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Issue: Mad #192
Publication Date: July 1977
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Issues: #192 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/17/1977
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
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Content Items: 17 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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
Format Notes:  
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FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010 as A Mad Look at King Kong [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): King Kong; Jessica Lange [as Dwan]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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King Korn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Kong-Phew Dept.
Character(s): Jeff Bridges [as Hack Pressclot]; Charles Grodin [as Fraud Winsome]; Jessica Lange [as Wanda/Dawn]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film remake "King Kong," an oil exploration search team pair with a stowaway anthropologist and a rescued castaway and encounter a hundred foot tall ape.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Drawn Out Dramas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0
Disclose Notes: Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
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One Day in Philadelphia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): A vending machine that offers a cure for smoking.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Mad Look at CB Radio

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Aerial Borefare Dept.
Synopsis: A satirical look at the citizen's band radio craze.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Lighter Side of Morning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Berg's Eye View Dept.
Synopsis: The trials of getting up in the morning.
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Pages: 5
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Mad Forms for Personalized Wills

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Putting on Heirs Dept.
Synopsis: Templates for wills aimed at specific demographic groups.
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Pages: 3
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A Mad Look at King Kong

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Kong-Two Dept.
Character(s): King Kong
Synopsis: Series of cartoons satirizing the film "King Kong".
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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One Afternoon in Acapulco

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A cliff diver picks the wrong place to dive.
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Pages: 1
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Mad's Academy Awards for Jocks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Athlete's Feat Dept.
Synopsis: Awards are given to sports celebrities for dysfunctional behavior.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Nominees are thinly veiled parodies of actual sports personalities Billy Martin, Walter O'Malley, Wilt Chamberlain, Ilie Nastase, Jimmy Connors, Weeb Eubanks, Angelo Dundee and Muhammed Ali.
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One Night on Skull Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): King Kong
Synopsis: King Kong finds a new use for his native sacrifice.
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Pages: 1
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When Truth-in-Advertising Laws Apply to Movie Ads

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): "Snow" Biz Dept.
Synopsis: Movie ads are forced to print disclaimers debunking their banner claims.
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Pages: 3
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When CB-Type Code Language is Used in Other Walks of Life

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rig-Latin Dept.
Synopsis: Every day situations are made incomprehensible through the use of slang.
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Pages: 3
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Government Checks for Not Doing Anything

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Elaine Dunn
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Parity Begins at Home Dept.
Synopsis: Ordinary citizens receive government subsidies to not do something considered harmful.
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Pages: 3
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Nutwork

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tele Like it is! Dept.
Character(s): Faye Dunaway [as Diana]; William Holden [as Max]; Peter Finch [as Harrowed Bile]; Robert Duvall [as Hatchet]; The Assassination Squad [Harry Reasoner; Walter Cronkite; John Chancellor; Barbara Walters]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "Network," an embittered newscaster uses his television spot to perform anti-social acts and a programming executive decides to make a series out of it.
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Pages: 6
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What's the Most Popular Talk Show on the Air Today?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Citizen's band radios are sweeping the nation.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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One Night in the Big City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A woman finds a magic lamp on the street.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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