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Issue: Mad #1
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/18/2018
Volume:
Pages: 60
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 88852633230606
Price: $5.99 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (15 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Drawn Out Dramas by Sergio Aragones scattered in the margins throughout the issue.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: ongoing series
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Photo of Bill Gaines and figures from Mad #1 (EC 1952) cover.
Star Bores: Half-Assed Jedi

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Judge Me By My Dept., Do You?
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A Mad Look at Harassment

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Is Your Tiki Leaky?

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House subscription ad.
Make America Greet Again

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Get Hell Soon Dept.
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Spy vs Spy

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The Wisenheim Museum

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Things We'd Like to Mount Dept.
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Includes small image of cover to Mad #11 (EC 1952).
Potrzebie Comics

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Fake cover to Potrzebie Comics (52 cent cover price) that leads into next 12 pages (3 sequences), all mentioned on this fake cover.
It's Bring Your Sidekick to Work Day!

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The 27 Club

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Boonies Burbs and Burgs

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Mad's Movie Mogul Guide Marketing Chick Flicks to The Dude Bro Demographic

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Bros Will Be Bros Dept.
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Mary Trainor credited as "artist"; the whole sequence is photoshopped photos.
Pop Culture That Didn't Make It Into... Ready Player One

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Nostalgia Ad Naueum Dept.
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Starchie Reconstituted

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Another Mad Time Warper
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First three pages in the style of Will Elder.
Movies We'd Like to See (on the Cutting Room Floor)

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Too True to Be Good Dept.
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Photoshopped photos.
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Megan Koester; Chris Fairbanks
Michael C. Falk; ? (photograph); Chris Fairbanks; Nicole Georges
Michael C. Falk; ? (photograph); Chris Fairbanks; Nicole Georges
Doug Thompson
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Assorted gags, cartoons, and bits.
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Letters from Wayne Donovan, Bob Hatoff, Derek Mahoney, Bonnie Yuba, Jackson Louden, Tom Janzen, Ed Meisinger, Joey Cannizzaro, and Jared Hall.
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The Madifesto
Dear Mad, Life didn't used to be so easy.
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Assorted credits for administrators, VPs, business managers and other people who need their egos stroked.
What Is the Last Thing Many Americans Do Before Dying?

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Answer: Take a Selfie.
Mad's Guide to Protecting Your Home

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