Mad
#132
(January 1970)
EC,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 56
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except February, May, August and November
- On-sale Date
- 1969-11-18
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (editor); Jerry De Fuccio (credited) (associate editor); Nick Meglin (credited) (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Season's Greetings! Have a Ball!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Lester Krauss (photo); ? (Alfred E. Neuman portrait)
- Inks
- Lester Krauss (photo); ? (Alfred E. Neuman portrait)
- Colors
- Lester Krauss (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts 9
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Arnie Kogen
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Colors
- Bob Clarke
- Letters
- Bob Clarke
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of the cartoon panel "Ripley's Believe It or Not"; Examples of odd or eccentric people, including a woman mugged 2178 times and a long distance call from Bismarck, North Dakota, to London, England.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
[no title indexed]
Letters Dept. / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Jerry De Fuccio ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Det har hele tiden
Indexer Notes
Mad publishes fan letters from European countries, in the original languages, to prove that they are distributed in countries other than the United States.
Haunted By the Ghost of Christmas Presents?
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.75 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Inks
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Ebeneezer Scrooge; Alfred E. Neuman (as The Ghost of Christmas Presents)
Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward All Men
Yule Tide Dept. / photo story / 3 pages
- Script
- Max Brandel
- Pencils
- ? (photo)
- Inks
- ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Edward Kennedy; Richard Nixon; Dr. Timothy Leary; Rev. Billy Graham; Gen. William Westmoreland; Gamel Abdul Nasser; Golda Meir; Mao tse-Tung; Chaing Kai-shek; Jacqueline Kennedy; Jacqueline Susann; Muhammed Ali; Tom Smothers; Dick Smothers; Hugh Hefner; Pope Paul VI; William F. Buckley; Stokely Carmichael; George Wallace
- Synopsis
- News photos altered to make it seem like philosophical enemies are embracing as friends.
Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. / cartoon / 0 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
On the Trail with a Zoologist
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Don Martin
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An ornithologist chooses to follow the tracks of a bird he thinks is less dangerous.
- Reprints
The Academy Awards Show We'd Like to See
Degeneration Gap Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Dustin Hoffman; Joseph Cotten; Zsa Zsa Gabor; Raquel Welch; Vanessa Redgrave; Ali McGraw; Warren Beatty; Lee Marvin; James Coburn
- Synopsis
- The Academy Awards adds new award categories to accommodate changing sexual mores in modern films.
- Reprints
Nixon's the One
Giving Dickie the Bird Dept. / cartoon / 1 page
- Characters
- Richard Nixon
- Synopsis
- Prediction, in verse, of how the country will fare in the next eight years with Richard Nixon as President.
Sergio Aragones Takes a Mad Look at Protest Demonstrations
Bombing the Ban-ers Dept. / cartoon / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Cynical look at protest demonstrations and society's reaction to them.
- Reprints
-
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #12 (1973) - in Mad's Sergio Aragonés on Parade (Warner Books, 1982 series) #14 (September 1982)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #47 (Summer 1984)
- in Mad for Decades (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2007 series) (2007)
- in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #17 (February 2021)
-
The Lighter Side of Birthdays
Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Examination of how we celebrate birthdays and their implications.
- Reprints
in Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Antonio Prohías
- Pencils
- Antonio Prohías (signed)
- Inks
- Antonio Prohías (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- The Black Spy; The White Spy
- Synopsis
- Each Spy tries to corrupt the other spy's child.
Indexer Notes
Joke & Dagger Dept.
Playthings Based on TV Commercials
Ad Infant Items Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Basing the concepts for toys and games aimed at children on famous television commercials and advertising slogans.
The High Diver
Elephant Joke Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A circus high diver runs into a problem during his act.
- Reprints
The Month Before Christmas
Gift-rapping Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Rewritten version of Clement Clark Moore's "Twas the Night Before Christmas" to reflect modern consumerism.
- Reprints
Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at the Phone Company
Inside-Ouch Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Earle Doud (credited)
- Pencils
- Angelo Torres (credited)
- Inks
- Angelo Torres (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Cynical look at the inner workings of the phone company.
- Reprints
Horrifying Cliches 8
Spooking from Pictures Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- May Sakami (credited)
- Pencils
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Inks
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Common phrases are given monstrous visualization, including "springing a trap" and "padding an expense account".
- Reprints
Condemner Reports
Berating the Ratings Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick DeBartolo
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke; Irving Schild (photo)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke; Irving Schild (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- In a parody of the magazine "Consumer Reports," products are rated based on dubious standards.
- Reprints
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- 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 Black Spy tries to sabotage the White Spy's rocket launch.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Joke & Dagger Dept.
What New Trend Is Destroying a Time-Honored Theater Art?
Mad Fold-In / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- You don't need costumes in a nude play.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Knight-Fall
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Kent
- Pencils
- Jack Rickard (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Rickard (signed)
- Colors
- Jack Rickard
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A fully armored knight trips and falls down a flight of stairs.
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Season's Greetings! Have a Ball!
-
1.
Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts 9
-
2.
["Det har hele tiden"]
Letters Dept. -
3.
Haunted By the Ghost of Christmas Presents?
-
4.
Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward All Men
Yule Tide Dept. -
5.
Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. -
6.
On the Trail with a Zoologist
Don Martin Dept. -
7.
The Academy Awards Show We'd Like to See
Degeneration Gap Dept. -
8.
Nixon's the One
Giving Dickie the Bird Dept. -
9.
Sergio Aragones Takes a Mad Look at Protest Demonstrations
Bombing the Ban-ers Dept. -
10.
The Lighter Side of Birthdays
Berg's-Eye View Dept. -
11.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
12.
Playthings Based on TV Commercials
Ad Infant Items Dept. -
13.
The High Diver
Elephant Joke Dept. -
14.
The Month Before Christmas
Gift-rapping Dept. -
15.
Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at the Phone Company
Inside-Ouch Dept. -
16.
Horrifying Cliches 8
Spooking from Pictures Dept. -
17.
Condemner Reports
Berating the Ratings Dept. -
18.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
19.
What New Trend Is Destroying a Time-Honored Theater Art?
Mad Fold-In -
20.
Knight-Fall
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- Steve Coates
- John DiBello
- Igor Dybzinski
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
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