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Issue: Mad #74
Publication Date: October 1962
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Issues: #74 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/09/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (20 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color (#1-23, 400-550); color cover with black & white interior (#24-399)
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US (#1-23); magazine size (#24 onward)
Paper Stock: glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A dog seeking a place to urinate eyes a totem pole with Alfred E. Neuman's face as the bottom totem.
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Polaroid Camera

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Parody of Polaroid camera print ads; the advertising staff offers up minimal copy in order to have more time to play with the camera.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Among the letters congratulating Mad on their tenth anniversary with issue #73 are notes from celebrities Johnny Mathis, Louis Nye, Danny Kaye, Fabian, Bobby Darin, Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, and cartoon missives from artists Bill Mauldin, Milton Caniff, Jerry Dumas, Ken Ernst and Mort Walker.
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Alfred's Poor Almanac

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Satirical anecdotes related to each day in August.
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Dr. Kiljoy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Richard Chamberlain [as Dr. Kiljoy]; Raymond Massey [as Dr. Guillotine]; Arthur Murray
Synopsis: In a parody of the television series Dr. Kildare, a handsome but incompetent doctor and his crusty but equally incompetent supervisor make a mess in a large metropolitan hospital.
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Pages: 5
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Future TV Medical Shows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ambulance Chasing Dept.
Character(s): Shirley Booth; Joe E. Ross; Fred Gwynne; Jack Edwards; Richard Boone; Bill Cullen; Ted Mack
Synopsis: Examples of how current television shows would be altered to cash in on the then-current medical show craze.
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Labor Day Cards From Management to Labor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Examples of greeting cards aimed at various professions that emphasize the superiority of management.
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Waterskiing

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A water-skier attempts to avoid a retractable bridge.
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If Corporations Ran Their Own Summer Camps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Blue Chips Off the Old Block Dept.
Synopsis: A summer camp designed to indoctrinate children to the corporate way of thinking.
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Pages: 4
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The White Spy lures the Black Spy into a trap.
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Speaking from Pictures

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Freedom with Speech Dept.
Character(s): Barry Goldwater; Jack Warner; Dwight Eisenhower; Mamie Eisenhower; Queen Elizabeth
Synopsis: Satirizing current events by adding dialogue to press wire photos.
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When Newspaper Editors Go on Vacation

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Stop-Gap the Presses Dept.
Synopsis: Example of a newspaper put together by fill-in editors.
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If They Had Summer Replacements in Every Day Life

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Switch-Craft Dept.
Synopsis: How various professions would fare if unqualified replacements performed them.
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At the Movies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man tries to watch a film while sitting behind a woman with a large hat.
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TV Ads We'd Like to See

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Hugh Downs
Synopsis: Cynical parodies of commercials for Allstate Insurance, Anacin, Dash detergent, Imperial margarine and Raleigh cigarettes.
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The Rock 'N' Roll Senior Citizens' Problem

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Ricky Nelson; Fabian; Frankie Avalon; Bobby Rydell; Chubby Checker
Synopsis: How ex-rock and roll singers will cope after rock and roll dies out.
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A Celebrity's Wallet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Big Time Operator Dept.
Synopsis: A look into the wallet of "Ben Casey" star Vince Edwards.
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Eating Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): You and the Knife and the Muzak Dept.
Synopsis: Different examples of humorous situations in restaurants.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: There is sufficient space above the title where the words "The Lighter Side Of" may have either been removed by the editor or fallen off during production.
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Spy Vs Spy Vs Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, humorous
Character(s): The Gray Spy
Synopsis: The Gray Spy booby-traps the hats of the other two spies.
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The Mad Celebrity Primer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tell-A-Phony Book Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of various film and television celebrities, written in the form of a children's reading primer.
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Pages: 3
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The Arrival of the King

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Attendants roll out the red carpet from the King's carriage.
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Why We Always Look Angry in These Ad

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of Sanka print ads; a disgruntled coffee bean farmer tells off American consumers.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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