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Issue: Mad #83
Publication Date: December 1963
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Issues: #83 of 550 Issues (594 Printings)
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Variant: 30¢ Cover Price
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.30 USD
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Content Items: 21 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Feldstein
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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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Sex

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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367 Angry Workers Yell "Next Year - - Watch Out"

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lester Krauss (photo)
Inker(s): Lester Krauss (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of Bulova Watch print ads; workers at the Buluva Watch company revolt when they receive watches for a Christmas bonus instead of money.
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Pages: 1
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Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sergio Aragones
Penciller(s): Sergio Aragones
Inker(s): Sergio Aragones
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Marginal Thinking Dept.
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Miscellaneous
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Stupidity on Television

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Hart
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Drucker (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Vidiot's Delight Dept.
Character(s): Vince Edwards [as Ben Casey]; Sam Jaffe [as David Zorba]; Garry Moore; Durwood Kirby; Carol Burnett; Chet Huntley; David Brinkley; Bud Palmer; E.G. Marshall [as Lawrence Preston]; Robert Reed [as Kenneth Preston]; Fred Gwynne [as Sherlock Holmes]; Joe E. Ross [as Dr. John Watson]; Marty Allen; Steve Rossi
Synopsis: Various examples of how current television shows can be "dumbed down" to match the incoming crop of silly situation comedies. Shows parodies are "Ben Casey", "The Garry Moore Show", "The Huntley/Brinkley Report", "CBS Sports Spectacular", "The Defenders", "DuPont Show of the Week", and "Classical Civilization".
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Pages: 4
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The Army on Mars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Koch
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke
Inker(s): Bob Clarke
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Spacial Delivery Dept.
Synopsis: How military life adapts to being based on Mars, as told through a series of interoffice memos and letters home.
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Pages: 3
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The Grand National 50 lb. Cannon Ball-Throwing Contest

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 man throws a cannon ball further than he thinks.
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Pages: 2
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A Mad Guide to Art Films

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel
Penciller(s): George Woodbridge
Inker(s): George Woodbridge
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): A Kick in the Cannes Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how to differentiate an Art House film from a commercial release.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Alfred E. Neuman has a cameo as a film critic.
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Antonio Prohias
Penciller(s): Antonio Prohias
Inker(s): Antonio Prohias
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joke & Dagger Dept.; Spy Vs. Spy
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy cons the Black Spy into thinking he's committing suicide.
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Pages: 1
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Government Greeting Cards

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): Jack Rickard
Inker(s): Jack Rickard
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Add Verse and Consent Dept.
Synopsis: Greeting cards written by various government agencies.
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Mad's Chinese Restaurant Owner of the Year

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando
Inker(s): Joe Orlando
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Chow Mainly Dept.
Character(s): Chaing kai-Cash
Synopsis: Mad interviews the less-than-scrupulous owner of a Chinese-themed restaurant.
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Pages: 4
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Shipwrecked

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin
Inker(s): Don Martin
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Martin Dept.
Synopsis: A man is marooned on a small sandbar.
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A Mad Look at Football

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sergio Aragones
Penciller(s): Sergio Aragones
Inker(s): Sergio Aragones
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pokin' the Pigskin Dept.
Synopsis: Series of cartoons satirizing the game of football.
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Pages: 4
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Antonio Prohias
Penciller(s): Antonio Prohias
Inker(s): Antonio Prohias
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joke & Dagger Dept.; Spy Vs. Spy
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy tricks the White Spy with a trick cannon.
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Pages: 1
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The Lighter Side of Car Owners

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 cartoons satirizing car ownership.
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Scenes We'd Like to See

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Purvis
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hollywood Dept.
Synopsis: Picture of a native American warrior proclaiming John Wayne is dead.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The photo used is a publicity still from a Hollywood commercial film. The actor pictured may be Ted Cassidy.
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The Labor Union Manual

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel
Penciller(s): Wally Wood
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Labor Pains Dept.
Synopsis: Satirical look at the functions of labor unions.
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Pages: 6
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Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Antonio Prohias
Penciller(s): Antonio Prohias
Inker(s): Antonio Prohias
Subject Matter
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 fools the other spies with a phony mouse.
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Pages: 1
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Rule Number One

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Orlando (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Shriek of Araby Dept.
Synopsis: The dog of an Indian Fakir is a little too affectionate.
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Hood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker
Inker(s): Mort Drucker
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Meanwhile, Back at the Raunchy Dept.
Character(s): Paul Newman [as Hood Bunion]; Patricia Neal [as Elmer]; Melvyn Douglas [as Homer Bunion]; Brandon De Wilde [as Lonnie Bunion]; Roy Rogers; Gary Cooper
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "Hud," a sullen, angry, selfish lout makes everybody's life miserable on a Texas ranch.
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The Fire at the Art Museum

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: Firemen attempt to rescue pieces of sculpture from a burning museum.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lester Krauss (photo)
Inker(s): Lester Krauss (photo)
Colorist(s): Lester Krauss (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Oscar Jordan [as Nikita Khrushchev]
First Line: This we bury first
Synopsis: The leader of the U.S.S.R. reacts negatively to sampling an issue of Mad.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. The cover was printed upside down with a parody logo of the magazine "Newsweek" on the photo. The issue he's reacting to, ironically, is issue #82, which featured Fidel Castro on the cover.

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