(Fall 1979)
EC,
1970 Series
- Price
- 1.25 USD
- Pages
- 120
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Barcode
- 709893408093
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (editor); Jerry De Fuccio (credited) (associate editor); Nick Meglin (credited) (associate editor)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman; Bill Elder (Robinson Crusoe, Resturant! and Shermlock Shomes figures); Wally Wood (Prince Violent figure); Jack Davis (Face Upon the Floor figure)
- Inks
- Harvey Kurtzman; Bill Elder (Robinson Crusoe, Resturant! and Shermlock Shomes figures); Wally Wood (Prince Violent figure); Jack Davis (Face Upon the Floor figure)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Figures around the cover in the center are from the various stories reprinted in the "Nostalgic Mad" section of this issue.
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Hoo-Hah... Hysteria Repeats Itself Again!
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Information about the reprint of Mad #7 included with this issue.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Nostalgic Mad #7
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed)
- Inks
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #4 (April-May 1953)
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Robinson Crusoe!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Bill Elder (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Elder (signed)
- Colors
- Marie Severin ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Robinson Crusoe; Joe Friday
- Synopsis
- Parody of the novel Robinson Crusoe.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #13 (July 1954)
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Prince Violent
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Prince Violent; Maid Alota; King Arthur
- Synopsis
- Prince Violent pursues Maid Alota, hacking many a foe before meeting her.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #13 (July 1954)
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Restaurant!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Sturdley; Mrs. Sturdley; Smurdley Sturdley; junior Sturdley; baby Sturdley
- Synopsis
- The deprivations the Sturdleys suffer at a typical Sunday restaurant outing.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #16 (October 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
The Face Upon the Floor!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jack Davis (plot); Hugh Antoine d'Arcy (original poem)
- Pencils
- Jack Davis; Basil Wolverton (final panel)
- Inks
- Jack Davis; Basil Wolverton (final panel)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- the vagabond
- Synopsis
- An illustration of D'Arcy poem.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #10 (April 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
This is the text of the famous poem accompanied by humorous illustrations. Notes that the original poem title is The Face Upon The Barroom Floor.
The Hound of the Basketballs!
Shermlock Shomes / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Shermlock Shomes; Dr. Whatsit; Arty Morty (cameo); Pru Basketball; Coolidge Basketball (corpse); the devil
- Synopsis
- Shermlock captures the hound that has cursed the Basketball family.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #16 (October 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
[Table of Contents]
table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Elder
- Inks
- Bill Elder
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Shermlock Shomes; Dr. Whatsit
Indexer Notes
Illustration is from the Sherlock Shomes story.
New Mad Packaging Designs for Some Old Familiar Products
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Packaging designs for everyday products.
The Castaway
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A castaway on a desert island makes a boat.
- Reprints
Angel of Misery Hospital Orientation Guidebook & Official Souvenir Program
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A guidebook to the Angel of Misery Hospital.
Mad's More Realistic City Monuments
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Humorous city monuments that fit each city.
The Towering Sterno
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dug Rivets; Dodger Summons; Fullip; Omolette
- Synopsis
- A satire of the movie “The Towering Inferno”.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #177 (September 1975)
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Don Martin Escapes ...From Prison... Almost!
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Humorous cartoons about prison escape attempts
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #176 (July 1975)
-
The Lighter Side of... Graduation
The Lighter Side / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Humorous cartoons about graduating from school.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #176 (July 1975)
-
[no title indexed]
Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- White Spy; Black Spy
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #178 (October 1975)
-
A Second Mad Collection of Extremely Thin Books
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Humorous book titles.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #174 (April 1975)
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Zappers that History Forgot
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Adolf Hitler; Herman Goering; Nero; Prince Edward; Abraham Lincoln; Winston Churchill; General MacArthur; Benjamin Franklin; John F. Kennedy; John Paul Jones
- Synopsis
- Humorous retorts to famous quotations.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #178 (October 1975)
-
In-Case-Of-Emergency Cards for Special People
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Frank Jacobs
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Humorous In-Case-of-Emergency cards for select people.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #176 (July 1975)
-
Future “No-Frills Air Travel” Gimmicks
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Humorous ways that airlines can save money.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #179 (December 1975)
-
U.S. Commemorative Stamps That We'll Never Get to See
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ed McMahon; Snoopy; Spiro T. Agnew
- Synopsis
- Comedic versions of special stamps.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #179 (December 1975)
-
One Saturday Morning in a Supermarket
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A lady at a supermarket.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #173 (March 1975)
-
The Mad “Good News-Bad News” Book
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The Good and Bad in some of life's situations.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #174 (April 1975)
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Publishers Closeout Sale
text story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gipe
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Ads for really boring books.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #176 (July 1975)
-
Mad's CIA Agent of the Year
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Lou Silverstone
- Pencils
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Inks
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Agent Wasp; Miss Byez
- Synopsis
- Miss Byez interviews a CIA agent.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #180 (January 1976)
-
[no title indexed]
Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- White Spy; Black Spy
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #173 (March 1975)
-
A Mad Look at Super Heroes
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Superman; Plastic Man; Batman; Wonder Woman; Captain Marvel; Flash; Captain America; Spider-Man; Green Lantern; Thor
- Synopsis
- Humorous situations involving superheroes.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #177 (September 1975)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #96 (Early Spring 1994)
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The Lighter Side of... Indoor and Outdoor Gardening
The Lighter Side / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Humorous observations on indoor and outdoor gardens.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #178 (October 1975)
-
Ripoff Cafe Accessories, Inc. Restaurant Supply Catalogue
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Humorous Restaurant items.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #180 (January 1976)
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Has Anybody Really Seen...
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sluggo; Mandrake; Dagwood Bumstead; Jiggs; Popeye; Dennis the Menace; Clark Kent
- Synopsis
- Examples of things seen in comics and comic strips that are never seen in real life.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #175 (June 1975)
-
Mad Devices Designed to Solve Our Smoker vs. Non-Smoker Problems
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Humorous devices to help smokers and non-smokers be in the same room together.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #177 (September 1975)
-
Professor Bleent and the Floon Beetle Expedition
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Professor Bleent finds a Floon Beetle.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #174 (April 1975)
-
What Special-Interest Group Is Benefiting Most from Our Jammed Courts?
Mad Fold-In / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Al Jaffee (credited)
- Pencils
- Al Jaffee (signed as Jaffee)
- Inks
- Al Jaffee (signed as Jaffee)
- Colors
- Al Jaffee
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #174 (April 1975)
-
- Keywords
- tennis
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover
Who Goes Up... Must Come Down!
Mad Mini-Poster / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Irving Schild (photograph)
- Inks
- Irving Schild (photograph)
- Colors
- Irving Schild (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #173 (March 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
back cover
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Hoo-Hah... Hysteria Repeats Itself Again!
-
2.
The Nostalgic Mad #7
-
3.
Robinson Crusoe!
-
4.
Prince Violent
-
5.
Restaurant!
-
6.
The Face Upon the Floor!
-
7.
The Hound of the Basketballs!
Shermlock Shomes -
8.
[Table of Contents]
-
9.
New Mad Packaging Designs for Some Old Familiar Products
-
10.
The Castaway
-
11.
Angel of Misery Hospital Orientation Guidebook & Official Souvenir Program
-
12.
Mad's Modernized Rebuses
-
13.
Mad's More Realistic City Monuments
-
14.
The Towering Sterno
-
15.
Don Martin Escapes ...From Prison... Almost!
-
16.
The Lighter Side of... Graduation
The Lighter Side -
17.
[no title indexed]
Spy vs. Spy -
18.
A Second Mad Collection of Extremely Thin Books
-
19.
Zappers that History Forgot
-
20.
In-Case-Of-Emergency Cards for Special People
-
21.
Future “No-Frills Air Travel” Gimmicks
-
22.
U.S. Commemorative Stamps That We'll Never Get to See
-
23.
One Saturday Morning in a Supermarket
-
24.
The Mad “Good News-Bad News” Book
-
25.
Publishers Closeout Sale
-
26.
Mad's CIA Agent of the Year
-
27.
[no title indexed]
Spy vs. Spy -
28.
A Mad Look at Super Heroes
-
29.
The Lighter Side of... Indoor and Outdoor Gardening
The Lighter Side -
30.
Ripoff Cafe Accessories, Inc. Restaurant Supply Catalogue
-
31.
Has Anybody Really Seen...
-
32.
Mad Devices Designed to Solve Our Smoker vs. Non-Smoker Problems
-
33.
Professor Bleent and the Floon Beetle Expedition
-
34.
What Special-Interest Group Is Benefiting Most from Our Jammed Courts?
Mad Fold-In -
35.
Who Goes Up... Must Come Down!
Mad Mini-Poster
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