Mad
#314
(October 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 10
- 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)
-
[no title indexed]
Mad / cover / 1 page
- Reprints
-
in MAD (Semic, 1976 series) #8/1992 - in Mad Presents Batman (EC, 2012 series) #1 (September 2012)
-
Buttman Returns
Bruce Wayne’s World Dept. / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Buttman; Neuman; Scatwoman [Saltina]; the Penicillin; Commissioner Boredom; Stimpy (cameo); the Jerker (cameo); Dennis the Menace (cameo); Snoopy (cameo); Charlie Brown (cameo); Pinocchio (cameo)
- Synopsis
- As the Penicillin ingratiates himself with the people of Gotham City, Saltina discovers her boss's corruption; he pushes her out the window, but she's revived by cats. As Scatwoman she attacks men, including Buttman, even though though they're attracted to each other; as Saltina, she also forms a relationship with Buttman's alter ego. Scatwoman and the corrupt boss are electrocuted, the Penicillin drowns. Buttman feels empty and unfulfilled; the Jerker reveals that he wrote this terrible screenplay so that Buttman will die of embarrassment.
- Reprints
- in MAD (Semic, 1976 series) #8/1992
- in Mad Batman Spectacular (EC, 1997 series) (July 1997)
- in Mad About Super Heroes (EC, 2002 series) #[1] (April 2002)
- in Mad about Super Heroes (Barnes & Noble Books, 2006 series) (2006)
- in Mad Presents Batman (EC, 2012 series) #1 (September 2012)
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- Keywords
- Batmobile; cat
Indexer Notes
Parodies the 1992 movie Batman Returns.
High-Tech Excuses for the 90’s
An Embarrassment of Richard’s Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
Drama on Page 16
Tales from the Script Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Terry Copeland
- Pencils
- John Caldwell (signed)
- Inks
- John Caldwell (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Why the 21st Century May Be Even Worse Than This One!
Doom with a View Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
Small But Significant Inventions of the Past
Behind the Create Ball Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #30 (April 2023)
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New Twists on Old Jokes
Quip-Change Artists Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- George Burns; Robin Williams; Whoopi Goldberg; Jay Leno; Yakov Smirnoff; others
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #102 (March 1995)
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The Lost Playground of Kids Your Parents Always Told You About But You’ve Never Seen Yourself!!!
Myth-Conceptions Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
A Spotter’s Guide to Trendy Groups of the 90’s
Massing Persons Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Spy vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; 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 White Spy turns the Black Spy's violin into a slingshot.
JFK Conspiracy Theories Oliver Stone Left on the Cutting Room Floor
Omissions Accomplished Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- 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 Lighter Side of…
Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Single entry strips satirizing how people deal with taste, shopping, appearances, revenge, technology, beating the system, merchandising, homework, presentation, children, memory, travel, the office, make believe, and doctors.
Mad Presents Selected Scenes from the Transylvania Mall
Little Shops of Horrors Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing)
- Pencils
- Jack Davis
- Inks
- Jack Davis
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #33 (October 2023)
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Basically, It Stinks
Romancing Ms. Stone Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- Michael Douglas [as Nurk Currant]; Sharon Stone [as Catty Tumble]; George Dzundza [as Gas]; Jeanne Tripplehorn [as Dr. Groaner]; Leilani Sarelle [as Racy]
Indexer Notes
Parody of the movie “Basic Instinct”.
A Mad Look at the Olympics
Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Reprints
Drama on Page 48
Shrink Rap Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- John Caldwell
- Pencils
- John Caldwell (signed)
- Inks
- John Caldwell (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
What Assumed Protector of Our Individual Rights Has Been a Stunning Disappointment?
Mad Fold-In / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Indexer Notes
inside back cover
America's Favorite Dictators!
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Dan Birtcher (credited)
- Pencils
- James Warhola (credited)
- Inks
- James Warhola (credited)
- Colors
- James Warhola (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Indexer Notes
On back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Mad -
1.
Buttman Returns
Bruce Wayne’s World Dept. -
2.
The Pump Idea in Other Products
All Jaffee Dept. -
3.
High-Tech Excuses for the 90’s
An Embarrassment of Richard’s Dept. -
4.
Drama on Page 16
Tales from the Script Dept. -
5.
Why the 21st Century May Be Even Worse Than This One!
Doom with a View Dept. -
6.
Small But Significant Inventions of the Past
Behind the Create Ball Dept. -
7.
New Twists on Old Jokes
Quip-Change Artists Dept. -
8.
The Lost Playground of Kids Your Parents Always Told You About But You’ve Never Seen Yourself!!!
Myth-Conceptions Dept. -
9.
A Spotter’s Guide to Trendy Groups of the 90’s
Massing Persons Dept. -
10.
Spy vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
11.
JFK Conspiracy Theories Oliver Stone Left on the Cutting Room Floor
Omissions Accomplished Dept. -
12.
The Lighter Side of…
Berg's-Eye View Dept. -
13.
Mad Presents Selected Scenes from the Transylvania Mall
Little Shops of Horrors Dept. -
14.
Basically, It Stinks
Romancing Ms. Stone Dept. -
15.
A Mad Look at the Olympics
Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] -
16.
Drama on Page 48
Shrink Rap Dept. -
17.
What Assumed Protector of Our Individual Rights Has Been a Stunning Disappointment?
Mad Fold-In -
18.
America's Favorite Dictators!
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