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Issue: Mad #218
Publication Date: October 1980
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Issues: #218 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 709893323010
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (16 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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Alfred E. Neuman, Mad's "Write-In" Candidate for President

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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Mad Super Special Winter 1980

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad Super Special
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Pages: 1
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Table of Contents

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Mad Magazine Resents Throw Up the Academy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Up the Brass Dept.
Character(s): Vito
Synopsis: A satire of the move Up the Academy.
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Pages: 2
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Being Not All There

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Vidiot’s Delight Dept.
Character(s): Mrs. Gravnick; Skipper; Gilligan; Fred Rogers; Popeye; Bluto; Olive Oyl; Wimpy; Fred Flintstone; Trance; Luwheeze; Mr. Lemming (deceased); Heave Grand; Pink Panther; Dr. Allenbuzz; Freddie Silverman; Johnny Carson; Jack Lalanne; Suzy Chapstick; Oliver Hardy; Bane Grand (dies)
Synopsis: A satire of the movie Being There.
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Pages: 7
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Don Martin Dept. Part I: One Day in the Life of a Tennis Pro

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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A Collection of Mad X-Rayvings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): X-Posed Dept.
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Pages: 3
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The Mad Nasty Book Volume Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): All Kidding a Snide Dept.
Character(s): Ku Klux Klan; Mork; Jane Fonda; Dolly Parton; Cher; Mike Wallace; Pete Rose
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Pages: 3
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The Lighter Side of...

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The Lighter Side of... Making Ends Meet; Punishment; Intruders; Summer Romances; Ambition; Bullying; Gadgets; Success; Breaking Up; Studying; Moods; Married; and Politics.
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Sneaky Mad Tactics to Get People to Open "Junk Mail"

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Catch as Cachet Can Dept.
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A Mad Guide to Cheap Pastimes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Free for All Dept.
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Pages: 3
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Advertising Makes You Wonder...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ad Insult to Injury Dept.
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Glass Shattered by Singing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: espionage, humorous
Character(s): Black Spy; White Spy
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Pages: 1
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The Mad Dictionary of Cliche Parental Terms

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lexi “Con” Dept.
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Pages: 4
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Don Martin Dept. Part III: One Day in the Life of Some Salesmen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fonebone
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The are only 2 Don Martin Departments in this issue. This one is erroneously listed as Part III instead of Part II.
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Who Knows What Evils Lurk in the Hearts of Men? The Shadow Knows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
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In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #11 published January 1973
as Who Knows What Evils Lurk in the Hearts of Men? The Shadow Knows [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #50 published January 1985
as Who Knows What Evils Lurk in the Hearts Of Men? The Shadow Knows [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad Special [Mad Super Special] #62 published January 1988
as Who Knows What Evils Lurk in the Hearts of Men? The Shadow Knows [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010
as The Shadow Knows [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
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WKRAP in Cincinnati

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): A-M/Ecch-M Dept.
Character(s): Antsy; Arthur Curlson; Juniper; Dr. Johnny Frantic; Venus Fly Paper; Nerve; Mess; Bully; Sonny Bono
Synopsis: A satire of the television show WKRP in Cincinnati.
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Pages: 6
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What's the Most Exciting Thing on TV Today!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Buck Rogers; Twiki; Hulk; Ponch [Officer Francis Llewellyn Poncherello]; Charlie's Angels; John Bosley; J.R. Ewing
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Disclose Notes: Inside backcover and in color. Answer is: Ads for designer jeans.
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Checks Cashed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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In Content Item: FlagNorsk Mad #2/1981 published September 1981
as Konge legitimasjon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.
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Drawn-Out Dramas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 0
Disclose Notes: No page count as gags appear in various places around the magazine.

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