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Issue: Mad #283
Publication Date: December 1988
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Issues: #283 of 550 Issues (594 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagEC
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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: 22 (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
Format Notes:  
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FlagMad #502 published January 2010 as The MAD Vault 1988 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010 as A Mad Look at Fat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): James Warhola
Inker(s): James Warhola
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mad
Character(s): Paul Hogan [as Crocodile Dundee]; Alfred E. Neuman; Sylvester Stallone [as Rambo]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letters and Tomatoes Dept.

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Letters and Tomatoes Dept.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Joseph Levy, Charlie Tillett, Amanda Weeden, M. Kartozian, Joe Coldwate, Brigitte Christopher, Dan Povenmire, Betty Stacy, Mike Meulemans, and Shawn Corrigan.
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“Crock O’Dull” Dummee, Too

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick DeBartolo
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker
Inker(s): Mort Drucker
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Get Along Little Aussie Dept.
Character(s): Paul Hogan [as Crock O’Dull Dummee]; Linda Kozlowski [as Zoo]; Charles S. Dutton [as Killjoy]; Hechter Ubarry [as Reako]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Parody of the movie Crocodile Dundee II.
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The Free-Style Firing-Squad Fiasco

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: 1
Disclose Notes: The prisoner is named Aragonès, a nod to longtime Mad artist Sergio Aragonès.
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Same Words... Different Circumstances!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Prete [as J. Prete]; Christopher Allen (idea)
Penciller(s): Paul Coker
Inker(s): Paul Coker
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Just A Phrase We're Going Through Dept.
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Pages: 2
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More Famous Stories as Told by Famous People

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lou Silverstone
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke
Inker(s): Bob Clarke
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Like a Version Dept.
Character(s): John Gotti; Donald Trump; Ronald Reagan; Gary Hart
Synopsis: Books with added photos on the covers, of celebrities who are relating the plots.
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Pages: 2
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A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes At a Comedy Club

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charlie Kadau
Penciller(s): Sam Viviano
Inker(s): Sam Viviano
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Performing Laugh Rights Dept.
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Pages: 2
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Spy vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joke and Dagger Dept.
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Pages: 1
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Politically Inspired Olympic Events

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Snider
Penciller(s): Bob Jones
Inker(s): Bob Jones
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gold Meddling Dept.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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What is a Supernerd?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Peter Porges
Penciller(s): Paul Peter Porges
Inker(s): Paul Peter Porges
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): A Bad Case of the Twerpies 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
Inker(s): Dave Berg
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Berg's Eye View Dept.
Synopsis: Single entry strips satirizing how people deal with communication, moods, inquiries, cars, weddings, ambition, religion, toys, approval, smell, space, finances, skills, and doctors.
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Pages: 5
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The Pesky Pecker Puzzler

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Edwing [as Duck Edwing]
Penciller(s): Don Edwing [as Duck Edwing]
Inker(s): Don Edwing [as Duck Edwing]
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tales from the Duck Side Dept.
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Pages: 1
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The Saga of AT&T

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Frank On A Roll Dept.
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Pages: 2
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A Mad Look at Fat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sergio Aragonès
Penciller(s): Sergio Aragonès
Inker(s): Sergio Aragonès
Letterer(s): Sergio Aragonès
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Serge-In General Dept.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Rewriting the Constitution for Political Extremists

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): Gerry Gersten
Inker(s): Gerry Gersten
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Preamble-Dexterous Dept.
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Pages: 3
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Advertising Claims That Somehow Didn’t Thrill Us

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick DeBartolo
Penciller(s): Bob Clarke
Inker(s): Bob Clarke
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): An Embarrassment of Richard’s Dept.
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Pages: 2
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Twelve Reasons Why Being in Congress is Worth the Price

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Koch
Penciller(s): George Woodbridge
Inker(s): George Woodbridge
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Men at Perk Dept.
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Pages: 2
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Rambull III

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Hart
Penciller(s): Angelo Torres
Inker(s): Angelo Torres
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Afghanistan Hart Dept.
Character(s): Sylvester Stallone [as John Rambull]; Randy Raney [as Sgt. Svnk]; Richard Brenna [as Col. Brooktrout]
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Parody of the movie Rambo III.
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The Exquisite Execution Experiment

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Duck Edwing
Penciller(s): Duck Edwing
Inker(s): Duck Edwing
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tales from the Duck Side Dept.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Mad Flower Garden

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jacobs
Penciller(s): Paul Coker
Inker(s): Paul Coker
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Florist's Prime Evil Dept.
Character(s): Donald Trump; Michael Jackson; Jesse Jackson; Vanna White; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Sylvester Stallone
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Pages: 2
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Other McD. L. T. Type Ideas We Like to See from McDonald's

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): Fast Food for Thought Dept.
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Pages: 1
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What Advancement is Being Hailed as a Breakthrough in Air Pollution Control?

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Jaffee
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee
Inker(s): Al Jaffee
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad Fold-In
Synopsis: Another Mad Fold-In.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

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