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Issue: Mad #233
Publication Date: September 1982
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Issues: #233 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 0709893323009
Price: $1.00 USD
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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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Video Game Star Irving Pac, Man of the Year

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Pac-Man
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of the Time Magazine Man of the Year end of the year covers.
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Ronald Reagan Now Starring at The White House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Caught in the Acts Dept.
Character(s): Ronald Reagan; George H. W. Bush; Donald Rumsfeld; Al Haig; Donald Regan; Daniel Patrick Moynahan; Thomas "Tip" O'Neill; Al Gore; Herbert Hoover; Richard Pryor; Ted Lange
Synopsis: The Reagan Administration is portrayed in various dramatic genres, such as a Shakespearean play or a gangster film.
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Pages: 5
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Drawn Out Dramas

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Genres: humorous
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Last Year at the Freensville Marathon

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Marathon runners hit the wall.
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Pages: 1
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The Second Edition of the Mad Overrated Underrated Book

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Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Acclaim Jumping Dept.
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman; Howard Cosell; Gerald Ford; Betty Ford; Burt Reynolds; Donald Sutherland
Synopsis: Examples of things that are overrated and corresponding items which are underrated.
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Spy Vs. Spy

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy suckers the Black Spy into exposing himself.
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Pages: 1
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Mad's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself Country Western Song

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Good Ol' Noise Dept.
Synopsis: A template for a generic country song and sample lyrics to plug into the template blanks.
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Pages: 2
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The Lighter Side of ...

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Berg's Eye View Dept.
Synopsis: The humorous trials and tribulations of dealing with dating, rain, packaged foods, cooking, UFOs, doctors, criticism, promises, advice, paternal concern, hospitals, diets, fear, and eating.
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Last Week in a Freensville Diner

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A diner has a problem with his soup.
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A 21st Century Guide to American Wildlife

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Future Flock Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how twentieth century pollution will cause species evolution in the twenty-first century.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Popeye and Mickey Mouse make cameo appearances.
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Missile Alert

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Out to Launch Dept.
Synopsis: The Air Force gets some new tech.
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Isn't it Suspicious...

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Two Sides of the Con Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of hypocrisy in everyday life.
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Mad's Updated Practical Joke Catalog

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Diane Riccobene (plot)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pranks-Giving Dept.
Synopsis: Devices to aid people in playing practical jokes on others.
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Pages: 5
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Six Minutes Looks at Nuclear Power

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gone Fission Dept.
Synopsis: Satirical expose of the nuclear industry.
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Pages: 4
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Yesterday in Downtown Freensville

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A shop owner employs two amputees in a unique manner.
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How Many Mistakes can You Find in this Picture?

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Err Apparent Dept.
Synopsis: Illustration of a video game parlor, with twenty instances of behavior that isn't typical of such an establishment.
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A Mad Look at Other Uses for Live Lobsters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Claws and Effect Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of alternative uses for lobsters.
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The Brawl Guy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Crashing Bore Dept.
Character(s): Lee Majors [as Cult]; Douglas Barr [as Jock]; Ricardo Montalban; Herve Villechaize [as Tattoo]
Synopsis: In a parody of the TV series "The Fall Guy," a stunt man doubles as a less-than-competant private detective.
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A "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" Fairy Tale Fold-In

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A princess meets a rude frog.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Food...gasp...water...gasp!
Synopsis: A man goes to outrageous lengths to get some service.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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