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Issue: Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #36
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Variant: $1.75 Cover Price
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 0709893408013
Price: $1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 33 (30 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Albert B. Feldstein
Disclose Notes: Mad looks at comic strips over the years, culled from past issues of "the best newspaper comics satires, comic magazine hero parodies, Don Martin insanity and Sergio Aragones madness."
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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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reprinted 25 times from Content Items in other Issues.
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The Comics

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Bob Clarke
Bob Clarke
Bob Clarke
Bob Clarke
Subject Matter
humorous
Mad
Alfred E. Neuman; Daddy Warducks; Nannie; Dick Tracy; Minnie Mouse; Donald Duck; Superduperman; Lone Ranger
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One Day in the Comics Suburbs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Arnoldo Franchioni
Jack Rickard
Jack Rickard
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Mad
Popeye; Olive Oyl; Dagwood; Blondie; Daisy Mae;
Li'l Abner
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FlagMad #153 published September 1972
 
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Inside Front Cover (full color)
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Table of Contents

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Mad Super Special
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Comic Strips They'd Really Like to Do

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Charles Schulz; Walt Kelly; Allen Saunders; Mort Walker; Mell Lazarus
Charles Schulz; Walt Kelly; Ken Ernst; Mort Walker; Mell Lazarus
Charles Schulz; Walt Kelly; Ken Ernst; Mort Walker; Mell Lazarus
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Strip Teasers Dept.
Charlie Brown; Pogo; Mary Worth; Beetle Bailey; Miss Peach
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FlagMad #89 [30¢ Cover Price] published September 1964
 
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Also includes photos (no credits given) of Schulz, Kelly, Ernst, Saunders, Walker, and Lazarus.

Five famous comic strip creators lampoon the strips of other creators (0.7 page each):
Schulz spoofing himself (kind of)
Kelly spoofing "Miss Peach"
Ernst and Saunders spoofing "Peanuts"
Walker spoofing "the Heart of Juliet Jones"
Lazarus spoofing "Steve Canyon"
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If Comic Strip Characters Answered Those Little Ads

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Rush Money-Order Today Dept.
Little Orphan Annie; Dick Tracy; Donald Duck; Nancy; Sluggo; Alley Oop; Henry; The Phantom; Dagwood Bumstead; Blondie; Popeye; Olive Oyl
Reprinting
FlagMad #35 published October 1957
was If Comic Strip Characters Answered Those Little Ads [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Mad "Comic" Opera

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
Typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Song of India Ink Dept.
Dick Tracy; Mickey Mouse; Tarzan; Dondi (cameo); J. Wellington Wimpy (cameo); Junior (cameo); Mandrake the Magician (cameo); Alley Oop (cameo); Phil; Little Orphan Annie; Rex Morgan M.D.; Dagwood Bumstead; The Little King (cameo); The Phantom (cameo); Henry (cameo); Jeff (cameo); Sandy; Flash Gordon (cameo); Superman [Clark Kent] (cameo); Steve Canyon (cameo); Daddy Warbucks (cameo); Smilin' Jack; Penny; Snuffy Smith; Lowizee Smith; Prince Valiant (cameo); Jiggs (cameo); Maggie (cameo); Pogo (cameo); Joe Palooka (cameo); Li'l Abner (cameo); Daisy Mae; (cameo); Shmoos (cameo); Mark Trail (cameo); Andy Gump (cameo); Archie Andrews (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo); Hans Katzenjammer (cameo); Fritz Katzenjammer (cameo); Moon Mullins (cameo); Linus Van Pelt (cameo); Popeye (cameo); Olive Oyl (cameo); Mary Worth (cameo); The Spirit (cameo); Pluto (cameo); The Jeep (cameo); Red Ryder (cameo); J. C. Dithers (cameo); Blondie Bumstead (cameo); Dennis the Menace (cameo); Cheeta; Cicero's cat (cameo); Smokey Stover (cameo)
A parody of Broadway musicals using comic strip characters. Rex Morgan has kidnapped Annie and intends to remove her unique eyes, but Sandy leads Dick Tracy and Tarzan to a rescue, which is aided by Snuffy Smith.
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FlagMad #56 published July 1960
was The MAD "Comic" Opera [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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More Powerful Than a Locomotive ...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Subject Matter
humorous
From "Super" to Nuts Dept.
Reprinting
FlagMad #172 published January 1975
 
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Adult TV Cartoons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Jaffee
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Drawing on an Old Format Dept.
Freddy Flintstoner; Barney; Ralphy; Norton; Mickey Mouse; Croc Paar; Groucho Owl
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FlagMad #63 published June 1961
FlagMad #63 published June 1961
was Adult TV Cartoons [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Parodies of The Flintstones, The Honeymooners, Untouchables, Candid Camera, To Tell the Truth, Jack Paar Show, You Bet Your Life, and Person to Person.
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Will Success Spoil Charlie Brown?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Larry Siegel
Jack Rickard
Jack Rickard
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
No Longer Working for Peanuts Dept.
Shermy; Lucy; Schroeder; Linus; Pigpen; Violet; Peppermint Patty; Snoopy; Patty; Charlie Brown
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FlagMad #117 published March 1968
FlagMad #117 published March 1968
was Will Success Spoil Charlie Brown? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Don Martin Looks at Spider-Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin
Don Martin
Don Martin
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
Spider-Man
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FlagMad #212 published January 1980
was Don Martin Looks at Spider-Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Comicland

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs; E. Nelson Bridwell
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Funnies Are People Dept.
Orphan Annie; Sandy; Prince Valiant; Superman; Donald Duck; Henry; Daisy Mae; Nancy; Smitty; Dondi; Alexander Bumstead; Charlie Brown; Little Lulu; Kayo Mullins; Marcia Mason; Junior Tracy; Mary Worth; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer
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FlagMad #82 published October 1963
FlagMad #82 published October 1963
was Comicland [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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If Comic Characters Were Psychoanalyzed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Bob Clarke
Bob Clarke
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Pen and "Shrink" Dept.
Dagwood; Blondie; Cookie; Alexander; Mr. Dithers; Charlie Brown; Snoopy; Donald Duck; Beetle Bailey; Sarge; Mary Worth
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FlagMad #125 published March 1969
FlagMad #125 published March 1969
was If Comic Characters Were Psychoanalyzed [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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A Mad Look at Super Heroes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Subject Matter
humorous
Comic Shnook's Dept.
Superman; Wonder Woman; Plastic Man; Batman; Billy Batson [Captain Marvel]; Flash; Captain America; Spider-Man; Thor; Green Lantern
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FlagMad #177 published September 1975
was A Mad Look at Super Heroes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Nansy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Newspaper Comics Dept.
Nansy; Pinocchio; Pat Patton; Junior Tracy
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FlagMad #32 published April 1957
was Nansy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Misery Is a Cold Hot Dog

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Larry Siegel
Bob Clarke
Bob Clarke
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Roasted Peanuts Dept.
Charlie Brown; Marcia Mason; Herbie; Nancy; Sluggo; Dondi; Kayo Mullins; Orphan Annie; Little Iodine; Archie; Henry; Little Lulu; Dennis Mitchell; Swee'pea; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Chip Flagston; Junior Tracy; Alexander Bumstead; Jughaid; Pepper; Trixie Flagston
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FlagMad #80 published July 1963
FlagMad #80 published July 1963
was Misery Is a Cold Hot Dog [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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If Comic Strip Characters Behaved Like Ordinary People

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Jaffee
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
What Mortals These Fools Be Dept.
Charlie Brown; Lucy; Snoopy; Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Daddy Warbucks; Annie; Superman; Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator; Mandrake; Lothar; B.C.; Maggie; Jiggs; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell
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FlagMad #81 published September 1963
FlagMad #81 published September 1963
was If Comic Strip Characters Behaved Like Ordinary People [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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If Famous Authors Wrote the Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
?
Subject Matter
humorous
High Flown Balloons Dept.
Huey; Dewey; Louie; Donald Duck; Dick Tracy; Flattop; Pruneface; Charlie Brown; Snoopy; Lucy; Schroeder; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; Captain; Rex Morgan; Little Orphan Annie; Daddy Warbucks; Asp; Sandy; Nancy; Sluggo; Fritzi Ritz; Dennis Mitchell
Premise: what if Paddy Chayefsky wrote Donald Duck? Gilbert & Sullivan, Dick Tracy? Rudyard Kipling, Peanuts? Walt Whitman, The Katzenjammer Kids? Rodgers & Hammerstein, Rex Morgan, M.D.? Tennessee Williams, Little Orphan Annie? Mickey Spillane, Nancy? And Edgar Allan Poe, Dennis the Menace?
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FlagMad #46 published April 1959
was If Famous Authors Wrote The Comics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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If the World's Great Painters Drew the Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Jack Rickard
Jack Rickard
?
Subject Matter
humorous
"Pop" Goes the Easel Dept.
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FlagMad #137 published September 1970
was If The World's Greatest Painters Drew The Comics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Comics drawn in the styles of Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Grant Wood, Millet, Rousseau, and Whistler.
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A Mad Portfolio of Appropriate Comic Strip Sound Effects

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Earle Doud
Bob Clarke
Bob Clarke
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Punch in the Noise Dept.
Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mutt; Jeff; Charlie Brown; Dagwood Bumstead; Mr. Dithers; Oliver Warbucks; Beetle Bailey; Mary Perkins; Dick Tracy; Rick O'Shay; Marcia Mason
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FlagMad #128 published July 1969
FlagMad #128 published July 1969
was A Mad Portfolio of Appropriate Comic Strip Sound Effects [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Future Educational Comic Pamphlets

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Larry Siegel
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Funny Pitches Dept.
Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Popeye; President Kennedy; Olive Oyl; Bluto; Mary Worth
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FlagMad #85 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1964
FlagMad #85 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1964
was Future Educational Comic Pamphlets [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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A Mad Look at Superman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Edwing
Don Martin
Don Martin
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Shnook ... Up in the Sky! Dept.
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Hulk; Batman; Wonder Woman
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FlagMad #208 published July 1979
was A Mad Look at Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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If "Peanuts" Were a Weekly TV Series

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lou Silverstone
Jack Rickard
Jack Rickard
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Doing It Up "Brown" Dept.
Charlie Brown; Schroeder; Lucy Van Pelt; Snoopy; Linus Van Pelt; Peppermint Patty; Sally Brown; Woodstock
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FlagMad #138 published October 1970
was If "Peanuts" Were a Weekly TV Series [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Comic Strip Characters' Christmas Party

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gary Belkin
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Never on Sunday-Pages Dept.
Mr. Dithers; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Moonbeam McSwine; Dick Tracy; Rex Morgan; Steve Canyon; Terry Lee; Little King; Louie; Henry; Ferd'nand; Col. Potterby; Pottsy; Fearless Fosdick; Mickey Finn; Hi Flagston; Lois Flagston; Joe Palooka; Archie; Penny; Tarzan; Prince Valiant; Mary Perkins; Phantom; Mandrake; Lothar; Fritzi Ritz; Snuffy Smith; Major Hoople; Minnie Mouse; Donald Duck; Churchy La Femme; Pigpen; Charlie Brown; Popeye; Saint; Horace Dripple; Dotty Dripple; Swee'pea; Lucy Van Pelt; Nancy; Junior Tracy; Smitty; Herby; Moon Mullins; Smokey Stover; Schroeder; Alley Oop; Felix the Cat; Shmoo; B.C.; Eugene the Jeep; Mary Worth; Lone Ranger; Maggie; Jiggs; Snoopy; Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Quincy Magoo; Miss Peach; Marcia Mason; Oliver Warbucks; Annie; Sandy; Kayo Mullins; Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; Jeff; Rip Kirby; Desmond; Dondi; Mark Trail; Gravel Gertie; Hairless Joe
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FlagMad #68 published January 1962
FlagMad #68 published January 1962
was The Comic Strip Characters' Christmas Party [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Two-page spread.
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Comics for Publications That Don't Have Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Bob Clarke
Bob Clarke
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Someday Supplement Dept.
Dagwood Bumstead; Blondie Bumstead; J.C. Dithers; Charlie Brown; Goofy; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Daisy Duck; Scrooge McDuck; Annie; Oliver Warbucks; Sandy; Hy Fashion; General Abercrombie; Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Ty Coon; Dennis Mitchell
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FlagMad #88 published July 1964
FlagMad #88 published July 1964
was Comics For Publications That Don't Have Comics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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If Comic Strip Artists Drew Editorial Cartoons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
Typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
With a Little Bit of Puck Dept.
Alley Oop; Mary Worth; Jiggs; Superman; Charlie Brown; Linus; Snoopy; Lucy; Schroeder; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Oliver Warbucks; Annie; Popeye; Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Nancy; Sluggo; Morticia Addams
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FlagMad #45 published March 1959
was If Comic Strip Artists Drew Editorial Cartoons [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Tell-Tale Comic Strip Balloons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Edwing
Bob Clarke
Bob Clarke
?
Subject Matter
humorous
True-to-Form Dept.
Rex Morgan; Lois Flagston; Trixie Flagston; J.C. Dithers; Dagwood Bumstead; Popeye; Olive Oyl; Mary Worth; Brenda Starr; Scamp; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Major Hoople; Andy Capp; Charlie Brown; Lucy; Linus; Schroeder; Patty; Violet; Smitty; Redeye; Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Reprinting
FlagMad #160 published July 1973
 
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A Super Opportunity

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Subject Matter
humorous
You Kent Win 'Em All Dept.
Clark Kent [Superman]
Reprinting
FlagMad #190 published April 1977
 
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If Comic Strip Characters Were as Old as Their Strips

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Earle Doud
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
?
Subject Matter
humorous
The Yellowed Kids' Dept.
Superman; Lois Lane; Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Junior Tracy; Popeye; Bluto; Swee'pea; Wimpy; Abner Yokum; Daisy Mae Yokum; Fearless Fosdick; Mandrake; Lothar; Tarzan; Jane; Henry; Dennis Mitchell
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FlagMad #72 published July 1962
FlagMad #72 published July 1962
was If Comic Strip Characters Were As Old As Their Strips [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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A Mad Look at Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Subject Matter
humorous
West-Ward-Ho-Ho! Dept.
Batman; Robin
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FlagMad #106 published October 1966
FlagMad #106 published October 1966
was A Mad Look at Batman [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The End of Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Installment Overdue Dept.
Little Orphan Annie; Oliver Warbucks; Mandrake; Lothar; Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator; Porky Pine; Churchy La Femme; Mamselle Hepzibah; Howland Owl; Dick Tracy; Junior Tracy; Pat Patton; Mary Worth; Mammy Yokum; Al Capp; Pappy Yokum; Li'l Abner Yokum; Daisy Mae; Dennis Mitchell; Smilin' Jack; Blondie Bumstead; Henry
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FlagMad #43 published December 1958
was The End of Comics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Obituraries for Comic Strip Characters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
various
various
Typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
R.I.P. Kirby Dept.
Oliver Warbucks; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; Nancy Fritz; Donald Duck; Smilin' Jack Martin; Dick Tracy; Mandrake J. Mandrake; Henry Smith; Dagwood Bumstead
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FlagMad #106 published October 1966
FlagMad #106 published October 1966
was Obituaries for Comic Strip Characters [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Indexer originally listed art credits, both pencils and inks, as "Fabian Madrach; Bradford Madrach" but art appears to be parts of art from other sequences listed in this issue, and neither Madrach is listed in credits for any MAD issue on the "Totally MAD" CD.
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Which Modern Artist Is Most Successfully Communicating With His Audience?

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee (signed)
Al Jaffee
?
Typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Mad Fold-In
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FlagMad #126 published April 1969
was Which Modern Artist Is Most Successfully Communicating with His Audience? [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Inside Back Cover (full color)
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Superman's Super-Hernia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Edwing
Don Martin
Don Martin
?
Typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
[Don Martin Dept.]
Superman
Reprinting
FlagMad #208 published July 1979
 
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Back Cover. Title from table of contents of "Totally MAD" CD.

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