Mad
#145
(September 1971)
EC,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.40 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except February, May, August, and November
- On-sale Date
- 1971-06-29
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (editor); Jerry De Fuccio (credited) (associate editor); Nick Meglin (credited) (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Special Inflation Issue
Alfred E. Neuman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Norman Mingo (signed)
- Inks
- Norman Mingo (signed)
- Colors
- Norman Mingo (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- Alfred is inflated like a balloon.
- Reprints
-
in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #32 -
in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #26 (August 2022)
-
A Fish Tale
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Al Jaffee (credited)
- Pencils
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Inks
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man catches a mermaid and brings her home, but has a problem with his mother.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #41 (Winter 1982), #72 (Fall 1990)
-
Indexer Notes
on inside front cover
Why Not Have the Next Issue Sent Directly to Your Home?
MAD Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.28 page
Random Samplings of Reader Mail
letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein)
- Pencils
- John C. Goodwin (photograph)
- Inks
- John C. Goodwin (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Albert B. Feldstein; Herman Ahrens
- Synopsis
- Letters of comment, many about issue #143.
Indexer Notes
Includes a letter by Herman Ahrens, editor of Youth Magazine and a photo of him by their staff photographer, John C. Goodwin.
Other letters by: Graham Holloway, Gary Insley, Larry Peters, Howard Bell, Yma Suark, Grace Loehr, Sandra Cardone, Carolyn Wood Simons, Tim McNicol, Jim Todd, Cindy Guttman, Scott Horowitz, Lukie Costin, Joan McCabe, Debby Graves, and Lynn Komer.
Five Easy Pages!
Callous Key Bum Dept. / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Lou Silverstone (credited)
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Mort Drucker (credited, signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Chuck; Booby Dopier; Layette; Elkhorn; Schroeder (cameo); Leonard Bernstein (cameo); Liberace (cameo); Peter Fonda (cameo); Dennis Hopper (cameo); Jon Voight (cameo); Dustin Hoffman (cameo); Joe Namath (cameo); Bing Crosby (cameo); Bob Hope (cameo); Diogenes of Sinope (cameo); Tedia Dopier; Curl Dopier; Cathruin; Mr. Dopier
- Synopsis
- Everyone drops out of their lives to find something more meaningful, including the artist and writer.
Indexer Notes
Parody of the film 'Five Easy Pieces'. Characters are caricatures of Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, and others.
Very Early One Morning
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Martin (signed as
D. MARTiN) - Pencils
- Don Martin (signed as D. MARTiN)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed as D. MARTiN)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man exercises with an unusual form of pushups.
- Reprints
A Mad Look at Then...and Now (Or "We've Come a Long Way, Baby!")
Malignant Growth Dept. / photo story / 4 pages
- Script
- Max Brandel (credited)
- Pencils
- United Press International [as U. I.] (photographs); World Wide (photographs)
- Inks
- United Press International [as U. I.] (photographs); World Wide (photographs)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- President Richard Nixon
- Synopsis
- Comparisons of old culture to new culture.
The Lighter Side of Boating
Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dave Berg (credited)
- Pencils
- Dave Berg (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Dave Berg (credited, signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Roger Kaputnik
- Synopsis
- A look at the strange things people do when boating.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #17 (1975)
- in Mad Overboard (Warner Books, 1978 series) #86-615 (February 1978)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #82 (July 1992)
-
The Mad Orthodontia Primer
Chewing Glum Dept. / text article / 3 pages
- Script
- Larry Siegel (credited)
- Pencils
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Inks
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A look at the problems of children growing up with dental braces, presented in old-fashioned school primer style.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #18 (1975)
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #168 (April 1983)
-
That Sinking Feeling...
Abandon Ship of State! Dept. / text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Max Brandel (credited) (idea); Frank Jacobs (credited) (research); Richard M. Nixon
- Pencils
- United Press International [as U.P.I.] (photograph)
- Inks
- United Press International [as U.P.I.] (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- President Richard Nixon
- Synopsis
- Various quotes of President Nixon regarding the Vietnam War, arranged chronologically to show the change of focus.
[no title indexed]
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Antonio Prohías (signed)
- Pencils
- Antonio Prohías (signed)
- Inks
- Antonio Prohías (signed)
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- Black Spy; White Spy
- Synopsis
- The White Spy builds a contraption that intrigues and ultimately defeats the Black Spy.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #16 (1975)
- in Mad Overboard (Warner Books, 1978 series) #86-615 (February 1978)
-
What Coaches Say...
Switch Pitch Dept. / text story / 3 pages
- Script
- Paul Peter Porges (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Things sports coaches say about their player in public, compared to what they say in private.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #38 (Spring 1982), #76 (Fall 1991)
-
Greeting Cards for the Sexual Revolution
Wow "Now" Cards Dept. / text story / 3 pages
- Script
- Frank Jacobs (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Up to date greeting card ideas for various players.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #17 (1975)
- in Swinging Mad (Warner Books, 1977 series) #86-352 (46) (October 1977)
-
[no title indexed]
Hawks and Doves; Fowl Play Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Al Jaffee (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- Al Jaffee (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Al Jaffee (credited, signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Major Hawks; Private Doves
- Synopsis
- The Major sees peace signs everywhere in his dreams and is relieved to awake...until Private Doves serves a uniquely arranged breakfast.
A MAD Look at Palm Reading
Hand Shakedown Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (credited, signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- Various things that can go wrong with a palm reading.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #16 (1975)
- in Swinging Mad (Warner Books, 1977 series) #86-352 (46) (October 1977)
- in Mad's Sergio Aragonés on Parade (Warner Books, 1982 series) #14 (September 1982)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #82 (July 1992)
-
[no title indexed]
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Antonio Prohías (signed)
- Pencils
- Antonio Prohías (signed)
- Inks
- Antonio Prohías (signed)
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- Black Spy; White Spy
- Synopsis
- The Black Spy builds a contraption that intrigues and ultimately defeats the White Spy.
- Reprints
Excuses, Excuses!
Straddle Defense Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Dick DeBartolo (credited); Don Epstein (credited as Donald K. Epstein)
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (credited, signed)
- Inks
- George Woodbridge (credited, signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Comparison of typical excuses of times past and today.
- Reprints
"Prison" Record Albums of the Future
Sing-Sing Sing Dept. / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Arnie Kogen (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Rickard (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Rickard (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Johnny Cash; Jim Nabors; Engelbert Humperdinck; Connie Francis; Wayne Newton; Kate Smith; The King Sisters
- Synopsis
- Ideas for record albums to be recorded in prisons, after the success of Johnny Cash's two albums recorded in prisons.
- Reprints
One Day in a Pet Shop
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Martin (signed as D. MARTiN)
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed as D. MARTiN)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed as D. MARTiN)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Synopsis
- Two parrots in their cages are playing charades.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #17 (1975)
- in Swinging Mad (Warner Books, 1977 series) #86-352 (46) (October 1977)
-
The Foul and the Prissy Cats
The Id and the Inhibit-Id Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Hart (credited)
- Pencils
- Angelo Torres (credited)
- Inks
- Angelo Torres (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Dooris
- Synopsis
- A parody of the movie "The Owl and the Pussycat", about a writer and prostitute who end up living together.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The "Dooris" character was played by Barbara Striesand.
Drawn-Out Drams
Marginal Thinking Dept. / comic story / 0 pages
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés (credited)
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (credited)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (credited)
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Appears in the margins of 26 pages.
What New Phenomena Will Send Workingmen's Temperatures Soaring This Summer?
Mad Fold-In / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Al Jaffee (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- Al Jaffee (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Al Jaffee (credited, signed)
- Colors
- Al Jaffee
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #17 (1975), #41 (Winter 1982)
-
Indexer Notes
inside back cover
The Modern Crucifixtion
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Max Brandel (credited)
- Pencils
- Irving Schild (credited) (photograph)
- Inks
- Irving Schild (credited) (photograph)
- Colors
- Irving Schild (credited) (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- Young adult in crucified position on a drug needle.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Anti-drug message.
On back page.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Special Inflation Issue
Alfred E. Neuman -
1.
A Fish Tale
-
2.
Vital Features
-
3.
Why Not Have the Next Issue Sent Directly to Your Home?
MAD Magazine -
4.
Moving Pictures?
Alfred E. Neuman -
5.
Random Samplings of Reader Mail
-
6.
Don Martin Comes On Strong
MAD paperbacks -
7.
Five Easy Pages!
Callous Key Bum Dept. -
8.
Very Early One Morning
-
9.
A Mad Look at Then...and Now (Or "We've Come a Long Way, Baby!")
Malignant Growth Dept. -
10.
The Lighter Side of Boating
Berg's-Eye View Dept. -
11.
The Mad Orthodontia Primer
Chewing Glum Dept. -
12.
That Sinking Feeling...
Abandon Ship of State! Dept. -
13.
[no title indexed]
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
14.
What Coaches Say...
Switch Pitch Dept. -
15.
Greeting Cards for the Sexual Revolution
Wow "Now" Cards Dept. -
16.
[no title indexed]
Hawks and Doves; Fowl Play Dept. -
17.
A MAD Look at Palm Reading
Hand Shakedown Dept. -
18.
[no title indexed]
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
19.
Excuses, Excuses!
Straddle Defense Dept. -
20.
"Prison" Record Albums of the Future
Sing-Sing Sing Dept. -
21.
One Day in a Pet Shop
Don Martin Dept. -
22.
The Foul and the Prissy Cats
The Id and the Inhibit-Id Dept. -
23.
Drawn-Out Drams
Marginal Thinking Dept. -
24.
What New Phenomena Will Send Workingmen's Temperatures Soaring This Summer?
Mad Fold-In -
25.
The Modern Crucifixtion
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Dan Kocher
- Donald Dale Milne
- Jim Stangas
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