Mad #228

(January 1982)

[Table of Contents] (Table of Contents)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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Letters Dept. (Table of Contents)

Letters Dept. / letters page / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

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? (photos)

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Wendy Gaines (baby photo); Wendy Gaines-Bucci (wedding photo); Robert Bucci (wedding photo)

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Brian Alber, Michael Tavares, Brian Scott, Mary Whiting, Allan Tait, Mike Chaldu, Barry Dutter, Big Rog Kaz, Wendy Gaines-Bucci (Bill Gaine's daughter), Doug Penning, Peter Taylor, Bruce Arnold, Ian Igus, Randy Cassel, Andy Cimino, Blair Powers, Eric Hymorvitz and Dave Witt.

"Starchie Bonker's Place" or A Christmas Carol O'Conner (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:

Arnie Kogen

Pencils:

Mort Drucker

Inks:

Mort Drucker

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire; Sitcom

Characters:

Starchie Bonker; Morey; Harried; Vernica; Mrs. Campy; Ghost of Ratings Past [Norman Leer]; Ghost of Laughs Past [Edict Bonker]; Meathead (flashback); Gloria (flashback); Steppie; Ghost of Bigotry Past [George Jefferson]; Ghost of Ratings Future [A.B. Neelsen]

Synopsis:

A satire of the television show ARCHIE BUNKER'S PLACE and the novel A CHRISTMAS CAROL.

Don Martin Looks at Tarzan's "Jane" (Table of Contents)

Don Martin Looks at / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Script:

Don Martin

Pencils:

Don Martin

Inks:

Don Martin

Letters:

Don Martin

Content Information

Genre:

Satire; Jungle

Characters:

Tarzan; Jane

The Nice New Unconventional National Enquirer (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Dennis Snee

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Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Characters:

Burt Reynolds (photo); Clint Eastwood (photo); Johnny Carson (photo); Farrah Fawcett (photo); President Ronald Reagan (photo); Nancy Reagan (photo); Elvis Presley (photo)

Synopsis:

Mock-up of a National Enquirer cover.

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... Helping; Assertiveness; Diets; Values; The Telephone; Interviews; Pets; Nursery Rhymes; Greed; Weddings; Going Out; Shopping; Tragedies; Exams.

The 1981 Night Before Christmas or A Final Visit From St. Nicholas (Table of Contents)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

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Script:

Frank Jacobs

Pencils:

Harry North

Inks:

Harry North

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Characters:

Ralph Nader; Santa Claus

Family Snapshots They Never Put in the Family Album (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Paul Peter Porges

Pencils:

Paul Peter Porges

Inks:

Paul Peter Porges

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Outlandish (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:

Dick DeBartolo

Pencils:

Angelo Torres

Inks:

Angelo Torres

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire; Science Fiction

Characters:

Marshall; Monotone; Shlephard; Dr. Laziness

Synopsis:

A satire of the movie OUTLAND.

Give Thanks (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

John Ficarra

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

Inks:

Sergio Aragones

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Synopsis:

"Some Mad suggestions for things to give thanks for on thanksgiving."

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Mad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès (Running Press Book Publishers, 2010 series) #[nn] (2010)

The National Parent Test (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Script:

Stan Hart

Pencils:

Paul Coker

Inks:

Paul Coker

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

A Mad Look at Discrimination (Table of Contents)

A Mad Look at / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Script:

Larry Siegel

Pencils:

George Woodbridge

Inks:

George Woodbridge

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Your Mad Horoscope (Table of Contents)

Your Mad Horoscope / text story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

John Ficarra

Pencils:

? (illo)

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? (illo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman (illo)

Where Your Christmas Dollar Goes (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Michael J. Snider

Pencils:

Bob Clarke

Inks:

Bob Clarke

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Raiders of a Lost Art (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Script:

Dick DeBartolo; Frank Jacobs

Pencils:

Jack Davis

Inks:

Jack Davis

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire; Adventure

Characters:

Inbanana Jones; Marryin; Bollix; Professor Mucus Crony; Toad; Salaam; Nazis

Synopsis:

A satire of the movie RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.

What's the Difference Between an Idiot - and Someone Who Folds "Fold Ins"? (Table of Contents)

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

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Script:

Al Jaffee

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

Inks:

Al Jaffee

Colors:

Al Jaffee ?

Letters:

Al Jaffee ?

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

Indexer Notes

Inside flip cover and in color. Answer is: There is none.

[Pencils for Sale] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Don Edwing

Pencils:

Don Martin

Inks:

Don Martin

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Letters:

Don Martin

Content Information

Genre:

Satire

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.