Mad
#216
(July 1980)
EC,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except February, May, August and November
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Barcode
- 0709893323007
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (editor); Jerry De Fuccio (credited as Jerry DeFuccio) (associate); Nick Meglin (associate)
Issue Notes
John Putnam is art director. Leonard Brenner does production.
[no title indexed]
Alfred E. Neuman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Rickard (signed) (painting)
- Inks
- Jack Rickard (signed) (painting)
- Colors
- Jack Rickard (signed) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
Mad Super Special Fall 1980
Mad Super Special / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
Indexer Notes
Promo for MAD SUPER SPECIAL FALL 1980.
Letters Dept.
Letters Dept. / letters page / 1 page
- Characters
- Ken Howard (photo)
Indexer Notes
Letters from readers - Jon Femster, Chuck Gill, Laurie Pevey, Bill Layton, Ken Howard (from The White Shadow), David Gherman, Kim Walker, David Schupak, Mike Pew, Mike Fabbri, James Werner, Fred McDougal, Louis Valanzola, The Rev. Russell C. Block, Bill Powers, C.H. Ware, Mrs. Beth Roberts, Meredith Kibbee, Larry Weisberg and Tim Pfeiffer.
Star Blecch, The (Gacck!) Motion Picture
Another Waste of Space Dept. / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Dick DeBartolo (credited)
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Mort Drucker (credited, signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; science fiction
- Characters
- Admiral Curt [Captain Curt]; Spotty; Drecker; Lt. Ileer; Doctor Becoy; Spook
- Synopsis
- A satire of the movie Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
- Reprints
-
in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #136 (August 1980) -
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #57 (Winter 1986) which is reprinted - in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #83 (September 1992)
- in Mad Star Trek Spectacular (EC, 1994 series) (Holiday 1994)
-
An Eye-Popping Scene on a Corner
See Note Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Edwing (credited)
- Pencils
- Don Edwing (credited)
- Inks
- Don Edwing (credited)
- Letters
- Don Edwing
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A blind man regains his sight with tragic consequences.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #47 (Summer 1984)
-
Election Year Jabberwocky
Malice in Wonderland Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Frank Jacobs (credited)
- Pencils
- Angelo Torres (credited)
- Inks
- Angelo Torres (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
Don Martin Looks at... The Lone Ranger
Hi Yo-Yo Silver Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Don Martin (signed)
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; western-frontier
- Characters
- The Lone Ranger [John Reid]; Silver; Tonto
- Reprints
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #137 (September 1980)
-
in Norsk Mad (Semic, 1981 series) #1/1981 ([august] 1981)
-
The Lighter Side of... Keeping in Touch
Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #136 (August 1980)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #57 (Winter 1986)
-
The Big One That Got Away
Fish Wife Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Edwing (credited)
- Pencils
- Don Edwing (credited)
- Inks
- Don Edwing (credited)
- Letters
- Don Edwing
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Mad's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself Energy Crisis Newspaper Story
Oily Addition Dept. / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Frank Jacobs (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- in A Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] (EC, 1984 series) (March 1984)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #57 (Winter 1986)
-
Mad's Plan to Make the Congressional TV Show More Entertaining
Capitol Games Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Lou Silverstone (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Senator Proxie; Senator Olden Lecherous; Fanny Foxylady; Howard Coolsell; Wink Porkbarrel; Congressman Frank; Senator Boondoggle
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #57 (Winter 1986)
-
Mad Laws Second Edition
Grinding the Axiom Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Frank Jacobs (credited)
- Pencils
- Paul Coker (credited)
- Inks
- Paul Coker (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #137 (September 1980)
-
A Mad Collection of Some Very Rare Famous Family Album Rejects
Down, Prints! Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Paul Peter Porges (credited)
- Pencils
- Harry North (credited as Harry North, Esq.)
- Inks
- Harry North (credited as Harry North, Esq.)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- John Wayne; Barbra Streisand; Jacques Cousteau; Idi Amin Dada; Arnold Schwartzenegger; Woody Allen; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Farrah-Fawcett Majors; Telly Savalas; Julia Child; Albert Einstein; Bert Lance; Ralph Nader; Henry Kissinger
- Reprints
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #150 (Oktober 1981)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #58 (Spring 1987)
-
A High School Yearbook for Average Clods
Class Distinkshun Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Lou Silverstone (credited)
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (credited)
- Inks
- George Woodbridge (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Millard Fillmore; Gus "Grumpy" Zucchini; Calvin Clone; Bernard Schlepp; Frederick Fribble; Mary Ann Hohum; Allen Porknoy; Wendell Weedy; Jennifer Puerile; Linda May Grits; Sybil Hoffelmeyer; Farrah Lipschitz; Brett Shmecklehoff; Harold Hersheybar; Glenda Glitch; John "Dink" Smith; Molly Finsternisher; Tricia Gromlick; Raleigh Walters; Todd Gluberman; Sidney Shrydlu
An Al Jaffee Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions: Fishing Incident
Put Your Funny Where Your Mouth Is Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Norsk Mad (Semic, 1981 series) #1/1982 ([januar] 1982)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #57 (Winter 1986)
-
Bentson
Valet of the Dulls Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Tom Koch (credited)
- Pencils
- Angelo Torres (credited)
- Inks
- Angelo Torres (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Bentson; Kutie; Miss Krausheimer; Governor; Sheik of Rajput
- Synopsis
- A satire of the television show Benson.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #57 (Winter 1986)
-
What New Way Are People Falling "Head Over Heels" These Days?
Mad Fold-In / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Al Jaffee (credited)
- Pencils
- Al Jaffee (credited)
- Inks
- Al Jaffee (credited)
- Colors
- Al Jaffee (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Reprints
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #137 (September 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside backcover and in color. Answer is: Roller skating!
Our Nation's Lowest Award... The Congressional Medal of Dishonor
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Al Jaffee (signed)
- Pencils
- Al Jaffee (signed)
- Inks
- Al Jaffee (signed)
- Colors
- Al Jaffee (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
Indexer Notes
On the back cover.
Drawn-Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. / comic story / 0 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
Indexer Notes
No page count as gags appear in various places around the magazine.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
Alfred E. Neuman -
1.
Mad Super Special Fall 1980
Mad Super Special -
2.
Departments
-
3.
Letters Dept.
Letters Dept. -
4.
Star Blecch, The (Gacck!) Motion Picture
Another Waste of Space Dept. -
5.
An Eye-Popping Scene on a Corner
See Note Dept. -
6.
Election Year Jabberwocky
Malice in Wonderland Dept. -
7.
Don Martin Looks at... The Lone Ranger
Hi Yo-Yo Silver Dept. -
8.
The Lighter Side of... Keeping in Touch
Berg's-Eye View Dept. -
9.
The Big One That Got Away
Fish Wife Dept. -
10.
Mad's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself Energy Crisis Newspaper Story
Oily Addition Dept. -
11.
Mad's Plan to Make the Congressional TV Show More Entertaining
Capitol Games Dept. -
12.
Mad Laws Second Edition
Grinding the Axiom Dept. -
13.
A Mad Collection of Some Very Rare Famous Family Album Rejects
Down, Prints! Dept. -
14.
A High School Yearbook for Average Clods
Class Distinkshun Dept. -
15.
An Al Jaffee Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions: Fishing Incident
Put Your Funny Where Your Mouth Is Dept. -
16.
Bentson
Valet of the Dulls Dept. -
17.
What New Way Are People Falling "Head Over Heels" These Days?
Mad Fold-In -
18.
Our Nation's Lowest Award... The Congressional Medal of Dishonor
-
19.
Drawn-Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept.
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