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Issue: Mad #291
Publication Date: December 1989
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Issues: #291 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: $1.50 USD
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Content Items: 20 (18 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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FlagMad about Super Heroes #[nn] published January 2006 as Mad's Gallery of Lesser-Known Ninja Turtles [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Special Mutant Turtle Issue

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Indiano; Hulko; Kiddo; Alfredo
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Pages: 1
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The Blunder Years

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Sixties-Something Dept.
Character(s): Kute-in; Wane; Baren; Pale; Whiny
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Pages: 5
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The Lusty Ledge Legend

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Genres: humorous
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Compu-Doc Self-Service Medical Terminal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Floyd Kemske
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): A View to an Ill Dept.
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More Items From Mad's Celebrity Supermarket

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Big-Name Brands Dept.
Character(s): Dwight Gooden; Morton Downey, Jr.; Princess Diana; Tony Danza; Ronald Reagan; Bono; Susan Sarandon; Bruce Springsteen; Manute Bol; Pee-Wee Herman; Chuck Norris; Cher
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Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy; The Gray Spy
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Why You Are Sure to Win the Next Magazine Publisher’s Sweepstakes

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Feature(s): For Your Prize Only Dept.
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Mad's Political Image Maker of the Year

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Reaching New Hypes of Absurdity Dept.
Character(s): Okra Windtree; Dr. Roger Ailing
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Pages: 4
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The Feathered Feeding Frenzy

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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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Baseball at the Bat

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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Parody of “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer.
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Fleeting “Stars” of the Six O'Clock News

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): This Just In …and Out Dept.
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No Hoax Barred

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hogan’s Zeroes Dept.
Character(s): Hulk Hogan [as Ripe]; Tiny Lister [as Zoos]
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Pages: 5
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The Jarring Jungle Joyride

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Genres: humorous
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Mad’s Big Ego Busters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Deflater Mouth Dept.
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How Newspapers Write Misleading Headlines (To Jazz Up Otherwise Dull Stories)

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Feature(s): Schlock the Presses Dept.
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A Mad Look at Ghosts

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Genres: humorous
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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
Synopsis: The humorous aspects of law, birthdays, communication, drivers, good service, pets, finances, private lessons, employment, relatives, homework, being on time, history, and doctors.
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Pages: 5
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Inbanana Jones and his Last Crude Days

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ford-Gone Conclusion Dept.
Character(s): Harrison Ford [as Inbanana Jones]; Denholm Elliott [as Professor Barfbag]; Alison Doody [as Dr. Snide]; Sean Connery [as Dr. Jones, Sr.]; Sir Steven of Spielberg (keeper of the Holy Grail)
Synopsis: Parody of the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
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When it Comes to Protecting Us, Where is Our Government’s Weakest Link?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Mad's Gallery of Lesser-Known Ninja Turtles

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Ninja Turtles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Well-known paintings, rendered with Ninja Turtles as the subjects

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