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Issue: Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #56
Publication Date: January 1986
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Issues: #56 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: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893408063
Price: $2.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 40 (28 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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How Do Today's Crooks Really Strike It Rich?

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Departments

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Undressed to Kill

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Feature(s): It’s a Drag! Dept.
Character(s): Kite Muller (dies); Dr. Robert Illiot; Putter Muller; Lust Blake; Brian DeTrauma; Mr. Ludwig; Dr. Leafy; Lt. Marina; Tony Perkins (cameo)
Synopsis: A satire of the movie Dressed to Kill.
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One Morning on a Street Corner

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T-Shirts Through the Ages

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Feature(s): Getting It Off Their Chest Dept.
Character(s): Napoleon; Josephine; Adam; Eve; Venus De Milo; Tarzan; Baron Von Richthofen; Moses; Robinson Crusoe; Henry VIII; Mona Lisa; King Kong; Christopher Columbus; Samson; Delilah; Joan of Arc; Beethoven; Genghis Khan
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Mad's Career-Oriented Mother Goose

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Feature(s): Re: Verse Psychology Dept.
Synopsis: Rhymes include... Mary Had an LTD; Jack and Jill; Little Miss Muffet; As I Was Going to St. Ives; Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son; Humpty Dumpty; Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee; Little Boy Blue; Taffy Was A Hitman.
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How to Read a New Car Ad

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Feature(s): Auto Suggestion Dept.
First Line: There are a lot of changes going on in the automobile industry these days.
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The Mad Stop Watch

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Your Mad Horoscope

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Har to Har

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Feature(s): Jet Set for Take Off Dept.
Character(s): Jonapun Har; Mrs. H [Jenifun Har]; Lax; Kim; Tollbooth (dog)
Synopsis: A satire of the television show Hart to Hart.
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One Afternoon in the Far East

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Mad Careers for the Slow and Lazy

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Publically Prohibited Bad Habits of the Future

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The Lighter Side of... Fire

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If the Guinness Book of World Records Dealt with Everyday Life

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One Night in the Miami Bus Terminal

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Synopsis: A "change" machine changes a man into a woman.
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See Evil; Hear Evil; Speak Evil

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Feature(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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The Toe Bank Needs Toes

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Fight Demeaning Plebney

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Smoking Is a Drag!

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Synopsis: Mad's reaction to the cigarette industry's introduction of the 100mm cigarette.
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Fonebone Is Watching You!

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Good Government Needs a Sense of Humor

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Watch Out for Falling Bricks

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Wait!

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Extraordinary People

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Feature(s): That’s the Way the Kookies Crumble Dept.
Character(s): Bess; Conrail; Dr. Burper; Jeannie
Synopsis: A satire of the movie Ordinary People.
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Mixed-Up Junk Mail Mailing Lists

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How Many Mistakes Can You Find in This Picture?

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How Can You Possibly Believe...

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More Sub-Divisions for Public Places

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The Lighter Side of Fads

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Synopsis: Examination of how people flock to, or from, fads.
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A Mad Look at Discrimination

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Spy vs. Spy

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Character(s): Black Spy; White Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy uses toy boats to trick the Black Spy.
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William Shakespeare... Social Critic

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Feature(s): Something Is Rotten Dept.
Character(s): William Shakespeare; Kiss; Rolling Stones; Mork & Mindy; Alfred E. Neuman; Barbra Streisand
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The Mad Sale of Expendable American Properties, Landmarks and Monuments

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Bonus Balonus

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The Shiner

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Feature(s): Hatchet Job Dept.
Character(s): Mr. Ulpman; Wack Torrents; Maria; Dr. Frankenstein; Windy Torrents; Dinny Torrents; Dork Hollerman (dies); Boney; The Grisly Sisters; Egbert Grisly
Synopsis: A satire of the movie The Shining.
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Late One Night in a Bank

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Synopsis: A vault door falls on a would-be thief.
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A Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions "Mother Goose" Fold-In

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Playing Dead

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Synopsis: A dog plays dead to trick its owners.
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