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COVER DETAILS
Title:
Rocket's Red Glare
Characters:
Alfred E. Neuman
Pencils:
Norman Mingo (signed)
Inks:
Norman Mingo (signed)
Colors:
Norman Mingo (signed)
STORY DETAILS
Title:
Movie Ads With Behind the Scene Gossip
Characters:
Elizabeth Taylor [as Cleopatra]; Richard Burton [as Marc Antony]; Eddie Fisher; The Rat Pack [Frank Sinatra; Shirley MacLane; Dean Martin; Sammy Davis, Jr.; Peter Lawford; Joey Bishop]
Synopsis:
Movie posters that use the stars' personal lives as selling points for the film.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Arnie Kogen
Pencils:
Jack Rickard
Inks:
Jack Rickard
Letters:
typeset
Title:
The Mad Safety Council's Predictions for the Upcoming July 4th Weekend
Synopsis:
Predictions of summer accidents accompanied by humorous illustrations of said mishaps.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Stan Hart
Pencils:
Sergio Aragones
Inks:
Sergio Aragones
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Don Martin in an Italian Restaurant
Synopsis:
A boy plays with his food; a chef receives a spaghetti delivery; a diner's pasta comes alive; a man is attacked by his cheese; a customer's entree unravels
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Don Martin
Pencils:
Don Martin
Inks:
Don Martin
Letters:
typeset
Reprints:
Hopping Mad (New American Library, 1969 series) #Q6291 (October 1969)
Title:
Mad Visits the Producer-Director of "Charades"
Characters:
Stanley Donen [as Stanley Done-in]; Cary Grant [as Cary Grand]; Audrey Hepburn [as Audrey Heartburn]; Walter Matthau; James Coburn; Sam Jaffe; Doris Day [as Doris Date]; Alfred Hitchcock [as Alfred Hatchplot]
Synopsis:
The director of a murder and espionage film tries to explain its incomprehensible plot.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Larry Siegel
Pencils:
Mort Drucker
Inks:
Mort Drucker
Letters:
typeset
Reprints:
Hopping Mad (New American Library, 1969 series) #Q6291 (October 1969)
Notes:
The interviewer is a caricature of occasional Mad contributor, noted fan and future DC staffer E. Nelson Bridwell.
Title:
The Long Range Effects of Products on People
Synopsis:
How overuse of certain consumer products can adversely affect a person's physical condition.
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Don Reilly
Pencils:
Jack Rickard
Inks:
Jack Rickard
Letters:
typeset
Reprints:
Hopping Mad (New American Library, 1969 series) #Q6291 (October 1969)
Title:
Spy Vs. Spy
Characters:
The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis:
The Black Spy fakes the White Spy into shooting himself with a cannon.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Antonio Prohias
Pencils:
Antonio Prohias
Inks:
Antonio Prohias
Reprints:
Hopping Mad (New American Library, 1969 series) #Q6291 (October 1969)
Title:
The Lighter Side of Little League
Synopsis:
Satirical look at Little League Baseball and over-enthusiastic parents.
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Dave Berg
Pencils:
Dave Berg
Inks:
Dave Berg
Letters:
typeset
Reprints:
Hopping Mad (New American Library, 1969 series) #Q6291 (October 1969)
Title:
The Sights and Sounds of the U.S.A.
Synopsis:
Satirical look at life in New York.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Larry Siegel; Frank Jacobs
Pencils:
Paul Coker, Jr.
Inks:
Paul Coker, Jr.
Letters:
typeset
Title:
The Swampview Terrace Weekly
Synopsis:
A humorous version of an apartment complex newsletter, presented as a lurid tabloid.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Arnie Kogen
Pencils:
George Woodbridge
Inks:
George Woodbridge
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Spy Vs. Spy
Characters:
The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis:
The Black Spy thinks he's diffused a White Spy booby-trap.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Antonio Prohias
Pencils:
Antonio Prohias
Inks:
Antonio Prohias
Reprints:
Hopping Mad (New American Library, 1969 series) #Q6291 (October 1969)
Title:
Drawn Out Dramas
Script:
Sergio Aragones
Pencils:
Sergio Aragones
Inks:
Sergio Aragones
Notes:
Various cartoons drawn in the margins of random pages.
Title:
Mad's Caterer of the Year
Characters:
David Brinkley
Synopsis:
Newsman David Brinkley interviews a catering manager as he oversees a wedding party dinner.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Stan Hart
Pencils:
Joe Orlando
Inks:
Joe Orlando
Letters:
typeset
Title:
The Mad Politicians Primer
Synopsis:
Satirical descriptions of politicians, their families, their staff and the lobbyists who support them.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Stan Hart
Pencils:
George Woodbridge
Inks:
George Woodbridge
Letters:
typeset
Reprints:
Hopping Mad (New American Library, 1969 series) #Q6291 (October 1969), | MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #42 (Spring 1983)
Title:
Comics For Publications That Don't Have Comics
Characters:
Dagwood Bumstead; Blondie Bumstead; Mr. Dithers; Charlie Brown; Donald Duck; Goofy; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Ludwig Von Drake; Little Orphan Annie; Daddy Warbucks; Steve Canyon; General Abercrombie; Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator; Howland Owl; Dennis Mitchell
Synopsis:
If comic strips had their content adjusted for niche publications.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Frank Jacobs
Pencils:
Bob Clarke (signed)
Inks:
Bob Clarke (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Reprints:
MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #36 (Fall 1981), | Hopping Mad (New American Library, 1969 series) #Q6291 (October 1969)
Title:
Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy
Characters:
The Black Spy; The White Spy; The Gray Spy
Synopsis:
The Gray Spy lures the others into a rocket headed for space.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Antonio Prohias
Pencils:
Antonio Prohias
Inks:
Antonio Prohias
Title:
Buck'$ Law
Characters:
Gene Barry [as Amos Buck]; Kirk Douglas; Burt Lancaster; Gregory Peck; Sophia Loren; Gary Conway [as Det. Tilson]; Doris Day; Skitch Henderson; Jack Webb [as Sgt. Joe Friday]; Robert Stack [as Eliot Ness]; Fred Gwynne [as Officer Muldoon]; Lee Marvin; Fred Flintstone
Synopsis:
Parody of the television series "Burke's Law"; A rich, handsome police captain can't solve crimes because he's too busy dodging all the women who want to marry him.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Larry Siegel
Pencils:
Mort Drucker
Inks:
Mort Drucker
Letters:
typeset
Title:
The Only Hope for Curing Beatle-Mania
Characters:
The Beatles [John Lennon; Paul McCartney; George Harrison; Ringo Starr]
Synopsis:
How to counteract the frenzy of Beatle-Mania.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Al Jaffee
Pencils:
Al Jaffee
Inks:
Al Jaffee
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Inside back cover.
Title:
Us Cigarette Makers Will Fight Rather Than Quit
Synopsis:
Parody of Tareyton Cigarette ads; A cigarette manufacturer, sporting a black eye, vows to fight the U.S. Department of Health's landmark report linking cigarette smoking to cancer.
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CGC Census Report*
Grade
0.5
1.0
1.5
1.8
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.5
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.2
9.4
9.6
9.8
9.9
10.0
Total
Universal
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
7
Qualified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Signature Series
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Restored
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
7
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