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Issue: Mad #88
Publication Date: July 1964
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Issues: #88 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/26/1964
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1964 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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Rocket's Red Glare

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Alfred lights a giant bottle rocket, but he launches instead.
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Pages: 1
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Why Kill Yourself?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A man tries to commit suicide by sticking his head in the barrel of a cannon because he missed the latest issue of Mad.
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Pages: 0.33
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Movie Ads With Behind the Scene Gossip

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hollywood Bilge-Board Dept.
Character(s): Elizabeth Taylor [as Cleopatra]; Richard Burton [as Marc Antony]; Eddie Fisher; The Rat Pack [Frank Sinatra; Shirley MacLane; Dean Martin; Sammy Davis, Jr.; Peter Lawford; Joey Bishop]
Synopsis: Movie posters that use the stars' personal lives as selling points for the film.
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Pages: 2
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The Mad Safety Council's Predictions for the Upcoming July 4th Weekend

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mis-Happy Holiday Dept.
Synopsis: Predictions of summer accidents accompanied by humorous illustrations of said mishaps.
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Pages: 1
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Don Martin in an Italian Restaurant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A boy plays with his food; a chef receives a spaghetti delivery; a diner's pasta comes alive; a man is attacked by his cheese; a customer's entree unravels
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Pages: 3
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Mad Visits the Producer-Director of "Charades"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Corpse and Robbers Dept.
Character(s): Stanley Donen [as Stanley Done-in]; Cary Grant [as Cary Grand]; Audrey Hepburn [as Audrey Heartburn]; Walter Matthau; James Coburn; George Kennedy; Doris Day [as Doris Date]; Alfred Hitchcock [as Alfred Hatchplot]
Synopsis: The director of a murder and espionage film tries to explain its incomprehensible plot.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The interviewer is a caricature of occasional Mad contributor, noted fan and future DC staffer E. Nelson Bridwell.
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The Long Range Effects of Products on People

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cause and Defect Dept.
Synopsis: How overuse of certain consumer products can adversely affect a person's physical condition.
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Pages: 3
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy fakes the White Spy into shooting himself with a cannon.
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Pages: 1
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The Lighter Side of Little League

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Satirical look at Little League Baseball and over-enthusiastic parents.
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Pages: 3
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The Sights and Sounds of the U.S.A.

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Satirical look at life in New York.
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Pages: 2
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The Swampview Terrace Weekly

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tenants, Anyone Dept.
Synopsis: A humorous version of an apartment complex newsletter, presented as a lurid tabloid.
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Pages: 4
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy thinks he's diffused a White Spy booby-trap.
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Pages: 1
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Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 0
Disclose Notes: Various cartoons drawn in the margins of random pages.
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Mad's Caterer of the Year

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Affairs of Status Dept.
Character(s): David Brinkley
Synopsis: Newsman David Brinkley interviews a catering manager as he oversees a wedding party dinner.
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Pages: 5
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The Mad Politicians Primer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Snakes in the Grass Roots Dept.
Synopsis: Satirical descriptions of politicians, their families, their staff and the lobbyists who support them.
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Pages: 4
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Comics For Publications That Don't Have Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dagwood Bumstead; Blondie Bumstead; Mr. Dithers; Charlie Brown; Donald Duck; Goofy; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Ludwig Von Drake; Little Orphan Annie; Daddy Warbucks; Steve Canyon; General Abercrombie; Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator; Howland Owl; Dennis Mitchell
Synopsis: If comic strips had their content adjusted for niche publications.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #36 [$1.75 Cover Price] published January 1981
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Pages: 4
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Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy; The Gray Spy
Synopsis: The Gray Spy lures the others into a rocket headed for space.
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Pages: 1
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Buck'$ Law

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gold-Plated Copper Dept.
Character(s): Gene Barry [as Amos Buck]; Kirk Douglas; Burt Lancaster; Gregory Peck; Sophia Loren; Gary Conway [as Det. Tilson]; Doris Day; Skitch Henderson; Jack Webb [as Sgt. Joe Friday]; Robert Stack [as Eliot Ness]; Fred Gwynne [as Officer Muldoon]; Lee Marvin; Fred Flintstone
Synopsis: Parody of the television series "Burke's Law"; A rich, handsome police captain can't solve crimes because he's too busy dodging all the women who want to marry him.
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Pages: 4
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The Only Hope for Curing Beatle-Mania

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Beatles [John Lennon; Paul McCartney; George Harrison; Ringo Starr]
Synopsis: How to counteract the frenzy of Beatle-Mania.
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Pages: 1
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Us Cigarette Makers Will Fight Rather Than Quit

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of Tareyton Cigarette ads; A cigarette manufacturer, sporting a black eye, vows to fight the U.S. Department of Health's landmark report linking cigarette smoking to cancer.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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