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Issue: Mad #124
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/12/1968
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (16 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
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In This Issue: Rosemia's Boo-Boo

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Norman Mingo (signed)
Norman Mingo (signed)
Norman Mingo (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Alfred E. Neuman; Mia Farrow [as Rosemia]; John Cassavetes [as Guy]; Sidney Blackmer [as Roman]; Ruth Gordon [as Minnie]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Magic Spell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Jaffee
Jack Rickard
Jack Rickard
Jack Rickard
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
A princess kisses a frog and gets an unexpected result.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
Haunted By the Ghost of Christmas Presents?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
George Woodbridge (signed)
George Woodbridge (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
Alfred E. Neuman [as Jacob Marley]; Ebeneezer Scrooge
Subscription solicitation that parodies a scene from "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.
Reprinting
FlagMad #116 published January 1968
was Haunted By the Ghost of Christmas Presents? [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Rosemia's Boo-Boo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Arnie Kogen
Mort Drucker
Mort Drucker
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Laying a Deviled Egg Dept.
Mia Farrow [as Rosemia Goodhouse]; John Cassavetes [as Sy Goodhouse]; Elisha Cook [as the realtor]; Maurice Evans [as Hatch]; Victoria Vetri [as Teary]; Sidney Blackmer [as Roman]; Ruth Gordon [as Millie]; Ralph Bellamy [as the quack]
In a parody of the film "Rosemary's Baby," a young couple moves into an apartment building filled with sinister people. Soon the pregnant woman fears her baby may be Satan's child.
Reprinting
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #7 published January 1972
as Rosemia's Boo-Boo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Mort Drucker puts Frank Sinatra (Mia Farrow's husband at the time) and Lucy Van Pelt from the Peanuts comic strip into a crowd scene on page 4, and a caricature of Alfred Hitchcock on page 6.
One Day in Baghdad

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin
Don Martin (signed)
Don Martin (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
A rookie snake charmer gets the wrong end of a cobra.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Mad's Follow-up Report on Progress

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick DeBartolo
Bob Clarke (signed)
Bob Clarke (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Patent-Panning Dept.
Examples of how technological progress hasn't necessarily made life better.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
Spy vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Antonio Prohias
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Antonio Prohias (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Joke & Dagger Dept.; Spy Vs. Spy
The Black Spy; The White Spy
The Black Spy sets a trap for the White Spy in a duck blind.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
A Mad Look at Bugs 'n Worms 'n Things

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Edwing
Paul Coker Jr.
Paul Coker Jr.
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Down to Earth Dept.
Various humorous examples of insects interacting with their environment.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
Casey at the Dice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Jack Davis
Jack Davis
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Oy-Vegas Dept.
In a parody of the poem "Casey at the Bat," a famous craps player tries to beat a table on a hot streak.
Reprinting
FlagA Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] #[nn] published March 1984
as Casey at the Dice (With Apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
If Polls and Surveys Had Been Used Through History

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sy Reit
George Woodbridge
George Woodbridge
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Poll-Taxed Dept.
Franklin D. Roosevelt; Abraham Lincoln; The Beatles [John Lennon; Paul McCartney; George Harrison; Ringo Starr]; Harry Stimson
Examples of how history would have been altered if those involved had listened to pollsters.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
What is a Make-out Man?

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Arnie Kogen
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
For Whom the Belles Toed Dept.
Essay on why women have a natural attraction to some men.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
A Mad "Show-Biz" Success Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dean Norman
Don Martin (signed)
Don Martin (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
A Wart-Winning Tale Dept.
A downtrodden man finds hope of success when he discovers a tadpole who can sing and dance.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Songs of Crime, Violence, War, Hate, Bigotry, the Lunatic Fringe, and All-Around Ecchiness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
George Woodbridge
George Woodbridge
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Hate-to-the-Bar Dept.
Lyrics satirizing various hate groups are set to the music of famous show tunes.
Reprinting
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #7 published January 1972
as Songs of Crime, Violence, War, Hate, Bigotry, the Lunatic Fringe, and All-Around Ecchiness [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
Charlie Brown, Violet and Snoopy appear as a biker gang, while George Wallace and Stokely Carmichael sing a song on racial hatred.
Spy vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Antonio Prohias
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Antonio Prohias (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Joke & Dagger Dept.; Spy Vs. Spy
The Black Spy; The White Spy
The White Spy sabotages the Black Spy's bombing attempt.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Lighter Side of Physical Fitness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Berg's Eye View Dept.
Parody of people attempting to exercise.
Reprinting
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #7 published January 1972
as The Lighter Side of Physical Fitness [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
Mad's "Late Show" Cliche Movie Script of the Issue: The War Movie

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Purvis
Bruce Stark
Bruce Stark
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Trite & True Dept.
A movie script made up completely of war movie cliche scenes.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Christmas Is...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gilbert Barnhill
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
God Help Us, Everyone Dept.
Series of cynical examples of how Christmas has been corrupted by commercialism and greed.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
MafiaCo Incorporated

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lou Silverstone
Jack Rickard
Jack Rickard
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Profit and Lawless Dept.
Corporate stockholders report on the previous year's profits and losses for a crime organization.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7
Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Subject Matter
humorous
Marginal Thinking Dept.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
What Gift Will Many Holiday Party Revelers Pick Up on the Drive Home?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee (signed)
Al Jaffee (signed)
Al Jaffee
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Mad Fold-In
A warning against holiday drinking and driving.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
America's Going Drag

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Irving Schild (photo)
Irving Schild (photo)
Irving Schild (photo)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Parody of Canada Dry print ads; Four cross-dressing models pose with glasses of ginger ale.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1

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