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Issue: Mad #81
Publication Date: September 1963
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Issues: #81 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: 06/27/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 28 (18 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Feldstein [as Albert B. Feldstein] (credited)
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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Buy Mad...and Have a Ball!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Watch Out for This One!

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of Nationwide Insurance print ads; a man is crushed by a falling sign numeral and it is implied that an insurance company is doing it on purpose to increase policy sales.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Departments

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): various (see Notes)
Inker(s): various (see Notes)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Vital Features
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art is excerpts from this issue.
Includes a quote attributed to Alfred E. Neuman: "You never know how many friends you have until you rent a Summer place!"
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Random Samplings of Reader Mail

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Albert B. Feldstein ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters Dept.
Character(s): Pete Myers (photograph); Alfred E. Neuman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Denise Ford, Howell Chickering Jr., Jack Harrison, David Utevsky, Ian Graham, Pete Myers, Doug Poust, Gary Bandur, John Bienstock, Paul Windish, Jimmy Thompson, Thomas Strickland, Stephen Billard, and Craig Barnard.
Includes photo of cover of MAD #32.
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Hex Marks the Spot

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mad Paperbacks
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Pages: 0.3
Disclose Notes: House ad for MAD paperback books.
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Help Us to Clear Our Heads!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Alfred E. Neuman bust
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Pages: 0.15
Disclose Notes: House ad for china bust of Alfred E. Neuman.
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Cheaper Than Ever!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Pages: 0.05
Disclose Notes: House ad for pinups suitable for framing.
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mad Magazine
First Line: Teed Off...
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Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: House ad for subscriptions to MAD Magazine.
Photo is of a wire sculpture of a golfer.
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Two for the Hee-Haw!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mad record albums
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Pages: 0.3
Disclose Notes: House ad for "MAD Twists Rock 'n' Roll" and "Fink Along with MAD".
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Labels We Should've Seen

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): And the Brand Played On Dept.
Synopsis: Photos of commercial products with the labels altered to satirize the product.
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Pages: 4
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Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Marginal Thinking Dept.
Synopsis: Cartoons inserted into margins of 16 random pages.
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Pages: 0
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New Movie Monsters From Everyday Life

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Horror Things By You Dept.
Synopsis: Horror movies centered on contemporary nuisances.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: A mailbox pictured has the name H. P. Lovecraft.
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The Class Program

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Martin Dept.
Synopsis: A school performance of shadow puppets doesn't go as rehearsed.
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Pages: 1
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On the Beach

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Term Warfare Dept.
Synopsis: NASA terminology applied to situations on the beach.
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Pages: 2
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If Modern Comedians Performed For Civilizations in the Past

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jest in Time Dept.
Character(s): Bob Hope; Bill Dana [as Jose Jimenez]; Jackie Mason; Dick Gregory; Jack E. Leonard
Synopsis: Contemporary comedians do their stand-up act in historical situations.
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Pages: 5
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joke & Dagger Dept.; Spy Vs. Spy
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy uses a helicopter to steal the White Spy's secret plans; the White Spy uses a camera and slingshot to take a photo of the Black Spy's secret plans.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Also credited in Morse code as "By Prohias".
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The Lighter Side of Summer Camp

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Berg's Eye View Dept.
Synopsis: Various strips satirizing life at summer camp.
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Pages: 4
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Another Brain Operation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Martin Dept.
Synopsis: A surgeon examines a patient's brain.
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Pages: 1
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The Mad Plan for Beating TV Commercial-Breaks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Stepping Away from the Pitch Dept.
Synopsis: Various plans for doing things around the house in the space of a TV program commercial break.
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Pages: 5
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Mad's Wonder Drugs for Common Teenage Ailments

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): A Cure for the Common Clod Dept.
Synopsis: Drugs designed to counteract embarrassing situations endemic to post-pubescent life.
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Pages: 3
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Off the Deep End

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Oy-Vay All Boats Dept.
Synopsis: A man goes diving in the on-board pool of a luxury liner.
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Pages: 1
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If Comic Strip Characters Behaved Like Ordinary People

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): What Mortals These Fools Be Dept.
Character(s): Daddy Warbucks; Little Orphan Annie; Charlie Brown; Lucy Van Pelt; Snoopy; Linus Van Pelt; Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Superman; Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator; Mandrake the Magician; Lothar; B.C.; Wiley; Maggie; Jiggs; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell
Synopsis: Fictional characters are placed in authentic situations and react in authentic fashion.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #36 [$1.75 Cover Price] published January 1981
as If Comic Strip Characters Behaved Like Ordinary People [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Phony signatures: Schlitz, Jester Goldbrick, Want Killy, Hurt, Fink Features Syndicate Inc., The All Syndicate Ink, Hush K S Johnny ?
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A Mad Look at Motorcycle Cops

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Where's the Fire Dept.
Synopsis: Series of cartoons satirizing motorcycle police.
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Pages: 2
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Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joke & Dagger Dept.; Spy Vs. Spy
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy; The Gray Spy
Synopsis: The Gray Spy traps the other spies burglarizing her safe.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Also credited in Morse code as "By Prohias".
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Popular Scientific Mechanics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): For Whom the Fools Tool Dept.
Synopsis: Parody of magazines like Popular Science and Popular Mechanics.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Includes a parody of an International Correspondence Schools (ICS) ad.
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A Domestic Scene

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Martin Dept.
Synopsis: A woman gives her husband a hair cut.
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Just For the Record

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Advertisement for the Mad annual "The Worst From Mad" and the 33.3 RPM record included with each copy.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Announcing the All-New 1963 3/4 Edsel

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of Edsel print ads. While the ad copy extols the virtues of the 1963 Edsel station wagon, the vehicle pictured is a Ford wagon from the early part of the twentieth century.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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