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Issue: Mad #140
Publication Date: January 1971
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Issues: #140 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: 11/17/1970
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1971 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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In This Issue: Put*On

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Mad Look at Flags of the World

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Flags of various countries are altered to reflect current social or political controversies in that country.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Haunted By the Ghost of Christmas Presents?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMad #116 published January 1968
was Haunted By the Ghost of Christmas Presents? [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Put*On

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Great Scott! Dept.
Character(s): George C. Scott [as General Put*on]; Karl Malden [as General Boredly]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "Patton," the Allies win World War II in spite of the psychotic sadist in charge of the tank brigade.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Mort Drucker draws Bill Mauldin's famous World War II characters Willie and Joe into a panel on page two, a pinup of Milton Caniff's The Dragon Lady on page three and Mort Walker's Beetle Bailey and George Baker's Sad Sack on page five.
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One Day on Location

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: On the set of a "King Kong" film, the lead actor has a special talent for the role.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #30 published January 1980
as One Day on Location [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Mad Blow-Your-Mind Drug Primer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Satire of the emerging drug culture in society.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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The Lighter Side of Bad Habits

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Satire of things that people do that really annoy other people.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Christmas Tree

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Major Hawks; Private Doves
Synopsis: Private Doves manages to sneak his anti-war message onto the camp Christmas tree.
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Pages: 1
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That'll Be the Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fat Chance Dept.
Synopsis: Behavior from retail personnel that, as a consumer, you'd like but shouldn't expect.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Mad's Christmas Carols for the 1970 Season

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The lyrics of traditional Christmas carols are altered to reflect current events.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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If There Had Been Advice Columns Throughout History

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Past Tensions Dept.
Synopsis: Advice columns with letters from famous historical figures.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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One Morning in the Life of an Optician

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: An optician accidentally dislodges the eye of a former patient.
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Pages: 1
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A Mad Look at Birds

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Audobon-Bons Dept.
Synopsis: Collection of cartoons satirizing humanity's interaction with birds.
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Pages: 4
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You Know You're Really a Football Fan When...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Examples of behavior that identifies a person as an obsessed football fan.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Mad Christmas Cards From Celebrities

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jingle Belts Dept.
Character(s): Richard Nixon; H. Rap Brown; Abbie Hoffman; Golda Meir; George Wallace; Graham Kerr [as The Galloping Gourmet]; Richard Daley; Spiro Agnew; Don Rickles; Eldridge Cleaver; Hugh Hefner; William Fulbright
Synopsis: Christmas cards with ironic messages from famous people.
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Pages: 3
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy fakes out the White Spy with a phony bomb.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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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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The Doris Daze Show

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Freckles and Her Friends Dept.
Character(s): Doris Day [as Doris Marlin]; Denver Pyle [as Cluck]; Rose Marie [as Rose]
Synopsis: In a parody of the TV series "The Doris Day Show," a widow faces her boring job, unrealistic financial situation and the amorous intentions of every man she meets with the same perky optimism.
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Pages: 5
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What Essential Item Won't Be Available Again This Year?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Christmas means getting everything you want, but not the one thing you need.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Winsom Tastes Good Like a Cigarette Should
Synopsis: Parody of Winston cigarette print ads; The dead in a cemetery parrot the Winston ad slogan.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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