; Jesse Helms; Ronald Reagan; George Steinbrenner
Synopsis: Books with added photos on the covers, of celebrities who are relating the plots.
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One Glorious December Morning

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Prisoners get released.
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The Karocky Kid, Part II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Chop Schtick Dept.
Character(s): Ralph Macchio (actor); Pat Morita; Three Stooges
Synopsis: Parody of film The Karate Kid, Part II
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More Logical Farewells to Replace the Dreaded Have a Nice Day! Have a Nice Day! Have a Nice Day! Have a...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Much Adieu About Nothing Dept.
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Spy vs Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: espionage, humorous
Feature(s): Joke and Dagger Dept.
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Reprint Notes: Credits based on those given in reprint in Mad (2018 series) #18.
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Pages: 1
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The Far-Out Ride of Edwin Meese

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Attorney of the Screw Dept.
Character(s): Edwin Meese
Synopsis: Parody of the poem The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.
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Pages: 3
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The Mad Richter Scale for Human Beings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mirthquake Dept.
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One Delightful January Morning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Waiter saves a life.
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Pages: 1
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Alienators

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Second Slime Around Dept.
Character(s): Ellen Ripley; Sigourney Weaver
Synopsis: Parody of film Aliens.
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Pages: 5
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Santa Claus as Seen by…

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): …And to All a Good Sight Dept.
Character(s): Santa Claus
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What Do Experts Agree Makes Students Confused and Out of Touch with Reality?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
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Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions at Richard M. Nixon High

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions
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Pages: 1
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Drawn-Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Drawn-Out Dramas
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