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Issue: Mad #120
Publication Date: July 1968
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Issues: #120 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: 05/14/1968
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1968 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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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One Day at the Beach

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A surfer proves to be more graceful on the water than out of it.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Among the letters of comment are letters from CBS Sports commentator Frank Gifford and future comedian Rick Moranis.
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Blue-Eyed Kook

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Escape-Goat Dept.
Character(s): Paul Newman [as Kook]; George Kennedy [as Stagline]; Strother Martin [as Captain]; Lou Antonio [as Koko]; Morgan Woodward [as Boss Godfrey]; Jo Van Fleet [as Mama]; Joy Harmon [as the girl washing her car]
Synopsis: Parody of the film "Cool Hand Luke"; a disaffected man ends up in a southern chain gang where he rebels against everything and everybody.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Mad Hate Book II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Vex Education Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how life conspires to ruin your day.
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Pages: 4
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A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at the Post Office

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Inside-Ouch! Dept.
Synopsis: A satirical look at the inner workings of your local postal station.
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Pages: 2
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Mother's Day Cards Down Through History

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mom's the Word Dept.
Synopsis: Mother's Day cards from various historical figures to their mothers.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Highway Ribbery

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the latest Mad Annual, with illustrations of how to use the included stickers.
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The Lighter Side of Driving

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The trials and tribulations of driving.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #5 published January 1971
as The Lighter Side of Driving [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDave Berg's Mad Trash #[nn] published January 1981
as The Lighter Side of Driving [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 0
Disclose Notes: Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
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Mad's 1968 Political Olympics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A sporting festival with events geared to familiar political acts.
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Pages: 2
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Mad's Simplified A B C Method of Bulling Your Way Through Final Exams

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Phoney-Answering Service Dept.
Synopsis: A list of essay answers with fill-in-the-blank sections to adapt the answers to various subjects.
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Pages: 3
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While Strolling Through the City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man and a woman strolling down the street notice businesses with descriptive street signs.
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Pages: 2
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A Mad Public Service

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Vital Feature Dept.
Synopsis: A letter to a youth who has run away to become a hippie.
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Pages: 1
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Jobs on the Fringe of Show Business

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Way Off-Broadway Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of dreams of show business stardom that didn't quite pan out.
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Pages: 2
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Some Mad Articles You Never Got to See

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Eccccch-Traneous Matter Dept.
Synopsis: The first pages of features previously rejected by the editors.
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Pages: 8
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On the Road with Sergio Aragones

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): High Yock-Tane Dept.
Synopsis: A series of cartoons satirizing highway driving.
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Pages: 2
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The "Great Society" Alphabet Book

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Capitol Letters Dept.
Synopsis: Every letter of the alphabet is juxtaposed with a picture of modern live and a simple verse outlining the hypocrisy of Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" in comparison.
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Pages: 5
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What Is the One Thing Most School Dropouts Are Sure to Become?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A warning that dropping out of school might be a one-way ticket to Vietnam.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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A Modern Cinderella

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The Cinderella story is updated for the sixties.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #5 published January 1971
as A Modern Cinderella [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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