Mad
#291
(December 1989)
EC,
1952 Series
- Price
- 1.50 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- Nick Meglin (editor); John Ficarra (editor); Leonard Brenner (art director); Thomas Nozkowski (credited as Tom Nozkowski) (production); Charlie Kadau (associate editor); Joe Raiola (associate editor); Sara Fowler (associate editor); Dick DeBartolo (credited as Dick De Bartolo) (creative consultant)
The Blunder Years
Sixties-Something Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- Kute-in; Wane; Baren; Pale; Whiny
- Reprints
-
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #107 (October 1995)
-
The Lusty Ledge Legend
Tales from the Duck Side Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing)
- Pencils
- Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing)
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #107 (October 1995)
-
Compu-Doc Self-Service Medical Terminal
A View to an Ill Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Paul Coker; Floyd Kemske
- Pencils
- Paul Coker
- Inks
- Paul Coker
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #107 (October 1995)
-
More Items From Mad's Celebrity Supermarket
Big-Name Brands Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Dwight Gooden; Morton Downey, Jr.; Princess Diana; Tony Danza; Ronald Reagan; Bono; Susan Sarandon; Bruce Springsteen; Manute Bol; Pee-Wee Herman; Chuck Norris; Cher
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #96 (Early Spring 1994)
-
Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Antonio Prohías (credited) (signed as A Prohias)
- Pencils
- Antonio Prohías (credited) (signed as A Prohias)
- Inks
- Antonio Prohías (credited) (signed as A Prohias)
Why You Are Sure to Win the Next Magazine Publisher’s Sweepstakes
For Your Prize Only Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
Mad's Political Image Maker of the Year
Reaching New Hypes of Absurdity Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Okra Windtree; Dr. Roger Ailing
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #96 (Early Spring 1994)
-
The Feathered Feeding Frenzy
Tales from the Duck Side Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing)
- Pencils
- Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing) (signed as Duck Edwing)
- Inks
- Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing) (signed as Duck Edwing)
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #107 (October 1995)
-
Baseball at the Bat
Frank On A Roll Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Frank Jacobs
- Pencils
- James Warhola (signed)
- Inks
- James Warhola (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Parody of “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer.
Fleeting “Stars” of the Six O'Clock News
This Just In …and Out Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #107 (October 1995)
-
No Hoax Barred
Hogan’s Zeroes Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- Hulk Hogan [as Ripe]; Tiny Lister [as Zoos]
The Jarring Jungle Joyride
Tales from the Duck Side Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing)
- Pencils
- Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing)
- Inks
- Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
in Mad (De Vrijbuiter, 1985 series) #219 ([1989]) - in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #99 (Fall 1994)
-
Mad’s Big Ego Busters
Deflater Mouth Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #102 (March 1995)
-
How Newspapers Write Misleading Headlines (To Jazz Up Otherwise Dull Stories)
Schlock the Presses Dept. / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Paul Laikin
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #107 (October 1995)
-
A Mad Look at Ghosts
Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #22 (December 2021), #27 (October 2022)
-
The Lighter Side of...
Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The humorous aspects of law, birthdays, communication, drivers, good service, pets, finances, private lessons, employment, relatives, homework, being on time, history, and doctors.
Inbanana Jones and his Last Crude Days
Ford-Gone Conclusion Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Characters
- Harrison Ford [as Inbanana Jones]; Denholm Elliott [as Professor Barfbag]; Alison Doody [as Dr. Snide]; Sean Connery [as Dr. Jones, Sr.]; Sir Steven of Spielberg (keeper of the Holy Grail)
- Synopsis
- Parody of the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
- Reprints
- in Mad (De Vrijbuiter, 1985 series) #219 ([1989])
-
When it Comes to Protecting Us, Where is Our Government’s Weakest Link?
Mad Fold-In / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Reprints
- in Mad (De Vrijbuiter, 1985 series) #219 ([1989])
-
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Mad's Gallery of Lesser-Known Ninja Turtles
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Mike Snyder
- Pencils
- Greg Theakston (painting)
- Inks
- Greg Theakston (painting)
- Colors
- Greg Theakston (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody
- Characters
- Ninja Turtles
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #96 (Early Spring 1994)
- in Mad About Super Heroes (EC, 2002 series) #[1] (April 2002)
- in Mad about Super Heroes (Barnes & Noble Books, 2006 series) (2006)
-
- Keywords
- Art; painting; turtle
Indexer Notes
Well-known paintings, rendered with Ninja Turtles as the subjects
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Special Mutant Turtle Issue
-
1.
The Blunder Years
Sixties-Something Dept. -
2.
The Lusty Ledge Legend
Tales from the Duck Side Dept. -
3.
Compu-Doc Self-Service Medical Terminal
A View to an Ill Dept. -
4.
More Items From Mad's Celebrity Supermarket
Big-Name Brands Dept. -
5.
Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
6.
Why You Are Sure to Win the Next Magazine Publisher’s Sweepstakes
For Your Prize Only Dept. -
7.
Mad's Political Image Maker of the Year
Reaching New Hypes of Absurdity Dept. -
8.
The Feathered Feeding Frenzy
Tales from the Duck Side Dept. -
9.
Baseball at the Bat
Frank On A Roll Dept. -
10.
Fleeting “Stars” of the Six O'Clock News
This Just In …and Out Dept. -
11.
No Hoax Barred
Hogan’s Zeroes Dept. -
12.
The Jarring Jungle Joyride
Tales from the Duck Side Dept. -
13.
Mad’s Big Ego Busters
Deflater Mouth Dept. -
14.
How Newspapers Write Misleading Headlines (To Jazz Up Otherwise Dull Stories)
Schlock the Presses Dept. -
15.
A Mad Look at Ghosts
Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] -
16.
The Lighter Side of...
Berg's-Eye View Dept. -
17.
Inbanana Jones and his Last Crude Days
Ford-Gone Conclusion Dept. -
18.
When it Comes to Protecting Us, Where is Our Government’s Weakest Link?
Mad Fold-In -
19.
Mad's Gallery of Lesser-Known Ninja Turtles
This issue was modified by, among others
- mcomics
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are
copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.