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Issue: Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #13
Publication Date: January 1974
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Issues: #13 of 141 Issues (153 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 36 (30 stories, 1 cover)
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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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[untitled]

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Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of the cartoon panel "Ripley's Believe It or Not"; Examples of odd or eccentric people, including a woman mugged 2178 times and a long distance call from Bismarck, North Dakota, to London, England.
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Departments

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Cliché Movie Scenes Brought Up to Date

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A Mad Glance at a Congressman's Outgoing Mail

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Feature(s): Franking-ly Speaking Dept.
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A Mad Look at Wars of Yore

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Feature(s): Assault and Battering Dept.
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Mad's Famous Department Store Clerks' Course

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Mad Sickie Stickies

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The Richard M. Nixon Presidential Primer

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Feature(s): Run, Dick, Run! Dept.
Character(s): Richard Nixon; Spiro Agnew
Synopsis: Richard Nixon outlines why he will be a good President to a juvenile audience.
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One Day in a Tenement

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Synopsis: A struggling street musician provides for his family in an unexpected manner.
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True Fat

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Feature(s): Grit and Bear It Dept.
Character(s): John Wayne [as Booster Claghorn]; Kim Darby [as Brattie Ross]; Glen Campbell [as LaBeefy]; Jeff Corey [as Tom Shamey]; Strother Martin [as The Colonel]
Synopsis: Parody of the film "True Grit"; a spoiled brat teams up with a drunken marshal and a dimwitted Texas Ranger to track down the man who murdered her father.
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A Mad Look at Footprints

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Feature(s): Body-in-Sole Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how a person's footprints reveal their intent.
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Mad's Modernized College Entrance Exam

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Feature(s): Ask a Stupid Question Dept.
Synopsis: A college entrance exam is rewritten to appeal to various agendas and splinter groups.
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One Day Downtown

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Synopsis: A man gets a karmic response for stepping on an insect.
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A Mad Look at Two High School Generations

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Feature(s): Minor Adjustment Dept.
Synopsis: Comparing then and now, from the forties to the seventies, featuring the topics, movies; clothes; smoking; war; hair; school authority; family car & the school paper.
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The Lighter Side of Money

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Synopsis: Satirizing civilization's obsession with money.
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Spy Vs. Spy

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Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy booby-traps his observation headquarters.
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Mad's Condonence Cards for Life's Other Tragedies

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Feature(s): Postal Mortems Dept.
Synopsis: Sympathy cards for less than tragic circumstances.
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If "Peanuts" Were a Weekly TV Series

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Character(s): Charlie Brown; Linus Van Pelt; Lucy Van Pelt; Peppermint Patty; Snoopy; Woodstock; Schroeder; Sally Brown; Shermy
Synopsis: If the Charlie Brown specials were turned into a weekly TV series, the shows concepts would be: Young Doctor Brown; Peanuts Squad; Peanuts Place; Charlie Brown, Attorney for the Defenseless; The Chuck Brown Show.
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Sports Cars We'd Like to See

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Synopsis: A series of gags featuring wacky cars designed by the insane mind of Basil Wolverton.
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U.S. Folksy Income Tax Return

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The "Familiar" Form Dept.
Synopsis: The 1040 Income Tax Form is reformatted with illustrations and conversational instructions.
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Makeus Sickby M.D.

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Feature(s): Sterile Cuckoos Dept.
Character(s): Makeus Sickby; Richard Craven; Dr. Smiley; Brenda; Howard Cosell; Jackie Gleason
Synopsis: A parody of the TV series, "Marcus Welby, M.D."
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One Morning in the Life of an Optician

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Synopsis: An optician accidentally dislodges the eye of a former patient.
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I Remember, I Remember the Wondrous Woodstock Music Fair

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Synopsis: Satirical remembrance, in verse, of the Woodstock Music Festival.
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Mad's "Foreign Film Producer of the Year"

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Feature(s): Rib A Dubbed Dub Dept.
Character(s): Hugh Downs; Carlo Levinetini
Synopsis: Mad interviews a film producer who is more interested in the quality of his profits than the quality of his films.
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21st Century Outdoors Magazine

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Feature(s): We Will Bury Us! Dept.
Character(s): Loreen Taylor; Steel Nurvs; Judy DeLizza; Joe Theismann; Carla Zammarioni
Synopsis: A mock magazine focusing on outdoor life and man's involvement in destroying it.
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The Fitting

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Synopsis: A man gets fitted for glasses.
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A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at the U. S. Congress

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Synopsis: The antics behind the scenes at Congress is depicted.
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You Know You're Really on Your Own When...

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Feature(s): Defamation of Independence Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of people experiencing responsibilities they aren't ready to accept yet.
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The Lighter Side of Family Gatherings

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Synopsis: Cynical look at family reunions and relations.
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Spy vs. Spy

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Character(s): Black Spy; White Spy
Synopsis: Black Spy falls for White Spy's rubber club trap.
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More Up-to-Date Health & Safety Songs for Children

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Feature(s): Tunes of Glory Dept.
Synopsis: Songs for children promoting good health and safety practices.
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Once Again in Front of a Novelty Shop

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Synopsis: There's more than one way to get someone with a lapel trick.
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Airplot

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Feature(s): Coffee, Tea and Milked Dept.
Character(s): Mule Bakersdozen; Cinderblock; Tango Livingdoll; Vermin Swinger; B. Carria; Gryn Mayday; Antsin Hisspantz; Panicky Loudmouth; Obnoxious Kid; Adorable Nun; Phony Priest; Little Old Lady; Stowaway; Wide-Eyed Group Sickie
Synopsis: A satire of the movie Airport.
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What Form of Inflation Are Most Americans Constantly Fighting?

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Synopsis: The Consumer Price Index isn't what most people are worried about.
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Ditched in the South Pacific

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Synopsis: A man adrift in the ocean inflates a raft.
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