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Issue: Mad #122
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/13/1968
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Feldstein
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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Mort Drucker (candidates); Norman Mingo (Alfred E. Newman)
Mort Drucker (candidates); Norman Mingo (Alfred E. Newman)
Norman Mingo
Subject Matter
Alfred E. Neuman
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Miscellaneous
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1968 Presidential candidate possibilities pictured on the balloons are President Lyndon Johnson, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, California Governor Ronald Reagan, Alabama Governor George Wallace, Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy, and former Vice President Richard Nixon.
Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts 8

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Arnie Kogen
Bob Clarke (signed)
Bob Clarke (signed)
?
Bob Clarke
Subject Matter
Parody of the "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" panel cartoon; A collection of satirical anecdotes of unusual people and places is presented.
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Miscellaneous
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Inside front cover.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jerry DeFuccio ?
typeset
Subject Matter
Letters Dept.
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Miscellaneous
1
Among the letters is one from future comic pro Mike Gold.
Why Not Have the Next Issue Sent Directly to Your Home?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Paul Coker Jr.
Paul Coker Jr.
typeset
Subject Matter
Subscription solicitation featuring a subscription copy of Mad sent to a convict in his cell.
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Miscellaneous
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Mad's Updated Comic Strip Heroes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Max Brandel
Bob Clarke (signed)
Bob Clarke (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Famous Funnies Dept.
Lyndon Johnson [as Dagwood Bumstead]; Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson [as Blondie Bumstead]; George Wallace [as Dennis the Menace]; Hubert Humphrey [as Mr. Magoo]; Johnny Carson [as Mickey Mouse]; Dean Rusk [as Charlie Brown]; Everett Dirkson [as Snuffy Smith]; Dean Martin [as Li'l Abner]; Adam Clayton Powell [as The Phantom]; Casey Stengel [as Popeye]; Twiggy [as Olive Oyl]; Ringo Starr [as Prince Valiant]; Richard Nixon [as Alley Oop]; Charles DeGaulle [as The Little King]; J. Edgar Hoover [as Dick Tracy]
The faces of real life celebrities are pasted onto the bodies of various comic strip characters for ironic effect.
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Miscellaneous
3
Genteel Ben

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick DeBartolo
Don Martin
Don Martin
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Trouble is A'Brewing Dept.
Warden Tame; Helpem Tame; Marsh Tame; Genteel Ben
In a parody of the television series "Gentle Ben," an Everglades park ranger and his annoying family live and interact with a grizzly bear who is more civilized than they are.
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Miscellaneous
6
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
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Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
A CBS-TV Summer Memo to the Smothered Brothers

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ronnie Nathan
Jack Rickard
Jack Rickard
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Tom, Dick and Harried Dept.
The Smothers Brothers [Tom Smothers; Dick Smothers]
Three examples of CBS Network memos to the Smothers Brothers, telling them in gentle verse to stop being political and just be funny. The memos are set against an illustration of the two comedians bound and gagged by censorship.
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Miscellaneous
1
A Mad Look at Movie Monsters

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
typeset; Sergio Aragones
Subject Matter
humorous
Corn On the Macabre Dept.
Satirical results to basic cliche film monster movie scenes.
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as A Mad Look at Movie Monsters [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #30 published January 1980
as A Mad Look at Movie Monsters [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010
as A Mad Look at Movie Monsters [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Antonio Prohias
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
Joke & Dagger Dept.; Spy Vs. Spy
The Black Spy; The White Spy
The White Spy sets up a booby-trapped house for the Black Spy.
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Miscellaneous
1
Mad's "TV Game Show" Originator of the Year

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Hart
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Deadly Giveaways Dept.
Frank McGee [as Frank McGeek]; Chuck Barris
The producer of low-brow, embarrassment-oriented game shows is interviewed.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #7 published January 1972
as Mad's "TV Game Show" Originator of the Year [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
Mad Magazine's Ideal Presidential Candidate

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lou Silverstone (plot); Max Brandel
Max Brandel (layout); ? (photo)
Max Brandel (layout); ? (photo)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Piece Candidate Dept.
Lyndon Johnson; Eugene McCarthy; Ronald Reagan; Hubert Humphrey; Mark Hatfield; Nelson Rockefeller; Dwight Eisenhower; Richard Nixon; John Lindsey; Charles Percy
Individual features from ten prospective Presidential candidates are combined to form the face of a single compromise candidate.
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Miscellaneous
3
The Hippie Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Connie Del Vento
George Woodbridge (signed)
George Woodbridge (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
76 Sitars Dept.
Scenes from the film "The Music Man" are presented, complete with musical numbers, with hippies substituted for the main characters.
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Miscellaneous
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Antonio Prohias
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
Joke & Dagger Dept.; Spy Vs. Spy
The Black Spy; The White Spy
The White Spy thinks he's trapped the Black Spy in his own dungeon.
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Miscellaneous
1
When We Have the Future "Long, Long" Cigarette

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Butt Out! Dept.
Devices designed to handle cigarettes that are longer than a foot.
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Miscellaneous
5
Horrifying Cliches 6

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Phil Hahn; Neal Barbera; May Sakami
Paul Coker Jr.
Paul Coker Jr.
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Spooking From Pictures Dept.
Common phrases given horrific visualizations.
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Miscellaneous
2
The Lighter Side of Hair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Berg's Eye View Dept.
Satire of having, wanting and caring for hair.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #7 published January 1972
as The Lighter Side of... Hair [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
You May Have Already Read This

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Eli Stein
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Win, Place and Snow Dept.
Various notes and letters from everyday life, written in the style of a Publisher's Clearing House contest solicitation.
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Miscellaneous
2
Mad Mini-Movies: Guess Who's Throwing Up Dinner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Hart
Mort Drucker
Mort Drucker
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Take Three Dept.
Sidney Portier [as Dr. Sidney Sensational]; Spencer Tracy [as Spence]; Katherine Hepburn [as Mom]; Katherine Houghton [as the daughter]; Cecil Kellaway [as Father Ryan]
Parody of the film "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner"; a flighty woman takes her black fiance to meet her prejudiced father.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #7 published January 1972
as Mad Mini-Movies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Mad Mini-Movies: In Cold Bleeech

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Hart
Mort Drucker
Mort Drucker
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Take Three Dept.
Robert Blake [as Percy]; Scott Wilson [as Hiccup]; The Nelson Family [Ozzie Nelson; Harriet Nelson; Rick Nelson; Dave Nelson]; John Forsythe [as the detective]; Paul Stewart [as the other detective]
Parody of the film "In Cold Blood"; two indifferent detectives stumble onto the murderers of a simple, boring American family.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #7 published January 1972
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Mad Mini-Movies: The Post-Graduate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Hart
Mort Drucker
Mort Drucker
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Take Three Dept.
Dustin Hoffman [as Benny]; Anne Bancroft [as Mrs. Robinhood]; Katherine Ross [as Elate Robinhood]; Murray Hamilton [as Mr. Robinhood]
Parody of the film "The Graduate"; a young nebbish must choose between his fiance and her oversexed mother.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #7 published January 1972
as Mad Mini-Movies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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What New Source of Explosive Energy Has The United States Developed?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee (signed)
Al Jaffee (signed)
Al Jaffee
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Mad Fold-In
A volatile new power threatens American society.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #5 published January 1971
as What New Source of Explosive Energy Has The United States Developed? [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
The Day They Fired The Goodrich Girl-Giant

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Irving Schild (photo)
Irving Schild (photo)
Irving Schild (photo)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Mad's Great Moments in Advertising
Combining the then-current ad campaigns for B.F. Goodrich tires and Green Giant vegetables, to less than successful results.
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Miscellaneous
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Back cover.

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