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Issue: Mad #176
Publication Date: July 1975
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Issues: #176 of 550 Issues (594 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: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
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Content Items: 18 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Feldstein
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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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FlagMad #510 published August 2011 as A MAD Look at Burial at Sea [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Drucker (signed)
Colorist(s): Mort Drucker ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry DeFuccio ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters Dept.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Among the letters of comment is one from actor Vincent Gardenia, with photo, commenting on the Mad parody of "Death Wish".
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Airplot '75

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick DeBartolo
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Drucker (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Crashing Bore Dept.
Character(s): Charlton Heston [as Captain Mudrock]; Karen Black [as Naggy]; Gloria Swanson; Debbie Reynolds; Sid Caesar; Myrna Loy; Norman Fell; Sandy Dennis; Helen Reddy [as Sister Cooth]; Efrem Zimbalist Jr.; George Kennedy
Synopsis: In a parody of the "Airport" disaster movie series, a pack of washed up movie actors try to keep an airliner, and their careers, from crashing in flames.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sergio Aragones
Penciller(s): Sergio Aragones
Inker(s): Sergio Aragones
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Marginal Thinking Dept.
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In-Case-of-Emergency Cards for Special People

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fright Instructors Dept.
Synopsis: Emergency cards tailored to specific demographics.
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Pages: 1
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Don Martin Escapes From Prison...Almost

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin (signed)
Inker(s): Don Martin (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Martin Dept.
Synopsis: An inmate engages in a series of unsuccessful prison escapes.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Appropriate Photo Crops

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arnoldo Franchioni
Penciller(s): Arnoldo Franchioni; ?(photo)
Inker(s): Arnoldo Franchioni; ?(photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): True to Form Dept.
Synopsis: Photos of actual events are cropped in specific shapes to give the photos a new meaning.
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Pages: 3
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The Mad Handbook of House-Guesting

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Peter Porges
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Look Before You Leech Dept.
Synopsis: A print guide to dealing with guest who overstay their welcome.
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Pages: 5
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Footnotes* to Hollywood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Peter Porges
Penciller(s): Paul Coker Jr.
Inker(s): Paul Coker Jr.
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shoe Biz Dept.
Synopsis: Humorous takes on classic film scenes, with the characters depicted only below the knees.
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Pages: 2
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The Lighter Side of Graduation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dave Berg
Penciller(s): Dave Berg
Inker(s): Dave Berg
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Berg's Eye View Dept.
Synopsis: The upside and downside of graduating high school.
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Pages: 5
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"Talent Evaluation" Ads for Other Career Training Programs

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Koch
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): "Con" Tests Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of other correspondence training programs using the ad strategy of the "Famous Artists School".
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Pages: 3
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Other Betting Pools

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lou Silverstone
Penciller(s): George Woodbridge
Inker(s): George Woodbridge
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Odds for the Love of Moola Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of office betting pools that have nothing to do with sporting events.
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Pages: 2
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A Mad Look at Burial at Sea

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Edwing
Penciller(s): Don Edwing (signed)
Inker(s): Don Edwing (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Float Some and Jettison Some Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of burial at sea that don't go as planned.
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Pages: 2
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Headlines of the Insect World

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Peter Porges
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke
Inker(s): Bob Clarke
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bugs Funnies Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of sensationalistic tabloid headlines with insect themes.
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Pages: 3
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The Longest Yardbird

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arnie Kogen
Penciller(s): Angelo Torres (signed)
Inker(s): Angelo Torres (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Reynolds' Rap Dept.
Character(s): Burt Reynolds [as Crude]; Eddie Albert [as Warden Hazard]; Ed Lauter [as Capt. Clobber]; Michael Conrad [as Nate Scarbooboo]; James Hampton [as Carefaker]; Richard Kiel [as Tarzan Finster]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "The Longest Yard," a sadistic prison warden forces a prisoner to join his prison football team.
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Pages: 7
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Publishers Closeout Sale

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gipe
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ramainders to be Seen Dept.
Synopsis: List of remaindered books on clearance sale, which are obvious from the titles why they are remaindered.
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Pages: 1
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Where Has the Most Shocking Rise in Crime Taken Place?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Jaffee
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Inker(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Colorist(s): Al Jaffee
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad Fold-In
Synopsis: Sometimes you can't tell the bad guys without a scorecard.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Occupancy By More Than 3 Billion People is Dangerous and Should Be Unlawful

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Another Mad Mini-Poster
Synopsis: A poster on overpopulation.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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