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Issue: Mad #76
Publication Date: January 1963
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Issues: #76 of 550 Issues (594 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/13/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (17 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Feldstein
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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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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FlagNorsk Mad #4/1981 published November 1981 as Hvis barna fikk tegne sine egne julegaver [Text Story on Interior Page(s)] 1 page removed
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Happy New Year Issue

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Norman Mingo (signed)
Inker(s): Norman Mingo (signed)
Colorist(s): Norman Mingo (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Alfred copies the issue theme onto the space over the logo - - poorly.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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If Kids Designed Their Own Christmas Toys

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Jaffee
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee (models); Lester Krauss (photos)
Inker(s): Al Jaffee (models); Lester Krauss (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): They Drew What They Wanted Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of plans for various toys and the actual to scale models of those same toys.
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In Content Item: FlagNorsk Mad #4/1981 published November 1981
as Hvis barna fikk tegne sine egne julegaver [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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Alfred's Poor Almanac

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Cynical anecdotes for every date in the month of December.
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Pages: 1
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In the Doctor's Office

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin
Inker(s): Don Martin
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Martin Dept.
Synopsis: A doctor examines a man with a flower growing out of his head.
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Pages: 1
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If the U.S. Government Bought Like the U.S. Public Buys

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Hart
Penciller(s): George Woodbridge
Inker(s): George Woodbridge
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Boosting the Economy-size Dept.
Synopsis: Pentagon purchasing based on advertising, coupons and volume discounts.
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Pages: 4
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Speaking From Pictures

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerald Gardner
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Freedom With Speech Dept.
Character(s): John Kennedy; Barry Goldwater; Richard Nixon; Lyndon Johnson; Harry Truman; Caroline Kennedy; Robert Kennedy
Synopsis: Satirical captions are added to news wire photos to humorous effect.
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Pages: 2
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TV Pilot Films That Never Made It

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Hart
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker
Inker(s): Mort Drucker
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Footage in the Mouth Dept.
Character(s): Dorothy Collins; Snooky Lanson; Hugh Hefner; Casey Stengel; Billie Sol Estes; Richard Burton; Burl Ives
Synopsis: Samples of TV pilot shows that were bad ideas.
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Pages: 4
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A Mad Look at the U.S. Space Effort

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sergio Aragones
Penciller(s): Sergio Aragones
Inker(s): Sergio Aragones
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Capsule Humor Dept.
Synopsis: A collection of single panel cartoons lampooning the space program.
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In Content Item: FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010
as A Mad Look at the U.S. Space Effort [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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Seeing Isn't Always Believing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): Wally Wood
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Photo-play Dept.
Synopsis: How news photos can be used to distort the record of various events.
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Pages: 4
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The Lighter Side of Winter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dave Berg
Penciller(s): Dave Berg
Inker(s): Dave Berg
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Berg's Eye View Dept.
Synopsis: Series of illustrated humorous anecdotes concerning winter and winter activities.
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Pages: 4
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Modern Teenage Sports

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arnie Kogen
Penciller(s): George Woodbridge
Inker(s): George Woodbridge
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sweet Bide of Youth Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of teenage behavior modified to become sporting events.
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Pages: 3
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The Assassination

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando
Inker(s): Joe Orlando
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Crowning Achievement Dept.
Synopsis: A coronation goes horribly wrong.
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Pages: 1
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When Advertising Takes Over Magazines Completely

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Clarke (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ad Nauseum Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of current magazines changed to have more product placement than editorial content.
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Pages: 2
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Mad's Modern Aids to Happier Living

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Reilly
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando
Inker(s): Joe Orlando
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mother, Is This Invention a Necessity Dept.
Synopsis: Dubious solutions to some of the irritations of modern life.
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Pages: 3
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Mad's Movie Theater Owner of the Year

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel
Penciller(s): Jack Rickard
Inker(s): Jack Rickard
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): B-O Plenty Dept.
Character(s): Dorothy Kilgallen [as Dorothy Killfifth]; Irving Mulet
Synopsis: A successful movie theater owner is interviewed.
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Pages: 4
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In a Sicilian Restaurant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin
Inker(s): Don Martin
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Martin Dept.
Synopsis: A diner reads a particularly scary issue of "Mafia Comics".
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Pages: 1
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Mad's Merry Christmas Happy New Year Alphabet Book

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Clarke (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Yule-O-Gee Dept.
Synopsis: Satirical holiday-based items for every letter of the alphabet.
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Pages: 4
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At the Barber Shop

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin
Inker(s): Don Martin
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Martin Dept.
Synopsis: A barber gives a man with a huge pompadour a hair cut.
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A Very Merry Christmas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Paul Coker, Jr.
Inker(s): Paul Coker, Jr.
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Santa prepares to go down the chimney of a bomb shelter, unaware that the paranoid owner is waiting for him with a shotgun.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Guzzlemidt Rotgut

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Jaffee ?
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke (illustration); Lester Krauss (photo)
Inker(s): Bob Clarke (illustration); Lester Krauss (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of liquor magazine ads; Guzzlemidt Rotgut is guaranteed to give you delirium tremens faster than any other brand of liquor.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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