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Issue: Mad #183
Publication Date: June 1976
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Issues: #183 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: 18 (14 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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FlagNorsk Mad #3/1981 published October 1981 as En sommerkveld ved tømmerkoia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010 as Getting Involved [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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The Princess in the Tower

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A prince courts a princess living in a tower.
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Dum-Dum Afternoon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Withdrawal Simpletons Dept.
Character(s): Al Pacino [as Funny]; John Cazale [as Sap]; Charles Durning [as Sgt. Confetti]; Carol Kane [as the teller]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "Dog Day Afternoon," two inept bank robbers turn a hold up into a hostage situation.
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Pages: 7
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Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
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One Summer Day in the Jungle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous, jungle
Character(s): Tarzan
Synopsis: Three monkeys rate Tarzan's dismount from a jungle vine.
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A Mad Look at Burps Through History

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): For Whom the Belch Tolls Dept.
Character(s): Adam; Eve; Sir Isaac Newton; Lucrezia Borgia; George Washington; King Henry VIII; Napoleon Bonaparte; Alexander Graham Bell
Synopsis: Famous historical events are altered by cases of gastric distress.
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Mad's Academy Awards for Public Servants

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Grinding Their Acts Dept.
Synopsis: Awards are presented to the most unique acts of bureaucratic incompetence.
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Pages: 6
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy hijacks the White Spy's armored vehicle.
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Pages: 1
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Other TV Guidance Announcements

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Family Fare Warning Dept.
Character(s): Bill Cullen; Monty Hall; Merv Griffin; Cher
Synopsis: Disclaimers for various genres of television shows.
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Pages: 3
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Getting Involved

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Humane Being Dept.
Synopsis: A man passes several socially abhorrent situations without acting, but chooses to act when he witnesses something abhorrent to him.
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The Lighter Side of Grooming

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The hassles and quirks of personal grooming are explored.
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Pages: 5
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Mind Power

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mental Piece Dept.
Synopsis: A niche magazine for people who have Extra-sensory Perception.
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Unweddings of the Future

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): An Affair to Dismember
Synopsis: Aspects of a proposed ceremony to be created for divorces.
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Take It With a Grain of Salt When...

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): CY-NACL Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of claims that deserve skepticism.
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One Afternoon Down Home

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A rural woman swipes her husband's whiskey, then accidentally betrays herself.
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Barfetta

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Disguise Da Limit Dept.
Character(s): Robert Blake [as Det. Toady Barfetta]; Edward Grover [as Lt. Bluebaker]; Michael D. Roberts [as Huggy Bear]; Tom Ewell [as Billy]
Synopsis: In a parody of the TV series "Baretta," an undercover police detective drives his superior crazy with his incompetent antics.
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Pages: 6
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How Have Some Pesky Critters Gotten Out of Control Lately?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: opinion
Synopsis: Some bugs don't respond to insecticide.
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Pages: 1
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If it Wasn't for Winston, I Wouldn't Smoke

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Synopsis: Parody of Winston print ads; A woman lists all the things she wouldn't have if she didn't smoke cigarettes.
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