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Issue: Mad #238
Publication Date: April 1983
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Issues: #238 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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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: 0709893323004
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (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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FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010 as Cactuses with Sombreros [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Crowd Scene

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: An adoring audience is recruited with some creative use of sombreros.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Letters Dept.
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An Officer Ain't No Gentleman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): C'est la Gere Dept.
Character(s): Richard Gere [as Zapp Mayhem]; Louis Gossett Jr. [as Sarge]; Debra Winger [as Maula]; Lisa Blount [as Dinette]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "An Officer and a Gentleman," a military recruit finds love while trying to survive a brutal drill sergeant.
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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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Don Martin's Atomic Holocaust Survival Manual

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fission Tackled Dept.
Synopsis: A guide to surviving nuclear attack.
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Pages: 5
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Mad's X-Reagans

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Visa Verses Dept.
Character(s): Ronald Reagan; George H. W. Bush; Nancy Reagan
Synopsis: Photos of President Reagan are altered to reveal hidden items for comedic effect.
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Mad's Suggestions for How Our Cities can Solve Their Problems

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Fred Block
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Urban on the Rocks Dept.
Synopsis: How major urban areas can creatively solve their problems.
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Little-Known and Rarely Diagnosed Mad Ailments Contracted at Hospitals

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sick Humor Dept.
Synopsis: Diseases and ailments specifically confined to hospitals.
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The U.S. Video Game Olympic Team

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shooting Stars Dept.
Synopsis: The best of the best video gamers.
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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 of baby-sitting, growing up, job qualifications, modern morality, wisdom, relationships, status clothing, eating out, economics, conclusions, sacrifices, fire fighters, police, nagging, and assumptions.
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An Andy Rooney "60 Minutes" Editorial We'd Like to See

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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Wind-Up Dull Dept.
Character(s): Andy Rooney
Synopsis: Andy Rooney's observations get a little more blunt and cynical.
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You Know He/She is Not for You When...

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mr/Miss-matched Dept.
Synopsis: Clues that you haven't met Mr. or Ms. Right.
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A Mad Look at the Differences Between Optimism, Pessimism & Realism

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Book of Ists Dept.
Synopsis: How the same situation is judged from three different perspectives.
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Pages: 4
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Mad's New Twists to Old Tales

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sappy Endings Dept.
Synopsis: Classic literature is updated with modern concerns.
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If Parents and Children Behaved like Professional Sports Figures

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): In a Jockular Vein Dept.
Synopsis: Parent/child relationships are described in contemporary sports terms.
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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 steals the White Spy's safe.
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Pages: 1
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Private Benjurmind

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Khaki Duty Dept.
Character(s): Lorna Patterson [as Pvt. Bendjurmind]; Eileen Brennan [as Capt. Ludicrous]; Robert Mandan [as Col. Springsteel]; Hal Williams [as Sgt. Cross]
Synopsis: In a parody of the TV spin-off series "Private Benjamin," a clumsy goof tries to survive in the army.
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Pages: 5
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What Recent Spiritual Movement Has (Thank God) Burned Itself Out?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Popular culture can become overbearing.
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Ouch!
Synopsis: E.T. the extra-terrestrial recoils at the price of his video game.
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Disclose Notes: The credit on the illustration reads "photo by Irving Schild" when the picture is clearly painted by an artist.

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