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Issue: Mad #158
Publication Date: April 1973
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Issues: #158 of 550 Issues (594 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.40 USD
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Content Items: 18 (14 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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FlagMad #501 published October 2009 as The MAD Vault 1973 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Norman Mingo (signed)
Inker(s): Norman Mingo (signed)
Colorist(s): Norman Mingo (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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A Moving Jungle Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Edwing
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Colorist(s): Jack Davis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Tarzan
Synopsis: Tarzan meets an African jungle god.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The New Comedians

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
Feature(s): Police Farce Dept.
Character(s): George C. Scott [as Kilvicesky]; Stacy Keach [as Mayrick]; Jane Alexander [as Mrs. Mayrick]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "The New Centurions," a veteran beat officer schools a rookie officer on the dangers and intricacies of being an urban police officer.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Among the new police force recruits are comedians Henny Youngman, Mort Sahl, Bob Newhart, Milton Berle, Flip Wilson and Rodney Dangerfield. Among the memorial wall photos of officers slain in the line of duty is a picture of Officers Toody and Muldoon from the TV series "Car 54, Where Are You".
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Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sergio Aragones
Penciller(s): Sergio Aragones
Inker(s): Sergio Aragones
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Marginal Thinking Dept.
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Pages: 0
Disclose Notes: Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
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The Mad TV Viewers Hate Book

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
Feature(s): Screen Plagues Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of the aggravating aspects of owning a television set.
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Pages: 4
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Rewriting Your Way To a Ph.D.

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Koch
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Symbol English Dept.
Synopsis: How-to guide on submitting revised versions of the same topic to satisfy graduating grade levels in the educational system.
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Pages: 3
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Late One Night in a Waterfront Tavern

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin (signed)
Inker(s): Don Martin (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Martin Dept.
Synopsis: Two bar patron engage in a contest of strength.
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Pages: 1
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The Lighter Side of Reading

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): Berg's Eye View Dept.
Synopsis: The silly and frustrating aspects of reading.
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Pages: 5
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...But It's Still the Same Old Gas

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Max Brandel
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pump and Circumstance Dept.
Synopsis: The White House gets a telling billboard atop it.
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Why Does It Always Happen That...

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
Feature(s): Fate-a-Compli Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of bad luck that seem fated to happen.
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Pages: 3
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Mad Interviews a Typical Liberal Family

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
Feature(s): Bleeding Heart Burn Dept.
Synopsis: Profile of a politically progressive family who are progressive when it's convenient.
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Pages: 5
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Antonio Prohias
Penciller(s): Antonio Prohias (signed)
Inker(s): Antonio Prohias (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joke & Dagger Dept.; Spy Vs. Spy
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy gets the Black Spy in trouble with their host at a society tea party.
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Pages: 1
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Head Shop Supplies

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
Feature(s): Freak Enterprise Dept.
Synopsis: A niche magazine aimed at hippies and stoners.
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Pages: 5
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Patterns of Speech

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Max Brandel
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Clarke (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Theme Scheme Dept.
Synopsis: Various situations where the scene is summarized by a word balloon consisting of pictures rather than words.
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Pages: 3
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One Evening at a Masquerade Party

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin (signed)
Inker(s): Don Martin (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Martin Dept.
Synopsis: A man in a bunny costume tries to pick up a woman in a horse costume.
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Pages: 1
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When All of TV Must Grant Equal Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Koch
Penciller(s): Angelo Torres
Inker(s): Angelo Torres
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Other Side of the Corn Dept.
Character(s): John Beradino [as Dr. Steven Hardy]; Robert Reed [as Mike Brady]; Florence Henderson [as Carol Brady]; Maureen McCormick [as Marsha Brady]; Arthur Hill [as Owen Marshall]; Martin Milner [as Pete Malloy]; Kent McCord [as Jim Reed]
Synopsis: Television series, such as soap operas, sitcoms, and dramas are forced to give equal time to advocacy groups.
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Pages: 5
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Whose Life Would Be Seriously Endangered If Pot Were Legalized?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Jaffee
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Inker(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Colorist(s): Al Jaffee
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad Fold-In
Synopsis: Legalized marijuana would be a threat to this industry.
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Pages: 1
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Amputee

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Max Brandel
Penciller(s): Irving Schild (photo)
Inker(s): Irving Schild (photo)
Colorist(s): Irving Schild (photo)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Another Mad Mini-Poster
Character(s): Uncle Sam
Synopsis: Uncle Sam tries to make a peace sign, but can't with his fingers amputated at the joint.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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