Mad
#68
(January 1962)
EC,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except for February, May, August and November
- On-sale Date
- 1961-11-09 ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications, Inc.
- Editing
- Al Feldstein
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
in 
Who Put the Men in Mental Breakdown?
photo story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of Alpine cigarette print ads; An Alpine cigarette can ease the irritating effects of constant bombardment from television cigarette ads.
- Reprints
-
in The Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #6 (1963)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Midnight TV Roulette
Channel Crossing Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Jack Paar; Hugh Downs; Cliff Arquette [as Charley Weaver]; Joey Bishop; Genevieve Bujold; Boris Karloff; Peter Cushing; Christopher Lee; Bela Lugosi; Lawrence Olivier
- Synopsis
- A viewer surfs between the three options on late night television: "Hamlet", a monster movie or The Tonight Show with Jack Paar.
The Appointment
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man races to make an appointment, but every means of transportation he uses breaks in half.
- Reprints
- in More Trash from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #7 (1964)
-
If Stars Had Ordinary Jobs
What Never Happened To Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Groucho Marx; Art Linkletter; Mitch Miller; Chet Huntley; David Brinkley; Boris Karloff; Ed Sullivan
- Synopsis
- If celebrities had never become celebrities.
A Mad Look at Christmas
The Claus That Depresses Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Series of Christmas-based humorous situations.
- Reprints
- in Mad Follies (EC, 1963 series) #1 (1963)
- in Dave Berg's Mad Trash (Warner Books, 1977 series) (September 1977)
- in Dave Berg's Mad Trash (EC, 1981 series) (1981)
-
Celebrities' Wallets
8-Ball in the Extreme Right Pocket Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Barry Goldwater; Joseph McCarthy
- Synopsis
- A peek in Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater's wallet.
- Reprints
- in Mad Follies (EC, 1963 series) #1 (1963)
-
Inspirational Poems By, For and About the Nation's Building Men
The House That Jerk Built Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Famous poems altered to appeal to the construction industry.
The Comic Strip Characters' Christmas Party
Never On Sunday-Pages Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Mr. Dithers; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Moonbeam McSwine; Dick Tracy; Hi Flagston; Lois Flagston; Joe Palooka; Steve Roper; Smitty; Archie Andrews; Ponytail; Tarzan; Minnie Mouse; Donald Duck; Gran'ma; Pigpen; Smokey Stover; Lucy Van Pelt; Sweetpea; Schroeder; Popeye; The Saint; Daddy Warbucks; Little Orphan Annie; Sandy; Moon Mullins; Charlie Brown; Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; Steve Canyon; Terry Lee; The Little King; Henry; Ferd'nand; Fearless Fosdick; Li'l Abner; Prince Valiant; Diana Palmer; The Phantom; Mandrake the Magician; Loathar; Nancy; Jeff; Alley Oop; Felix the Cat; Mary Worth; B.C.; The Lone Ranger; Summer Smith Olsen; Snoopy; Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Junior Tracy; Mr. Magoo; Miss Peach; Mark Trail; Rip Kirby; Dondi; Gravel Gertie
- Synopsis
- Various comic strip characters meet for a Christmas party.
- Reprints
- in Mad Follies (EC, 1963 series) #1 (1963)
- in The Menomonee Falls Gazette (Street Enterprises, 1971 series) #2 (December 20, 1971)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #36 (Fall 1981)
- in Mad about Comic Strips (EC, 2003 series) (2003)
-
in Fantomet (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #1/2009 ([5. januar] 2009)
-
Beer Ad
Ad Libs Dept. / photo story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of magazine beer ads.
- Reprints
- in Mad Follies (EC, 1963 series) #1 (1963)
-
Mad's Handy Guide to Languages of the U.S.A.
Watch My Line Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Interpretations of slang terms endemic to various professions.
- Reprints
-
in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #84 (April 1976)
-
Tovarich
Nyets to You Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A Soviet-style military officer plays cruel tricks on people.
Indexer Notes
These are reprints of some of Antonio Prohias's anti-communist cartoons which ran in the Cuban newspaper Prensa Libre.
College Fraternities
Sorority, Wrong Number Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Examples of people stretching the truth.
The Truth About Secret Ingredients
Elements of Surprise Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Two Soviet scientists combine the "secret ingredients" in various household products into an efficient rocket fuel.
- Reprints
- in The Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #6 (1963)
-
What Do You Do For a Living, Daddy?
Pop's Concert Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Various fathers try to explain their jobs to their children.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Mad Publisher William Gaines has a cameo as one of the fathers.
The Escalator
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An overweight woman attempts to ride a narrow escalator.
- Reprints
- in The Completely Mad Don Martin (Warner Books, 1974 series) (June 1974) which is reprinted
-
The Guns of Minestrone
All Hellas Breaks Loose Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Gregory Peck; David Niven; Anthony Quayle; Anthony Quinn; Irene Papas; James Darren
- Synopsis
- Parody of the film "The Guns of Navarone".
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Kelly Freas (signed)
- Inks
- Kelly Freas (signed)
- Colors
- Kelly Freas (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Glass Bottles
- Synopsis
- Parody of milk print ads.
- Reprints
- in The Worst from MAD (EC, 1958 series) #6 (1963)
-
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Season's Greetings from Mad
-
1.
Who Put the Men in Mental Breakdown?
-
2.
Midnight TV Roulette
Channel Crossing Dept. -
3.
The Appointment
Don Martin Dept. -
4.
If Stars Had Ordinary Jobs
What Never Happened To Dept. -
5.
A Mad Look at Christmas
The Claus That Depresses Dept. -
6.
Celebrities' Wallets
8-Ball in the Extreme Right Pocket Dept. -
7.
Inspirational Poems By, For and About the Nation's Building Men
The House That Jerk Built Dept. -
8.
The Comic Strip Characters' Christmas Party
Never On Sunday-Pages Dept. -
9.
Beer Ad
Ad Libs Dept. -
10.
Mad's Handy Guide to Languages of the U.S.A.
Watch My Line Dept. -
11.
Tovarich
Nyets to You Dept. -
12.
College Fraternities
Sorority, Wrong Number Dept. -
13.
The Truth About Secret Ingredients
Elements of Surprise Dept. -
14.
What Do You Do For a Living, Daddy?
Pop's Concert Dept. -
15.
The Escalator
Don Martin Dept. -
16.
The Guns of Minestrone
All Hellas Breaks Loose Dept. -
17.
["Glass Bottles"]
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