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COVER DETAILS
Title:
You'll Get a Charge Out of This Issue of Mad
Characters:
Alfred E. Neuman
Pencils:
Norman Mingo (signed)
Inks:
Norman Mingo (signed)
Colors:
Norman Mingo (signed)
Letters:
typeset
STORY DETAILS
Title:
Being Rich Is Better Than a Warm Puppy
Synopsis:
Examples of the advantages rich kids have over other kids.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Al Jaffee
Pencils:
Al Jaffee
Inks:
Al Jaffee
Letters:
typeset
Title:
A Frightful Incident
Synopsis:
A woman tries to rescue her husband from a precarious situation.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Don Martin
Pencils:
Don Martin
Inks:
Don Martin
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Mad Goes to a Screening of Cheyenne Awful
Characters:
John Ford; Richard Widmark [as Richard Widemark]; Carroll Baker [as Carroll Babydoll]; Sal Mineo [as Sal Meanio]; Gilbert Roland [as Gilbert Rolando]; Ricardo Montalban [as Ricardo Mentalblock]; Dolores Del Rio [as Dolores Del Dolores]; James Stewart [as James Stewed]; Karl Malden [as Karl Malted]
Synopsis:
In a parody of the film "Cheyenne Autumn," director John Ford screens his film "Cheyenne Awful", about a tribe of Native Americans and U.S. Cavalry soldiers generally acting silly.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Larry Siegel
Pencils:
Mort Drucker (signed)
Inks:
Mort Drucker (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Mort Drucker inserts cameos of Linus Van Pelt (from Peanuts) and Pinocchio into crowd scenes. John Wayne has a cameo strong-arming John Ford into casting Wayne's son.
Title:
Drawn Out Dramas
Script:
Sergio Aragones
Pencils:
Sergio Aragones
Inks:
Sergio Aragones
Notes:
Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
Title:
A Mad Look at Garbagemen
Synopsis:
Satirical look at the duties and habits of sanitation workers.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Sergio Aragones
Pencils:
Sergio Aragones
Inks:
Sergio Aragones
Letters:
typeset
Reprints:
MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #50 (Spring 1985)
Title:
Spy Vs. Spy
Characters:
The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis:
The White Spy suckers the Black Spy with a false trap.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Antonio Prohias
Pencils:
Antonio Prohias
Inks:
Antonio Prohias
Title:
The Walt Cronkite Show
Characters:
Walter Cronkite; Harry Reasoner; Bob Trout; Roger Mudd; Mike Wallace; Thomas Dewey; Richard Nixon; Barry Goldwater; King Faisel; Chet Huntley; David Brinkley; Lyndon Johnson; Hubert Humphrey; Everett Dirkson; Casey Stengel; Yogi Berra
Synopsis:
Newscaster Walter Cronkite hosts a television variety show with political and sports figures as performing guests.
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Frank Jacobs
Pencils:
Jack Rickard
Inks:
Jack Rickard
Letters:
typeset
Title:
In the Desert
Synopsis:
Vultures watch a dying man in the desert.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Don Martin
Pencils:
Don Martin
Inks:
Don Martin
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Load & Crash
Synopsis:
Parody of automobile-centric niche magazines, this one showing the reader how to decrease the value of their auto and which valueless makes to consider buying.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Tom Koch
Pencils:
George Woodbridge
Inks:
George Woodbridge
Letters:
typeset
Title:
What They Say and What It Really Means
Synopsis:
Examples of the hypocrisy behind various homilies and good wishes.
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Ronald Axe; Sol Weinstein
Pencils:
Paul Coker, Jr.
Inks:
Paul Coker, Jr.
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Spy Vs. Spy
Characters:
The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis:
The Black Spy booby-traps his safe in anticipation of the White Spy.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Antonio Prohias
Pencils:
Antonio Prohias
Inks:
Antonio Prohias
Title:
Mad Interviews a "John Birch Society" Policeman
Synopsis:
Mad profiles a bigoted police officer as he patrols his shift.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Ronald Axe; Sol Weinstein
Pencils:
Joe Orlando
Inks:
Joe Orlando
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts
Synopsis:
Parody of the Ripley's Believe It Or Not comic panel; profiles of various people who had odd things happen to them.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Arnie Kogen ?
Pencils:
Bob Clarke
Inks:
Bob Clarke
Letters:
Bob Clarke; typeset
Title:
The Lighter Side of Employees
Synopsis:
Satirical look at employees, their job performances and their relationships with their employers.
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Dave Berg
Pencils:
Dave Berg
Inks:
Dave Berg
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy
Characters:
The Black Spy; The White Spy; The Gray Spy
Synopsis:
The Gray Spy lures the other spies into a trap in a castle.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Antonio Prohias
Pencils:
Antonio Prohias
Inks:
Antonio Prohias
Title:
The Rooks
Characters:
David Niven [as Alec Fleming]; Charles Boyer [as Marcel St. Clair]; Gig Young [as Tony Fleming]; Robert Coote [as Timmy Fleming]; Gladys Cooper [as Auntie Margaret]; Broderick Crawford [as Orville Cess]
Synopsis:
In a parody of the TV series "The Rogues," three brothers and a family friend team up to con dishonest power brokers and seduce women half their age.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Stan Hart
Pencils:
Mort Drucker (signed)
Inks:
Mort Drucker (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Title:
In an Alley
Synopsis:
A police officer's warning shot goes awry.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Don Martin
Pencils:
Don Martin
Inks:
Don Martin
Letters:
typeset
Reprints:
MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #42 (Spring 1983)
Title:
What Comes After Pop Art and Op Art
Synopsis:
Al Jaffee predicts the next art style to sweep the art world.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Al Jaffee
Pencils:
Al Jaffee (signed)
Inks:
Al Jaffee (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Inside back cover.
Title:
The Day They Shot the "Ten-foot-tall Washing Machine" Ad in an 8-foot High Basement
Synopsis:
Parody of Dash laundry soap TV ads; a washing machine grows so large that it bursts through the ceiling into the room above it due to the effects of Dash detergent.
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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
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
2
1
0
0
9
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
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
2
1
0
0
9
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