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Issue: Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #85
Publication Date: January 1993
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Issues: #85 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: 72
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UPC/EAN: 07098934080001
Price: $3.50 USD
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Content Items: 25 (21 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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Collector's Series #4

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): White Spy; Black Spy
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Departments

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What's the Connection?

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Feature(s): Inside Dope Dept.
Character(s): Gene Hackman [as Cockeye]; Roy Scheider [as Birdie]; Tony Lo Bianco [as Salvatore Guiseppe Bocciballo]; Fernando Rey [as Mr. Dapperbeaux]; Carroll O'Connor [as Archie Bunker]; Steve McQueen [as Bullitt]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "The French Connection," a racist, violent narcotics detective tries to arrest the members of a drug-smuggling ring.
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Wishful Thinking

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Feature(s): Opti-Missed Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how reality doesn't measure up to a person's expectations.
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Spy vs. Spy

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): White Spy; Black Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy is working at a customs house. The Black Spy sneaks by using a decoy.
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A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at the Post Office

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Feature(s): Inside-Ouch! Dept.
Synopsis: A satirical look at the inner workings of your local postal station.
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Time Drags... Time Flies...

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Feature(s): Weary of Relativity Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how the perception of time's passage varies depending upon one's desire for an event to happen.
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Spy vs. Spy

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): White Spy; Black Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy ests a club on top of a pole. When the Black Spy punches the White Spy into the pole it breaks and the club swings down into the Black Spy's jaw.
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Ripoff Cafe Accessories, Inc.

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Feature(s): Ambiance Chasers Dept.
Synopsis: Sales catalog for a company that sells inordinately fancy and expensive restaurant supplies.
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Trademark Graffiti

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Future Broadway Musicals

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Feature(s): Tune Up the Volume Dept.
Character(s): Gregory Peck [as Captain Ahab]; Dean Martin [as Sydney Carton]; Frank Sinatra [as Charles Darney]; Shirley MacLaine [as Lucie Manette]
Synopsis: Famous novels and plays like Moby Dick, Julius Caesar and A Tale of Two Cities are turned into Broadway Musicals.
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A Portfolio of Mad Zoo-Lulus

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Feature(s): Animal Crack-Ups Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of the names of animals with the calligraphy altered or stylized to resemble that animal.
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Some Mad Articles You Never Got to See

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Feature(s): Eccccch-Traneous Matter Dept.
Synopsis: The first pages of features previously rejected by the editors.
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Jobs on the Fringe of Show Business

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Feature(s): Way Off-Broadway Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of dreams of show business stardom that didn't quite pan out.
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The Lighter Side of Goofs

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Synopsis: Examples of people caught in embarrassing situations.
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Spy vs. Spy

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Character(s): White Spy; Black Spy
Synopsis: At sea, the White Spy gives the Black Spy a piece of meat then releases a shark.
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When You're Poor...and...When You're Rich

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Feature(s): Status Quotes Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how your social status affects the way your behavior is labeled.
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What's the Story...?

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Feature(s): Incident Replay Dept.
Synopsis: Word balloons in pictures explain the events leading up to the depicted scenes.
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Football as Covered by Other Publications

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Feature(s): Punt of View Dept.
Synopsis: Football stories written for non-sports niche magazines.
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Horrifying Cliches

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Spooking from Pictures Dept.
Synopsis: Cliche phrases are given monstrous visualization, such as reviving an old custom and cooking up an alibi.
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Letters from the Internal Revenue Service

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Eyes of Taxes Are Upon You Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of letters from the IRS to individual filers questioning attempted deductions.
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Spy vs. Spy

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): White Spy; Black Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy holds up the White Spy with a fake arm.
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Crappy Days

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Fatuous Fifties Dept.
Character(s): Ron Howard [as Itchie Cullingham]; Henry Winkler [as The Funz]; Tom Bosley [as Howard Cullingham]; Marion Ross [as Marion Cullingham]; Erin Moran [as Joinie Cullingham]; Anson Williams [as Putzie]; Don Most [as Riff]; Pat Morita [as Arnerd]; Milton Berle; Bill Cosby; Sherman Hemsley; Esther Rolle; Redd Foxx
Synopsis: In a parody of the TV series "Happy Days," the boring antics of a typical fifties nuclear family and the hilarious biker who visits them.
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What Is the Only Thing That Completely Ignores the Law of Gravity?

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Synopsis: Inflation never studied law.
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The Replacement

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Synopsis: A lighthouse with a burned out lamp is replaced.
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