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Issue: Mad #97
Publication Date: September 1965
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Issues: #97 of 550 Issues (594 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/29/1965
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.30 USD
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Content Items: 20 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Feldstein
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1965 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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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010 as A Mad Look at Garbagemen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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You'll Get a Charge Out of This Issue of Mad

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Norman Mingo (signed)
Inker(s): Norman Mingo (signed)
Colorist(s): Norman Mingo (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Alfred tries to power his electric guitar by tapping a thunderstorm.
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Pages: 1
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Being Rich Is Better Than a Warm Puppy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Jaffee
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee
Inker(s): Al Jaffee
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Blue Chips Off the Old Block Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of the advantages rich kids have over other kids.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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A Frightful Incident

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 woman tries to rescue her husband from a precarious situation.
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Pages: 1
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Mad Goes to a Screening of Cheyenne Awful

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Drucker (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Indian Corn Dept.
Character(s): John Ford; Richard Widmark [as Richard Widemark]; Carroll Baker [as Carroll Babydoll]; Sal Mineo [as Sal Meanio]; Gilbert Roland [as Gilbert Rolando]; Ricardo Montalban [as Ricardo Mentalblock]; Dolores Del Rio [as Dolores Del Dolores]; James Stewart [as James Stewed]; Karl Malden [as Karl Malted]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "Cheyenne Autumn," director John Ford screens his film "Cheyenne Awful", about a tribe of Native Americans and U.S. Cavalry soldiers generally acting silly.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Mort Drucker inserts cameos of Linus Van Pelt (from Peanuts) and Pinocchio into crowd scenes. John Wayne has a cameo strong-arming John Ford into casting Wayne's son.
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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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Pages: 0
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A Mad Look at Garbagemen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sergio Aragones
Penciller(s): Sergio Aragones
Inker(s): Sergio Aragones
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Canned Laughter Dept.
Synopsis: Satirical look at the duties and habits of sanitation workers.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #50 published January 1985
as A Mad Look At Garbagemen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010
as A Mad Look at Garbagemen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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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 White Spy suckers the Black Spy with a false trap.
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Pages: 1
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The Walt Cronkite Show

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): Headline Acts Dept.
Character(s): Walter Cronkite; Harry Reasoner; Bob Trout; Roger Mudd; Mike Wallace; Thomas Dewey; Richard Nixon; Barry Goldwater; King Faisel; Chet Huntley; David Brinkley; Lyndon Johnson; Hubert Humphrey; Everett Dirkson; Casey Stengel; Yogi Berra
Synopsis: Newscaster Walter Cronkite hosts a television variety show with political and sports figures as performing guests.
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Pages: 3
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In the Desert

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: Vultures watch a dying man in the desert.
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Pages: 1
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Load & Crash

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Koch
Penciller(s): George Woodbridge
Inker(s): George Woodbridge
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): One For the Road Dept.
Synopsis: Parody of automobile-centric niche magazines, this one showing the reader how to decrease the value of their auto and which valueless makes to consider buying.
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Pages: 6
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What They Say and What It Really Means

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ronald Axe; Sol Weinstein
Penciller(s): Paul Coker, Jr.
Inker(s): Paul Coker, Jr.
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Double-Talk Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of the hypocrisy behind various homilies and good wishes.
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Pages: 3
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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 booby-traps his safe in anticipation of the White Spy.
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Pages: 1
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Mad Interviews a "John Birch Society" Policeman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ronald Axe; Sol Weinstein
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando
Inker(s): Joe Orlando
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Squads Right Dept.
Synopsis: Mad profiles a bigoted police officer as he patrols his shift.
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Pages: 4
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Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arnie Kogen ?
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke
Inker(s): Bob Clarke
Letterer(s): Bob Clarke; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Behind the Odd-ball Dept.
Synopsis: Parody of the Ripley's Believe It Or Not comic panel; profiles of various people who had odd things happen to them.
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Pages: 1
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The Lighter Side of Employees

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: Satirical look at employees, their job performances and their relationships with their employers.
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Pages: 3
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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 lures the other spies into a trap in a castle.
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Pages: 1
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The Rooks

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): Age Before Booty Dept.
Character(s): David Niven [as Alec Fleming]; Charles Boyer [as Marcel St. Clair]; Gig Young [as Tony Fleming]; Robert Coote [as Timmy Fleming]; Gladys Cooper [as Auntie Margaret]; Broderick Crawford [as Orville Cess]
Synopsis: In a parody of the TV series "The Rogues," three brothers and a family friend team up to con dishonest power brokers and seduce women half their age.
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Pages: 5
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In an Alley

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 police officer's warning shot goes awry.
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Pages: 1
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What Comes After Pop Art and Op Art

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Jaffee
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Inker(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad Fold-In
Synopsis: Al Jaffee predicts the next art style to sweep the art world.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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The Day They Shot the "Ten-foot-tall Washing Machine" Ad in an 8-foot High Basement

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Irving Schild (photo)
Inker(s): Irving Schild (photo)
Colorist(s): Irving Schild (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad's Great Moments in Advertising
Synopsis: Parody of Dash laundry soap TV ads; a washing machine grows so large that it bursts through the ceiling into the room above it due to the effects of Dash detergent.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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