Mad
#79
(June 1963)
EC,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except February, May, August and November
- On-sale Date
- 1963-03-28
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Look, Ma: Special Mother's Day Issue
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Norman Mingo (signed)
- Inks
- Norman Mingo (signed)
- Colors
- Norman Mingo (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman; Whistler's mother
- Reprints
in 
After You Let Your Fingers Do the Walking
photo story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lester Krauss (photo)
- Inks
- Lester Krauss (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of Bell Telephone print ads: After letting her fingers do the walking through the Yellow Pages, a woman is forced to soak them in Epsom salts.
- Reprints
-
in The Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #8 (1965) - in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #40 (Fall 1982)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
If They Held a Summit Meeting at the White House
A White House is Not a Home Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- John F. Kennedy; Nikita Khrushchev; Douglas Dillon; Mao-Tse Tung; Robert Kennedy; Dean Martin; Lyndon Johnson; Abraham Lincoln; Jacqueline Kennedy; Gamel Abdel Nasser; Konrad Schmidt; Caroline Kennedy; Adlai Stevenson; Dean Rusk; Fidel Castro
- Synopsis
- President Kennedy's attempt to hold an international summit at the White House is sabotaged by his family and his family's hangers-on.
Look Before You Leap
Sinking Fund Dept. / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A destitute man attempts suicide.
- Reprints
Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. / cartoon / 0 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Humorous illustrations placed in the margins of random pages.
Speaking From Pictures
Freedom With Speech Dept. / photo story / 2 pages
- Script
- Gerald Gardner
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- John Kennedy; Jawaharlal Nehru; Richard Nixon; Robert Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy; Dwight Eisenhower; Charles DeGaulle; Mao-tse Tung; Nikita Khrushchev
- Synopsis
- Humorous word balloons are added to wire photos to satirize the depicted events.
TV's Effect on Children
Helf-Nielsen Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Gary Moore; Bill Cullen; Jayne Mansfield; Bennett Cerf; Edward Kennedy; Vince Edwards [as Ben Casey]; Mitch Miller
- Synopsis
- Examples of how television is negatively influencing children's behavior.
The High Dive
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man realizes in mid-dive that he's still wearing his wristwatch.
- Reprints
- in The Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #8 (1965)
- in The Completely Mad Don Martin (Warner Books, 1974 series) (June 1974) which is reprinted
-
Movie Dialogue We'd Like to Hear
Off the Beaten Sound Track Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Movie cliches redone to make them less cliche.
- Reprints
- in Burning Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #25 (76-724) (December 1975)
-
How to Succeed at Childhood
Bratmanship Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Pearl Dee Belkin (credited as Pearl Belkin)
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A child's primer for coping with adults.
- Reprints
-
in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #49 (1973)
-
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- The Black Spy; The White Spy
- Synopsis
- The Black Spy tries to strafe the White Spy with his plane. The White Spy tries to bomb the Black Spy from his helicopter. The Black Spy tries to diffuse a bomb placed under his bed by the White Spy.
Tax Time U.S.A.
The Ides of Taxes Are Upon Us Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- The income tax filing deadline presented as a star-studded television telethon.
How to Transform Your Dumpy City Into an Attractive Tourist Trap
Dept. of the Inferior / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Hints on how to turn the less attractive aspects of a city into points of interest.
The First Echo
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Three cavemen discover echoes.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #45 (Winter 1983)
-
Mad's Realistic, Up-To-Date Service Songs
March Along with Mitch Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Military marches updated to reflect the times.
- Reprints
The Lighter Side of Family Doctors
Berg's Eye View Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Series of cartoons looking at the foibles of people's relationship with the medical community.
- Reprints
- in The Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #8 (1965)
- in Dave Berg's Mad Trash (Warner Books, 1977 series) (September 1977)
- in Dave Berg's Mad Trash (EC, 1981 series) (1981)
-
The Rise and Fall of a Recording Star
Slipped Disc Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- The career of a fictional recording star traced through her record album covers.
- Reprints
More Movie Dialogue We'd Like to Hear
Off the Beaten Sound Track Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Movie cliches reworked so they're no longer cliches.
- Reprints
- in Burning Mad (Warner Books, 1975 series) #25 (76-724) (December 1975)
-
Mad's "Discount Center" Owner of the Year
The Price is a Riot Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Dorothy Kilgallen [as Dorothy Kilfifth]
- Synopsis
- An interview with the owner of a discount department store.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Among the shoppers in the background of the interview are Superman, Adolf Hitler and Frankenstein's Monster.
The Inventor at the Novelty Company
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man pitches his newly invented novelty to the company owner.
- Reprints
- in The Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #8 (1965)
- in The Indigestible Mad (New American Library, 1968 series) #T4830 (1970)
- in The Completely Mad Don Martin (Warner Books, 1974 series) (June 1974) which is reprinted
-
in De verste brølerne til Mad's Don Martin (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1974 series) (1974) - in Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin (Running Press Book Publishers, 2014 series) (2014)
-
A Penny Can Make Your Conscience Feel Better
photo story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lester Krauss (photo)
- Inks
- Lester Krauss (photo)
- Colors
- Lester Krauss (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of Association of American Florists print ads; Suggestions for placating your wife after you spend the night drinking.
- Reprints
- in The Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #8 (1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Look, Ma: Special Mother's Day Issue
-
1.
After You Let Your Fingers Do the Walking
-
2.
If They Held a Summit Meeting at the White House
A White House is Not a Home Dept. -
3.
Look Before You Leap
Sinking Fund Dept. -
4.
Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. -
5.
Speaking From Pictures
Freedom With Speech Dept. -
6.
TV's Effect on Children
Helf-Nielsen Dept. -
7.
The High Dive
Don Martin Dept. -
8.
Movie Dialogue We'd Like to Hear
Off the Beaten Sound Track Dept. -
9.
How to Succeed at Childhood
Bratmanship Dept. -
10.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
11.
Tax Time U.S.A.
The Ides of Taxes Are Upon Us Dept. -
12.
How to Transform Your Dumpy City Into an Attractive Tourist Trap
Dept. of the Inferior -
13.
The First Echo
Don Martin Dept. -
14.
Mad's Realistic, Up-To-Date Service Songs
March Along with Mitch Dept. -
15.
The Lighter Side of Family Doctors
Berg's Eye View Dept. -
16.
The Rise and Fall of a Recording Star
Slipped Disc Dept. -
17.
More Movie Dialogue We'd Like to Hear
Off the Beaten Sound Track Dept. -
18.
Mad's "Discount Center" Owner of the Year
The Price is a Riot Dept. -
19.
The Inventor at the Novelty Company
Don Martin Dept. -
20.
A Penny Can Make Your Conscience Feel Better
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