MAD Special [MAD Super Special] #27

(1978)

A Mind-Blowing Incident (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sergio Aragonés

Pencils:

Sergio Aragonés

Inks:

Sergio Aragonés

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A man blow-drying his hair is mistaken for a man with a gun.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

The Mad Plan for Foiling Obnoxious Sales and Business People (Table of Contents)

Pitch Switch Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Larry Siegel

Pencils:

Angelo Torres

Inks:

Angelo Torres

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Six examples of how to deal with obnoxious salespeople.

Labor Pains (Table of Contents)

Our Capitalist Schtick Society Dept / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arnoldo Franchioni

Pencils:

Arnoldo Franchioni

Inks:

Arnoldo Franchioni

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Cartoons highlighting the difference between management and labor in the workforce.

Citizen's Arrests (Table of Contents)

Short Arm of the Law Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Hart

Pencils:

Jack Rickard

Inks:

Jack Rickard

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Humorous citizen's arrests for normal everyday happenings.

Public Service Announcements We Really Need (Table of Contents)

TV Freebies Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Koch

Pencils:

Harry North

Inks:

Harry North

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

President Richard Nixon; Bubba Nerdnoy; Eddie Albert; Jack Webb; Sonny Bono; Jerry Van Dyke

Synopsis:

Humorous public service announcements.

Civil Service Exams (Table of Contents)

Tests for the Testy Dept. / text story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Hart

Pencils:

Jack Rickard

Inks:

Jack Rickard

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Fake Civil Service exams.

8 "James Bomb" Bomb Movies (Table of Contents)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arnie Kogen

Pencils:

Mort Drucker

Inks:

Mort Drucker

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Parody of 8 James Bond films.

The Mad Crisis Primier (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Hart

Pencils:

Paul Coker Jr.

Inks:

Paul Coker Jr.

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

One Day on a Tennis Court (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Martin

Pencils:

Don Martin

Inks:

Don Martin

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Two men play tennis.

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• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #41 (Winter 1982)

Mad Shock-Sticks (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Indexer Notes

Page introducing the insert that is indexed in the next sequence.

[Mad Shock-Sticks] (Table of Contents)

insert or dust jacket / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

?

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?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Page count unknown (missing from indexers issue).

Stickers with wacky Mad type sayings on them.

Mad's "Singles Only" Resort Owner of the Year (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lou Silverstone

Pencils:

George Woodbridge

Inks:

George Woodbridge

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Mark Spritz; Mr. Randolph Ripoff

Synopsis:

Mark Spritz interviews the owner of a singles resort.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Spy Vs Spy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Antonio Prohías

Pencils:

Antonio Prohías

Inks:

Antonio Prohías

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

White Spy; Black Spy

Synopsis:

Black Spy tricks the White Spy with a cake with a file in it.

Unavoidable Exercises for the Urban Dweller (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Jacobs

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

Inks:

Al Jaffee

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A look at hectic life and the exercise people get everyday on a big city street.

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• from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #165 (March 1974)

The Lighter Side of... Cold Weather (Table of Contents)

The Lighter Side / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dave Berg

Pencils:

Dave Berg

Inks:

Dave Berg

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

At "The National Association of Professional Glass-Eaters" Banquet (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Martin

Pencils:

Don Martin

Inks:

Don Martin

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

A Downer Is (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lou Silverstone

Pencils:

Paul Coker Jr.

Inks:

Paul Coker Jr.

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Eat Out and Lose Weight! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Larry Gore

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

Inks:

Al Jaffee

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

How to eat out and still lose weight.

The Six Million Dollars, Man! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lou Silverstone

Pencils:

Angelo Torres

Inks:

Angelo Torres

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Parody of the TV show Six Million Dollar Man.

Mad Solutions to Big City Doggie-Do Problems (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al Jaffee

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

Inks:

Al Jaffee

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Humorous ways to pick up after your dog in the city.

One Day in a Run-Down Shack (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Martin

Pencils:

Don Martin

Inks:

Don Martin

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

An inventor invents the first bullet-proof vest.

The Lighter Side of... the High Cost of Living (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dave Berg

Pencils:

Dave Berg

Inks:

Dave Berg

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

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• from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #169 (September 1974)

1974 Hospital Supply Catalogue (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Koch

Pencils:

Bob Clarke

Inks:

Bob Clarke

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Humorous hospital supplies.

Bluff that Mugger! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils:

Bruce Day

Inks:

Bruce Day

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Humorous ways to bluff a mugger.

The Zing (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arnie Kogen

Pencils:

Mort Drucker

Inks:

Mort Drucker

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Parody of the movie "The Sting".

One Day in the Patent Office (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Martin

Pencils:

Don Martin

Inks:

Don Martin

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

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• from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #169 (September 1974)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mad Fold-In / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al Jaffee

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

Inks:

Al Jaffee

Colors:

Al Jaffee

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Another Mad Mini-Poster / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

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?

Inks:

?

Colors:

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Content Information

Characters:

Santa Clause

Synopsis:

Santa writes Virginia a letter explaining that with the cost of living there is no Santa Claus this year.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.