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Issue: Mad #147
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/05/1971
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (16 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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Cover, Front
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No! Remember Mad Said It First

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Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts 12

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In a parody of the comic strip panel "Ripley's Believe It or Not," examples of odd human behavior and unbelievable events, including the Tommy Sands Fan Club and a curious fact about consumer advocate Ralph Nader.
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Inside front cover.
Why Not Have the Next Issue Sent Directly to Your Home?

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A man has his subscription copy of Mad delivered directly to the pumpkin in which he resides.
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Little Dull Man

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And Another Redskin Bites the Dustin Dept.
Dustin Hoffman [as Jerk Crabby]; Woody Allen; Tiny Tim [as the Indian Queen]; Chief Dan George [as the Cheyenne Chief]; Faye Dunaway [as the Minister's Wife]; Martin Balsam [as Mr. Merriweather]; Richard Mulligan [as General Custer]
Parody of the film "Little Big Man"; a one hundred twenty-one year old man recalls for an interviewer his life as the biggest schmuck in the old west.
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An Italian Robin Catching a Worm

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A robin twirls his catch on a fork like a strand of spaghetti.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as An Italian Robin Catching a Worm [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Condolence Cards For Business and Professional Tragedies

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Postal Mortems Dept.
Condolence cards for business setbacks and missed opportunities.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as Condolence Cards for Business and Professional Tragedies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Drawn Out Dramas

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Subject Matter
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Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
Future Shock

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
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Seer Sucker Dept.
A man dismisses the outlandish predictions of a reputed fortune teller.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as Future Shock [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010
as Future Shock [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The New Army

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
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Gung Ho-Hum Dept.
Examples of how the military has changed with the times.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as The New Army [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagA Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] #[nn] [unnamed variant] published March 1984
as The New Army [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Spy Vs. Spy

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Subject Matter
humorous
The Black Spy; The White Spy
The Black Spy thinks he's escaped the death trap the White Spy has left him in.
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Miscellaneous
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If Nixon Were President During Custer's Last Stand

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Tomahawks and Doves Dept.
Richard Nixon
President Nixon tries to stonewall the press's inquiries into the Massacre at Little Big Horn.
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Meet Sudhir Dar

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
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New Dehli-catessen Dept.
Collection of single panel cartoons done by India cartoonist Sudhir Dar.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as Meet Sudhir Dar [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Mountain Hike

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Major Hawks; Private Doves
Private Doves organizes the troops on an overnight mountain hike to light their tent lanterns in a way to display a message of peace.
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The Lighter Side of Time

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Subject Matter
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How people deal with the demands of punctuality.
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One Morning on Main Street

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Two men enter a costume shop to buy a silly mask.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as One Morning on Main Street [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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A Mad Look at Pet Owners

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Subject Matter
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Burden of Beasts Dept.
A comic look at the trials of pet ownership.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #18 published January 1975
as A Mad Look at Pet Owners [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Spy Vs. Spy

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Subject Matter
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The Black Spy; The White Spy
The Black Spy convinces the White Spy he has a cloak that can let him fly.
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Modern Muscle Magazine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Press and Jerks Dept.
A niche magazine aimed at bodybuilding enthusiasts.
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Gall in the Family Fare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Little Bigot Man Dept.
Carroll O'Connor [as Starchy Bunkerhill]; Jean Stapleton [as Edith Bunkerhill]; Rob Reiner [as Meek Stivic]; Sally Struthers [as Glorioski Stivic]; Adolf Hitler
In a parody of the TV series "All In The Family," the bigoted head of a dysfunctional family spouts his opinions to anyone and everyone while waiting for a reunion with an old army buddy.
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FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #11 published January 1973
as Gall in the Family Fare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #82 published July 1992
as Gall in the Family Fare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Late One Thursday Morning - - Downtown

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Subject Matter
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A man visits a garage and is fooled by the mechanics under a car.
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What Kind of Political Bandwagon Would Many Republicans Like to See Prepared For Our V.P.?

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Subject Matter
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A hint of Republican dissatisfaction with Vice President Agnew.
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Inside back cover.
Three Little Nixons

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Credits
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Subject Matter
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Richard Nixon
The famous statuette of the three little monkeys who "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil", recast to fit the Nixon administration.
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Back cover.

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