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Issue: Mad #281
Publication Date: September 1988
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Issues: #281 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:
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Price: $1.50 USD
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Content Items: 20 (18 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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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mad
Character(s): California Raisins [Alfred E. Neuman]
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Pages: 1
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St. Healthscare

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hippocratic Oafs Dept.
Character(s): Ronny Cox [as Dr. Jaundice Globulin]; Norman Lloyd [as Dr. Dunghill Ashdumper]; Bruce Griffin [as Dr. Strep Grippum]; William Daniels [as Dr. Muck Dreg]; Stephen Furst [as Dr. Elkrot Axlegrease]; Eric Laneuville [as Lumbar Hokum]; Denzel Washington [as Dr. Pillfreak Canker]; France Nuyen [as Dr. Palate Grim]; Bonnie Bartlett [as Ailin’ Dreg]; Ed Begley, Jr. [as Dr. Velcro Earwax]; Jennifer Savidge [as Nurse Loopy Earwax]; Christina Pickles [as Nurse Helium Nembutol]; Howie Mandel [as Dr. Wham Discus]; Sagan Lewis [as Dr. Jerkie Weed]; David Morse [as Dr. Junk Milligram]; Cindy Pickett [as Dr. Gargle Novena]; Roger Kaputnik (cameo); Jason Voorhees (cameo); Freddy Krueger (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Parody of the TV series “St. Elsewhere”.
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The Perilous Pacific Pickle

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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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Spuds Mackenzie’s Photo Album

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mutt Ado About Nothing Dept.
Character(s): Spuds Mackenzie
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Pages: 2
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If…

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 2
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The Lighter Side of…

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Single entry strips satirizing how people deal with communication, images, charge accounts, travel, performance, divorce, regulations, taste, dining out, modern education, ability, honesty, history, and doctors.
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A Collector’s Guide to Stamps Sneakily Designed for Fun and Profit

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 4
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The Manhattan Monster Monkeyshine

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Genres: humorous
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The Mad People Watcher's Guide to a Political Convention

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Behind the Nominate Ball Dept.
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A Look at Mad’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): And the Beat Goes On… Display Dept.
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Foolproof Ways to Suck-Up to Grandparents

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Geriatricks Dept.
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Really Tough Categories for the $100,000 Pyramid

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Ask Backwards Dept.
Character(s): Dick Clark
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The $100,000 Pyramid is a parody of the $25,000 Pyramid.
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A Mad Look at Garage $ale$

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Genres: humorous
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An Indifferent World

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Feature(s): Rebel Without a Cos Dept.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Parody of the TV show “A Different World”.
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Caldwell

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Excerpts Mark the Spot Dept.
Synopsis: Excerpts from the book.
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Reprint Notes: from Caldwell (Ballantine Books, 1988 series)
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Pages: 3
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A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Ripoff Mail-Order House

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Genres: humorous
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Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy; The Gray Spy
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Mad's Reader Opinion Poll Part II: Movies

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): And Survey We Go Again! Dept.
Character(s): Madonna; Arnold Schwarzenegger; George Lucas; Pinocchio; Steve Martin; Barbra Streisand; Sean Penn; Warren Beatty; Dustin Hoffman; Bill Cosby; Roger Ebert; Gene Shalit; Rex Reed
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The Nauseating Nuptial Nightmare

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Genres: humorous
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What is Fast Becoming the Hottest High Stakes Card Game in the Country?

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Genres: humorous
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Disclose Notes: inside back cover

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