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Issue: Mad #280
Publication Date: July 1988
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Issues: #280 of 550 Issues (594 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 07098933230007
Price: $1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (20 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Nick Meglin (editor); John Ficarra (editor); Charlie Kadau (associate editor); Joe Raiola (associate editor); Sara Fowler (associate editor)
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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
Format Notes:  
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FlagMad #502 published January 2010 as The MAD Vault 1988 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Drucker (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letters and Tomatoes Department

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sergio Aragonés
Inker(s): Sergio Aragonés
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters and Tomatoes Department
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.7
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New Cigarette Warning Labels You May Have Missed

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Raiola; Charles Kadau
Penciller(s): Irving Schild (photographer)
Inker(s): Irving Schild (photographer)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ifs, Ands and Butts Dept.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a High School Prom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charlie Kadau; Joe Raiola
Penciller(s): Sergio Aragonés (signed)
Inker(s): Sergio Aragonés (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Tux Flocks Here Dept.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Drama on Page 8

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Caldwell
Penciller(s): John Caldwell (signed)
Inker(s): John Caldwell (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Drum Schtick Dept.
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Pages: 1
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Three Morons and a Baby

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Hart
Penciller(s): Angelo Torres (signed)
Inker(s): Angelo Torres (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tour of Doody Dept.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4.83
Disclose Notes: Parody of Three Men and a Baby.
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Broadcast Snooze

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Hart
Penciller(s): Angelo Torres (signed)
Inker(s): Angelo Torres (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Anchor Sore Dept.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3.17
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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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Pages: 1
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Duck Edwing Rushes Into the Emergency Room

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Edwing [as Duck Edwing]
Penciller(s): Don Edwing [as Duck Edwing] (signed)
Inker(s): Don Edwing [as Duck Edwing] (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tales From the Duck Side Dept.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Tricks of the Trade in Local TV News

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Koch
Penciller(s): George Woodbridge [as GW] (signed)
Inker(s): George Woodbridge [as GW] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Eyewitness Ruse Dept.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Mad's Post-Nuclear Publications

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Barry Liebman
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke
Inker(s): Bob Clarke
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): All the Nukes That's Fit To Print Dept.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Gary Hart Land

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Raiola; Charles Kadau
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Inker(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Carnival Knowledge Dept.
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Pages: 2
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The Lighter Side of...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dave Berg
Penciller(s): Dave Berg (signed)
Inker(s): Dave Berg (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Berg's-Eye View Dept.
Synopsis: A cynical look at literacy, in-laws, television, rationalization, planning ahead, risks, going Dutch, investments, baby sitting, cars, washing machines, limitations, interviews, and doctors.
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Pages: 5
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Mad's Comprehensive Modern-Day Disaster, Hazard & Problem Insurance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lou Silverstone
Penciller(s): Paul Coker
Inker(s): Paul Coker
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Get a Piece of the Schlock Dept.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Schwarzenegger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Drucker (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Frank On A Roll Dept.
Character(s): Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Pages: 1
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When Other Comic Strips Start Using the "Far Side" Formula

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charlie Kadau
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Clarke (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Grand Larson-Y Dept.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Mad's Plan For Improving Movie Theatres

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): Harry North
Inker(s): Harry North
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gall of the House of Ushers Dept.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Talk About Cheap!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Peter Porges
Penciller(s): Paul Peter Porges (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Peter Porges (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Charge of the Tight Brigade Dept.
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Pages: 2
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Drama on Page 42

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Caldwell
Penciller(s): John Caldwell (signed)
Inker(s): John Caldwell (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Witless for the Defense Dept.
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Pages: 1
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Beauty is the Beast

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick DeBartolo
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Where the Wild Thing Stars Dept.
Character(s): Badscent; Catrun
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Parody of the TV show Beauty and the Beast.
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A Mad Good Luck Chain Letter

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Writes of Passage Dept.
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Pages: 1
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What Loathsome Form of Useless Vegetation is Cropping Up All Over the Land?

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
Feature(s): Mad Fold-In
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Pages: 1
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Drawn Out Dramas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sergio Aragonés
Penciller(s): Sergio Aragonés
Inker(s): Sergio Aragonés
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Marginal Thinking Dept.
Reprinting
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Pages: 0
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