Mad #138

(October 1970)

Take It At Face Value ! (Table of Contents)

Mad Special Ad / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

Advertisement for Mad Special (1970 series) #2 Spring 1971.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover in color.

Departments (Table of Contents)

Contents Page / credits / 1 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Synopsis:

Contents page featuring staff listings & what's featured in the magazine, listed by special Mad departments.

Random Samplings Of Reader Mail (Table of Contents)

Letters / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Paul Coker; Jack Davis

Inks:

Paul Coker; Jack Davis

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

Two pages featuring three sections; First section is an ad for Forty-six Mad Paperbacks; Middle section is Letters page with random samplings of reader mail, And third section is an ad for Mad subscriptions.

Indexer Notes

From the "Letters" Dept. Paul Coker's artwork appears in the subscription ad & Jack Davis' artwork appears in the letters section.

Moroned (Table of Contents)

Mad Movie Satire / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Script:

Dick DeBartolo

Pencils:

Mort Drucker

Inks:

Mort Drucker

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Characters:

Dewerdye; Wreath; Jam; Buzzoff; Blewitt; Seeya Blewitt

Synopsis:

A satire of the movie, "Marooned".

Indexer Notes

From the "Orbituary" Dept.

One Day At The Ocean (Table of Contents)

Don Martin / filler / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Don Martin

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Don Martin

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Don Martin

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Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Synopsis:

Surf's up for a ship wrecked survivor.

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• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #14

Indexer Notes

From the "Don Martin" Dept. Part I.

A Sports Fan's Garden Of Verses (Table of Contents)

Poem parody / filler / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Jacobs

Pencils:

Jack Davis

Inks:

Jack Davis

Colors:

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Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; Lew Alcindor; Joe Namath; Rod Taylor; Dean Martin; Fred MacMurray; Chuck Connors; Al Hirt; Curt Gowdy; Jim Nabors; Jack Lemmon; Ernest Borgnine

Synopsis:

Poems based on various sports themes.Pems included are: Broadway Joe; Skis; The Sportsman's Hour Doubleday; I must Go Out To The Track Again; Lew Alcindor; On The Road To Baltimore; Come Bowl With Me & The Hometown Goalie.

Indexer Notes

From the "Athletic Pentameter" Dept.

Hawks And Dove (Table of Contents)

Hawks And Dove / filler / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Al Jaffee

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

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Al Jaffee

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Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Major Hawks; Private Doves

Synopsis:

Private Doves uniquely puts a peace symbol on Major Hawks window.

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• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #118

Indexer Notes

From the "Fowl Play" Dept.This is the second Hawks And Doves feature strip.

How To Read A Resort Ad (Table of Contents)

Topical Satire / filler / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gilbert Barnhill

Pencils:

George Woodbridge

Inks:

George Woodbridge

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Synopsis:

Real meanings to resort ad blurbs.

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• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #14

Indexer Notes

From the "Vacational Guidance" Dept.

If "Peanuts" Were A Weekly TV Series (Table of Contents)

Charlie Brown And The Peanuts Gang / filler / 4 pages (report information)

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Script:

Lou Silverstone

Pencils:

Jack Rickard

Inks:

Jack Rickard

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Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Characters:

Charlie Brown; Linus; Lucy; Peppermint Patty; Snoopy; Woodstock; Schroeder; Sally

Synopsis:

If the Charlie Brown specials were turned into a weekly TV series, the shows concepts would be: Young Doctor Brown; Peanuts Squad; Peanuts Place; Charlie Brown, Attorney For The Defenseless.

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• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #13
• in Mad about Comic Strips (EC, 2003 series) #[nn] (2003) [[nn]]

Indexer Notes

From the "Doing It Up "Brown" " Dept.

Mad's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself TV premiere Newspaper Story (Table of Contents)

Mad's Do-It-Yourself / text article / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Frank Jacobs

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Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Synopsis:

Another in the Mad do-it-yourself Fill-in-the blanks semi-regular feature, this time focusing on a TV premiere newspaper story.

Indexer Notes

From the "Cornglomerate" Dept.

The Lighter Side Of Transportation (Table of Contents)

The Lighter Side Of... / filler / 5 pages (report information)

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Script:

Dave Berg

Pencils:

Dave Berg

Inks:

Dave Berg

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Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Roger Kaputnik

Synopsis:

Dave Berg's Lighter Side of gag section focusing on a singular topic, Transportation.

Indexer Notes

From the "Berg's Eye-View" Dept.

Spy VS. Spy (Table of Contents)

Spy VS. Spy / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Antonio Prohias

Pencils:

Antonio Prohias

Inks:

Antonio Prohias

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Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Black Spy; White Spy

Synopsis:

Black Spy Falls for White Spy's sawed-in-half tree trap.

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• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #14

Indexer Notes

From the "Joke And Dagger" Dept. Part I. Winner: White Spy.

The Mad Love Book (Table of Contents)

Topical Gags / filler / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Hart

Pencils:

Paul Coker

Inks:

Paul Coker

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Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Synopsis:

Gags featuring the opening line..."Don't you just love..."

Indexer Notes

From the "Sweet Talk" Dept.

Once Again In Front Of A Novelty Shop (Table of Contents)

Don Martin / filler / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Don Martin

Pencils:

Don Martin

Inks:

Don Martin

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Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Synopsis:

There's more than one way to get someone with a lapel trick.

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• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #13

Indexer Notes

From the "Don Martin" Dept. Part II.

Those Wonderful Sixties ! A Year 2000 Backward Look At A Warm And Wonderful Decade (Table of Contents)

Political Satire / photo story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Larry Siegel

Pencils:

Wide World, U.P.I. & N.Y. Daily News (Photos)

Inks:

Wide World, U.P.I. & N.Y. Daily News (Photos)

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Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Synopsis:

A look back at the 1960's decade, Mad style.

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• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #14

Indexer Notes

From the "Decade Dense" Dept.

Spy VS. Spy (Table of Contents)

Spy VS. Spy / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Antonio Prohias

Pencils:

Antonio Prohias

Inks:

Antonio Prohias

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Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Black Spy; White Spy

Synopsis:

White Spy falls for Black Spy's bicycle with slide trap.

Indexer Notes

From the "Joke And Dagger" Dept Part II.Winner: Black Spy.

M*I*S*H M*O*S*H (Table of Contents)

Mad Movie Satire / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Script:

Arnie Kogen

Pencils:

Angelo Torres

Inks:

Angelo Torres

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Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Characters:

John Wayne; Dana Andrews; Adolph Hitler; Squawkeye; Kook; Colonel Henry Bloke; Shlepper John; Major Burned; Major "Hot Lobes" Holdahand; Radio; Seersucker Jones; O.J. Simpson; Joe Montana; The Chicago Seven

Synopsis:

A parody of the movie, "M*A*S*H".

Indexer Notes

From the "Humor In A Jugular Vein" Dept.

One Day In The Garden Of Eden (Table of Contents)

Don Martin / filler / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Don Martin

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Don Martin

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Don Martin

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Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Adam; Eve

Synopsis:

Adam makes another use for the fig leaf.

Indexer Notes

From the "Don Martin" Dept. Part III.

What Innocent Product Threatens The World With An Immense Explosion ? (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Al Jaffee

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

Inks:

Al Jaffee

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Content Information

Genre:

Satire; Gags

Synopsis:

Another famous Mad Fold-In from Al Jaffee.

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• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #15

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. In color.

The Artist (Table of Contents)

The Artist / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Antonio Prohias

Pencils:

Antonio Prohias

Inks:

Antonio Prohias

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

The Artist

Synopsis:

An Artist finds an easy way to paint the perfect picture.

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• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #52

Indexer Notes

Outside back cover. In color.

Drawn Out Dramas (Table of Contents)

Sergio Aragones / filler / 0 pages (report information)

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Script:

Sergio Aragones

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

Inks:

Sergio Aragones

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Synopsis:

Sergio Aragones' mini textless pantomime humor gags that appear in various margins and panels on most of the pages in the magazine.

Indexer Notes

No page count as gags appear in Various Places Around The Magazine.