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Issue: Mad #258
Publication Date: October 1985
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Issues: #258 of 550 Issues (594 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: 0709893323010
Price: $1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Albert B. Feldstein (editor); Nick Meglin (editor); John Ficarra (editor); Charlie Kadau (editorial assistant); Joe Raiola (editorial assistant)
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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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Featuring the Mad Computer Program

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): Harold Qwerty (idea)
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Inker(s): Al Jaffee
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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You'll Flip Over These Flubs!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad Classic Flops
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Disclose Notes: Inside Front Cover (full color)
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): Various
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Random Samplings of Readers Mail

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Letters and Tomatoes Dept.
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Mad's Academy Awards for Teenage Films

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arnie Kogen
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker
Inker(s): Mort Drucker
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Teen-Sell Town Dept.
Character(s): Dick Martin; Tom Hulcer; Gene Siskel; Roger Ebert; Jacqueline Briskette; Ally Cheaty; Sean Punk; Ray Walston; Chevy Chase; Neil Izzy; Pat Propp; Gregory Peck; Scott Bayou
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Spy vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Anthony Prohias
Penciller(s): Anthony Prohias
Inker(s): Anthony Prohias
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joke and Dagger Dept.
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The Lighter Side of...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dave Berg
Penciller(s): Dave Berg
Inker(s): Dave Berg
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Berg’s Eye View Dept.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Berg tackles a variety of subjects: predictability, speeding, addiction, weddings, communication, seasons, mishaps, shopping, travel, social activity, persuasion, sleep, and choices.
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A Fairy Tale We'd Like to See

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Rios
Penciller(s): Bob Jones
Inker(s): Bob Jones
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Grimm Shot Dept.
Character(s): Prince
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A Mad Look at Some Not-So-Famous First Attempts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Snider
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee
Inker(s): Al Jaffee
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Initial Retraction Dept.
Character(s): Jim McKay
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Goons, They Know How It's Done

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker
Inker(s): Mort Drucker
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hoax-a-Mania Dept.
Character(s): Hulk Hogan; Captain Lou; Big John Studd; Sarge Slaughter; "Rowdy" Roddy; Patera; Andre the Giant
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The Mad Computer Primer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Boni
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee
Inker(s): Al Jaffee
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bits and P.C.'s Dept.
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Practical Computer Programs for Normal Everyday Use

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick DeBartolo
Penciller(s): Paul Coker, Jr.
Inker(s): Paul Coker, Jr.
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dick Dept.
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One Morning at the Office

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Martin
Penciller(s): Don Martin
Inker(s): Don Martin
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Martin Dept.
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The Computer Company President of the Year

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick DeBartolo
Penciller(s): Harry North
Inker(s): Harry North
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): In the Chips Dept.
Character(s): Rivaldo Jivera
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Casey at the Byte

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): Don Martin
Inker(s): Don Martin
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Designated Hacker Dept.
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Disclose Notes: Parody of Ernest Lawrence Thayer's "Casey at the Bat"
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If Computers Are So Brilliant...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Koch
Penciller(s): George Woodbridge
Inker(s): George Woodbridge
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Terminal Illness Dept.
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Mad's Guide to Computer Language

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charlie Kadau
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Taking a Term for the Worse Dept.
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The Mad Computer Program

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sergio Aragones
Penciller(s): Sergio Aragones
Inker(s): Sergio Aragones
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Data All, Folks Dept.
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Pages: 4
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Mad's Celebrity Supermarket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Raiola; Charlie Kadau
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke
Inker(s): Bob Clarke
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Big-Name Brands Dept.
Character(s): Charles Bronson; Billy Graham; John Candy; Burt Reynolds; Mark Hamill; Bette Midler; Arnold Schwarzenegger; Bryant Gumbel; Eddie Murphy; E.T.; Indiana Jones; Al Pacino; Stevie Wonder
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In Content Item: FlagMad About Star Wars #[nn] published October 2007
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Goofies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Hart
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Grinding Out the Same Old Spiel-Berg Dept.
Character(s): Mucus; Datum
Synopsis: "Take a bunch of klutzy kids, a deep dark cave, hidden treasure and a giant ogre and what have you got?" [from the intro]
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Spoof of the motion picture "Goonies"
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Justice Once

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sergio Aragones
Penciller(s): Sergio Aragones
Inker(s): Sergio Aragones
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sergio Aragones Dept.
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In Content Item: FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010
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Which Gruesome Twosome is Responsible for the Premature Passing of the Dearly Departed?

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Jaffee
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee
Inker(s): Al Jaffee
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad Fold-In
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Pages: 1
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The Weinburger

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Jaffee
Penciller(s): Will Elder
Inker(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): What's the Beef?
Character(s): Ronald Reagan
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