Steaming Mad
#75-734
(1975)
Warner Books,
1975 Series
- Price
- 0.95 USD
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Warner Paperback Library
- Brand
-
W Warner Paperback Library
- ISBN
- ?
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (editor)
If Comic Characters Were Psychoanalyzed
Pen and "Shrink" Dept. / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Charlie Brown; Snoopy; Dagwood Bumstead; Blondie Bumstead; Alexander Bumstead; Cookie Bumstead; Mr. Dithers; Donald Duck; Beetle Bailey; Sgt. Snorkel; Mary Worth
- Synopsis
- Comic strip characters show that psychoanalytic advice isn't always the solution to one's problems.
- Reprints
-
from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #125 (March 1969) - in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #86-080 (1976)
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One Day in Baghdad
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Don Martin
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A rookie snake charmer gets the wrong end of a cobra.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #124 (January 1969)
- in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #86-080 (1976)
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The Mad Ice Hockey Primer
Sport 'n' Blood Dept. / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Examination of the sport of ice hockey, presented in the form of a child's reading primer.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #125 (March 1969)
- in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #86-080 (1976)
-
The Lighter Side of High School Football
Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 19 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Examples of the ridiculous side of high school football games and the people who attend them.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #123 (December 1968)
- in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #86-080 (1976)
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Spy vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Antonio Prohías
- Pencils
- Antonio Prohías (signed)
- Inks
- Antonio Prohías (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- The Black Spy; The White Spy
- Synopsis
- The White Spy sabotages the Black Spy's bombing attempt.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #124 (January 1969)
- in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #86-080 (1976)
-
Christmas Is...
God Help Us, Everyone Dept. / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Series of cynical examples of how Christmas has been corrupted by commercialism and greed.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #124 (January 1969)
- in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #86-080 (1976)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
A Mad Look at Sex Education in the Schools
Who's Minding the Stork Dept. / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Speculation of the possible effects of sex education being taught in elementary school.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #125 (March 1969)
- in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #86-080 (1976)
-
Casey at the Dice
Oy-Vegas Dept. / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- In a parody of the poem "Casey at the Bat," a famous craps player tries to beat a table on a hot streak.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #124 (January 1969)
- in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #86-080 (1976)
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Indexer Notes
"With apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer".
On the Set
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Don Martin
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A film director tries to compensate for the height disparity of his two actors.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #123 (December 1968)
- in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #86-080 (1976)
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Mad's Follow-up Report on Progress
Patent-Panning Dept. / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Dick DeBartolo
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Examples of how technological progress hasn't necessarily made life better.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #124 (January 1969)
- in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #86-080 (1976)
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You May Have Already Read This
Win, Place and Snow Dept. / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Various notes and letters from everyday life, written in the style of a Publisher's Clearing House contest solicitation.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #122 (October 1968)
- in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #86-080 (1976)
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If Polls and Surveys Had Been Used Through History
Poll-Taxed Dept. / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- 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.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #124 (January 1969)
- in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #86-080 (1976)
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A Mad Look at Movie Monsters
Corn on the Macabre Dept. / cartoon / 15 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Satirical results to basic cliche film monster movie scenes.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #122 (October 1968)
- in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #86-080 (1976)
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A Mad "Show Biz" Success Story
A Wart-Winning Tale Dept. / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Dean Norman
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A downtrodden man finds hope of success when he discovers a tadpole who can sing and dance.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #124 (January 1969)
- in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #86-080 (1976)
-
You Know You've Really Made It When...
Status-Sphere Dept. / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Frank Ridgeway
- Pencils
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Inks
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Examples of signs that you now lead a successful life.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #125 (March 1969)
- in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #86-080 (1976)
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The Lighter Side of Physical Fitness
Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 19 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Parody of people attempting to exercise.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #124 (January 1969)
- in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #86-080 (1976)
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Mad's Home Movies
Scream Gems Dept. / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Dean Norman
- Pencils
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Inks
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Scenes from home movies of a family's less than memorable vacation.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #123 (December 1968)
- in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #86-080 (1976)
-
One Evening at the Health Club
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Don Martin
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two men open a health club steam cabinet and make a gruesome discovery.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #123 (December 1968)
- in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #86-080 (1976)
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Bullbit
God Save McQueen Dept. / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Al Jaffee
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Steve McQueen [as Bullbit]; Robert Vaughn [as Walter Charmless]; Norman Fell [as Capt. Baker]; Jacqueline Bisset [as Cassie]; Carl Reindel [as Sgt. Standin]
- Synopsis
- In a parody of the film "Bullitt," after an attack on his partner by organized crime, a police detective conducts a one-man war on those responsible.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #127 (June 1969)
- in Steaming Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #86-080 (1976)
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
If Comic Characters Were Psychoanalyzed
Pen and "Shrink" Dept. -
3.
One Day in Baghdad
Don Martin Dept. -
4.
The Mad Ice Hockey Primer
Sport 'n' Blood Dept. -
5.
The Lighter Side of High School Football
Berg's-Eye View Dept. -
6.
Spy vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
7.
Christmas Is...
God Help Us, Everyone Dept. -
8.
A Mad Look at Sex Education in the Schools
Who's Minding the Stork Dept. -
9.
Casey at the Dice
Oy-Vegas Dept. -
10.
On the Set
Don Martin Dept. -
11.
Mad's Follow-up Report on Progress
Patent-Panning Dept. -
12.
You May Have Already Read This
Win, Place and Snow Dept. -
13.
If Polls and Surveys Had Been Used Through History
Poll-Taxed Dept. -
14.
A Mad Look at Movie Monsters
Corn on the Macabre Dept. -
15.
A Mad "Show Biz" Success Story
A Wart-Winning Tale Dept. -
16.
You Know You've Really Made It When...
Status-Sphere Dept. -
17.
The Lighter Side of Physical Fitness
Berg's-Eye View Dept. -
18.
Mad's Home Movies
Scream Gems Dept. -
19.
One Evening at the Health Club
Don Martin Dept. -
20.
Bullbit
God Save McQueen Dept. -
21.
[Are you sweating out the heavy problems ...]
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