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Issue: Mad #183
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Norman Mingo (signed)
Norman Mingo (signed)
Norman Mingo (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
Alfred E. Neuman
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Miscellaneous
1
The Princess in the Tower

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Edwing
Paul Coker Jr.
Paul Coker Jr.
Paul Coker Jr.
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
More Scenes We'd Like to See
A prince courts a princess living in a tower.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
Dum-Dum Afternoon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Larry Siegel
Mort Drucker (signed)
Mort Drucker (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Withdrawal Simpletons Dept.
Al Pacino [as Funny]; John Cazale [as Sap]; Charles Durning [as Sgt. Confetti]; Carol Kane [as the teller]
In a parody of the film "Dog Day Afternoon," two inept bank robbers turn a hold up into a hostage situation.
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Miscellaneous
7
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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Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
One Summer Day in the Jungle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin
Don Martin (signed)
Don Martin (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, jungle
Don Martin Dept.
Tarzan
Three monkeys rate Tarzan's dismount from a jungle vine.
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Miscellaneous
1
A Mad Look at Burps Through History

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Peter Porges
Bob Clarke
Bob Clarke
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
For Whom the Belch Tolls Dept.
Adam; Eve; Sir Isaac Newton; Lucrezia Borgia; George Washington; King Henry VIII; Napoleon Bonaparte; Alexander Graham Bell
Famous historical events are altered by cases of gastric distress.
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Miscellaneous
3
Mad's Academy Awards for Public Servants

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Hart
George Woodbridge
George Woodbridge
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Grinding Their Acts Dept.
Awards are presented to the most unique acts of bureaucratic incompetence.
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Miscellaneous
6
Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Antonio Prohias
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Antonio Prohias (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Joke & Dagger Dept.; Spy Vs. Spy
The Black Spy; The White Spy
The Black Spy hijacks the White Spy's armored vehicle.
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Miscellaneous
1
Other TV Guidance Announcements

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick DeBartolo
? (photo)
? (photo)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Family Fare Warning Dept.
Bill Cullen; Monty Hall; Merv Griffin; Cher
Disclaimers for various genres of television shows.
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Miscellaneous
3
Getting Involved

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Humane Being Dept.
A man passes several socially abhorrent situations without acting, but chooses to act when he witnesses something abhorrent to him.
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Miscellaneous
1
The Lighter Side of Grooming

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Berg's Eye View Dept.
The hassles and quirks of personal grooming are explored.
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Miscellaneous
5
Mind Power

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Hart
Jack Rickard (signed)
Jack Rickard (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Mental Piece Dept.
A niche magazine for people who have Extra-sensory Perception.
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Miscellaneous
5
Unweddings of the Future

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Earle Doud
Paul Coker Jr.
Paul Coker Jr.
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
An Affair to Dismember
Aspects of a proposed ceremony to be created for divorces.
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Miscellaneous
4
Take It With a Grain of Salt When...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lou Silverstone
Jack Davis
Jack Davis
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
CY-NACL Dept.
Examples of claims that deserve skepticism.
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Miscellaneous
2
One Afternoon Down Home

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin
Don Martin (signed)
Don Martin (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
A rural woman swipes her husband's whiskey, then accidentally betrays herself.
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Miscellaneous
1
Barfetta

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lou Silverstone
Angelo Torres (signed)
Angelo Torres (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Disguise Da Limit Dept.
Robert Blake [as Det. Toady Barfetta]; Edward Grover [as Lt. Bluebaker]; Michael D. Roberts [as Huggy Bear]; Tom Ewell [as Billy]
In a parody of the TV series "Baretta," an undercover police detective drives his superior crazy with his incompetent antics.
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Miscellaneous
6
How Have Some Pesky Critters Gotten Out of Control Lately?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee (signed)
Al Jaffee (signed)
Al Jaffee
typeset
Subject Matter
opinion
Mad Fold-In
Some bugs don't respond to insecticide.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
If it Wasn't for Winston, I Wouldn't Smoke

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Feldstein ?
Irving Schild (photo)
Irving Schild (photo)
Irving Schild (photo)
typeset
Subject Matter
opinion
Parody of Winston print ads; A woman lists all the things she wouldn't have if she didn't smoke cigarettes.
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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