Mad
#313
(September 1992)
EC,
1952 Series
- Price
- 1.75 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except February, May, August and November
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Barcode
- 070989332300 09
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Nick Meglin (credited) (editor); John Ficarra (credited) (editor); Leonard Brenner (credited) (art director); Thomas Nozkowski (credited as Tom Nozkowski) (production); Charlie Kadau (credited) (associate editor); Joe Raiola (credited) (associate editor); Dick DeBartolo (credited as Dick De Bartolo) (creative consultant); Andrew J. Schwartzberg (credited) (editorial assistant)
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Mad (EC, 1952 series) #504 (August 2010)
-
Hey Dummies! Test Drive This Issue of…
Mad / cover / 1 page
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Keywords
- crash test dummy
The Ham That Robs the Cradle
Fetal Attraction Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- Annabella Sciorra [as Clear Barbell]; Matt McCoy [as Nyquil Barbell]; Madeline Zima [as Empathy Barbell]; Rebecca De Mornay [as Pagan Mottly]; Ernie Hudson [as Sullen]; John de Lancie [as Dr. Mottly]; Bernard Shaw (cameo)
The Outrageous Orchestral Offense
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
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
Mad Double Features—The Sequel
Hollywood Entwined Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Spy vs. Spy
Joke and Dagger Dept. DO NOT USE; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Antonio Prohías (signed as P)
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed as C)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed as C)
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- The Black Spy; the White Spy
- Synopsis
- The Black Spy booby traps the White Spy's holster so that when he tries to draw his gun his pants fall down.
Mad’s Cross-Section of State Lottery Winners
The Schmuck of the Draw Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Petunia Odintz; B.T. Ten Eyck; Knute Jablonka; Pancho Puente; Wolfgang Lindenblatt; Clem Westervelt; Lucifer Schoenfeld; Jon Volquardsen; June Volquardsen
The Lighter Side of...
Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The humorous aspects of cars, progress, breaking up, babysitting, alcohol, sports, travel, restaurants, cruising, shopping, the economy, the office, gifts, and doctors.
The Devilish Decapitators’ Delight
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
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
The World’s Greatest Thinkers Go to a Baseball Game
No Hits, No Runs, Several Eras Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Guglielmo Marconi; Socrates; Albert Einstein; Isaac Newton; Sigmund Freud; Confucius; Michelangelo; The Three Stooges [Larry; Moe; Curly]; William Shakespeare; Moses; Bart Simpson; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Karl Marx; Gandhi; Friedrich Nietzsche
A Mad Look at RVs (Recreational Vehicles)
Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
Mad's Consumer Believe It or Nuts!
An Embarrassment of Richard’s Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dick DeBartolo
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #35 (February 2024)
-
The Mad Nasty File Volume VI
Along the Snide Lines Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Clarence Thomas; H. Norman Schwarzkopf; Mike Tyson; Don King; Bob Saget; Jean Claude Van Damme; Ted Kennedy; Rush Limbaugh; Johnny Carson
- Synopsis
- Examples of modern celebrities and trends are cited and then ridiculed.
Recycling Madonna’s Old Bras
Cup Scouting Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Madonna
- Reprints
- in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #13 (June 2020)
-
Evening Shame
Reynolds Rapped Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dennis Snee
- Pencils
- Angelo Torres (signed)
- Inks
- Angelo Torres (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Burt Reynolds [as Wooden Newton]; Marilu Henner [as Diva Newton]; Hal Holbrook [as Even Stevens]; Elizabeth Ashley [as Freebie Stevens]; Michael Jeter [as Wormin’ Smiles]; Charles Durning [as Hardly Awayfromthefridge]; Ann Wedgeworth [as Squirreleen Awayfromthefridge]; Ossie Davis [as Yonder Black]; Linda Gehringer [as Flauntana Bodaciousboobs-Stevens]; Linda Bloodworth-Millions; Charlie Brown; Calvin; Don Knotts [as Barney Fife]; Bill Clinton
The Bouncing Bungee Blooper
Tales from the Duck Side Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing)
- Pencils
- Don Edwing (signed as Duck Edwing)
- Inks
- Don Edwing (signed as Duck Edwing)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
What’s the Only Way for Today’s Youth to Insure Their Financial Stability?
Mad Fold-In / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Indexer Notes
inside back cover
A TV Ad We'd Like to See
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dick DeBartolo (credited)
- Pencils
- C. F. Payne (credited)
- Inks
- C. F. Payne (credited)
- Colors
- C. F. Payne (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Milk causes a young boy to grow up into a woman.
Indexer Notes
Parody of milk advertisements.
On back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Hey Dummies! Test Drive This Issue of…
Mad -
1.
The Ham That Robs the Cradle
Fetal Attraction Dept. -
2.
The Outrageous Orchestral Offense
Tales from the Duck Side Dept. -
3.
Snappy Actions to Stupid Questions
All Jaffee Dept. -
4.
Mad Double Features—The Sequel
Hollywood Entwined Dept. -
5.
Spy vs. Spy
Joke and Dagger Dept. DO NOT USE; Spy vs. Spy -
6.
Mad’s Cross-Section of State Lottery Winners
The Schmuck of the Draw Dept. -
7.
The Lighter Side of...
Berg's-Eye View Dept. -
8.
The Devilish Decapitators’ Delight
Tales from the Duck Side Dept. -
9.
The World’s Greatest Thinkers Go to a Baseball Game
No Hits, No Runs, Several Eras Dept. -
10.
A Mad Look at RVs (Recreational Vehicles)
Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] -
11.
Mad's Consumer Believe It or Nuts!
An Embarrassment of Richard’s Dept. -
12.
The Mad Nasty File Volume VI
Along the Snide Lines Dept. -
13.
Recycling Madonna’s Old Bras
Cup Scouting Dept. -
14.
Evening Shame
Reynolds Rapped Dept. -
15.
10 Little Candidates
Frank on a Roll Dept. -
16.
The Bouncing Bungee Blooper
Tales from the Duck Side Dept. -
17.
The ABC’s of Rock
Letters Entertain You Dept. -
18.
What’s the Only Way for Today’s Youth to Insure Their Financial Stability?
Mad Fold-In -
19.
A TV Ad We'd Like to See
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- mcomics
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
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