Five famous comic strip creators lampoon the strips of other creators (0.7 page each):
Schulz spoofing himself (kind of)
Kelly spoofing "Miss Peach"
Ernst and Saunders spoofing "Peanuts"
Walker spoofing "the Heart of Juliet Jones"
Lazarus spoofing "Steve Canyon"

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

Script: Antonio Prohías (signed as A Prohias)
Pencils: Antonio Prohías (signed as A Prohias)
Inks: Antonio Prohías (signed as A Prohias)

Genre: humor; spy
Characters: Black Spy; White Spy

A Flee Circus Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script: Stan Hart (credited)
Pencils: Mort Drucker (credited)
Inks: Mort Drucker (credited)
Letters: typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Characters

Dr. Richard Thimble; a local police chief and his daughter; Adolf Hitler (cameo); the head of the Olympic Committee; the man looking for Richard Thimble for weeks; a one-armed man

Reprints

in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #3 (1967)
in Mad for Decades (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2007 series) (2007)

Indexer Notes

Spoof of tv series "The Fugitive"

Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Don Martin (credited)
Pencils: Don Martin (credited)
Inks: Don Martin (credited)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor

Reprints

in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #3 (1967)
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #42 (Spring 1983)

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

Script: Al Jaffee (credited)
Pencils: Al Jaffee (credited)
Inks: Al Jaffee (credited)
Letters: typeset

Genre: satire-parody; humor

Indexer Notes

A MAD fold-in

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Lester Krauss (photograph)
Inks: Lester Krauss (photograph)
Colors: Lester Krauss (photograph)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That's right, Operator! Long Distance – Person-to-Person to Arnold Finster -

Genre

satire-parody

Reprints

in The Ridiculously Expensive Mad (The World Publishing Company, 1969 series) (October 1969)
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #40 (Fall 1982)

Indexer Notes

Spoof advertisement for a fictional telephone company (Bilked Telephone System). Illustration is a color photography.

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Related Scans

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Series Information

Table of Contents

1. Have Yourself a Political Party
2. [no title indexed]
3. Lose Your Self-Control
4. [no title indexed]
5. Why Kill Yourself?
6. When the Cigarette Industry Fights Back
They’ll See Us Inhale Dept.
7. Another MAD Peek Through the Microscope
Microfolk Dept.
8. The MAD Academy Awards for Parents
Old Folks at Ham Dept.
9. Alone in a Washroom for the First Time
Don Martin Dept.
10. The MAD Drive-in Movie Primer
Car Watch Dept.
11. The Lighter Side of Water Sports
Berg's-Eye View Dept.
12. The Sights and Sounds of the U.S.A.: Hollywood, California
Talk of the Town Dept.
13. World's Fair Pavilions We'd Really Like to See
Fair Grounds for Comment Dept.
14. [The Garden Swing]
Spy vs. Spy
15. The MAD Guide to Power Boating
Oy-Vay All Boats Dept.
16. One Fine Evening in Lovers' Lane
Don Martin Dept.
17. Comic Strips They'd Really Like to Do
Strip Teasers Dept.
18. [The French Disconnection]
Spy vs. Spy
19. The Phewgitive
A Flee Circus Dept.
20. The Private Eye
Don Martin Dept.
21. The One Sure Thing We'll All Get Out of Our Moon Shot
Mad Fold-In
22. ["That's right, Operator! Long Distance – Person-to-Person to Arnold Finster -"]

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Pat Conolly
Peter Croome
Katy Hayhurst
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Mad #89 [25¢] (September 1964)

Issue Notes

Have Yourself a Political Party (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Lose Your Self-Control (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.7 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Why Kill Yourself? (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.3 page (report information)

When the Cigarette Industry Fights Back (Table of Contents: 6)

They’ll See Us Inhale Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Another MAD Peek Through the Microscope (Table of Contents: 7)

Microfolk Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

The MAD Academy Awards for Parents (Table of Contents: 8)

Old Folks at Ham Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Alone in a Washroom for the First Time (Table of Contents: 9)

Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

The MAD Drive-in Movie Primer (Table of Contents: 10)

Car Watch Dept. / text story / 3 pages (report information)

The Lighter Side of Water Sports (Table of Contents: 11)

Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

The Sights and Sounds of the U.S.A.: Hollywood, California (Table of Contents: 12)

Talk of the Town Dept. / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

World's Fair Pavilions We'd Really Like to See (Table of Contents: 13)

Fair Grounds for Comment Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

[The Garden Swing] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

The MAD Guide to Power Boating (Table of Contents: 15)

Oy-Vay All Boats Dept. / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

One Fine Evening in Lovers' Lane (Table of Contents: 16)

Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Comic Strips They'd Really Like to Do (Table of Contents: 17)

Strip Teasers Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

[The French Disconnection] (Table of Contents: 18)

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

The Phewgitive (Table of Contents: 19)

A Flee Circus Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

The Private Eye (Table of Contents: 20)

Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

The One Sure Thing We'll All Get Out of Our Moon Shot (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Indexer Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Mad #89 [25¢]

(September 1964)