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Issue: Mad #125
Publication Date: March 1969
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Issues: #125 of 550 Issues (594 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.35 USD
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Content Items: 22 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Feldstein
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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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Warning! One Man's Magazine May Be Another Man's Poison

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Irving Schild (photo)
Inker(s): Irving Schild (photo)
Colorist(s): Irving Schild (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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Snow Job

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sergio Aragones
Penciller(s): Jack Rickard (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Rickard (signed)
Colorist(s): Jack Rickard
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A woman waits for the right moment in order to maximize the sympathy factor of her plea.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nick Meglin ?
Penciller(s): Charles Schulz
Inker(s): Charles Schulz
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters Dept.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Among the reader letters is an illustrated cartoon missive from Peanuts artist Charles Schulz.
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Why Not Have the Next Issue Sent Directly to Your Home?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Paul Coker Jr.
Inker(s): Paul Coker Jr.
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A vampire has his subscription copy of Mad delivered directly to his coffin.
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Pages: 0.5
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201 Minutes of A Space Idiocy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick DeBartolo
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker
Inker(s): Mort Drucker
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Slab-Schtick Comedy Dept.
Character(s): Kier Dullea [as Bowtie]; Gary Lockwood [as Poop]; William Sylvester [as Dr. Haywire]; Leonard Rossiter [as Dr. Smyles]
Synopsis: Parody of the film "2001: A Space Odessey"; two astronauts are sent to investigate a monolith found on the moon.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Mort Drucker draws one of the apes dancing around the monolith with Fred Flintstone's face.
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Don Martin on the Golf Course

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin (signed)
Inker(s): Don Martin (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Martin Dept.
Synopsis: Golfers experience odd occurrences on the links.
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Pages: 2
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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 Portfolio of Mad Portraits

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Max Brandel
Penciller(s): ? (photo); Max Brandel
Inker(s): ? (photo); Max Brandel
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Deface is Familiar Dept.
Character(s): John Lindsey; Liberace; Hugh Hefner; Ronald Reagan; Charles DeGaulle; Gamel Abdul Nasser; Eugene McCarthy; Pablo Picasso; Timothy Leary; J. Edgar Hoover; Twiggy; Richard Nixon
Synopsis: Faces of celebrities are superimposed onto the bodies of other people or animals for ironic effect.
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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 (signed)
Inker(s): Antonio Prohias (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joke & Dagger Dept.; Spy Vs. Spy
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy leads the Black Spy into a chasm.
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The Lighter Side of Teenage Dances

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 dances as popular teenage social gatherings.
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Pages: 5
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Antonio Prohias
Penciller(s): Antonio Prohias (signed)
Inker(s): Antonio Prohias (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joke & Dagger Dept.; Spy Vs. Spy
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy strafes what he thinks is a stranded Black Spy.
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Tiny Tim's Wallet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Earle Dowd
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Odd-Ball in the Back Pocket Dept.
Synopsis: Examining the contents of the wallet of entertainer Tiny Tim.
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Pages: 2
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A Mad Look at Sex Education in the Schools

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kent
Penciller(s): Jack Kent
Inker(s): Jack Kent
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Who's Minding the Stork Dept.
Synopsis: Speculation of the possible effects of sex education being taught in elementary school.
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Pages: 3
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Mad's Book Publisher of the Year

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Hart
Penciller(s): Jack Rickard
Inker(s): Jack Rickard
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Garbage Disposal Dept.
Synopsis: Mad interviews a shady book publisher.
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Pages: 4
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The Mad Ice Hockey Primer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Siegel
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sport 'n' Blood Dept.
Synopsis: Examination of the sport of ice hockey, presented in the form of a child's reading primer.
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Pages: 3
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Me and My Big Mouth 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dean Norman
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee
Inker(s): Al Jaffee
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tongue-In-Check Dept.
Synopsis: People say things they're later sorry for saying.
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Pages: 2
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The Mad Poetry Round Robin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): George Woodbridge
Inker(s): George Woodbridge
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shifting into Re-Verse Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of famous poems rewritten in the styles of different famous poets.
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In Content Item: FlagA Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] #[nn] published March 1984
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Pages: 4
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You Know You've Really Made It When...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Ridgeway
Penciller(s): Paul Coker Jr.
Inker(s): Paul Coker Jr.
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Status-Sphere Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of signs that you now lead a successful life.
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Pages: 2
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If Comic Characters Were Psychoanalyzed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke
Inker(s): Bob Clarke
Letterer(s): typeset; Bob Clarke
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pen and "Shrink" Dept.
Character(s): Charlie Brown; Snoopy; Dagwood Bumstead; Blondie Bumstead; Alexander Bumstead; Cookie Bumstead; Mr. Dithers; Donald Duck; Beetle Bailey; Sgt. Snorkel; Mary Worth
Synopsis: Comic strip characters show that psychoanalytic advice isn't always the solution to one's problems.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #36 [$1.75 Cover Price] published January 1981
as If Comic Characters Were Psychoanalyzed [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad #503 published May 2010
as The MAD Vault 1969 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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In the Hall of Fame

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin (signed)
Inker(s): Don Martin (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Martin Dept.
Synopsis: A man in an art gallery gets a surprise.
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Pages: 1
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What Is the One Thing Protest Marches Have Greatly Improved

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Jaffee
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Inker(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Colorist(s): Al Jaffee
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad Fold-In
Synopsis: One industry is actually benefiting from protest marches.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Cemetery Fillers Cigarettes

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
Synopsis: Adolph Hitler endorses a brand of cigarettes.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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