Mad
#108
(January 1967)
EC,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except February, May, August and November
- On-sale Date
- 1966-11-15 ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[Express Santa]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Norman Mingo (signed)
- Inks
- Norman Mingo (signed)
- Colors
- Norman Mingo (signed)
- Letters
- Norman Mingo
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
[no title indexed]
Letters Dept. / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Jerry De Fuccio ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Among the letters is one from actor Bob Crane of the series "Hogan's Heroes", signed as "Col. Hogan", warning against doing a parody of the show. It is accompanied by a photo of Crane and fellow actor John Banner reading a copy of Mad.
Hokum's Heroes
Mein "Kamp" Humor Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Bob Crane [as Col. Robert Hokum]; John Banner [as Sgt. Schlitz]; Werner Klemperer [as Commandant Klunk]; Sigrid Valdis [as Olga]; Dwight Eisenhower; Adolf Hitler
- Synopsis
- Parody of the TV show "Hogan's Heroes"; the head officer of the prisoners in a Nazi prison camp can't enjoy all of the secret benefits of the camp because he is worried about the future.
- Reprints
-
in The Rip Off Mad (Warner Books, 1973 series) #34 (74-252) (April 1973) - in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #34 (Spring 1981)
- in Mad for Decades (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2007 series) (2007)
-
Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. / cartoon / 0 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
Another Visit with a Sculptor
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Martin
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A sculptor finishes his masterpiece.
- Reprints
Christmas Cards We'd Like to See
Seasoned Greetings Dept. / photo story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Liberace
- Synopsis
- Christmas cards that use contemporary urban scenery and celebrities rather than traditional fare.
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 uses a party favor to steal secret plans.
- Reprints
- in The Rip Off Mad (Warner Books, 1973 series) #34 (74-252) (April 1973)
-
More Snappy Answers to Those Old Cliches
Put Your Funny Where Your Mouth Is Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Stan Hart
- Pencils
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Inks
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Sarcastic responses to time worn holiday season situations.
- Reprints
- in The Rip Off Mad (Warner Books, 1973 series) #34 (74-252) (April 1973)
-
Ads for Other 1967 Vehicles
Status Quotes Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Consumer advertisements for non-consumer vehicles.
A Portfolio of Mad Namelies
Hah-Moniker Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Names of famous people with objects representing what they are famous for replacing certain letters.
- Reprints
- in The Rip Off Mad (Warner Books, 1973 series) #34 (74-252) (April 1973)
-
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 fakes out the Black Spy with a boomerang.
What is a B.M.O.C.?
Summa Cum Loudmouth Dept. / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Examination of what makes a student the "Big Man on Campus".
Telephone Solicitors
National Hang-Up Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Ideas on how to combat telephone solicitors.
- Reprints
- in The Rip Off Mad (Warner Books, 1973 series) #34 (74-252) (April 1973)
-
A Mad Shopping Guide for Gifts for Finks
Gift Till It Hurts Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Examples of gifts you can give to people you don't really like.
The Lighter Side of Mail
Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Examples of human failings and frailties related to the postal service.
Football as Covered by Other Publications
Punt of View Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Football stories written for non-sports niche magazines.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #85 (January 1993)
-
The Sound of Money
Baiting the Trapps Dept. / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Hart
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Julie Andrews [as Mitzia]; Peggy Wood [as Mother Obsess]; Christopher Plummer [as Captain Von Tripe]; Eleanor Parker [as The Countess]
- Synopsis
- Parody of the film "The Sound Of Music"; a failed novitiate becomes a governess for the children of a Baron and they fall in love amid some really bad songs.
- Reprints
- in The Rip Off Mad (Warner Books, 1973 series) #34 (74-252) (April 1973)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #30 (Spring 1980)
-
Once Again in the Laboratory
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Martin
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A formula doesn't work as a chemist anticipates.
- Reprints
- in The Rip Off Mad (Warner Books, 1973 series) #34 (74-252) (April 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 (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #90 (October 1976)
-
A Christmas Message from Santa Claus
Mad Fold-In / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Mad questions the reader's maturity.
- Reprints
- in Norsk Mad (Semic, 1981 series) #4/1981 ([november] 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
The Day No One was Left Up to Get Him a Grant's
Mad's Great Moments in Advertising / photo story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Irving Schild (photo)
- Inks
- Irving Schild (photo)
- Colors
- Irving Schild (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Parody of Grant's Whiskey print ads; No one can pour you a Grant's if they're all in an alcohol induced coma.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[Express Santa]
-
1.
[Mad subscription offer]
-
2.
[no title indexed]
Letters Dept. -
3.
Hokum's Heroes
Mein "Kamp" Humor Dept. -
4.
Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. -
5.
Another Visit with a Sculptor
Don Martin Dept. -
6.
Christmas Cards We'd Like to See
Seasoned Greetings Dept. -
7.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
8.
More Snappy Answers to Those Old Cliches
Put Your Funny Where Your Mouth Is Dept. -
9.
Ads for Other 1967 Vehicles
Status Quotes Dept. -
10.
A Portfolio of Mad Namelies
Hah-Moniker Dept. -
11.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
12.
What is a B.M.O.C.?
Summa Cum Loudmouth Dept. -
13.
Telephone Solicitors
National Hang-Up Dept. -
14.
A Mad Shopping Guide for Gifts for Finks
Gift Till It Hurts Dept. -
15.
The Lighter Side of Mail
Berg's-Eye View Dept. -
16.
Football as Covered by Other Publications
Punt of View Dept. -
17.
The Sound of Money
Baiting the Trapps Dept. -
18.
Once Again in the Laboratory
Don Martin Dept. -
19.
A Christmas Message from Santa Claus
Mad Fold-In -
20.
The Day No One was Left Up to Get Him a Grant's
Mad's Great Moments in Advertising
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- mcomics
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- Igor Dybzinski
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
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