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Issue: Mad #152
Publication Date: July 1972
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Issues: #152 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: 05/16/1972
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (11 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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End of the Rainbow

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters Dept.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Among the letters is one from Mary Edith Cosell, wife of ABC Sportscaster Howard Cosell.
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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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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A postal carrier must deliver a subscription copy of Mad to a crypt in a graveyard.
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Pages: 0.67
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What's the Connection?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Inside Dope Dept.
Character(s): Gene Hackman [as Cockeye]; Roy Scheider [as Birdie]; Tony Lo Bianco [as Salvatore Guiseppe Bocciballo]; Fernando Rey [as Mr. Dapperbeaux]; Carroll O'Connor [as Archie Bunker]; Steve McQueen [as Bullitt]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "The French Connection," a racist, violent narcotics detective tries to arrest the members of a drug-smuggling ring.
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #30 published January 1980
as What's the Connection? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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One Day at Campsite 39-B

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man sets up his pre-fabricated tent.
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Pages: 2
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Mad Photo-Toons

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Photo Finishes Dept.
Character(s): Richard Nixon; Henry Kissinger; Indira Gandhi; Sophia Loren; Aristotle Onassis; Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis; George Wallace; John Mitchell; Martha Mitchell
Synopsis: Wire photos of famous people have cartoon backgrounds added to them for satirical effect.
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Pages: 3
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Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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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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Mad's Educator of the Year

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Progressive Jazz Dept.
Synopsis: Mad interviews the administrator of a progressive, structure-less school.
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Pages: 5
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The Art of Writing Home For Money

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dear Money and Daddy Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of students writing home for money that don't sound like an appeal for money.
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Pages: 3
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy booby-traps The Black Spy's gloves.
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Pages: 1
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The Lighter Side of Weddings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Berg's Eye View Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of the good and bad sides of getting married.
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Pages: 5
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy uses subliminal messaging to trap the White Spy.
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A Mad Look at Bicycling

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Chain Reaction Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of the bad side of riding a bike.
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A Treasury of Television Poetry and Prose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Network-Over Dept.
Character(s): Milton Berle; Jerry Lewis; Alvin Childress [as Amos]; Spencer Williams [as Andy]; Rod Serling; Pat Paulsen; Fred Waring; Pat Buttram; Pat Boone; Snooky Lanson; Johnny Carson; Mary Tyler Moore [as Mary Richards]; Ed Asner [as Lou Grant]; David Brinkley; Mike Connors [as Mannix]; Greg Morris [as Barney Collier]; James Arness [as Matt Dillon]; Abraham Lincoln; Don Meredith; Howard Cosell; Frank Gifford
Synopsis: A review of the low points of television, presented in verse.
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Pages: 5
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One Fine Day At the Pyramids

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two archaeologists make a startling discovery.
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Put Them All Together, They Spell...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Criminal Types Dept.
Synopsis: Brand names are arranged horizontally so that commentary can be spelled out vertically.
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Pages: 3
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Manic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Violence Is Golden Dept.
Character(s): Mike Connors [as Joe Manik]; Gail Fisher [as Pug]; Ward Wood [as Lt. Talcum]
Synopsis: In a parody of the TV series "Mannix," a very violent private investigator racks up a large body count, but doesn't solve many crimes.
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Pages: 6
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What Institution Graduates Super-Specialists In Their Chosen Fields?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Not everyone learns their trade in trade school.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Nixon & Bunker In '72

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Richard Nixon; Carroll O'Connor [as Archie Bunker]
Synopsis: Campaign poster for an unlikely Presidential ticket.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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