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Issue: Mad #139
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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 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Feldstein; Jerry DeFuccio (Associate Editor); Nick Meglin (Associate Editor)
Disclose Notes: With the exception of the covers, entire magazine is in black & white.
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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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Adult Image
Title Page
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The Magazine Of The Loud Minority

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Jack Davis
Jack Davis
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Jack Davis; typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Alfred E. Neuman
Alfred E. Neuman
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Miscellaneous
1
The Vampire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
?
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Vampire; Hippy
A vampire gets the true meaning of peace when he drains the blood of a hippy.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #43 [$2.25 Cover Price] published January 1983
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #62 published January 1988
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #14 published ?
FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010
as The Vampire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover. In color.
Departments

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Contents page featuring staff listings & what's featured in the magazine, listed by special Mad departments.
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Letters Dept.
Alfred E. Neuman
Two pages featuring three sections: first section is a subscription ad for Mad Magazine; middle section is the letters page with letters from Brian Hanley, Michael Altman, Tom Rogers, Andy Heyman, Helen Andrews, Grant Hicks, Oscar Geipi, Katie Campbell, Susan Shapiro, Helen Mars, Lynn Rainwater, Geoffrey T. Babbitt, W. True, Lynn Grubbs, Dale Belcher, Raven Amporan, Polly Boyd, A. J. Cantor, Joseph Martin, Mark Bronsveld, third section is an ad for Mad Power, a paperback novel with political themed reprints.
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Airplot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Larry Siegel
Mort Drucker; Sergio Aragones (marginals)
Mort Drucker; Sergio Aragones (marginals)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Coffee, Tea and Milked Dept.
Mule Bakersdozen; Cinderblock; Tango Livingdoll; Vermin Swinger; B. Carria; Gryn Mayday; Antsin Hisspantz; Panicky Loudmouth; Obnoxious Kid; Adorable Nun; Phony Priest; Little Old Lady; Stowaway; Wide-Eyed Group Sickie
A satire of the movie Airport.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #13 published January 1974
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #30 published January 1980
as Airplot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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A Mad Look at "Tokenism" of the Future

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Vic Cowen
Irving Schild (photography); Sergio Aragones (marginals)
Irving Schild (photography); Sergio Aragones (marginals)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
There's One in Every Crowd Dept.
Photo gags showing how ad agencies can go too far when pushing token minorities.
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Miscellaneous
4
One Day at a Construction Site

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin
Don Martin
Don Martin
Don Martin; typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
Hippy; Two unnamed Construction workers
A hippy uses flower power, literally.
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1
The Lighter Side of... the Revolutionary Movement

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
Dave Berg
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Berg's-Eye-View Dept.
Roger Kaputnik
Dave Berg's Lighter Side of gag section focusing on a singular topic, The Revolutionary Movement.
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Miscellaneous
5
Hawks & Doves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee; typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Fowl Play Dept.
Major Hawks; Private Doves
Private Doves mows the army base's lawn into a peace symbol.
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Miscellaneous
1
This is the third Hawks And Doves feature strip.
Deceptive Money-Saving Labels

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick DeBartolo
Irving Schild (Photography); Sergio Aragones (marginals)
Irving Schild (Photography); Sergio Aragones (marginals)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Outside Pitch Dept.
Photo product gags with fine print price savers.
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Miscellaneous
2
Mad's Guaranteed Effective All-Occasion Non-Slanderous Political Smear Speech

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Garvin
George Woodbridge
George Woodbridge
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Death by Elocution Dept.
Political speech telling it like it is.
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Miscellaneous
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Still Life

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jerry Robinson
Jerry Robinson; Sergio Aragones (marginals)
Jerry Robinson; Sergio Aragones (marginals)
Jerry Robinson; typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Here's to You, Mr. Robinson Dept.
A collection of political gags featuring inanimate objects.
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Miscellaneous
3
Originally presented in the Chicago Tribune.
Silent Majority the Magazine for Middle America

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Larry Siegel
George Woodbridge; Sergio Aragones (marginals)
George Woodbridge; Sergio Aragones (marginals)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Putting the Right on Dept.
A mock magazine focusing on Middle American lifestyles.
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Miscellaneous
5
A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at an Ad Agency

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Larry Siegel
Jack Rickard; Sergio Aragones (marginals)
Jack Rickard; Sergio Aragones (marginals)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Inside-Ouch Dept.
Gags taken place in an ad agency office.
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Miscellaneous
2
Ads For Movie Revivals

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Bob Clarke; Sergio Aragones (marginals)
Bob Clarke; Sergio Aragones (marginals)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
"X" Ploy-tation Dept.
Moses; Moby Dick; Captain Ahab; Snow White; Dopey; Grumpy; Doc; Happy; Bashful; Sneezy; Sleepy
Updating classic straight-laced films like Born Free; Moby Dick; Ten Commandments & Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs with a more adult sex themed angle.
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A Mad Look at Two High School Generations

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lou Silverstone
Paul Coker; Sergio Aragones (marginals)
Paul Coker; Sergio Aragones (marginals)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Minor Adjustment Dept.
Comparing then and now, from the forties to the seventies, featuring the topics, movies; clothes; smoking; war; hair; school authority; family car & the school paper.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #13 published January 1974
 
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3
Boomerang Bridge

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Antonio Prohias
Antonio Prohias; Sergio Aragones (marginals)
Antonio Prohias; Sergio Aragones (marginals)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Joke and Dagger Dept.; Spy vs Spy
Black Spy; White Spy
White Spy falls for Black Spy's bridge rock trap.
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Miscellaneous
1
Ironride

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lou Silverstone
Angelo Torres; Sergio Aragones (marginals)
Angelo Torres; Sergio Aragones (marginals)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Sitting "Bull" Dept.
Ironride; Eva; Edd; Muck Swinger; Finster
A TV satire of Ironhide.
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One Day In A Crash Pad

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Martin
Don Martin
Don Martin
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Don Martin Dept.
Answers the question, "Where does a hippy store his leftovers ?"
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Mini? Midi? Maxi? What Kind of Clothing Style Would We Like to See Kids Wear?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Mad Fold-In
Another famous Mad Fold-In from Al Jaffee.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover. In color.
The Spiro Of '76

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Garvin
Norman Mingo (painted)
Norman Mingo (painted)
Norman Mingo (painted)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
A Future Political Campaign Poster
Spiro Agnew
A painted poster of the Spirit Of '76 by Norman Mingo with all the characters played by Spiro Agnew.
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Outside back cover. In color.
Drawn-Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Subject Matter
humorous
Marginal Thinking Department
Sergio Aragones' mini textless gags that appear in various margins and panels on most of the pages in the magazine.
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No page count as gags appear in Various Places Around The Magazine as noted in individual sequences.

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