XOW Logo
Issue: Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #36
Disclose Detail
Title:
Is Variant Variant: $1.50 Cover Price
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893408013
Price: $1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
33 (30 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Albert B. Feldstein
Disclose Notes:  
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
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
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets0
 
Disclose Issue Images
The Comics

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
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
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
One Day in the Comics Suburbs

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Arnoldo Franchioni
Jack Rickard
Jack Rickard
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Mad
Popeye; Olive Oyl; Dagwood; Blondie; Daisy Mae;
Li'l Abner
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside Front Cover (full color)
Disclose
Table of Contents

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
?
Typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Mad Super Special
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
Comic Strips They'd Really Like to Do

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
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"
Disclose
If Comic Strip Characters Answered Those Little Ads

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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
 
Miscellaneous
3
Disclose
The Mad "Comic" Opera

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Disclose
More Powerful Than a Locomotive ...

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Subject Matter
humorous
From "Super" to Nuts Dept.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Disclose
Adult TV Cartoons

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
Parodies of The Flintstones, The Honeymooners, Untouchables, Candid Camera, To Tell the Truth, Jack Paar Show, You Bet Your Life, and Person to Person.
Disclose
Will Success Spoil Charlie Brown?

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Disclose
Don Martin Looks at Spider-Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Don Martin
Don Martin
Don Martin
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
Spider-Man
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
Disclose
Comicland

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
Disclose
If Comic Characters Were Psychoanalyzed

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Disclose
A Mad Look at Super Heroes

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Disclose
Nansy

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Newspaper Comics Dept.
Nansy; Pinocchio; Pat Patton; Junior Tracy
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Disclose
Misery Is a Cold Hot Dog

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Disclose
If Comic Strip Characters Behaved Like Ordinary People

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Disclose
If Famous Authors Wrote the Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Disclose
If the World's Great Painters Drew the Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Jack Rickard
Jack Rickard
?
Subject Matter
humorous
"Pop" Goes the Easel Dept.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Comics drawn in the styles of Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Grant Wood, Millet, Rousseau, and Whistler.
Disclose
A Mad Portfolio of Appropriate Comic Strip Sound Effects

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
Disclose
Future Educational Comic Pamphlets

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
Disclose
A Mad Look at Superman

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Disclose
If "Peanuts" Were a Weekly TV Series

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Disclose
The Comic Strip Characters' Christmas Party

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Two-page spread.
Disclose
Comics for Publications That Don't Have Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Disclose
If Comic Strip Artists Drew Editorial Cartoons

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Disclose
Tell-Tale Comic Strip Balloons

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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
 
Miscellaneous
3
Disclose
A Super Opportunity

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Subject Matter
humorous
You Kent Win 'Em All Dept.
Clark Kent [Superman]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Disclose
If Comic Strip Characters Were as Old as Their Strips

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Disclose
A Mad Look at Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Subject Matter
humorous
West-Ward-Ho-Ho! Dept.
Batman; Robin
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Disclose
The End of Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Disclose
Obituraries for Comic Strip Characters

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
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.
Disclose
Which Modern Artist Is Most Successfully Communicating With His Audience?

Activity  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee (signed)
Al Jaffee
?
Typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Mad Fold-In
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside Back Cover (full color)
Disclose
Superman's Super-Hernia

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Don Edwing
Don Martin
Don Martin
?
Typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
[Don Martin Dept.]
Superman
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back Cover. Title from table of contents of "Totally MAD" CD.

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2024. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.