Mad
#135
(June 1970)
EC,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except February, May, August and November
- On-sale Date
- 1970-03-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
In This Issue: Sleazy Riders
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Colors
- Jack Davis
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman; Peter Fonda [as Wyatt]; Dennis Hopper [as Billy]
- Reprints
in 
Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts 10
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of the cartoon panel "Ripley's Believe It or Not; Examples of odd behavior and ironies, including a mention of a catch phrase from "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In".
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Why Not Have the Next Issue Sent Directly to Your Home?
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Paul Coker
- Inks
- Paul Coker
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man has his subscription copy of Mad delivered to the birdhouse he's living in by a carrier pigeon.
Sleazy Riders
Riding High Dept. / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Larry Siegel
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Peter Fonda [as Wyatt]; Dennis Hopper [as Billy]; Jack Nicholson [as Judd]
- Synopsis
- Parody of the film "Easy Riders"; two young men on motorcycles tour the back roads of the United States, searching for the "Real America".
- Reprints
One Day Downtown
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Don Martin
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man gets a karmic response for stepping on an insect.
- Reprints
-
in Mad (Classics/Williams, 1964 series) #39 ([1970]) -
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #13 (1974) - in The Medicine Mad (Warner Books, 1977 series) #86-350 (1977)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #40 (Fall 1982)
-
Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. / cartoon / 0 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
U.S. Folksy Income Tax Return
The "Familiar" Form Dept. / cartoon / 2 pages
- Script
- Dick DeBartolo
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- The 1040 Income Tax Form is reformatted with illustrations and conversational instructions.
- Reprints
Life From the Broadside
Femi-Nein! Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Examples of how the same behavior elicits different value judgments if the person exhibiting the behavior is a male or a female.
The Mad Book of Magic & Other Dirty Tricks
Hokey-Focus Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Satirical examples of how stage magic illusions are performed.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #69 (Winter 1989)
-
A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Fancy Restaurant
Inside-Ouch Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Larry Siegel
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The behind the scenes antics of restaurant employees are depicted.
- Reprints
- in Mad (Classics/Williams, 1964 series) #39 ([1970])
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #14 (1974)
- in Mad's Sergio Aragonés on Parade (Warner Books, 1982 series) #14 (September 1982)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #62 (Spring 1988), #97 (Late Spring 1994)
-
The Lighter Side of Worry
Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The behavior of people concerned about things are satirized.
- Reprints
A Mad "Minute Nature Story"
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Martin
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Detailed treatise on the Long-Legged Fonebone Bird.
- Reprints
A Mad Look at Footprints
Body-in-Sole Dept. / cartoon / 2 pages
- Script
- Dean Norman
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Examples of how a person's footprints reveal their intent.
- Reprints
More Up-to-Date Health & Safety Songs for Children
Tunes of Glory Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Songs for children promoting good health and safety practices.
- Reprints
Then Came Bombsome
Honda-Lust Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Michael Parks [as Jim Bombsome]
- Synopsis
- Parody of the TV series "Then Came Bronson"; a disillusioned reporter tours the United States, searching for "The Real America" and trying not to seem too much like "Easy Rider".
You Know You're Really a Bore When . . .
Comes the Yawn Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Examples of how to tell whether you're a boring person.
- Reprints
Mad's Modernized College Entrance Exam
Ask a Stupid Question Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Tom Koch
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A college entrance exam is rewritten to appeal to various agendas and splinter groups.
- Reprints
The Richard M. Nixon Presidential Primer
Run, Dick, Run! Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Larry Siegel
- Pencils
- ? (photo)
- Inks
- ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Richard Nixon; Spiro Agnew
- Synopsis
- Richard Nixon outlines why he will be a good President to a juvenile audience.
- Reprints
Who Is Fast Becoming Our All-Time Top Comic Character
Mad Fold-In / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A jab at the new Vice-President.
Indexer Notes
Inside Back cover.
The Official Mad Portrait of The President of the United States
illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Richard Nixon
- Synopsis
- Richard Nixon addresses the press wearing a Spiro Agnew face mask.
- Reprints
- in Mad (Classics/Williams, 1964 series) #39 ([1970])
-
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
In This Issue: Sleazy Riders
-
1.
Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts 10
-
2.
Why Not Have the Next Issue Sent Directly to Your Home?
-
3.
Sleazy Riders
Riding High Dept. -
4.
One Day Downtown
Don Martin Dept. -
5.
Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. -
6.
U.S. Folksy Income Tax Return
The "Familiar" Form Dept. -
7.
Life From the Broadside
Femi-Nein! Dept. -
8.
The Mad Book of Magic & Other Dirty Tricks
Hokey-Focus Dept. -
9.
A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Fancy Restaurant
Inside-Ouch Dept. -
10.
The Lighter Side of Worry
Berg's-Eye View Dept. -
11.
A Mad "Minute Nature Story"
Don Martin Dept. -
12.
A Mad Look at Footprints
Body-in-Sole Dept. -
13.
More Up-to-Date Health & Safety Songs for Children
Tunes of Glory Dept. -
14.
Then Came Bombsome
Honda-Lust Dept. -
15.
You Know You're Really a Bore When . . .
Comes the Yawn Dept. -
16.
Mad's Modernized College Entrance Exam
Ask a Stupid Question Dept. -
17.
The Richard M. Nixon Presidential Primer
Run, Dick, Run! Dept. -
18.
Who Is Fast Becoming Our All-Time Top Comic Character
Mad Fold-In -
19.
The Official Mad Portrait of The President of the United States
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ed Bender
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Igor Dybzinski
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
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