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Issue: Mad #154
Publication Date: October 1972
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Issues: #154 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/15/1972
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (13 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Pages: 1
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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
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A galley slave has his subscription copy of Mad delivered direct to the ship on which he's impressed.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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The Cowkids

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Short in the Saddle Dept.
Character(s): John Wayne [as Will Brandason]; Roscoe Lee Browne [as the Cook]; Bruce Dern [as Long Hair]; Colleen Dewhurst [as Fannie Brandason]: Shawn Kelly [as Stuttering Boob]; A. Martinez [as Token Mexican]
Synopsis: Parody of the film "The Cowboys"; a rancher, desperate for hands for a cattle drive, is forced to hire a group of school boys to replace his deserted crew.
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Pages: 8
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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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Howard Hughes' Wallet

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Odd Ball in the Back Pocket Dept.
Character(s): Howard Hughes
Synopsis: Examples of the eccentric items found in Howard Hughes' wallet.
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Pages: 2
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Mad's Ecology Mother Goose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): M. S. Pinkham (plot)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Our Goose Is Cooked Dept.
Synopsis: Familiar nursery rhymes altered to reflect modern issues.
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Pages: 4
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When Watching Television, You Can Be Sure of Seeing...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pick-Up Schticks Dept.
Character(s): Joe Namath; Bob Hope; Johnny Carson; Rocky Graziano; Rona Barrett; Raymond Burr [as Ironside]; William Conrad [as Frank Cannon]; James Franciscus [as Longstreet]; Jackie Gleason; Dean Martin; Richard Nixon
Synopsis: Examples of the predictability of television fare.
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Pages: 3
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One Day at the Bullfights

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: At a bullfight, neither the matador nor the bull are what they seem.
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Pages: 1
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The Mad Car-Owners Hate Book

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Car Sick Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of the aggravations of owning a car.
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Pages: 4
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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 sets a trap for The Black Spy.
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Pages: 1
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The Mad Guide to Political Types

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Knowing Your Left From Your Right Dept.
Synopsis: Lists of stereotypical characteristics of various political factions.
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Pages: 4
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One Day During a Cavalry Attack

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A tribe of plains Indians prepare their village for an attack from the U.S. Cavalry.
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Pages: 1
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The Lighter Side of... Hang-Ups

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Examples of modern obsessions, phobias and compulsions.
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Pages: 5
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The Television Yellow Pages 1972-73

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Show Biz-zy Signals Dept.
Synopsis: A section of the telephone company yellow pages with ads and listings for famous celebrities and the services they can provide.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Though most of the ad artwork is by Jack Rickard, the picture of the Sesame Street Muppets is by Jack Davis (taken from the splash panel in "Reality Street", Mad #146). The caricature of William F. Buckley in another ad is by Mort Drucker.
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The Cute Rook

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Heist of Idiocy Dept.
Character(s): Robert Redford [as Dorkmunder]; George Segal [as Klepto]; Ron Liebman [as Stan]; Moses Gunn [as Ambassador Amuzing]; Paul Sand [as Allen]; Vincent Gardenia [as Stan's father]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "The Hot Rock," four incredibly cute cons are hired by a foreign agent to steal a precious jewel from a museum.
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Pages: 7
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One Night in a Bar Along the Highway

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A biker causes a loud stir in a bar parking lot.
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Pages: 1
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What Can We Expect From All of the Candidates in the 1972 Political Swim?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Richard Nixon; Spiro Agnew; Edward Kennedy; Hubert Humphrey; Edmund Muskie; George Wallace; Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Visual of what the 1972 Presidential election ultimately amounts to.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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America's Final Cigarette Break

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A smoker gets some bad news with his chest x-ray.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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