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Issue: Mad #187
Publication Date: December 1976
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Issues: #187 of 550 Issues (594 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand:
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: 20 (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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FlagNorsk Mad #2/1981 published September 1981 as Rett før den store fighten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagA Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] #[nn] published March 1984 as The Bauble Hymn of the Republic [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Rickard [as JR] (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Rickard [as JR] (signed)
Colorist(s): Jack Rickard
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Henry Winkler [as Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli]
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Clarke Ages the Fonz

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo); Bob Clarke
Inker(s): ? (photo); Bob Clarke
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Henry Winkler
Synopsis: Artist Bob Clarke artificially ages a portrait of actor Henry Winkler.
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Pages: 0.13
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Rickard's Hang-Up About Phones

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Rickard [as JR] (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Rickard [as JR] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Artist Rickard paints various model phones as they pose for him.
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Pages: 0.13
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Gall of the President's Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Drucker (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Washington Post-Mortem Dept.
Character(s): Robert Redford [as Bob Woodwind]; Dustin Hoffman [as Snarl Burnsteam]; Jack Warden [as Harry Rosenfeld]; Jason Robards [as Ben Boldlee]; Gerald Ford [as Strep Throat]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "All the President's Men," two intrepid reporters stumble through the threads of a conspiracy that leads all the way to the top.
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Pages: 7
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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
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One Fine Morning in a Play Pen

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: An infant gets confused.
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Great Moments in Bad Timing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Peter Porges
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Oops! Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of people saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.
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Pages: 3
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A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes Car Rental Companies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Hart
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke
Inker(s): Bob Clarke
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Inside-Ouch Dept.
Synopsis: How automobile rental agencies really do business.
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Pages: 3
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One Fine Afternoon in a Gym

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 professional boxer has a unique method of training.
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Other Forms of Malpractice Insurance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Hart
Penciller(s): George Woodbridge
Inker(s): George Woodbridge
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Take Coverage! Dept.
Synopsis: Malpractice insurance policies for lack of courteous behavior.
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The Bauble Hymn of the Republic

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): Harry North
Inker(s): Harry North
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Buy-Centennial Dept.
Synopsis: Essay on the over-commercialization of the Bicentennial celebration.
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Pages: 2
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The Lighter Side of Living Together

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 trials of living with other people.
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Pages: 5
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How "Specialty Magazines" are Trying to Boost Sales

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick DeBartolo
Penciller(s): Jack Rickard
Inker(s): Jack Rickard
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Reaching for New "Hypes" Dept.
Synopsis: Various niche magazines try to boost circulation by using sensational cover blurbs and lurid headlines.
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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)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joke & Dagger Dept.; Spy Vs. Spy
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy sabotages the White Spy's trap and ends up sabotaging himself.
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Mad's "Undercover Revolutionary" of the Year

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): Bomb Vivant Dept.
Synopsis: A man anonymously plotting the downfall of the government is interviewed.
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Pages: 7
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How to Read a Real Estate Ad

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alan Robin
Penciller(s): Bob Jones
Inker(s): Bob Jones
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Homing Devices Dept.
Synopsis: A real estate ad is dissected and the glowing vague terms are depicted in more realistic illustrations.
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Pages: 3
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One Fine Evening at a Recital

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: The audience is enthralled by a concert performance, but only by one of the performers.
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Crappy Days

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arnie Kogen
Penciller(s): Angelo Torres (signed)
Inker(s): Angelo Torres (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Fatuous Fifties Dept.
Character(s): Ron Howard [as Itchie Cullingham]; Henry Winkler [as The Funz]; Tom Bosley [as Howard Cullingham]; Marion Ross [as Marion Cullingham]; Erin Moran [as Joinie Cullingham]; Anson Williams [as Putzie]; Don Most [as Riff]; Pat Morita [as Arnerd]; Milton Berle; Bill Cosby; Sherman Hemsley; Esther Rolle; Redd Foxx
Synopsis: In a parody of the TV series "Happy Days," the boring antics of a typical fifties nuclear family and the hilarious biker who visits them.
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What Popular Con Game...Played in a Carnival-like Atmosphere...Makes Suckers of Us All

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: opinion
Feature(s): Mad Fold-In
Synopsis: Don't believe everything you hear, particularly from Washington.
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Don't Vote for Alfred E. Neuman for President

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Norman Mingo ?
Inker(s): Norman Mingo ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Another Mad Mini-Poster
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: An anti-Neuman election poster.
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