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COVER DETAILS
Title:
In This Issue: Rosemia's Boo-Boo
Characters:
Alfred E. Neuman; Mia Farrow [as Rosemia]; John Cassavetes [as Guy]; Sidney Blackmer [as Roman]; Ruth Gordon [as Minnie]
Pencils:
Norman Mingo (signed)
Inks:
Norman Mingo (signed)
Colors:
Norman Mingo (signed)
Letters:
typeset
STORY DETAILS
Title:
The Magic Spell
Synopsis:
A princess kisses a frog and gets an unexpected result.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Al Jaffee
Pencils:
Jack Rickard
Inks:
Jack Rickard
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Inside front cover.
Title:
Rosemia's Boo-Boo
Characters:
Mia Farrow [as Rosemia Goodhouse]; John Cassavetes [as Sy Goodhouse]; Elisha Cook [as the realtor]; Maurice Evans [as Hatch]; Victoria Vetri [as Teary]; Sidney Blackmer [as Roman]; Ruth Gordon [as Millie]; Ralph Bellamy [as the quack]
Synopsis:
In a parody of the film "Rosemary's Baby," a young couple moves into an apartment building filled with sinister people. Soon the pregnant woman fears her baby may be Satan's child.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Arnie Kogen
Pencils:
Mort Drucker
Inks:
Mort Drucker
Letters:
typeset
Reprints:
MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #7 (1972)
Notes:
Mort Drucker puts Frank Sinatra (Mia Farrow's husband at the time) and Lucy Van Pelt from the Peanuts comic strip into a crowd scene on page 4, and a caricature of Alfred Hitchcock on page 6.
Title:
One Day in Baghdad
Synopsis:
A rookie snake charmer gets the wrong end of a cobra.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Don Martin
Pencils:
Don Martin (signed)
Inks:
Don Martin (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Mad's Follow-up Report on Progress
Synopsis:
Examples of how technological progress hasn't necessarily made life better.
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Dick DeBartolo
Pencils:
Bob Clarke (signed)
Inks:
Bob Clarke (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Spy vs. Spy
Characters:
The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis:
The Black Spy sets a trap for the White Spy in a duck blind.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Antonio Prohias
Pencils:
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Inks:
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Title:
A Mad Look at Bugs 'n Worms 'n Things
Synopsis:
Various humorous examples of insects interacting with their environment.
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Don Edwing
Pencils:
Paul Coker Jr.
Inks:
Paul Coker Jr.
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Casey at the Dice
Synopsis:
In a parody of the poem "Casey at the Bat," a famous craps player tries to beat a table on a hot streak.
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Frank Jacobs
Pencils:
Jack Davis
Inks:
Jack Davis
Letters:
typeset
Title:
If Polls and Surveys Had Been Used Through History
Characters:
Franklin D. Roosevelt; Abraham Lincoln; The Beatles [John Lennon; Paul McCartney; George Harrison; Ringo Starr]; Harry Stimson
Synopsis:
Examples of how history would have been altered if those involved had listened to pollsters.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Sy Reit
Pencils:
George Woodbridge
Inks:
George Woodbridge
Letters:
typeset
Title:
What is a Make-out Man?
Synopsis:
Essay on why women have a natural attraction to some men.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Arnie Kogen
Pencils:
Sergio Aragones
Inks:
Sergio Aragones
Letters:
typeset
Title:
A Mad "Show-Biz" Success Story
Synopsis:
A downtrodden man finds hope of success when he discovers a tadpole who can sing and dance.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Dean Norman
Pencils:
Don Martin (signed)
Inks:
Don Martin (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Songs of Crime, Violence, War, Hate, Bigotry, the Lunatic Fringe, and All-Around Ecchiness
Synopsis:
Lyrics satirizing various hate groups are set to the music of famous show tunes.
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Frank Jacobs
Pencils:
George Woodbridge
Inks:
George Woodbridge
Letters:
typeset
Reprints:
MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #7 (1972)
Notes:
Charlie Brown, Violet and Snoopy appear as a biker gang, while George Wallace and Stokely Carmichael sing a song on racial hatred.
Title:
Spy vs. Spy
Characters:
The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis:
The White Spy sabotages the Black Spy's bombing attempt.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Antonio Prohias
Pencils:
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Inks:
Antonio Prohias (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Title:
The Lighter Side of Physical Fitness
Synopsis:
Parody of people attempting to exercise.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Dave Berg
Pencils:
Dave Berg
Inks:
Dave Berg
Letters:
typeset
Reprints:
MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #7 (1972)
Title:
Mad's "Late Show" Cliche Movie Script of the Issue: The War Movie
Synopsis:
A movie script made up completely of war movie cliche scenes.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Harry Purvis
Pencils:
Bruce Stark
Inks:
Bruce Stark
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Christmas Is...
Synopsis:
Series of cynical examples of how Christmas has been corrupted by commercialism and greed.
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Gilbert Barnhill
Pencils:
Al Jaffee
Inks:
Al Jaffee
Letters:
typeset
Title:
MafiaCo Incorporated
Synopsis:
Corporate stockholders report on the previous year's profits and losses for a crime organization.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Lou Silverstone
Pencils:
Jack Rickard
Inks:
Jack Rickard
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Drawn Out Dramas
Script:
Sergio Aragones
Pencils:
Sergio Aragones
Inks:
Sergio Aragones
Notes:
Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
Title:
What Gift Will Many Holiday Party Revelers Pick Up on the Drive Home?
Synopsis:
A warning against holiday drinking and driving.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Al Jaffee
Pencils:
Al Jaffee (signed)
Inks:
Al Jaffee (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Inside back cover.
Title:
America's Going Drag
Synopsis:
Parody of Canada Dry print ads; Four cross-dressing models pose with glasses of ginger ale.
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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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
1
0
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
1
0
0
0
9
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