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Issue: Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #8
Publication Date: January 1972
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Issues: #8 of 141 Issues (153 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 84
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UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 30 (23 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: comes with 16page color "TV Guise Fall Preview".
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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
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The TV Guise Fall Preview

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Mad's Color Puzzle Page

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Satire of comic book activity pages; Find things beginning with the letter 'a', color the picture, find the number in the colored dots, and determine which two pictures are the same.
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Departments

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201 Minutes of a Space Idiocy

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Kier Dullea [as Bowtie]; Gary Lockwood [as Poop]; William Sylvester [as Dr. Haywire]; Leonard Rossiter [as Dr. Smyles]
Synopsis: Parody of the film "2001: A Space Odessey"; two astronauts are sent to investigate a monolith found on the moon.
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Mad about Fashion Fads

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hem and Haw-Haw Dept.
Synopsis: Satirical essay in verse form about the fashion industry.
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Mad's 'Practical' New Car Designed to Eliminate Owner Aggravation

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Auto-Suggestion Dept.
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You and Your Big Mouth!

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tongue in Check Dept.
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Another Sickening Collection of Mad Greeting Cards

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Feature(s): Sad Tidings Dept.
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The Conservative Dream

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Feature(s): Right on! Dept.
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What Politicians Say...

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Feature(s): Forked Tongue Dept.
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More Mad Namelies

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Feature(s): Hah-Monicker Dept.
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If the President Were Chosen Like 'Miss America'

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Electorate Circus Dept.
Character(s): Bert Parks [as Bert Smirk]; Dick Gregory [as Gregory Dick]; Otto Preminger [as Otto Promiser]; Woody Allen; Eugene McCarthy; Nelson Rockefeller; George Wallace; Hubert Humphrey; Richard Nixon; June Lockhart [as June Lockliver]; Ronald Reagan; Lyndon Johnson
Synopsis: The 1968 Presidential campaign is represented as a beauty pageant.
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Don Martin on the Golf Course

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Synopsis: Golfers experience odd occurrences on the links.
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Further Adventures of the Red Baron, or "Security Ist Ein Grounded Beaglehundt"

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Red Baron; Snoopy [as the Famous World War One Flying Ace]
Synopsis: The recurring clashes of Snoopy and the Red Baron, told from the Red Baron's point of view and drawn to approximate Charles Schultz's comic strip style.
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Toy Boat Decoy

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Black Spy; White Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy puts a toy boat on a string into a storm drain. The Black Spy investigates and follows the boat right into the White Spy's trap.
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The Lighter Side of High School Football

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Examples of the ridiculous side of high school football games and the people who attend them.
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Casey at the Dice

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Oy-Vegas Dept.
Synopsis: In a parody of the poem "Casey at the Bat," a famous craps player tries to beat a table on a hot streak.
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A Mad Look at Bugs 'n Worms 'n Things

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Down to Earth Dept.
Synopsis: Various humorous examples of insects interacting with their environment.
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MafiaCo Incorporated

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Profit and Lawless Dept.
Synopsis: Corporate stockholders report on the previous year's profits and losses for a crime organization.
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Horrifying Cliches [Part 6]

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Spooking From Pictures Dept.
Synopsis: Common phrases given horrific visualizations.
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A Mad Look at Sex Education in the Schools

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Who's Minding the Stork Dept.
Synopsis: Speculation of the possible effects of sex education being taught in elementary school.
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Mad's Book Publisher of the Year

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Garbage Disposal Dept.
Synopsis: Mad interviews a shady book publisher.
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On the Set

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Synopsis: A film director tries to compensate for the height disparity of his two actors.
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Mad's Follow-up Report on Progress

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Patent-Panning Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how technological progress hasn't necessarily made life better.
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S.O.S.

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Black Spy; White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy sends out an S.O.S. The White Spy responds, intending to bomb the Black Spy's raft, but the raft is a decoy for a vessel which shoots the White Spy's plane out of the sky.
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One Day in Baghdad

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A rookie snake charmer gets the wrong end of a cobra.
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You Know You've Really Made It When...

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Status-Sphere Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of signs that you now lead a successful life.
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The Typical "Success Story"

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Double Standard of Living Dept.
Character(s): John Garfield [as Joey]; Lee J. Cobb [as Pop]; Shirley Booth [as Shirley]; Dustin Hoffman [as Ricky]; David Niven [as Dad]; Mia Farrow [as the Hippie Chick]; Candace Bergen [as Samantha]
Synopsis: Comparison of films with the plot of a young man searching for personal fulfillment, one made in the forties and the other made in the sixties.
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In What Battle Zone Are the Most Shocking Atrocities Being Committed?

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: There's a battle being waged that's more bloody and vicious than the one in Vietnam.
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The 60-Second Disappointment

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of Polaroid print ads; An instant photo isn't worth much if it doesn't develop properly.
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