Mad #139

(December 1970)

The Vampire (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sergio Aragones

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

Inks:

Sergio Aragones

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Vampire; Hippy

Synopsis:

A vampire gets the true meaning of peace when he drains the blood of a hippy.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Mad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès (Running Press Book Publishers, 2010 series) #[nn] (2010)
• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #14
• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #43
• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #62

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. In color.

Departments (Table of Contents)

Contents Page / credits / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

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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

Pencils:

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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 a subscription ad for Mad Magazine; Middle section is Letters page with random samplings of reader mail, And third section is an ad for Mad Power, a paperback novel with political themed reprints.

Indexer Notes

From the "Letters" Dept.

Airplot (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Larry Siegel

Pencils:

Mort Drucker

Inks:

Mort Drucker

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Characters:

Mule Bakersdozen; Cinderblock; Tango Livingdoll; Vermin Swinger; B. Carria; Gryn Mayday; Antsin Hisspantz; Panicky Loudmouth; Obnoxious Kid; Adorable Nun; Phony Priest; Little Old Lady; Stowaway; Wide-Eyed Group Sickie

Synopsis:

A satire of the movie, Airport.

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• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #30 (Spring 1980)
• in MAD Special [MAD Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #13

Indexer Notes

From the "Coffee, Tea And Milked" Dept.

A Mad Look At Tokenism Of The Future (Table of Contents)

Political Satire / photo story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vic Cowen

Pencils:

Irving Schild (Photography)

Inks:

Irving Schild (Photography)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Synopsis:

Photo gags showing how ad agencies can go too far when pushing token minorities.

Indexer Notes

From "There's One In Every Crowd" Dept.

One Day At A Construction Site (Table of Contents)

Don Martin / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Martin

Pencils:

Don Martin

Inks:

Don Martin

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Hippy; Two unnamed Construction workers

Synopsis:

A hippy uses flower power, literally.

Indexer Notes

From the "Don Martin" Dept. Part I.

The Lighter Side Of The Revolutionary Movement (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Dave Berg

Pencils:

Dave Berg

Inks:

Dave Berg

Colors:

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Letters:

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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, The Revolutionary Movement.

Indexer Notes

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

Hawks And Dove (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Al Jaffee

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

Inks:

Al Jaffee

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Major Hawks; Private Doves

Synopsis:

Private Doves mows the army base's lawn into a peace symbol.

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

Indexer Notes

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

Deceptive Money-Saving Labels (Table of Contents)

Topical Satire / photo story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick DeBartolo

Pencils:

Irving Schild (Photography)

Inks:

Irving Schild (Photography)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Synopsis:

Photo product gags with fine print price savers.

Indexer Notes

From the "Outside Pitch" Dept.

Mad's Guaranteed Effective All-Occasion Non-Slanderous Political Smear Speech (Table of Contents)

Political Satire / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Garvin

Pencils:

George Woodbridge

Inks:

George Woodbridge

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Synopsis:

Political speech telling it like it is.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

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

Indexer Notes

From the "Death By Elocution" Dept.

Still Life (Table of Contents)

Political Satire / filler / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Robinson

Pencils:

Jerry Robinson

Inks:

Jerry Robinson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jerry Robinson

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Synopsis:

A collection of political gags featuring inanimate objects.

Indexer Notes

Originally presented in the Chicago Tribune.From the "Here's To You, Mr. Robinson" Dept.

Silent Majority-The Magazine For Middle America (Table of Contents)

Political Satire / filler / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Larry Siegel

Pencils:

George Woodbridge

Inks:

George Woodbridge

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Synopsis:

A mock magazine focusing on Middle American lifestyles.

Indexer Notes

From the "Putting The Right On" Dept.

A Mad Peek Behind The Scenes At An Ad Agency (Table of Contents)

Topical Satire / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Larry Siegel

Pencils:

Jack Rickard

Inks:

Jack Rickard

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Synopsis:

Gags taken place in an ad agency office.

Indexer Notes

From the "Inside-Ouch" Dept.

Ads For Movie Revivals (Table of Contents)

Topical Satire / filler / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Jacobs

Pencils:

Bob Clarke

Inks:

Bob Clarke

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Characters:

Moses; Moby Dick; Captain Ahab; Snow White; Dopey; Grumpy; Doc; Happy; Bashful; Sneezy; Sleepy

Synopsis:

Updating classic straight-laced films like Born free; Moby Dick; Ten Commandments & Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs with a more adult sex themed angle.

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

Indexer Notes

From the "X"-ploy-tation" Dept.

A Mad Look At Two High School Generations (Table of Contents)

Topical Satire / filler / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lou Silverstone

Pencils:

Paul Coker

Inks:

Paul Coker

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Synopsis:

Comparing then and now, from the forties to the seventies, featuring the topics, movies; clothes; smoking; war; hair; school authority; family car & the school paper.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

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

Indexer Notes

From the "Minor Adjustment" 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

Colors:

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Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Black Spy; White Spy

Synopsis:

White Spy falls for Black Spy's bridge rock trap.

Indexer Notes

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

Ironride (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Lou Silverstone

Pencils:

Angelo Torres

Inks:

Angelo Torres

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Characters:

Ironride; Eva; Edd; Muck Swinger; Finster

Synopsis:

A TV satire of Ironhide.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

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

Indexer Notes

From the "Sitting "Bull" Dept.

One Day In A Crash Pad (Table of Contents)

Don Martin / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Martin

Pencils:

Don Martin

Inks:

Don Martin

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Synopsis:

Answers the question, "Where does a hippy store his leftovers ?"

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

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

Indexer Notes

From the "Don Martin" Dept. Part II.

Mini ? Midi ? Maxi ? What Kind Of Clothing Style Would We Like To See Kids Wear ? (Table of Contents)

Mad Fold-In / (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al Jaffee

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

Inks:

Al Jaffee

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire; Gags

Synopsis:

Another famous Mad Fold-In from Al Jaffee.

Indexer Notes

Inside backcover.In color.

A Future Political Campaign Poster (The Spiro Of '76) (Table of Contents)

Political Satire / (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Garvin

Pencils:

Norman Mingo (Painted)

Inks:

Norman Mingo (Painted)

Colors:

Norman Mingo (Painted)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Characters:

Spiro Agnew

Synopsis:

A painted poster of the Spirit Of '76 by Norman Mingo with all the characters played by Spiro Agnew.

Indexer Notes

Outside backcover. In color.

Drawn Out Dramas (Table of Contents)

Sergio Aragones / filler / 0 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sergio Aragones

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

Inks:

Sergio Aragones

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Synopsis:

Sergio Aragones' mini textless 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.