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Issue: Mad #181
Publication Date: March 1976
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Issues: #181 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagEC
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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: 20 (13 stories, 1 cover)
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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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FlagA Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] #[nn] [unnamed variant] published March 1984 as Exciting Abbreviations for Low Glamor Jobs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Mad Salutes the Bicentennial Year

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Rollerbrawl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Future Schlock Dept.
Character(s): James Caan [as Johnathick]; John Houseman [as The Owner]; Maud Adams [as Wife]; John Beck [as Moonface]; Moses Gunn [as Blackie]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "Rollerball," the star athlete of a corporate-owned blood sport struggles against forced retirement, social isolation and the general corruption of the futuristic society he lives in.
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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
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Great Poems Rewritten to Reflect the Freaky, Greedy, Rotten World of Today

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Rhymes We Are A-changing Dept.
Synopsis: Famous poems are altered to reflect current issues.
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Pages: 3
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One Fine Day Downtown

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man gets a service animal for his service animal.
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The Lighter Side of Handicrafts

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Humorous aspects of various hobbies.
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Pages: 6
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Mad's First...and Probably Last...Reader Survey

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Poll-ish Joke Dept.
Synopsis: Parody of printed reader surveys.
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Pages: 1
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Some Mad Energy-saving Devices

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fuel-ish Notions Dept.
Synopsis: Contraptions designed to save energy and still perform the same service.
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Pages: 2
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A Collection of Mad Paired Thick & Thin Books

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Writer(s): Marilyn D'Amico
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Caught in a Bind Dept.
Synopsis: Books with the same subject but with differing size depending upon who authored it.
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Meet Jan van Wessum

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Holland-daze Source Dept.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Collection of humorous single panel cartoons by Dutch cartoonist Jan van Wessum.
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Exciting Abbreviations for Low Glamor Jobs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Initial Impression Dept.
Synopsis: Using abbreviations to make a low-tech job seem more intellectual.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Jack Rickard draws caricatures of Nick Meglin, Jerry DeFuccio and Al Feldstein into the final panel.
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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 tries to use an angled flame-thrower against the Black Spy.
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The Alfred E. Neuman University Competitive Hard-Sell 1976 Catalogue

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): David Reagan (plot)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Facultease Dept.
Synopsis: Catalog of college courses with debatable merit.
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Pages: 7
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Historical Scenes We'd Like to See Re-Enacted

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Yankee-Panky Dept.
Synopsis: Scenes from U.S. history unlikely to be re-enacted for the Bicentennial celebration.
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Pages: 3
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The Cockroach

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bugs Funny Dept.
Synopsis: A man uses aerosol insecticide to kill a cockroach.
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If TV Commercials Told Us Everything

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ad-Mission Impossible Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of the ugly truth that television commercials leave out.
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Pages: 4
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Once Upon a Time in the Black Hills of S. Dakota

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two sleeping Native Americans receive a smoke signal.
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Pages: 1
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What Kind of Vicious Big Shots Have Been Taking Over Our Cities?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: opinion
Synopsis: An example of technology not helping life.
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Pages: 1
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City Plights

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
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Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Synopsis: Building lights in a city skyline spell out a message.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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