Mad
#197
(March 1978)
EC,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except February, May, August and November
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (editor); Jerry De Fuccio (credited as Jerry DeFuccio) (associate); Nick Meglin (associate)
[no title indexed]
Mad / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Rickard (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Rickard
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- President Jimmy Carter; Alfred E. Neuman
[no title indexed]
Letters Dept. / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
White House Follies of 1977
Big Time Operetta Dept. / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jimmy Carter; Rosalyn Carter; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Harry Truman; Lyndon Johnson; John F. Kennedy; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Eleanor Roosevelt; Abraham Lincoln; Billy Carter; Edmund Muskie; Ted Kennedy; Jerry Ford; Andy Young; Walter Mondale; Charlie Brown; Lucy Van Pelt
- Reprints
Mad's "Do It Yourself" Job Application Letter
Hire Flyer Dept. / activity / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #115 (November 1978)
-
A Mad Look at "Star Wars"
Sergio Aragones Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; satire-parody
- Characters
- Princess Leia; R2D2; Luke Skywalker; Darth Vader; Grumpy; Doc; Dopey; Chewbacca; Han Solo
- Reprints
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #108 (April 1978)
-
in Mad Star Wars Spectacular (EC, 1996 series) #1996 (1996), #[1999] (1999) - in Mad About Star Wars (Random House, 2007 series) ([October] 2007)
- in Mad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès (Running Press Book Publishers, 2010 series) (2010)
- in Mad Spoofs Star Wars and Other Sci-Fi (Time, Inc., 2017 series) (2017)
-
Some Minor Medical Research Foundations' Collection Drives
Charitease Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Gerald Ford; Alfred E. Neuman; Chester T. Risible
- Reprints
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #116 (Dezember 1978)
-
Mad Close-Ups
Telescopic Eye-Sore Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Paul Peter Porges
- Pencils
- Harry North (credited as Harry North, Esq.)
- Inks
- Harry North (credited as Harry North, Esq.)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
The Lighter Side of ... Air Air Air
Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #57 (Winter 1986)
-
Instructions for Things That Need Instructions
Aid-de-Chump Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
Mad Goes to a Preview of an "In Search of ..." Movie
Creature Presentation Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Leonard Nimoy; Dr. Carl Cranium
Staying in Shape
Hexercise Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #115 (November 1978)
-
Mad's "Romance-Love-Relationship" Book
Heart Failure Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Frank Jacobs
- Pencils
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Inks
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #109 (Mai 1978)
-
in Mad (Classics/Williams, 1964 series) #94 (oktober 1978) - in Mad's Greatest Writers: Frank Jacobs (Running Press Book Publishers, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #36 (April 2024)
-
Little House Oh, So Dreary
Log Cabin Syrup Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Jowls Angels [Michael Blandone]; Carrylines Angels; Merry Angels; Laurel Angels; Caries Angels; Reverend; Doctor; Miss Wells; Emmy Lou; Willie
- Reprints
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #158 (Juni 1982)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #57 (Winter 1986)
-
Indexer Notes
Spoof of television series "Little House on the Prairie"
What Infectious Foreign Invasion Is Spreading in Epidemic Proportions Among Americans Lately?
Mad Fold-In / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #110 (Juni 1978)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside Back Cover (full color)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
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Mad -
1.
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Mad -
2.
[no title indexed]
Letters Dept. -
3.
White House Follies of 1977
Big Time Operetta Dept. -
4.
One Morning in an Old English Forest
Don Martin Dept. -
5.
Mad's "Do It Yourself" Job Application Letter
Hire Flyer Dept. -
6.
A Mad Look at "Star Wars"
Sergio Aragones Dept. -
7.
Some Minor Medical Research Foundations' Collection Drives
Charitease Dept. -
8.
Mad Close-Ups
Telescopic Eye-Sore Dept. -
9.
The Lighter Side of ... Air Air Air
Berg's-Eye View Dept. -
10.
One Afternoon in a New American Home
Don Martin Dept. -
11.
Instructions for Things That Need Instructions
Aid-de-Chump Dept. -
12.
Mad Goes to a Preview of an "In Search of ..." Movie
Creature Presentation Dept. -
13.
One Evening in a Hollywood TV Studio
Don Martin Dept. -
14.
Staying in Shape
Hexercise Dept. -
15.
Mad's "Romance-Love-Relationship" Book
Heart Failure Dept. -
16.
Little House Oh, So Dreary
Log Cabin Syrup Dept. -
17.
What Infectious Foreign Invasion Is Spreading in Epidemic Proportions Among Americans Lately?
Mad Fold-In -
18.
Rapunzel
Still More Fairy Tales Scenes We'd Like to See
This issue was modified by, among others
- mcomics
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Thomas Johnson
- Lou Mazzella
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
- Karsten S.
- Tanya Schuehle
- Karl Wilcox
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