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Issue: Mad #85
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/26/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (19 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Feldstein
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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Norman Mingo (signed)
Norman Mingo (signed)
Norman Mingo (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
Alfred E. Neuman; Abraham Lincoln
Alfred gets a surprise when he knocks someone's hat off with a snowball.
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Miscellaneous
1
Aviz Can't Afford Dirty Plugs

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Lester Krauss (photo)
Lester Krauss (photo)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Parody of Avis print ads; A car rental company reveals the cynical back story to its well known advertising slogan.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William Gaines
typeset
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Miscellaneous
0.33
Filed October 23, 1962; Listed owners: EC Publications Inc, A.M. Sonnabend, Frank G. Binswanger, Michael Daroff; Publisher William M. Gaines, 850 Third Avenue, New York, NY, 10022; Editor Albert Feldstein, same; Total Paid Circulation, avg 12 months: 55,070
Why Kill Yourself?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Paul Coker, Jr.
Paul Coker, Jr.
typeset
Subject Matter
A despondent man tries to get an ice skater to decapitate him because he missed the latest issue of Mad.
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Miscellaneous
0.33
Mannie Get Your Ghoul

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Jack Rickard
Jack Rickard
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Downbeast Dept.
Vincent Price; Peter Lorre; Frankenstein's Monster; Dracula; The Wolf Man; The Creature From The Black Lagoon
A Broadway musical is written and staged starring old movie monsters.
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Miscellaneous
8
Famous Protest Campaigns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs; Stan Hart
Bob Clarke
Bob Clarke
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
And the Bans Played On Dept.
Historical situations where organized protest demonstrations might have changed history.
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Miscellaneous
3
Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Subject Matter
humorous
Marginal Thinking Dept.
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Miscellaneous
Various cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
At a Matinee

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin
Don Martin
Don Martin
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
At a movie theater, a man loudly complains about his blocked view.
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Miscellaneous
1
Mad Beasties

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Coker, Jr. ?
Paul Coker, Jr.
Paul Coker, Jr.
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Word Game Preserve Dept.
Pun illustrations of random words.
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Miscellaneous
2
The Rescue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sergio Aragones
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Claws and Effect Dept.
Fire fighters rescue a cat from a tree.
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Miscellaneous
1
The Minute That TV Show is Over

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Hart
Mort Drucker (signed)
Mort Drucker (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
The Other Side of the Corn Dept.
Clayton "Bud" Collyer; Garry Moore; Durwood Kirby; Allen Funt; Buddy Ebsen [as Jed Clampett]; Irene Ryan [as Granny Clampett]
Unexpected events that happen after a television show has been broadcast.
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Miscellaneous
2
Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Antonio Prohias
Antonio Prohias
Antonio Prohias
Subject Matter
humorous
Joke & Dagger Dept.; Spy Vs. Spy
The Black Spy; The White Spy
The White Spy decoys the Black Spy over a cliff.
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Miscellaneous
1
The Lighter Side of the College Crowd

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Berg's Eye View Dept.
Life in college is satirized.
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Miscellaneous
3
The Sunday Drive

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin
Don Martin
Don Martin
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
A shrewish woman criticizes her meek husband's driving.
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Miscellaneous
1
What Could Happen When They Use Numbers for Everything

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Larry Siegel
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
No. Dept.
Numbers begin to replace words in ordinary conversation.
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Miscellaneous
3
Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Antonio Prohias
Antonio Prohias
Antonio Prohias
Subject Matter
humorous
Joke & Dagger Dept.; Spy Vs. Spy
The Black Spy; The White Spy
The White Spy gathers the rocket parts the Black Spy "accidentally" drops.
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Miscellaneous
1
Future Educational Comic Pamphlets

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Larry Siegel
Wally Wood
Wally Wood
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Funny Pitches Dept.
Dick Tracy; The Brow; Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Popeye; Olive Oyl; Bluto; Mary Worth
Using well-known comic strip characters in promotional pamphlets for various businesses and organizations.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #36 [$1.75 Cover Price] published January 1981
as Future Educational Comic Pamphlets [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
A TV Ad We'd Like to See

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick DeBartolo
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Candid Camerawork Dept.
Parody of Tide Detergent television ads; a housewife caught on camera praising the product isn't as spontaneous as we're led to believe.
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Miscellaneous
1
The Mad Hospital Primer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Hart
George Woodbridge
George Woodbridge
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
A Ward to the Wise Dept.
Examples of what to expect if you have to spend time in the hospital.
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Miscellaneous
3
The Real Story Behind the News

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Hart
Bob Clarke
Bob Clarke
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Stop the Pressures Dept.
Normally barely noticed news stories are given expanded coverage for reasons other than the story's newsworthiness.
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Miscellaneous
4
Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Antonio Prohias
Antonio Prohias
Antonio Prohias
Subject Matter
humorous
Joke & Dagger Dept.; Spy Vs. Spy
The Black Spy; The White Spy; The Gray Spy
The Gray Spy tries to be a peace broker between the other two spies.
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Miscellaneous
1
Strange Interlude With Hazey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Hart
Mort Drucker (signed)
Mort Drucker (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Maid in the U.S.A. Dept.
Shirley Booth [as Hazey]; Don DeFore [as George Baxter]; Whitney Blake [as Dorothy Baxter]; Bobby Buntrock [as Harold Baxter]
The television series "Hazel" is staged as if it were the play "Strange Interlude".
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Miscellaneous
3
The Hunter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin
Don Martin
Don Martin
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
A hunter tests a new moose call.
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Miscellaneous
1
This Capsule Made $47,895,252.38 So Far

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Lester Krauss (photo)
Lester Krauss (photo)
Lester Krauss (photo)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Parody of pharmaceutical company print ads; A pharmaceutical company gloats about the profits they've made from their potentially harmful product.
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Miscellaneous
1
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