Mad
#100
(January 1966)
EC,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly except February, May, August and November
- On-sale Date
- 1965-11-16 ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Future Broadway Musicals
Tune Up the Volume Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Gregory Peck [as Captain Ahab]; Dean Martin [as Sydney Carton]; Frank Sinatra [as Charles Darney]; Shirley MacLaine [as Lucie Manette]; Richard Burton [as Tarzan]; Elizabeth Taylor [as Jane Porter]
- Synopsis
- Famous novels and plays like Moby Dick, Julius Caesar, A Tale of Two Cities and Tarzan of the Apes are turned into Broadway Musicals.
- Reprints
-
in Polyunsaturated Mad (Paperback Library, 1971 series) #31 (64-702) (October 1971) which is reprinted - in Polyunsaturated Mad (Warner Books, 1974 series) #31 (86-179) (January 1976)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #85 (January 1993)
-
The Wonderful World of Repackaging
Living Off the Fad of the Land Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Making new consumer products out of old fad items, such as hula hoops and coon skin caps.
- Reprints
- in Polyunsaturated Mad (Paperback Library, 1971 series) #31 (64-702) (October 1971) which is reprinted
- in Polyunsaturated Mad (Warner Books, 1974 series) #31 (86-179) (January 1976)
-
Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. / cartoon / 0 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
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 fools the White Spy with a fake submarine.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #50 (Spring 1985)
-
The Nilson Family
Home-Sweet-Ho-Hum Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Hart
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Ozzie Nelson [as Oosie Nilson]; Harriet Nelson [as Harried Nilson]; Rick Nelson [as Ricketty Nilson]; David Nelson [as Divot Nilson]; Skip Young [as Whaley]
- Synopsis
- In a parody of the TV series "Ozzie and Harriet," the most boring, out of touch family in history is profiled.
- Reprints
- in Polyunsaturated Mad (Paperback Library, 1971 series) #31 (64-702) (October 1971) which is reprinted
- in Polyunsaturated Mad (Warner Books, 1974 series) #31 (86-179) (January 1976)
-
The Return of the Mad Beasties
Word Game Preserve Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Common terms are turned into anthropomorphized animals.
- Reprints
- in Polyunsaturated Mad (Paperback Library, 1971 series) #31 (64-702) (October 1971) which is reprinted
- in Polyunsaturated Mad (Warner Books, 1974 series) #31 (86-179) (January 1976)
-
The Lighter Side of Sleep
Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Sleep and sleeping patterns are satirized.
- Reprints
- in Polyunsaturated Mad (Paperback Library, 1971 series) #31 (64-702) (October 1971) which is reprinted
- in Polyunsaturated Mad (Warner Books, 1974 series) #31 (86-179) (January 1976)
-
What Is a Blind Date?
Every Dog Has It's Date Dept. / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Arnie Kogen contrasts the blind date with various less than desirable situations, while Sergio Aragones illustrates the article with various blind date disasters.
Shirley Finster's New York
Tour De Farce Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Shirley Finster
- Synopsis
- A woman conducts a tour of New York City and all of the odd characters who live there.
- Reprints
Mad's Puzzle Page
Lame-Brain Games Dept. / activity / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of comic book activity pages; Play games and solve puzzles that make no sense.
- Reprints
- in Polyunsaturated Mad (Paperback Library, 1971 series) #31 (64-702) (October 1971) which is reprinted
- in Polyunsaturated Mad (Warner Books, 1974 series) #31 (86-179) (January 1976)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #69 (Winter 1989)
- in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #34 (December 2023)
-
Indexer Notes
The caricature of Bob Hope in the bottom right corner of page 2 was a paste up done by Mort Drucker.
Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts
Behind the Odd-ball Dept. / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Parody of the Ripley's Believe It Or Not comic panel; More examples of odd people and unusual occurrences.
The Toy Manufacturer of the Year
Tots My Line Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Hart
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Chet Huntley [as Chet Hunkley]
- Synopsis
- A profile of a toy manufacturer who makes products of questionable quality.
- Reprints
-
from Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #4 (1967)
-
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 tricks the Black Spy with a rubber solution.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #50 (Spring 1985)
-
The Swan Song of a Modern Hiawatha
Poem of the Brave Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Hiawatha; Coach Kowalski
- Synopsis
- In a parody of the poem "The Song of Hiawatha," a native American gets lost on his journey to a southern college campus and is recruited to play football for a school in northern Minnesota.
Hack, Hack, Sweet Has-Been, or Whatever Happened to Good Taste?
Eight Old Tomatoes in that Itty Bitty Film Can Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Larry Siegel
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Olivia de Haviland [as Cousin Phoebe]; Bette Davis [as Bubby Jean]; Joan Crawford [as Honeybunch]; Talulah Bankhead [as Precious]; Barbara Stanwyck [as Poopy]; Mary Astor [as Kitchykoo]; Agnes Morehead [as Charlie]; Victor Buono [as Papa]; Joseph Cotton [as Selig]; Annette Funicello [as Olivia de Haviland]
- Synopsis
- In a parody of the "older actress slasher film" genre, a woman travels to a creepy mansion and meets the odd people who live with her odder cousin.
- Reprints
- in Polyunsaturated Mad (Paperback Library, 1971 series) #31 (64-702) (October 1971) which is reprinted
- in Polyunsaturated Mad (Warner Books, 1974 series) #31 (86-179) (January 1976)
-
On the Subway
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man has a unique way to combat subway muggers.
- Reprints
- in The Ridiculously Expensive Mad (The World Publishing Company, 1969 series) (October 1969)
- in Polyunsaturated Mad (Paperback Library, 1971 series) #31 (64-702) (October 1971) which is reprinted
- in Polyunsaturated Mad (Warner Books, 1974 series) #31 (86-179) (January 1976)
- 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)
-
A Vital Message From the Staff of Mad
Mad Fold-In / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A special wish from the Mad magazine staff.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
The Replacement
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Edwing
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Colors
- Bob Clarke
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A lighthouse with a burned out lamp is replaced.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #85 (January 1993)
-
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Mad Proudly Presents Its 100th Issue
-
1.
Future Broadway Musicals
Tune Up the Volume Dept. -
2.
The Wonderful World of Repackaging
Living Off the Fad of the Land Dept. -
3.
Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. -
4.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
5.
The Nilson Family
Home-Sweet-Ho-Hum Dept. -
6.
The Return of the Mad Beasties
Word Game Preserve Dept. -
7.
The Lighter Side of Sleep
Berg's-Eye View Dept. -
8.
What Is a Blind Date?
Every Dog Has It's Date Dept. -
9.
Shirley Finster's New York
Tour De Farce Dept. -
10.
Mad's Puzzle Page
Lame-Brain Games Dept. -
11.
Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts
Behind the Odd-ball Dept. -
12.
The Toy Manufacturer of the Year
Tots My Line Dept. -
13.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
14.
The Swan Song of a Modern Hiawatha
Poem of the Brave Dept. -
15.
Hack, Hack, Sweet Has-Been, or Whatever Happened to Good Taste?
Eight Old Tomatoes in that Itty Bitty Film Can Dept. -
16.
On the Subway
Don Martin Dept. -
17.
A Vital Message From the Staff of Mad
Mad Fold-In -
18.
The Replacement
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- mcomics
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Steve Coates
- Igor Dybzinski
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
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