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Issue: Mad #279
Publication Date: June 1988
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Issues: #279 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: 07098933230004
Price: $1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (19 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 #502 published January 2010 as The MAD Vault 1988 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Another Lemon Issue of Mad

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Table of Contents

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Random Samplings of Readers Mail

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Feeble Attraction

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): And They Call It Yuppie Love Dept.
Character(s): Alox; Duncy
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Parody of the movie Fatal Attraction.
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The Frantic Fog-Filled Folly

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Mad Looks at Handshakes

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New Laws That Congress Should Pass Right Now! Right Now! Right Now!

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Better Legislate Than Never Dept.
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The Lighter Side of...

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A cynical look at relationships, modern technology, tantrums, status, self-effacement, neighbors, quotations, style, school, shopping, cars, effort, predictability, and doctors.
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The Befuddling Balcony Blunder

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Genres: humorous
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Mad Opens a Typical Magazine Sweepstakes Package

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Envelope, Sleaze! Dept.
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That'll Be the Day!

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Odds Must Be Crazy Dept.
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A Mad Look at Disney Classics

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Mad's Guide to Making It in the Business World

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Feature(s): Hire Education Dept.
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Spy vs. Spy

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Practical Uses for Well-Trained Porcupines

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): A View to a Quill Dept.
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All-Purpose Video Game Instructions Kit

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Feature(s): Joy-Schtick Dept.
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Tell-Tale Comic Strip Balloons (The Sequel)

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Feature(s): The Funny Form Dept.
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A Mad Look at Real-Life Government "Logic"

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Feature(s): None Dare Call It Reason Dept.
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ReDesigning Women

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Catty-Shack Dept.
Character(s): Foolya; Charmin; Marry-Dough; SnoozeAnne; Agony
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Disclose Notes: Parody of the TV show Designing Women.
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The Demonic Detector Disaster

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Genres: humorous
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What Popular Teenage Turn On Is a Turn Off for Parents?

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Bulgin' Belly Burner

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Genres: humorous
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Drawn Out Dramas

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