Mad
#111
(June 1967)
EC,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except February, May, August and November
- On-sale Date
- 1967-03-21 ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1967 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Norman Mingo (signed)
- Inks
- Norman Mingo (signed)
- Colors
- Norman Mingo (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
Stokely and Tess
Esprit De Core Dept. / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Larry Siegel
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Martin Luther King; Stokely Carmichael; Muhammad Ali; Malcolm X; Dick Gregory; Sammy Davis Jr.; Adam Clayton Powell
- Synopsis
- The civil rights movement written to fit the musical play "Porgy And Bess".
One Evening at Home
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Martin
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A young boy watches worms multiply.
- Reprints
-
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) #66 (Spring 1989)
- in Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin (Running Press Book Publishers, 2014 series) (2014)
-
A Portfolio of Mad Placelies
Locale Color Dept. / illustration / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Names of places with the calligraphy of the name altered to reflect an aspect of that location.
- Reprints
-
in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #9 (1968)
-
Comic Strip Heroes Taken From Real Life
Famous Funnies Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Lyndon Johnson; Richard Burton; Elizabeth Taylor; Hugh Hefner; Charles De Gaulle; Bob Dylan; Liberace; Barbra Streisand; Ringo Starr; Muhammad Ali [as Cassius Clay]
- Synopsis
- Real life celebrities are turned into comic strip characters.
- Reprints
Where Our Tax Dollars Go
Acknowledge-Mint Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Lyndon Johnson
- Synopsis
- Examples of frivolous things the government spends money on.
Indexer Notes
Among the multiple names on a newly christened battleship are cartoonist Mell Lazarus and his creation, Miss Peach.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Antonio Prohías
- Pencils
- Antonio Prohías (signed)
- Inks
- Antonio Prohías (signed)
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- The Black Spy; The White Spy
- Synopsis
- The Black Spy suckers the White Spy into a rigged arm-wrestling match.
Outdoor Sports Indoors
Homebody-Building Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Methods of playing outdoor sports inside, since urban sprawl has eliminated going outside to play.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #38 (Spring 1982)
- in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #21 (October 2021)
-
The Rating
Poe-Mortem Dept. / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- An ode to the Nielsen Television Ratings, using the form of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven".
The Lighter Side of Relatives
Berg's Eye View Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- The trials and tribulations of coping with family.
- Reprints
- in Dave Berg's Mad Trash (Warner Books, 1977 series) (September 1977)
- in Dave Berg's Mad Trash (EC, 1981 series) (1981)
-
Fantastic Voyages Based on Everyday Experiences
Mini-Ha-Ha's Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Examples of people being miniaturized to deal with common household problems.
The Smartest Ape In Captivity
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Martin
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- Don Martin
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A zookeeper drops the key to the gorilla cage in front of one of the gorillas.
- Reprints
Mad Easter Bonnets Designed For Male Celebrities
Millinary Parade Dept. / photo story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lyndon Johnson; Dean Martin; Sandy Koufax; Robert McNamara; Muhammad Ali [as Cassius Clay]; Hugh Hefner; John Glenn; Fidel Castro; Bob Hope; Earl Warren; Wilt Chamberlain
- Synopsis
- Pictures of celebrities with items symbolizing their fame superimposed onto their heads like hats.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Antonio Prohías
- Pencils
- Antonio Prohías (signed)
- Inks
- Antonio Prohías (signed)
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- The Black Spy; The White Spy
- Synopsis
- The White Spy suckers the Black Spy with booby-trapped barbells.
The Mad Guide to Vanishing Human Types and Their Modern Replacements
Past and Unpleasant Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Elizabeth Wright Jr.
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge
- Inks
- George Woodbridge
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
Gambling In the Amazon
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Martin
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two headhunters engage in a gruesome shell game.
- Reprints
- 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) #45 (Winter 1983)
- in Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin (Running Press Book Publishers, 2014 series) (2014)
-
Why Spy?
Caustic Agents Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Robert Culp [as Kitty]; Bill Cosby [as Scoot]
- Synopsis
- In a parody of the television series "I Spy", two secret agents travel to Hong Kong undercover as tennis pros looking for a kidnapped atomic scientist/part-time swimsuit model.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #97 (Late Spring 1994)
-
What Deadly Killer Threatens Us All?
Mad Fold-In / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #9 (October 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
The Super-Drunk
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Irving Schild (photo)
- Inks
- Irving Schild (photo)
- Colors
- Irving Schild (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of Dewar's Scotch print ads; Parts of five alcoholics are combined into one super-alcoholic.
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Stokely and Tess
Esprit De Core Dept. -
2.
One Evening at Home
Don Martin Dept. -
3.
A Portfolio of Mad Placelies
Locale Color Dept. -
4.
Comic Strip Heroes Taken From Real Life
Famous Funnies Dept. -
5.
Where Our Tax Dollars Go
Acknowledge-Mint Dept. -
6.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
7.
Outdoor Sports Indoors
Homebody-Building Dept. -
8.
The Rating
Poe-Mortem Dept. -
9.
The Lighter Side of Relatives
Berg's Eye View Dept. -
10.
Fantastic Voyages Based on Everyday Experiences
Mini-Ha-Ha's Dept. -
11.
The Smartest Ape In Captivity
Don Martin Dept. -
12.
Mad Easter Bonnets Designed For Male Celebrities
Millinary Parade Dept. -
13.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
14.
The Mad Guide to Vanishing Human Types and Their Modern Replacements
Past and Unpleasant Dept. -
15.
Gambling In the Amazon
Don Martin Dept. -
16.
Why Spy?
Caustic Agents Dept. -
17.
What Deadly Killer Threatens Us All?
Mad Fold-In -
18.
The Super-Drunk
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