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Issue: Mad #150
Publication Date: April 1972
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Issues: #150 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/15/1972
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1972 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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Genres: humorous
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The Tourist

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man books a south sea vacation, but doesn't exactly get what he hoped for.
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Why Not Have the Next Issue Sent Directly to Your Home?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A Hindu Noble has his subscription copy of Mad delivered directly to his perch on the back of his elephant.
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Character(s): Snoopy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Among the letters is a hand drawn and lettered missive from "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz.
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The White House Follies of '72

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Big Time Operetta Dept.
Character(s): Richard Nixon; Spiro Agnew; Henry Kissinger; John Mitchell; John Erlichmann; Lyndon Johnson; Pat Nixon; Julie Nixon-Eisenhower; Patricia Nixon-Cox; David Eisenhower; J. Edgar Hoover; George Meaney; Martha Mitchell; Bob Hope; Golda Meir; Rev. Billy Graham
Synopsis: Life in the Nixon White House, presented as a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta.
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Pages: 8
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Drawn Out Dramas

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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 0
Disclose Notes: Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
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Ads That Turn People Off

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): A Discouraging Word from Our Sponsor Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of print ads that don't exactly put the product in the best light.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #21 published January 1976
as Ads That Turn People Off [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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More Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Examples of sarcastic responses to obvious questions, including a blank balloon to encourage audience participation.
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One Fairly Nice Day Downtown

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man decides to step on an ant, to his regret.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #21 published January 1976
as One Fairly Nice Day Downtown [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Love Letters from Celebrities

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mash Communications Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of what a love letter from a particular famous person might look and read like. Celebrities include Richard Nixon, "Love Story" author Erich Segal, William F. Buckley, Don Rickles, Burt Bacharach, Henny Youngman and consumer advocate Ralph Nader.
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A Mad Message to the Leading Democratic Candidates for President

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Nose Have It Dept.
Character(s): Hubert Humphrey; Edmund Muskie; George McGovern; Edward Kennedy; John Lindsey; Richard Nixon; Golda Meir; Bob Hope; Barbra Streisand; Spiro Agnew; Charles DeGaulle; Joe Namath; Lyndon Johnson
Synopsis: The Democratic contenders for the 1972 Presidential nomination are given the noses of other famous people in order to raise their public favor.
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When TV Makes Full Use of Howard Cosell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Spoil-Sport Dept.
Character(s): Howard Cosell; Ernie; Cookie Monster; Lawrence Spivak
Synopsis: Casting Howard Cosell in other television situations, such as appearing on Sesame Street and reporting on the weather.
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In Content Item: FlagA Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] #[nn] [unnamed variant] published March 1984
as When TV Makes Full Use of Howard Cosell [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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A Mad Look at Snowmobiles

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Slay Ride Dept.
Synopsis: Series of single panel cartoons depicting humorous problems resulting from use of snow mobiles.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #21 published January 1976
as A Mad Look at Snowmobiles [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
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The Lighter Side of... Air Travel

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The humorous trials and tribulations of commercial flying.
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Pages: 5
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If Other Magazines Copied Cosmopolitan's "Sex" Formula

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gurley Books Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of genre magazines using the style of cover layout popularized by "Cosmopolitan" publisher Helen Gurley Brown.
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You Know You're Really Divorced When...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Splitting Headaches Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how your life changes after a divorce.
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One Fine Day While Touring Florida

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A family of tourists visit a venue advertising alligator wrestling.
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The Putrid Family

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fine Fetid Friends Dept.
Character(s): Shirley Jones [as Shrilly Putrid]; David Cassidy [as Teeth Putrid]; Danny Bonaduce [as Hammy Putrid]; Dave Madden [as Boob]; Susan Dey [as Lowly Putrid]; Suzanne Crough [as Tricky Putrid]; Brian Forster [as Subby Putrid]
Synopsis: In a parody of the TV series "The Partridge Family," a family made up of an over-the-hill musical star, her vain teen idol son and a group of supporting children tour America as a pop band.
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One Busy Day in a Highway Restaurant

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The humorous result of a diner's reliance on jargon.
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Just What Is Richard Nixon Hoping to Find on His Historic Trip to China?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Richard Nixon; Pat Nixon
Synopsis: President Nixon has a personal motive for visiting Mainland China.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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At the Movies

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two boys try to sneak into an X-rated movie.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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