(March 1995)
EC,
1970 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 3.95 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- six times a year
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Barcode
- 070992340804 03
- Editing
- Nick Meglin (credited) (editor); John Ficarra (credited) (editor); Leonard Brenner (credited) (art director); Charlie Kadau (credited) (associate editor); Joe Raiola (credited) (associate editor); Andrew J. Schwartzberg (credited) (assistant editor); Amy Vozeolas (credited) (editorial assistant)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Cameron Eagle (signed)
- Inks
- Cameron Eagle (signed)
- Colors
- Cameron Eagle (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
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If Different Comedians Told the Same Joke
Gag Reflects Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Russ Cooper (credited)
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker (credited)
- Inks
- Mort Drucker (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Robin Williams; George Carlin; David Letterman; Rodney Dangerfield; Sam Kinison; Dana Carvey [as the Church Lady]; Yakov Smirnoff; Steven Wright
- Synopsis
- The old joke, "There’s a fly in my soup…", as it might be told by various comedians.
- Reprints
-
from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #289 (September 1989)
-
More American Jokes They're Telling in Poland
The Joke's on U.S. Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Frank Jacobs (credited)
- 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) #193 (September 1977)
-
Mad Switcheroos
From Bad to Reverse Dept. / activity / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #288 (July 1989)
-
Mad's Sure-Fire Cliche Killers
Put Your Funny Where Your Mouth Is Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Stan Hart (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- People respond to cliche observations of life with biting, satirical answers.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #171 (December 1974)
-
Mad's Do-It-Yourself Comedy Routine
Put Your Funny in the Blank Dept. / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #229 (March 1982)
-
You Know You're Really Overweight When...
Evaluating the Pound Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Jack Kent (credited)
- Pencils
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Inks
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Various examples of how to spot when you've let yourself go.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #128 (July 1969)
-
One Morning at Max's Novelty Shop
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Martin (signed)
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Maybe your novelties are the funniest in the world, Max... but I never buy anything without testing it first!!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man gets his comeuppance at a novelty shop.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #203 (December 1978)
-
The Mad Nasty Book
All Kidding a Snide Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Tom Koch (credited)
- Pencils
- Harry North (credited)
- Inks
- Harry North (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Frank Sinatra; Debbie Boone; Ronald Reagan; Barbara Walters; Fidel Castro; Walter Mondale; Bill Walton; Charlie's Angels; Queen Elizabeth; Ilie Nastase; Idi Amin; John Travolta
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #210 (October 1979) [1 page], #218 (October 1980) [1 page], #231 (June 1982) [1 page]
-
The Ten All-Time Greatest Legendary Practical Jokes
Pranks for the Memories Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Paul Peter Porges (credited)
- Pencils
- Paul Peter Porges (credited)
- Inks
- Paul Peter Porges (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #277 (March 1988)
-
More Same Words... Different Circumstances!
Just a Phrase We're Going Through Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- John Prete (credited)
- Pencils
- Rick Tulka (credited)
- Inks
- Rick Tulka (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #304 (July 1991)
-
You Know You Really Have a Problem When ...
Plight Gags Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Tom Koch (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Examples of signs that things might not be about to go your way.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #156 (January 1973)
-
Mad’s Big Ego Busters
Deflater Mouth Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #291 (December 1989)
-
Drama on Page 33
Drum Schtick Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- John Caldwell (credited)
- Pencils
- John Caldwell (credited)
- Inks
- John Caldwell (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #280 (July 1988) [retitled]
-
New Twists on Old Jokes
Quip-Change Artists Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Dennis Snee (credited)
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker (credited)
- Inks
- Mort Drucker (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- George Burns; Robin Williams; Whoopi Goldberg; Jay Leno; Yakov Smirnoff; others
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #314 (October 1992)
-
Mad's Updated Practical Joke Catalog
Pranks-Giving Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Al Jaffee (credited); Diane Riccobene (plot)
- Pencils
- Al Jaffee (credited)
- Inks
- Al Jaffee (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Devices to aid people in playing practical jokes on others.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #233 (September 1982)
-
Once Again in Front of a Novelty Shop
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Martin (signed)
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- There's more than one way to get someone with a lapel trick.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #138 (October 1970)
-
The Mad Guide to Sure-Fire Ad Lib Lines
Reply-in-the-face Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- John Ficarra (credited)
- Pencils
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Inks
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Multiple examples of possible quips for particular situational set-up lines.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #246 (April 1984)
-
Drama on Page 45
A Heavy Cough to Bear Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- John Caldwell (credited)
- Pencils
- John Caldwell (credited)
- Inks
- John Caldwell (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #298 (October 1990) [retitled]
-
Get a Life!!!!!!!
Taking a Schlep in the Right Direction Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Charlie Kadau (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #294 (April 1990)
-
Outside a Novelty Shop
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Don Martin (signed)
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man seeks a means of avenging a practical joke played on him.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #126 (April 1969)
-
Still More American Jokes They're Telling in Poland
The Joke's on U.S. Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Frank Jacobs (credited)
- Pencils
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Inks
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Jokes based on stereotypical behavior characteristics of Americans.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #226 (October 1981)
-
You Know There's Something Fishy When...
The Other Side of the Con Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Tom Koch (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Rickard (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Rickard (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Examples of how you can tell you're being conned or set up.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #167 (June 1974)
-
More Mad Switcheroos
From Bad to Reverse Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Geraldo Rivera; Jason Voorhees; Kermit the Frog; Miss Piggy
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #295 (June 1990)
-
Mad's Cliche Killers
Put Your Funny Where Your Mouth Is Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Stan Hart (credited)
- 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) #194 (October 1977)
-
One Fine Day Uptown
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Martin (signed)
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #231 (June 1982)
-
A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Comedy Club
Performing Laugh Rights Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Charlie Kadau (credited)
- Pencils
- Sam Viviano (credited)
- Inks
- Sam Viviano (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #283 (December 1988)
-
Late One Afternoon at the Warsaw Dike
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Martin (signed)
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man tries to plug a leak in a dam from the wrong side.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #184 (July 1976)
-
A "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" Smoking Confrontation
Mad Fold-In / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Al Jaffee (credited)
- Pencils
- Al Jaffee (credited)
- Inks
- Al Jaffee (credited)
- Colors
- Al Jaffee (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #295 (June 1990)
-
Indexer Notes
inside back cover
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Table of Contents
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1.
Departments
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2.
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Letters and Tomatoes with Special Sauce Dept. -
3.
If Different Comedians Told the Same Joke
Gag Reflects Dept. -
4.
More American Jokes They're Telling in Poland
The Joke's on U.S. Dept. -
5.
Mad Switcheroos
From Bad to Reverse Dept. -
6.
Mad's Sure-Fire Cliche Killers
Put Your Funny Where Your Mouth Is Dept. -
7.
Mad's Do-It-Yourself Comedy Routine
Put Your Funny in the Blank Dept. -
8.
You Know You're Really Overweight When...
Evaluating the Pound Dept. -
9.
One Morning at Max's Novelty Shop
Don Martin Dept. -
10.
The Mad Nasty Book
All Kidding a Snide Dept. -
11.
The Ten All-Time Greatest Legendary Practical Jokes
Pranks for the Memories Dept. -
12.
More Same Words... Different Circumstances!
Just a Phrase We're Going Through Dept. -
13.
You Know You Really Have a Problem When ...
Plight Gags Dept. -
14.
Mad’s Big Ego Busters
Deflater Mouth Dept. -
15.
Drama on Page 33
Drum Schtick Dept. -
16.
New Twists on Old Jokes
Quip-Change Artists Dept. -
17.
Mad's Updated Practical Joke Catalog
Pranks-Giving Dept. -
18.
Once Again in Front of a Novelty Shop
Don Martin Dept. -
19.
The Mad Guide to Sure-Fire Ad Lib Lines
Reply-in-the-face Dept. -
20.
Drama on Page 45
A Heavy Cough to Bear Dept. -
21.
Get a Life!!!!!!!
Taking a Schlep in the Right Direction Dept. -
22.
Outside a Novelty Shop
Don Martin Dept. -
23.
Still More American Jokes They're Telling in Poland
The Joke's on U.S. Dept. -
24.
You Know There's Something Fishy When...
The Other Side of the Con Dept. -
25.
More Mad Switcheroos
From Bad to Reverse Dept. -
26.
Mad's Cliche Killers
Put Your Funny Where Your Mouth Is Dept. -
27.
One Fine Day Uptown
Don Martin Dept. -
28.
A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Comedy Club
Performing Laugh Rights Dept. -
29.
Late One Afternoon at the Warsaw Dike
Don Martin Dept. -
30.
A "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" Smoking Confrontation
Mad Fold-In -
31.
Air Travel
Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions
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