(1978)
EC,
1970 Series
- Price
- 1.25 USD
- Pages
- 86
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Barcode
- 709893408027
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (editor)
Issue Notes
Most items in this issue are reprints, but the issue states there are 16 pages of previously unpublished material.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Norman Mingo (sourced) (painting)
- Inks
- Norman Mingo (sourced) (painting)
- Colors
- Norman Mingo (sourced) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
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A Mind-Blowing Incident
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man blow-drying his hair is mistaken for a man with a gun.
- Reprints
-
from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #171 (December 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Mad Plan for Foiling Obnoxious Sales and Business People
Pitch Switch Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Six examples of how to deal with obnoxious salespeople.
- Reprints
-
in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #130 (Februar 1980)
-
Labor Pains
Our Capitalist Schtick Society Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Cartoons highlighting the difference between management and labor in the workforce.
Citizen's Arrests
Short Arm of the Law Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Humorous citizen's arrests for normal everyday happenings.
Public Service Announcements We Really Need
TV Freebies Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- President Richard Nixon; Bubba Nerdnoy; Eddie Albert; Jack Webb; Sonny Bono; Jerry Van Dyke
- Synopsis
- Humorous public service announcements.
Civil Service Exams
Tests for the Testy Dept. / text story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Fake Civil Service exams.
- Reprints
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #123 (Juli 1979)
-
8 "James Bomb" Bomb Movies
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Parody of 8 James Bond films.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #165 (March 1974)
-
The Mad Crisis Primer
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Stan Hart
- Pencils
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Inks
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #171 (December 1974)
-
One Day on a Tennis Court
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two men play tennis.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #168 (July 1974)
-
Mad Shock-Sticks
illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
Indexer Notes
Page introducing the insert that is indexed in the next sequence.
[Mad Shock-Sticks]
insert or dust jacket / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Page count unknown (missing from indexers issue).
Stickers with wacky Mad type sayings on them.
Mad's "Singles Only" Resort Owner of the Year
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mark Spritz; Mr. Randolph Ripoff
- Synopsis
- Mark Spritz interviews the owner of a singles resort.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #170 (October 1974)
-
[no title indexed]
Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- White Spy; Black Spy
- Synopsis
- Black Spy tricks the White Spy with a cake with a file in it.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #166 (April 1974)
-
Unavoidable Exercises for the Urban Dweller
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A look at hectic life and the exercise people get everyday on a big city street.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #165 (March 1974)
-
The Lighter Side of... Cold Weather
The Lighter Side / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #165 (March 1974)
-
At "The National Association of Professional Glass-Eaters" Banquet
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #67 (November 1974)
-
A Downer Is
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Lou Silverstone
- Pencils
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Inks
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #172 (January 1975)
-
Eat Out and Lose Weight!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- How to eat out and still lose weight.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #166 (April 1974)
-
The Six Million Dollars, Man!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lee Majors [as Steel Awesome]; Richard Anderson [as Roscoe]; Bobby Riggs; Otto Preminger [as Werner Won Ton]; Martin Balsam [as Dr. Balsawood]
- Synopsis
- In a parody of the TV series "The Six Million Dollar Man," an astronaut injured in an accident is given bionic implants and must rescue the surgeon who implanted them from his Soviet abductors.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #172 (January 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Parody of the TV show Six Million Dollar Man.
Mad Solutions to Big City Doggie-Do Problems
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Humorous ways to pick up after your dog in the city.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #172 (January 1975)
-
One Day in a Run-Down Shack
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An inventor invents the first bullet-proof vest.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #171 (December 1974)
-
The Lighter Side of... the High Cost of Living
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #169 (September 1974)
-
1974 Hospital Supply Catalogue
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Humorous hospital supplies.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #170 (October 1974)
-
Bluff That Mugger!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Humorous ways to bluff a mugger.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #172 (January 1975)
-
The Zing
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Paul Newman [as Henry Goniff]; Robert Redford [as Johnny Looker]; Robert Shaw [as Dull Irishman]; Charles Durning [as Lt. Snide]; Robert Earl Jones [as Lothar]; Eileen Brennan [as Billie]; Dana Elcar [as Agent Poke]
- Synopsis
- In a parody of the film "The Sting," two con men run an elaborate con on a crime boss in retaliation for the killing of one of the men's partner.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #171 (December 1974)
-
One Day in the Patent Office
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #169 (September 1974)
-
[no title indexed]
Mad Fold-In / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #170 (October 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
[no title indexed]
Another Mad Mini-Poster / illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Santa Clause
- Synopsis
- Santa writes Virginia a letter explaining that with the cost of living there is no Santa Claus this year.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #172 (January 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
A Mind-Blowing Incident
-
2.
[no title indexed]
-
3.
The Mad Plan for Foiling Obnoxious Sales and Business People
Pitch Switch Dept. -
4.
Labor Pains
Our Capitalist Schtick Society Dept. -
5.
Citizen's Arrests
Short Arm of the Law Dept. -
6.
Public Service Announcements We Really Need
TV Freebies Dept. -
7.
Civil Service Exams
Tests for the Testy Dept. -
8.
8 "James Bomb" Bomb Movies
-
9.
The Mad Crisis Primer
-
10.
One Day on a Tennis Court
-
11.
Mad Shock-Sticks
-
12.
[Mad Shock-Sticks]
-
13.
Mad's "Singles Only" Resort Owner of the Year
-
14.
[no title indexed]
Spy vs. Spy -
15.
Unavoidable Exercises for the Urban Dweller
-
16.
The Lighter Side of... Cold Weather
The Lighter Side -
17.
At "The National Association of Professional Glass-Eaters" Banquet
-
18.
A Downer Is
-
19.
Eat Out and Lose Weight!
-
20.
The Six Million Dollars, Man!
-
21.
Mad Solutions to Big City Doggie-Do Problems
-
22.
One Day in a Run-Down Shack
-
23.
The Lighter Side of... the High Cost of Living
-
24.
1974 Hospital Supply Catalogue
-
25.
Bluff That Mugger!
-
26.
The Zing
-
27.
One Day in the Patent Office
-
28.
[no title indexed]
Mad Fold-In -
29.
[no title indexed]
Another Mad Mini-Poster
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