Mad #221

(March 1981)

Mad Super Special Summer 1981 No. 35 (Table of Contents)

Mad Super Special / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

[Table of Contents] (Table of Contents)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

?

Pencils:

?

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?

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?

Letters:

?

Letters Dept. (Table of Contents)

Letters Dept. / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photos)

Inks:

? (photos)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Matt Dillon (photo); John Ficarra (photo); Steve Allen (photo)

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Darel Jevens, Allan Mantell, Scott Reeder, Matt Dillon (from Little Darlings), D.L. Polonsky, Michael Pollack, Steve Allen (comedian), Robert Rothstein, Stacy Freeberg, Hugh Wilson (executive producer of WKRP in Cincinnati), Bill Schove, Donnie Vaughn and Cliff Woodgate.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents)

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation / text article / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

William M. Gaines

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Fact

Indexer Notes

Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months - 2,262,499.

The Shiner (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Larry Siegel

Pencils:

Angelo Torres

Inks:

Angelo Torres

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire; Horror

Characters:

Mr. Ulpman; Wack Torrents; Maria; Dr. Frankenstein; Windy Torrents; Dinny Torrents; Dork Hollerman (dies); Boney; The Grisly Sisters; Egbert Grisly

Synopsis:

A satire of the movie THE SHINING.

Variety for Other Occupations (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Hart

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Synopsis:

Variety Magazine for... Plumbers; Toll Collectors; House Painters; Moving Men; Janitors.

Don Martin Looks at... Hulk (Table of Contents)

Hulk / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Script:

Don Martin

Pencils:

Don Martin

Inks:

Don Martin

Letters:

Don Martin

Content Information

Genre:

Satire; Superhero

Characters:

Hulk [Bruce Banner]

If "Hollywood Hype" Were Used for Everyday Dramatic Occasions (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Jacobs

Pencils:

Jack Rickard

Inks:

Jack Rickard

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Mad's New Phobias for the 80's (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Ficarra

Pencils:

Paul Coker

Inks:

Paul Coker

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

The Mad Stop Watch (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

John Ficarra

Pencils:

Bob Clarke

Inks:

Bob Clarke

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

The Lighter Side of... (Table of Contents)

The Lighter Side of... / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Script:

Dave Berg

Pencils:

Dave Berg

Inks:

Dave Berg

Letters:

Dave Berg

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Synopsis:

The Lighter Side of... Growing Pains; Car Owners; Success; Parking; Education; Modern Technology; The Energy Crisis; Inflation; Marriage; Shopping; Children; Winter; On the Job; Discipline.

Spy vs. Spy (Table of Contents)

Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Antonio Prohias

Pencils:

Antonio Prohias

Inks:

Antonio Prohias

Letters:

Antonio Prohias

Content Information

Genre:

Satire; Spy

Characters:

Black Spy; White Spy

Mixed-Up Junk Mail Mailing Lists (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick DeBartolo

Pencils:

Harry North, Esq.

Inks:

Harry North, Esq.

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Mad Image-Builders (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al Jaffee

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

Inks:

Al Jaffee

Letters:

Al Jaffee ?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Customized Organ Donor Cards for Some Very Special Donors (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dennis Snee

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Synopsis:

Organ donor cards for Johnny Carson, Richard Milhous Nixon, Rich Little, Muhammad Ali, Don Rickles, Howard Cosell, Idi Amin Dada, The Amazing Kreskin, Norman Lear, Ralph Nader, Billy Carter and Robert Evel Knievel.

More Mad Candid Snapshots of Historical Celebrities (Table of Contents)

Snapshots of Historical Celebrities / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Script:

Paul Peter Porges

Pencils:

Paul Peter Porges

Inks:

Paul Peter Porges

Letters:

Paul Peter Porges ?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Characters:

Emperor Nero; William Shakespeare; Dr. Livingston; King David; Queen Victoria; Adolph Hitler; Cleopatra; King Midas; Christopher Columbus

Crapper John, M.D. (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Hart

Pencils:

Jack Davis

Inks:

Jack Davis

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Characters:

Crapper John; Bonzo; Dr. Williams

Synopsis:

A satire of the television show TRAPPER JOHN, M.D.

A Basket Case High Up on the 37th Floor (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Edwing

Pencils:

Don Edwing

Inks:

Don Edwing

Letters:

Don Edwing

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

What Disgusting Form of Pollution is Now Considered Dangerous to Us All? (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Al Jaffee

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

Inks:

Al Jaffee

Colors:

Al Jaffee ?

Letters:

Al Jaffee ?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Indexer Notes

Inside backcover and in color. Answer is: Smokers exhaling.

Mad's Story-Telling U.S. Postage Stamps (Table of Contents)

Mad's Story-Telling U.S. Postage Stamps / (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Clark

Pencils:

? [as U.S. Postal Service]

Inks:

? [as U.S. Postal Service]

Colors:

? [as U.S. Postal Service]

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Synopsis:

"Thoroughly unbearable Postal Service... driving America Bats for 200 years!"

Drawn-Out Dramas (Table of Contents)

Drawn-Out Dramas / filler / 0 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sergio Aragones

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

Inks:

Sergio Aragones

Letters:

Sergio Aragones

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Indexer Notes

No page count as gags appear in various places around the magazine.