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Issue: Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #11
Publication Date: January 1973
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Issues: #11 of 141 Issues (150 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 43 (38 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Albert B. Feldstein; Jerry De Fuccio (associate editor); Nick Meglin (associate editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Magazine size
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched; some squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Norman Mingo (painted)
Inker(s): Norman Mingo (painted)
Colorist(s): Norman Mingo (painted)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman; Archie Bunker
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Pages: 1
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The Magic Spell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Jaffee
Penciller(s): Jack Rickard
Inker(s): Jack Rickard
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A princess kisses a frog, but it's not the frog that changes afterward.
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Pages: 1
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Mad Road Signs Through History

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Peter Porges
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke
Inker(s): Bob Clarke
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Broomhilda (cameo); Moses (cameo); Cowardly Lion (cameo)
Synopsis: Funny road signs throughout history.
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Pages: 3
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Don Martin Looks at Men's Fashions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin
Inker(s): Don Martin
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A humorous look at young men's fashions.
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Pages: 4
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The Photo Contest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Antonio Prohías
Penciller(s): Antonio Prohías
Inker(s): Antonio Prohías
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man tries to create a fake photo of the Loch Ness monster to win a contest.
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Pages: 1
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Mad's Famous Waitress Course

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Koch
Penciller(s): Jack Rickard
Inker(s): Jack Rickard
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: How to be a waitress.
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Pages: 4
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A Mad Peek at What They're Really Writing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Peter Porges
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke
Inker(s): Bob Clarke
Letterer(s): Bob Clarke
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A look at various notes, like what a psychiatrist writes when with a patient.
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In Content Item: FlagNorsk Mad #1/1982 published January 1982
as Mad ser på hva folk egentlig skriver [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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The Lighter Side of... Summer Jobs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dave Berg
Penciller(s): Dave Berg
Inker(s): Dave Berg
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Lighter Side of...
Synopsis: Humorous strips about teenagers getting summer jobs.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #130 published October 1969
was The Lighter Side of Summer Jobs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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On a Cruise to a South Sea Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin
Inker(s): Don Martin
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A couple throws a coin in a wishing well on a south sea island.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #131 published December 1969
was On a Cruise to a South Sea Island [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Who Knows What Evils Lurk in the Hearts of Men? The Shadow Knows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sergio Aragonés
Penciller(s): Sergio Aragonés
Inker(s): Sergio Aragonés
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Peoples shadows give away their real feelings during various activities.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #131 published December 1969
was Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men? The Shadow Knows [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagMad #218 published October 1980
was Who Knows What Evils Lurk in the Hearts of Men? The Shadow Knows [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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You Know You're Really A Nobody When...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kent
Penciller(s): Paul Coker Jr.
Inker(s): Paul Coker Jr.
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: How to tell if you are really a nobody.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #130 published October 1969
was You Know You're Really a Nobody When... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Antonio Prohías
Penciller(s): Antonio Prohías
Inker(s): Antonio Prohías
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Spy Vs Spy
Character(s): White Spy; Black Spy
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Pages: 1
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When We Have the Future "Long-Long" Cigarette

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Jaffee
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee
Inker(s): Al Jaffee
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: What would happen if cigarettes were super-long.
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Filler  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Angelo Torres
Inker(s): Angelo Torres
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Hey, ya dumb egghead creep...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page introducing/explaining the bound in 33 1/3 record, indexed in the next sequence.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Dustjacket
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: A 33 1/3 inch record that was bound into this magazine. The 2 pages are not included in the total page count of the issue.
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Gall in the Family Fare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel
Penciller(s): Angelo Torres
Inker(s): Angelo Torres
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Starchie Bunker; Meathead; Gloriosky; Meek; Adolph Hitler
Synopsis: Starchie's old war buddy comes for a visit.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #147 published December 1971
was Gall in the Family Fare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Parody of the TV show "All in the Family".
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What Is a Kid Brother?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Koch
Penciller(s): Sergio Aragonés
Inker(s): Sergio Aragonés
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A humorous look at kid brothers.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #130 published October 1969
was What is a Kid Brother? [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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If This "Nudity" Trend in Movies Ever Spreads to the Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lou Silverstone
Penciller(s): Jack Rickard
Inker(s): Jack Rickard
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Charlie Brown; Lucy; Andy Capp; Beetle Baily; Sarge; Dick Tracy; Pruneface; Popeye; Pluto; Pogo; Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: A look at comic strips if the trend of nudity in films were to be allowed in comic strips.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #130 published October 1969
was If This "Nudity Trend" in Movies Ever Spreads to the Comics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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The MAD Book of Etiquette and Good Manners

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke
Inker(s): Bob Clarke
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A humorous look at good manners.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #130 published October 1969
was The Mad Book of Etiquette and Good Manners [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at the Phone Company

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Earle Doud
Penciller(s): Angelo Torres
Inker(s): Angelo Torres
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A look at what goes on inside the phone company.
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Pages: 4
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One Night in a Restaurant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin
Inker(s): Don Martin
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A customer has a hair in their soup.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #130 published October 1969
was One Night in a Restaurant [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The MAD Plan for Halting the Hijacking of Planes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sy Reit
Penciller(s): George Woodbridge
Inker(s): George Woodbridge
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Humorous ways to stop people from hijacking planes.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #130 published October 1969
was The Mad Plan For Halting the Hijacking of Planes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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Passionate Gun Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A parody of magazines like Guns & Ammo.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #131 published December 1969
was Passionate Gun Love [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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A Nostalgic Look at Dogs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dean Norman
Penciller(s): Paul Coker Jr.
Inker(s): Paul Coker Jr.
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Childhood memories that involve dogs.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #131 published December 1969
was A Nostalgic Look at Dogs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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The Kidney Transplant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin
Inker(s): Don Martin
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A bad kidney is removed by a group of surgeons.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #131 published December 1969
was The Kidney Transplant [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Boredom-12

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick DeBartolo
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker
Inker(s): Mort Drucker
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of the TV show Adam-12.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #131 published December 1969
was Boredom-12 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Joe Namath’s Wallet

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arnie Kogen
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Joe Namath
Synopsis: A look at what is probably in Joe Namath's wallet.
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Pages: 2
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More Specialized Self-Defense Books

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick DeBartolo
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando
Inker(s): Joe Orlando
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Humorous specialized Self-Defense books.
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Pages: 2
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The Lighter Side of... Amusement Parks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dave Berg
Penciller(s): Dave Berg
Inker(s): Dave Berg
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Lighter Side
Synopsis: A humorous look at Amusement Parks.
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Pages: 5
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MAD's "Late Show" Cliche Movie Script

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Purvis
Penciller(s): Bruce Stark
Inker(s): Bruce Stark
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A cliche-ridden war movie script.
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Pages: 1
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Some MAD Articles You Never Got To See

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): Paul Coker Jr.; ?
Inker(s): Paul Coker Jr.; ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The two pages have different artwork and neither is signed, though page one appears to be Paul Coker Jr.
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If the U.S. Gov't. Ran Everything

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Drucker (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: What would happen if the Government was in charge of Family Life, Sports, Book Publishing and the Collectibles Market.
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Pages: 2
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The Typical African Movie Before and After Westernization

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A humorous look at movies set in Africa.
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Pages: 0.67
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TV Stand-By Cards Around the World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: What TV stand-by cards may look like in other countries.
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Pages: 0.67
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Comics as an Aid to Education

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Lowbrow
Synopsis: A Dick Tracy comic strip if it was used to educate kids on proper grammar.
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Pages: 0.66
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The Lighter Side of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dave Berg
Penciller(s): Dave Berg
Inker(s): Dave Berg
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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The Civil War Buffs' Shopping Guide

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): John Wayne
Synopsis: Humorous products for Civil War buffs.
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Pages: 0.5
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MAD Automobile Inspection Stickers

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Inspection stickers for the glovebox and dash of a car.
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Pages: 0.5
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Hoo-Boy, Columbus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arnie Kogen
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker
Inker(s): Mort Drucker
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of the movie Goodbye, Columbus.
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Pages: 6
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While Clamming in New Jersey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin
Inker(s): Don Martin
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two guys are digging clams.
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From Content Item: FlagMad #130 published October 1969
was While Clamming in New Jersey [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The chasm known as the "Grand Canyon" once...

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Jaffee
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee
Inker(s): Al Jaffee
Colorist(s): Al Jaffee
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad Fold-In
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Pages: 1
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A TV Ad We'd Like to See

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick DeBartolo
Penciller(s): Jack Rickard
Inker(s): Jack Rickard
Colorist(s): Jack Rickard ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of a toothpaste commercial.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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