(Fall 1986)
EC,
1970 Series
- Price
- 2.75 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Barcode
- 0709893408063
- Editing
- Nick Meglin (credited) (editor); John Ficarra (credited) (editor); Leonard Brenner (credited) (art director)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Richard Williams (credited) (painting)
- Inks
- Richard Williams (credited) (painting)
- Colors
- Richard Williams (credited) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
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How Do Today's Crooks Really Strike It Rich?
Mad Fold-In / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Al Jaffee (credited)
- Pencils
- Al Jaffee (credited)
- Inks
- Al Jaffee (credited)
- Colors
- Al Jaffee (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
-
from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #224 (July 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover and in color. Answer is: From book sales.
Undressed to Kill
It’s a Drag! Dept. / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Arnie Kogen (credited)
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker (credited)
- Inks
- Mort Drucker (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Kite Muller (dies); Dr. Robert Illiot; Putter Muller; Lust Blake; Brian DeTrauma; Mr. Ludwig; Dr. Leafy; Lt. Marina; Tony Perkins (cameo)
- Synopsis
- A satire of the movie Dressed to Kill.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #222 (April 1981)
-
One Morning on a Street Corner
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #223 (June 1981)
-
T-Shirts Through the Ages
Getting It Off Their Chest Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Dick DeBartolo (credited)
- Pencils
- Harry North (credited)
- Inks
- Harry North (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Napoleon; Josephine; Adam; Eve; Venus De Milo; Tarzan; Baron Von Richthofen; Moses; Robinson Crusoe; Henry VIII; Mona Lisa; King Kong; Christopher Columbus; Samson; Delilah; Joan of Arc; Beethoven; Genghis Khan
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #223 (June 1981)
-
Mad's Career-Oriented Mother Goose
Re: Verse Psychology Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Frank Jacobs (credited)
- Pencils
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Inks
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Rhymes include... Mary Had an LTD; Jack and Jill; Little Miss Muffet; As I Was Going to St. Ives; Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son; Humpty Dumpty; Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee; Little Boy Blue; Taffy Was A Hitman.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #225 (September 1981)
-
How to Read a New Car Ad
Auto Suggestion Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- A. Robin (credited as Alen Robin)
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (credited)
- Inks
- George Woodbridge (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There are a lot of changes going on in the automobile industry these days.
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Satirical information on how to understand automobile ads.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #203 (December 1978)
-
The Mad Stop Watch
Tick-Tick Schtick Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- John Ficarra (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #221 (March 1981)
-
Your Mad Horoscope
Zodiacs Murder Dept. / text story / 1 page
- Script
- John Ficarra (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (illustration)
- Inks
- ? (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #228 (January 1982)
-
Har to Har
Jet Set for Take Off Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Lou Silverstone (credited)
- Pencils
- Angelo Torres (credited)
- Inks
- Angelo Torres (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Jonapun Har; Mrs. H [Jenifun Har]; Lax; Kim; Tollbooth (dog)
- Synopsis
- A satire of the television show Hart to Hart.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #224 (July 1981)
-
One Afternoon in the Far East
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #223 (June 1981)
-
Mad Careers for the Slow and Lazy
No Sweat Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Paul Peter Porges (credited)
- Pencils
- Paul Peter Porges (credited)
- Inks
- Paul Peter Porges (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #227 (December 1981)
-
Publically Prohibited Bad Habits of the Future
Pest-Aside Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Dennis Snee (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Rickard (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Rickard (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #225 (September 1981)
-
The Lighter Side of... Fire
Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #198 (April 1978)
-
If the Guinness Book of World Records Dealt with Everyday Life
A Big Hand for Little Feats Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Frank Jacobs (credited)
- Pencils
- Paul Coker (credited)
- Inks
- Paul Coker (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #224 (July 1981)
-
One Night in the Miami Bus Terminal
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A "change" machine changes a man into a woman.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #208 (July 1979)
-
[See Evil; Hear Evil; Speak Evil]
Alfred E. Neuman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #36 (December 1957)
-
The Toe Bank Needs Toes
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Don Martin
- Inks
- Don Martin
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
Fight Demeaning Plebney
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Don Martin
- Inks
- Don Martin
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
Smoking Is a Drag!
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Irving Schild (credited) (photo)
- Inks
- Irving Schild (credited) (photo)
- Colors
- Irving Schild (credited) (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Mad's reaction to the cigarette industry's introduction of the 100mm cigarette.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #118 (April 1968)
-
Fonebone Is Watching You!
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Don Martin
- Inks
- Don Martin
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
Good Government Needs a Sense of Humor
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Don Martin
- Inks
- Don Martin
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
Watch Out for Falling Bricks
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Don Martin
- Inks
- Don Martin
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
Wait!
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Don Martin
- Inks
- Don Martin
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
Extraordinary People
That’s the Way the Kookies Crumble Dept. / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Hart (credited)
- Pencils
- Angelo Torres (credited)
- Inks
- Angelo Torres (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Bess; Conrail; Dr. Burper; Jeannie
- Synopsis
- A satire of the movie Ordinary People.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #223 (June 1981)
-
Mixed-Up Junk Mail Mailing Lists
Post Waste Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Dick DeBartolo (credited)
- Pencils
- Harry North (credited)
- Inks
- Harry North (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #221 (March 1981)
-
How Many Mistakes Can You Find in This Picture?
Err Apparent Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Chris Hart (credited)
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (credited)
- Inks
- George Woodbridge (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #227 (December 1981)
-
How Can You Possibly Believe...
No Confidence Game Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- George Hart (credited)
- Pencils
- Paul Coker (credited)
- Inks
- Paul Coker (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #223 (June 1981)
-
More Sub-Divisions for Public Places
Split-Scene Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Dick DeBartolo (credited)
- Pencils
- Angelo Torres (credited)
- Inks
- Angelo Torres (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #227 (December 1981)
-
The Lighter Side of Fads
Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Examination of how people flock to, or from, fads.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #200 (July 1978)
-
A Mad Look at Discrimination
Kill of Rights Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Larry Siegel (credited)
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (credited)
- Inks
- George Woodbridge (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #228 (January 1982)
-
Spy vs. Spy
Joke and Dagger Dept. DO NOT USE; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; spy
- Characters
- Black Spy; White Spy
- Synopsis
- The White Spy uses toy boats to trick the Black Spy.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #215 (June 1980)
-
William Shakespeare... Social Critic
Something Is Rotten Dept. / photo story / 2 pages
- Script
- Henry Clark (credited)
- Pencils
- UPI (credited) (photographs)
- Inks
- UPI (credited) (photographs)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- William Shakespeare; Kiss; Rolling Stones; Mork & Mindy; Alfred E. Neuman; Barbra Streisand
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #225 (September 1981)
-
The Mad Sale of Expendable American Properties, Landmarks and Monuments
Edifice Wrecks Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Dennis Snee (credited)
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (credited)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #223 (June 1981)
-
Bonus Balonus
Gift Horsing Around Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Dick DeBartolo (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #224 (July 1981)
-
The Shiner
Hatchet Job Dept. / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Larry Siegel (credited)
- Pencils
- Angelo Torres (credited)
- Inks
- Angelo Torres (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense; satire-parody
- Characters
- Mr. Ulpman; Wack Torrents; Maria; Dr. Frankenstein; Windy Torrents; Dinny Torrents; Dork Hollerman (dies); Boney; The Grisly Sisters; Egbert Grisly
- Synopsis
- A satire of the movie The Shining.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #221 (March 1981)
-
Late One Night in a Bank
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A vault door falls on a would-be thief.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #222 (April 1981)
-
A Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions "Mother Goose" Fold-In
Mad Fold-In / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Al Jaffee (credited)
- Pencils
- Al Jaffee (credited)
- Inks
- Al Jaffee (credited)
- Colors
- Al Jaffee (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #222 (April 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside backcover and in color. Answer is: Scrambled eggs.
[Playing Dead]
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés (credited)
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (credited)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (credited)
- Colors
- Sergio Aragonés ?
- Letters
- Sergio Aragonés
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A dog plays dead to trick its owners.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #227 (December 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
On the back cover.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
How Do Today's Crooks Really Strike It Rich?
Mad Fold-In -
2.
Departments
-
3.
Undressed to Kill
It’s a Drag! Dept. -
4.
One Morning on a Street Corner
Don Martin Dept. -
5.
T-Shirts Through the Ages
Getting It Off Their Chest Dept. -
6.
Mad's Career-Oriented Mother Goose
Re: Verse Psychology Dept. -
7.
How to Read a New Car Ad
Auto Suggestion Dept. -
8.
The Mad Stop Watch
Tick-Tick Schtick Dept. -
9.
Your Mad Horoscope
Zodiacs Murder Dept. -
10.
Har to Har
Jet Set for Take Off Dept. -
11.
One Afternoon in the Far East
Don Martin Dept. -
12.
Mad Careers for the Slow and Lazy
No Sweat Dept. -
13.
Publically Prohibited Bad Habits of the Future
Pest-Aside Dept. -
14.
The Lighter Side of... Fire
Berg's-Eye View Dept. -
15.
If the Guinness Book of World Records Dealt with Everyday Life
A Big Hand for Little Feats Dept. -
16.
One Night in the Miami Bus Terminal
Don Martin Dept. -
17.
[See Evil; Hear Evil; Speak Evil]
Alfred E. Neuman -
18.
The Toe Bank Needs Toes
-
19.
Fight Demeaning Plebney
-
20.
Smoking Is a Drag!
-
21.
Fonebone Is Watching You!
-
22.
Good Government Needs a Sense of Humor
-
23.
Watch Out for Falling Bricks
-
24.
Wait!
-
25.
Extraordinary People
That’s the Way the Kookies Crumble Dept. -
26.
Mixed-Up Junk Mail Mailing Lists
Post Waste Dept. -
27.
How Many Mistakes Can You Find in This Picture?
Err Apparent Dept. -
28.
How Can You Possibly Believe...
No Confidence Game Dept. -
29.
More Sub-Divisions for Public Places
Split-Scene Dept. -
30.
The Lighter Side of Fads
Berg's-Eye View Dept. -
31.
A Mad Look at Discrimination
Kill of Rights Dept. -
32.
Spy vs. Spy
Joke and Dagger Dept. DO NOT USE; Spy vs. Spy -
33.
William Shakespeare... Social Critic
Something Is Rotten Dept. -
34.
The Mad Sale of Expendable American Properties, Landmarks and Monuments
Edifice Wrecks Dept. -
35.
Bonus Balonus
Gift Horsing Around Dept. -
36.
The Shiner
Hatchet Job Dept. -
37.
Late One Night in a Bank
Don Martin Dept. -
38.
A Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions "Mother Goose" Fold-In
Mad Fold-In -
39.
[Playing Dead]
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