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Issue: Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #37
Publication Date: January 1981
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Issues: #37 of 141 Issues (153 Printings)
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Variant: $2.00 Cover Price
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 84
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893408014
Price: $2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 33 (27 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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FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010 as A Mad Pictorial Map of the United States [Illustration on Interior Page(s)] part of cover
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad
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One Night in the Big City

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A woman finds a magic lamp on the street.
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Departments

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King Korn

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Kong-Phew Dept.
Character(s): Jeff Bridges [as Hack Pressclot]; Charles Grodin [as Fraud Winsome]; Jessica Lange [as Wanda/Dawn]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film remake "King Kong," an oil exploration search team pair with a stowaway anthropologist and a rescued castaway and encounter a hundred foot tall ape.
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One Night on Skull Island

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): King Kong
Synopsis: King Kong finds a new use for his native sacrifice.
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A Mad Look at King Kong

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Kong-Two Dept.
Character(s): King Kong
Synopsis: Series of cartoons satirizing the film "King Kong".
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Famous People's Telephone Answering Machine Messages

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Feature(s): Fone-Bonus Dept.
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Inventions We'd Like to See

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Necessity for that Mother Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of helpful inventions that don't yet exist.
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You Don't Give a %#*&!*? What Other People Think When...

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Up Theirs! Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of people who refuse to follow popular convention.
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The Lighter Side of Winning

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: People handling victory with humorous lack of grace.
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Early One Morning in South America

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We'd Like to See the Day When...

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Feature(s): We Should Live So Long Dept.
Synopsis: Scenes of annoying people getting their just deserts.
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A Mad Look at Sun 'n' Surf

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Mad Map of the U.S.A.

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If Today's Sex Symbols Weren't in Show Biz

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Telly Savalas; Cher; Dean Martin; Alice Cooper; Paul Williams; Barbra Streisand; Henry Winkler; Ron Howard
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Zappy Endings We'd Like to See

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Feature(s): Revenge Is Mime Dept.
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One Tuesday Morning on Main Street

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man reports a vandalized phone booth to the phone company.
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Mad's "Religious Cult Leader" of the Year

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mike Malice; Reverend Loony
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American Jokes They're Telling in Poland

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A series of jokes satirizing stereotypical American life.
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Hospital

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad’s “Realistic” Board Games Dept.
First Line: Hospital rules
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Marathon Mess

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Thou Shalt Not Drill Dept.
Character(s): Dustin Hoffman [as Boob]; Laurence Olivier [as Schmel]; Roy Scheider [as Doc]; William Devane [as the FBI Agent]
Synopsis: Parody of the film "Marathon Man"; a nebbish stumbles onto a Nazi war criminal in hiding.
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One Day in Egypt

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: While excavating around a pyramid, archaeologists make a startling discovery.
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Casey at the Talks

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): How Much Is on First? Dept.
Character(s): Casey
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Disclose Notes: Updated version of Ernest Lawrence Thayer's famous poem "Casey at the Bat"
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The Lighter Side of Mornings

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The trials of getting up in the morning.
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One Morning in a Courtroom

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Synopsis: An attorney makes an overly aggressive summation.
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Top Secret Minutes of Top Secret Meetings

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Exposed Nerds Dept.
Synopsis: Meeting minutes from organizations that don't want their actions made public.
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When You're Poor... and... When You're Rich

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Status Quotes Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how your social status affects the way your behavior is labeled.
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Plane with Machine Guns

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): White Spy; Black Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy booby traps his own airplane to catch the Black Spy.
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Churlie's Angles

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Private-Eyefuls Dept.
Character(s): Boresly; Saccharina; Killy; Jolly; Lynda Carter; Lindsay Wagner; Telly Savalas; Robert Blake; Angie Dickinson; Cindy Williams; Penny Marshall
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Disclose Notes: Parody of television series "Charlie's Angels"
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One Wednesday Evening in a Restaurant Men's Room

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What's the One Thing Oil-Rich Sheiks Have No Intention of Fueling in Their Own Lands?

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Answer: Liberty's Torch.
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I Want, Too

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Genres: opinion
Synopsis: A woman, dressed as Uncle Sam, demands equal rights.
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A Mad Pictorial Map of the United States

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