Mad
#87
(June 1964)
EC,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except February, May, August and November
- On-sale Date
- 1964-03-26
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Norman Mingo (signed)
- Inks
- Norman Mingo (signed)
- Colors
- Norman Mingo (signed)
- Reprints
-
in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #71 (März 1975) [redrawn]
-
Kids' Versions of Adult Films
Tot A-Okay Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Jack Lemmon; Lee Remick; Paul Newman; Jackie Gleason; Roy Scheider; Melina Mercouri; Jules Dassin
- Synopsis
- Serious dramatic films sanitized and altered to appeal to a pre-teen audience. Films parodied are "Days of Wine and Roses", "The Hustler", "Irma La Douce" (with an all funny animal cast), "Never on Sunday" and "Monte Cane".
At the Mask Store
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Merry mix-ups at a costume shop.
- Reprints
Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. / cartoon / 0 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
Watch That Price with the Asterisk
Who's Covering Up Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Al Jaffee
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Examples of advertised bargains with hidden costs concealed in the fine print.
- Reprints
-
in Hopping Mad (New American Library, 1969 series) #Q6291 (October 1969)
-
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- The Black Spy; The White Spy
- Synopsis
- The Black Spy tricks the White Spy into thinking he has a rodent problem.
TV Ads We'd Like to See
The Pause That Depresses Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Then current television commercials given satirical endings.
A Mad Look at the Circus
Grinding the Acts Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A satirical look at circus acts.
- Reprints
- in Hopping Mad (New American Library, 1969 series) #Q6291 (October 1969)
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #71 (März 1975)
- in Mad's Sergio Aragonés on Parade (Warner Books, 1982 series) #14 (September 1982)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #50 (Spring 1985)
-
Fake-Out Record Jackets
Stars in Your Buys Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Record album covers designed to make you think you're getting something you're not.
- Reprints
- in Hopping Mad (New American Library, 1969 series) #Q6291 (October 1969)
-
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- The Black Spy; The White Spy
- Synopsis
- The White Spy fools the Black Spy with a fake time bomb.
If Tax Forms Were Made Up by Psychiatrists
Bread-Shrinker Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- The 1040 form is redesigned by a psychiatrist.
The Lighter Side of Home Owners
Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- A satirical look at owning a home.
Ending on a Sour Note
Harper's Fury Dept. / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Inks
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Letters
- George Woodbridge
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A dead body objects to a bad blues singer.
The Great Cigarette Filter Tip War
Puff, the Tragic Draggin' Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Escalating examples of redesigned cigarette filter tips.
- Reprints
- in Hopping Mad (New American Library, 1969 series) #Q6291 (October 1969)
-
Pre-Recorded Phone Messages
If a Machine Answers, Hang Up Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Answering machine messages designed to discourage certain callers.
Mad Beastlies
Word Game Preserve Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Common words or phrases are given anthropomorphic embodiment.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #45 (Winter 1983), #50 (Spring 1985)
-
The Electrician
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man attempts to install a ceiling light fixture.
- Reprints
- in Hopping Mad (New American Library, 1969 series) #Q6291 (October 1969)
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #54 (Oktober 1973)
- in The Completely Mad Don Martin (Warner Books, 1974 series) (June 1974) which is reprinted
-
in De verste brølerne til Mad's Don Martin (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1974 series) (1974) - in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #42 (Spring 1983)
- in Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin (Running Press Book Publishers, 2014 series) (2014)
-
Angry
Act Your Rage Dept. / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Hart
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Inks
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A niche magazine for people with violent tempers.
An Evening in the City
Don Martin Dept. / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- People watch a marathon for rats.
- Reprints
Who Wants to Be President More than Anything?
Mad Fold-In / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Barry Goldwater; Nelson Rockefeller; Richard Nixon
- Synopsis
- Barry Goldwater and Nelson Rockefeller debate who should be the 1964 Republican nominee.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
What Have We Got Against Colds
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of Contact Cold Remedy print ads; The makers of Contact explain how well they profit off of illnesses prolonged by their ineffective product.
- 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)
- in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #31 (June 2023)
-
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Kids' Versions of Adult Films
Tot A-Okay Dept. -
2.
At the Mask Store
Don Martin Dept. -
3.
Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. -
4.
Watch That Price with the Asterisk
Who's Covering Up Dept. -
5.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
6.
TV Ads We'd Like to See
The Pause That Depresses Dept. -
7.
A Mad Look at the Circus
Grinding the Acts Dept. -
8.
Fake-Out Record Jackets
Stars in Your Buys Dept. -
9.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
10.
If Tax Forms Were Made Up by Psychiatrists
Bread-Shrinker Dept. -
11.
The Lighter Side of Home Owners
Berg's-Eye View Dept. -
12.
Ending on a Sour Note
Harper's Fury Dept. -
13.
The Great Cigarette Filter Tip War
Puff, the Tragic Draggin' Dept. -
14.
Pre-Recorded Phone Messages
If a Machine Answers, Hang Up Dept. -
15.
Mad Beastlies
Word Game Preserve Dept. -
16.
The Electrician
Don Martin Dept. -
17.
Angry
Act Your Rage Dept. -
18.
An Evening in the City
Don Martin Dept. -
19.
Who Wants to Be President More than Anything?
Mad Fold-In -
20.
What Have We Got Against Colds
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