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Issue: The Worst from MAD #5
Publication Date: January 1962
 
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/12/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 92
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
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Content Items: 36 (31 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1962 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Covers; Black & White Interiors
Dimensions: 10.75" x 8.25"
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Annual
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Collage includes the covers of Mad (EC, 1952 series) #57 to 62.
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S'Matter? Can't You Dial?

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Parody of Dial Soap and Bell phone system; a man is dragged out of the shower to answer a wrong number phone call.
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Inside front cover.
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If Magazines Carried Comic Strips

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Comic Relief Dept.
Rex Morgan; Superman; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Looey; Charlie Brown; Lucy Van Pelt; Flash Gordon; Dr. Zarkov; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; Mama Katzenjammer; Prince Valiant; Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator
Tailoring comic strips to the magazines they appear in.
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Up to Date Names for Rockets and Missiles

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Out to Launch Dept.
Jack Paar; Charles Van Doren; Jimmy Hoffa; Louella Parsons; Dean Martin; Alfred E. Neuman
Naming missiles after celebrities to highlight their specific capabilities.
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The Mad "Down-To-Earth" Coloring Book

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Hue And Cryin' Out Loud Dept.
A coloring book that doubles as a cynical examination of modern life.
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The Safecrackers

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Four safe-crackers are apprehended when one of them makes the wrong noise at the wrong time.
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TV's Wonder Dog, Lizzie

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Mutt Ado About Nothing Dept.
Lassie [as Lizzie]; Jon Provost [as Tommy]; June Lockhart [as Mrs. Morton]; Hugh Reilly [as Mr. Morton]; Andy Clyde [as the neighbor]; Johnny Weissmuller [as Tarzan]; Judge Crater
Parody of the television show "Lassie".
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No Dept.
Dear Mr. Gaines
Blank page with a note clipped to it from Al Feldstein's mother, claiming he was too sick to fill the page.
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Spy Vs. Spy

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The White Spy; The Black Spy
The spies try to poison each other.
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First appearance of Spy Vs. Spy feature.
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Sailing

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The Breeze And Aye-Aye Dept.
Satirical look at small-craft sailing.
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Spy Vs. Spy, Part 2

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The White Spy; The Black Spy
While the White Spy dreams of stealing the Black Spy's secret plans, the Black Spy actually does it.
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Admissions of Dishonesty Still Don't Make it Right

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Too True To Be Good Dept.
Applying end of program television disclaimers to other areas of society.
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Here's Your Special Bonus

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Refers to inset copy of the 33 1/3 RPM record 'Mad Twists Rock 'n Roll.'
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Amateur Photography

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Humorous look at the hobby of photography.
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Alfred E. Neuman makes a cameo on the cover of a photography hobby magazine.
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The Carpenter's Assistants

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Two carpenter's assistants break more than they build.
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Beatnik: The Magazine for Hipsters

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Sick Sick Slick Dept.
Parody magazine for the beat generation.
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Togetherness Through Music

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A music teacher plays the heads of his students like a xylophone.
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Critical Reviews of Everything

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Pats And Pans Dept.
Parody newspaper clippings of reviews of mundane events.
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The two pictures published with the review of the latest issue of Mad Magazine has a cut line of Gary Belkin under a picture of Alfred E. Neuman and a cut line of Alfred E. Neuman under a picture of a man, presumably author Gary Belkin.
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Spy Vs. Spy, Part 3

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The White Spy; The Black Spy
The White Spy sets the Black Spy up.
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Mad's "Pure Products" Law

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What's in it for Me Dept.
Product ingredient labels the Mad Magazine way.
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Commercial Roulette

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A Turn for the Worse Dept.
Danny Thomas; Betty Furness; Tennessee Ernie Ford; Joe Carioca; Jack Paar
A person channel-surfs and keeps hitting commercials.
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Spy Vs. Spy, Part 4

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The White Spy; The Black Spy
The Black Spy gets pictures of The White Spy's new rocket.
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A Child's History of the Middle 1900's

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Past Tense Years Dept.
Parody of history texts.
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If Doctors Advertised

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There's Gold in Them There Ills Dept.
Groucho Marx
Altering famous advertising campaigns so they advertise the services of physicians.
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The Fortune Teller

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A fortune teller makes a horrific discovery about her client.
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TV Ads We'd Like to See

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Parody of a Ban Roll-on deodorant commercial.
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How to Get Complete Newspaper Coverage

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Slob the Press Dept.
Jayne Mansfield
Comparison of how the New York Times and the New York Daily News would cover particular stories.
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"Cool" Casey at the Bat

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Bop-Fly Dept.
Satirical retelling of the Ernest Lawrence Thayer poem.
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Scenes We'd Like to See

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Parody of the cliche "car racing the train to the railroad crossing" scene.
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Madison Ave. Surplus Sale

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Hard Sell-Out Dept.
In the wake of investigations of deceptive practices by television networks and their ad agencies, said agencies are divesting themselves of their deceptive props at close-out prices.
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At the Masquerade

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A man at the buffet gets a surprise.
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The Parent from Ages 21 to 60

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The Patter of Big Feet Dept.
Satirical look at child-rearing.
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The Moving Men

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Two moving men try to catch a woman falling from an upper floor window.
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The Furd Foulcar

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Charlie Brown; Lucy Van Pelt; Mr. Peanut
Parody of Ford Falcon print ads; famous cartoon characters endorse the 1961 Furd Foulcar.
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Inside back cover.
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What Sort of Man Reads Mad?

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A sophisticate stands on the bumper of his car and contemptuously watches the barefoot moron repairing it.
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Back cover.

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