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Issue: Mad #79
Publication Date: June 1963
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Issues: #79 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/28/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (18 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1963 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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Look, Ma: Special Mother's Day Issue

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Whistler's mother
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After You Let Your Fingers Do the Walking

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of Bell Telephone print ads: After letting her fingers do the walking through the Yellow Pages, a woman is forced to soak them in Epsom salts.
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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If They Held a Summit Meeting at the White House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): A White House is Not a Home Dept.
Character(s): Douglas Dillon; Dean Martin; Gamel Abdel Nasser; Konrad Schmidt; Caroline Kennedy; Adlai Stevenson; Dean Rusk
Synopsis: President Kennedy's attempt to hold an international summit at the White House is sabotaged by his family and his family's hangers-on.
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Look Before You Leap

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sinking Fund Dept.
Synopsis: A destitute man attempts suicide.
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Drawn Out Dramas

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Genres: humorous
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Disclose Notes: Humorous illustrations placed in the margins of random pages.
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Speaking From Pictures

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Freedom With Speech Dept.
Character(s): Jawaharlal Nehru; Ethel Kennedy; Dwight Eisenhower; Charles DeGaulle
Synopsis: Humorous word balloons are added to wire photos to satirize the depicted events.
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TV's Effect on Children

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Helf-Nielsen Dept.
Character(s): Gary Moore; Bill Cullen; Jayne Mansfield; Bennett Cerf; Edward Kennedy; Vince Edwards [as Ben Casey]; Mitch Miller
Synopsis: Examples of how television is negatively influencing children's behavior.
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The High Dive

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man realizes in mid-dive that he's still wearing his wristwatch.
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Movie Dialogue We'd Like to Hear

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Movie cliches redone to make them less cliche.
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How to Succeed at Childhood

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bratmanship Dept.
Synopsis: A child's primer for coping with adults.
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The Black Spy tries to strafe the White Spy with his plane. The White Spy tries to bomb the Black Spy from his helicopter. The Black Spy tries to diffuse a bomb placed under his bed by the White Spy.
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Tax Time U.S.A.

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Ides of Taxes Are Upon Us Dept.
Synopsis: The income tax filing deadline presented as a star-studded television telethon.
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How to Transform Your Dumpy City Into an Attractive Tourist Trap

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dept. of the Inferior
Synopsis: Hints on how to turn the less attractive aspects of a city into points of interest.
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The First Echo

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Three cavemen discover echoes.
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Mad's Realistic, Up-To-Date Service Songs

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): March Along with Mitch Dept.
Synopsis: Military marches updated to reflect the times.
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The Lighter Side of Family Doctors

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Series of cartoons looking at the foibles of people's relationship with the medical community.
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The Rise and Fall of a Recording Star

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Slipped Disc Dept.
Synopsis: The career of a fictional recording star traced through her record album covers.
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More Movie Dialogue We'd Like to Hear

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Movie cliches reworked so they're no longer cliches.
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Mad's "Discount Center" Owner of the Year

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Price is a Riot Dept.
Character(s): Dorothy Kilgallen [as Dorothy Kilfifth]
Synopsis: An interview with the owner of a discount department store.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Among the shoppers in the background of the interview are Superman, Adolf Hitler and Frankenstein's Monster.
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The Inventor at the Novelty Company

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man pitches his newly invented novelty to the company owner.
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A Penny Can Make Your Conscience Feel Better

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of Association of American Florists print ads; Suggestions for placating your wife after you spend the night drinking.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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