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Issue: Mad #136
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications, Inc.
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Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.35 USD
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Content Items: 22 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Feldstein
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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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In This Issue: Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Norman Mingo (signed)
Norman Mingo (signed)
Norman Mingo (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Alfred E. Neuman; Paul Newman [as Botch Casually]; Robert Redford [as The Somedunce Kid]; Katharine Ross [as Lotta Place]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jerry DeFuccio ?
typeset
Subject Matter
Letters Dept.
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Miscellaneous
1
Among the letters is one from actor Jon Voight, complete with picture.
Why Not Have the Next Issue Sent Directly to Your Home?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Paul Coker Jr.
Paul Coker Jr.
typeset
Subject Matter
A postman hitches a ride with a motorcycle hoodlum to deliver the subscription copy of Mad to an old lady in a trailer being pulled by a reckless driver.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Arnie Kogen
Mort Drucker (signed)
Mort Drucker (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Shooting From the "Hip" Dept.
Paul Newman [as Botch Casually]; Robert Redford [as The Somedunce Kid]; Katharine Ross [as Lotta Place]; W.C. Fields [as Eustace McGonicle]; Ted Cassidy [as Harvey Logan]; Don Rickles; Danny Thomas; Richard Pryor; Woody Allen; Bob Hope
In a parody of the film "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid," two wild west outlaws rob, steal, have fun and generally act adorably.
Reprinting
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #30 published January 1980
as Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
If There Were Only Two Survivors of World War III Left on Earth

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lou Silverstone
Irving Schild (photo)
Irving Schild (photo)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
On That Old "Doo-Dah" Day Dept.
Mad takes a controversial quote from a sitting United States Senator and gives it an ironic reality.
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Miscellaneous
2
One Day in a Tenement

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin
Don Martin (signed)
Don Martin (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
A struggling street musician provides for his family in an unexpected manner.
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Miscellaneous
1
Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Subject Matter
humorous
Marginal Thinking Dept.
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Miscellaneous
Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
Mad's Condonence Cards for Life's Other Tragedies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Bob Clarke
Bob Clarke
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Postal Mortems Dept.
Sympathy cards for less than tragic circumstances.
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Miscellaneous
2
The Lighter Side of Sex

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Berg's Eye View Dept.
Satirical examples of the sexual attraction between genders.
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Miscellaneous
5
Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Antonio Prohias
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
Joke & Dagger Dept.; Spy Vs. Spy
The Black Spy; The White Spy
The Black Spy booby-traps his observation headquarters.
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Miscellaneous
1
Feature By Feature Advertising

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick DeBartolo
Irving Schild (photo)
Irving Schild (photo)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Ad Infinite Items Dept.
Ads that go overboard pointing out each desirable feature of a product.
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Miscellaneous
2
A Mad Look at College

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Hart
Jack Davis
Jack Davis
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Universi-Tease Dept.
A satirical look at the antics and interactions at a modern university.
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Miscellaneous
3
The Problem

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Matter Over Mind Dept.
A psychiatrist tries to allay his patient's phobia about being in a horrible random accident.
Reprinting
FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010
as The Problem [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Obituaries for Traditions, Pasttimes and Other Dying-Out Landmarks of the American Way of Life

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Norman Mingo
Norman Mingo
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Of Grave Concern Dept.
Alfred E. Neuman
Newspaper obituaries for aspects of popular society rather than individual people, illustrated by pictures of Alfred E. Neuman in various garb and make up.
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Miscellaneous
3
Mad's Vice-President of the Year

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Hart
John Cullen Murphy
John Cullen Murphy
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
The Agnew and the Ecchstacy Dept.
Spiro Agnew
Satirical profile of Vice-President Spiro Agnew, following him as he performs his basic job of being a complete public buffoon, making the President look good in comparison.
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Miscellaneous
5
More "So How Come..."?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Hart
George Woodbridge
George Woodbridge
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Double-Standard Dept.
Richard Nixon; Tom Smothers; Dick Smothers; Harry Reasoner; Dean Martin
Examples of how the same situation can be viewed differently from different perspectives.
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Miscellaneous
3
The Mad Sex Education Primer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sy Reit
Paul Coker Jr.
Paul Coker Jr.
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Show and Tell Dept.
The controversy over sex education, presented as a children's reading primer.
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Miscellaneous
3
Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Antonio Prohias
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
Joke & Dagger Dept.; Spy Vs. Spy
The Black Spy; The White Spy
The White Spy escapes prison with the aid of a poster.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Room 222ZZZZZZZZZ

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Hart
Angelo Torres
Angelo Torres
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
There's No School Like a Soul School Dept.
Lloyd Haynes [as Pete Dixie]; Denise Nicholas [as Miss McIntyre]; Michael Constantine [Mr. Kowman]; Karen Valentine [as Miss Johnson]
Parody of the TV series "Room 222"; a handsome, popular teacher is part of the staff of the most boring, unrealistic inner city high school in existence.
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Miscellaneous
5
One Day in a Garage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin
Don Martin (signed)
Don Martin (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
A surgeon gets ironic revenge on his auto mechanic.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
What Form of Inflation Are Most Americans Constantly Fighting?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee (signed)
Al Jaffee (signed)
Al Jaffee
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Mad Fold-In
The Consumer Price Index isn't what most people are worried about.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
The Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Jack Rickard
Jack Rickard
Jack Rickard
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Scenes We'd Like to See
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new bridge leads to tragedy.
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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