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Issue: Mad #290
Publication Date: October 1989
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Issues: #290 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: 1989
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07098933230010
Price: $1.50 USD
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Content Items: 17 (15 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's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010 as A Mad Look at Basic Training [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Ghostbusters II

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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Grossbusters II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Second Slime Around Dept.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Parody of the film Ghostbusters II.
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Mad’s Modern Rube Goldberg Inventions

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): The Contraptions are Coming More Frequently Dept.
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Spy vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; the White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy trains his dog to dig up enemy bombs.
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Cut-Away Cross Sections of Everyday Items

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Feature(s): Exposé Can You See Dept.
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Mad Visits a Fat Farm

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Draining the Tubs Dept.
Character(s): Howard Stoned; Robin; Dr. Maximus Glutious
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Pages: 4
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The Alarming Alien Atrocity

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Genres: humorous
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Did You Ever Notice That the Same People Who…

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hypocritic Oafs Dept.
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Some Real Scruples Questions We'd Like to Ask Some Real People

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): Neil Schneider (photos)
Inker(s): Neil Schneider (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Card Shocks Dept.
Character(s): Johnny Carson; Robin Givens; John Gotti; Senator Joe Biden; Jessica Hahn; Douglas Ginsburg; Jim Bakker; Oliver North; Gary Hart; Jesse Jackson; Dan Quayle; Kitty Dukakis; Donald Trump; Bob Guccione; Morton Downey, Jr.; William Gaines
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The ABC Misery Movie

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Feature(s): Three Men and a Body Dept.
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Mad Suggestions for Reducing the National Debt

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Feature(s): Coming to a Debt End Dept.
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Ten College Athletes

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Genres: humorous
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The Lighter Side of ...

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The humorous complications of compassion, double standards, quick thinking, hunters, bachelors, restaurants, computers, television, dress codes, shopping, teens, prejudice, the office, relationships, and doctors.
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A Mad Look at Basic Training

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 4
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Mad's Politically Inspired Dolls

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mannequin Depressives Dept.
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Pages: 3
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The Dreaded Dental Debacle

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Letterer(s): typeset
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What Kind of Plague Has Today’s Parents Feeling Shell-Shocked?

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover

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