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Issue: Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #27
Publication Date: January 1978
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Issues: #27 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: 86
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 709893408027
Price: $1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 30 (24 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Albert B. Feldstein
Disclose Notes: Most items in this issue are reprints, but the issue states there are 16 pages of previously unpublished material.
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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (painted)
Inker(s): ? (painted)
Colorist(s): ? (painted)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Mind-Blowing Incident

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sergio Aragonés
Penciller(s): Sergio Aragonés
Inker(s): Sergio Aragonés
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man blow-drying his hair is mistaken for a man with a gun.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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The Mad Plan for Foiling Obnoxious Sales and Business People

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
Feature(s): Pitch Switch Dept.
Synopsis: Six examples of how to deal with obnoxious salespeople.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Labor Pains

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arnoldo Franchioni
Penciller(s): Arnoldo Franchioni
Inker(s): Arnoldo Franchioni
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Our Capitalist Schtick Society Dept.
Synopsis: Cartoons highlighting the difference between management and labor in the workforce.
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Pages: 2
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Citizen's Arrests

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Hart
Penciller(s): Jack Rickard
Inker(s): Jack Rickard
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Short Arm of the Law Dept.
Synopsis: Humorous citizen's arrests for normal everyday happenings.
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Pages: 3
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Public Service Announcements We Really Need

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Koch
Penciller(s): Harry North
Inker(s): Harry North
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): TV Freebies Dept.
Character(s): President Richard Nixon; Bubba Nerdnoy; Eddie Albert; Jack Webb; Sonny Bono; Jerry Van Dyke
Synopsis: Humorous public service announcements.
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Pages: 3
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Civil Service Exams

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Hart
Penciller(s): Jack Rickard
Inker(s): Jack Rickard
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tests for the Testy Dept.
Synopsis: Fake Civil Service exams.
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Pages: 4
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8 "James Bomb" Bomb Movies

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 8 James Bond films.
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Pages: 9
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The Mad Crisis Primer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Hart
Penciller(s): Paul Coker Jr.
Inker(s): Paul Coker Jr.
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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One Day on a Tennis Court

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin
Inker(s): Don Martin
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two men play tennis.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #41 [$2.25 Cover Price] published January 1982
as One Day On A Tennis Court [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Mad Shock-Sticks

Filler  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page introducing the insert that is indexed in the next sequence.
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Mad Shock-Sticks

Illustration  on  Dustjacket
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Page count unknown (missing from indexers issue).

Stickers with wacky Mad type sayings on them.
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Mad's "Singles Only" Resort Owner of the Year

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lou Silverstone
Penciller(s): George Woodbridge
Inker(s): George Woodbridge
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mark Spritz; Mr. Randolph Ripoff
Synopsis: Mark Spritz interviews the owner of a singles resort.
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Pages: 4
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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
Synopsis: Black Spy tricks the White Spy with a cake with a file in it.
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Pages: 1
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Unavoidable Exercises for the Urban Dweller

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee
Inker(s): Al Jaffee
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A look at hectic life and the exercise people get everyday on a big city street.
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From Issue: FlagMad #165 published March 1974
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Lighter Side of... Cold Weather

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
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Pages: 5
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At "The National Association of Professional Glass-Eaters" Banquet

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
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Pages: 1
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A Downer Is

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lou Silverstone
Penciller(s): Paul Coker Jr.
Inker(s): Paul Coker Jr.
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 2
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Eat Out and Lose Weight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Gore
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee
Inker(s): Al Jaffee
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: How to eat out and still lose weight.
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Pages: 1
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The Six Million Dollars, Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lou Silverstone
Penciller(s): Angelo Torres
Inker(s): Angelo Torres
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Lee Majors [as Steel Awesome]; Richard Anderson [as Roscoe]; Bobby Riggs; Otto Preminger [as Werner Won Ton]; Martin Balsam [as Dr. Balsawood]
Synopsis: In a parody of the TV series "The Six Million Dollar Man," an astronaut injured in an accident is given bionic implants and must rescue the surgeon who implanted them from his Soviet abductors.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Parody of the TV show Six Million Dollar Man.
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Mad Solutions to Big City Doggie-Do Problems

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: Humorous ways to pick up after your dog in the city.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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One Day in a Run-Down Shack

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: An inventor invents the first bullet-proof vest.
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Pages: 1
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The Lighter Side of... the High Cost of Living

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
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMad #169 published September 1974
was The Lighter Side of... the High Cost of Living [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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1974 Hospital Supply Catalogue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Koch
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke
Inker(s): Bob Clarke
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Humorous hospital supplies.
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Pages: 4
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Bluff that Mugger!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): Bruce Day
Inker(s): Bruce Day
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Humorous ways to bluff a mugger.
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Pages: 1
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The Zing

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
Character(s): Paul Newman [as Henry Goniff]; Robert Redford [as Johnny Looker]; Robert Shaw [as Dull Irishman]; Charles Durning [as Lt. Snide]; Robert Earl Jones [as Lothar]; Eileen Brennan [as Billie]; Dana Elcar [as Agent Poke]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "The Sting," two con men run an elaborate con on a crime boss in retaliation for the killing of one of the men's partner.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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One Day in the Patent Office

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
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMad #169 published September 1974
was Don Martin Dept. Part 3: One Day in the Patent Office [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Jaffee
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee
Inker(s): Al Jaffee
Colorist(s): Al Jaffee
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad Fold-In
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Another Mad Mini-Poster
Character(s): Santa Clause
Synopsis: Santa writes Virginia a letter explaining that with the cost of living there is no Santa Claus this year.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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