Mad
#144
(July 1971)
EC,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.40 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except February, May, August and November
- On-sale Date
- 1971-05-18
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (credited) (editor); Jerry De Fuccio (credited) (associate editor); Nick Meglin (credited) (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Mad - Buy It...or Leave It
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Norman Mingo (signed)
- Inks
- Norman Mingo (signed)
- Colors
- Norman Mingo (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
Why Not Have the Next Issue Sent Directly to Your Home?
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Paul Coker
- Inks
- Paul Coker
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Rapunzel has her subscription copy of Mad delivered directly to her castle.
Schmoe
Hippie Hunting Ground Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Larry Siegel
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Peter Boyle [as Schmoe Curran]; Susan Sarandon [as Melistlist Compost]; Patrick McDermott [as Hank]; Dennis Patrick [as Bull Compost]; K. Callan [as Mrs. Curran]; Audrey Caire [as Mrs. Compost]
- Synopsis
- In a parody of the film "Joe," an upper class father murders the drug addict boyfriend of his daughter, then teams up with a borderline psychotic construction worker to search the city's counterculture hangouts for his missing daughter.
- Reprints
Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. / cartoon / 0 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
The Mad Non-Smoker's Hate Book
Where There's Smoke, There's Ire Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Examples of how inconsiderate smokers annoy people who don't smoke.
- Reprints
-
in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #31 (1971) -
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #17 (1975), #69 (Winter 1989)
-
New Movie Monsters From the Medical World
Medi-Scare Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Horror film plots based on modern hospital practices.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #17 (1975)
- in Mad Overboard (Warner Books, 1978 series) #86-615 (February 1978)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #30 (Spring 1980)
-
[The Air Show]
Hawks and Doves / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Major Hawks; Private Doves
- Synopsis
- Private Doves alters the flight plan of a military air show to promote his peace message.
The Lighter Side of Sound Equipment
Berg's Eye View Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Satire of society's obsession with radios, record players and stereo speakers.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #17 (1975)
- in Swinging Mad (Warner Books, 1977 series) #86-352 (46) (October 1977)
-
One Afternoon at the Beach
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Martin
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman folds up her compactable beach equipment.
Make Love - - Not War
Mad Mini-Poster Dept. / photo story / 2 pages
- Script
- Max Brandel
- Pencils
- ? (photo)
- Inks
- ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Two photos are juxtaposed against a photo of the White House to convey a message visually.
A Collection of Mad X Ray-vings
Everything's Coming Up Sub Rosa Dept. / cartoon / 2 pages
- Script
- Don Edwing
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- The reality behind closed doors is revealed in a series of illustrations for ironic effect.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #18 (1975)
- in Mad Overboard (Warner Books, 1978 series) #86-615 (February 1978)
-
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Antonio ProhÃas
- Pencils
- Antonio ProhÃas (signed)
- Inks
- Antonio ProhÃas (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- The Black Spy; The White Spy
- Synopsis
- The White Spy wears an odd contraption involving a microphone and a toilet.
The F.I.B.
Forced-Feds Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick DeBartolo
- Pencils
- Angelo Torres (signed)
- Inks
- Angelo Torres (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr. [as Lucas Oilyskin]; Philip Abbott [as Authority Word]; William Reynolds [as Tame Coldly]
- Synopsis
- In a parody of the TV series "The F.B.I.," two F.B.I. agents track down diamond thieves while making sure that the products of the show's sponsor are prominently displayed.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #16 (1975)
- in Swinging Mad (Warner Books, 1977 series) #86-352 (46) (October 1977)
-
Modern Art
Hung Up Dept. / photo story / 1 page
- Script
- Max Brandel
- Pencils
- Irving Schild (photo)
- Inks
- Irving Schild (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An art gallery patron is perplexed by one of the paintings displayed.
- Reprints
TV... as Viewed by the Animal World
Zoo's View Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A television screen is displayed from the point of view of different types of animals.
- Reprints
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #31 (1971)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #17 (1975), #48 (Fall 1984)
- in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #12 (April 2020)
-
A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Recording Studio
Inside-Ouch Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Earle Doud (credited as Chauncy Earle Doud)
- Pencils
- Jack Davis
- Inks
- Jack Davis
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A look at the behind closed doors antics at a commercial recording studio.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #18 (1975) which is reprinted
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #37 (Mai 1972)
-
One Hot Summer Morning
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Martin
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman stops her husband from snoring.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #18 (1975)
- in Swinging Mad (Warner Books, 1977 series) #86-352 (46) (October 1977)
-
Incredible Occult Magazine
Seer-Suckers Dept. / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A niche magazine dedicated to documenting supernatural occurrences.
- Reprints
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #31 (1971)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #16 (1975)
- in Swinging Mad (Warner Books, 1977 series) #86-352 (46) (October 1977)
- in A Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] (EC, 1984 series) (March 1984)
-
The American Tourists in a Tokyo Restaurant
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Martin
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two American tourists comply with the Japanese custom of removing one's shoes before entering.
- Reprints
What Deadly Missions Are More and More Servicemen Voluntarily Going on?
Mad Fold-In / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Missions in Vietnam are becoming more and more focused on non-military objectives.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
The Morning Delivery
A Scene We'd Hate to See / photo story / 1 page
- Script
- Max Brandel
- Pencils
- Irving Schild (photo)
- Inks
- Irving Schild (photo)
- Colors
- Irving Schild (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A scene from a future where milk isn't the only necessity purchased.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Mad - Buy It...or Leave It
-
1.
Why Not Have the Next Issue Sent Directly to Your Home?
-
2.
Schmoe
Hippie Hunting Ground Dept. -
3.
Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. -
4.
The Mad Non-Smoker's Hate Book
Where There's Smoke, There's Ire Dept. -
5.
New Movie Monsters From the Medical World
Medi-Scare Dept. -
6.
[The Air Show]
Hawks and Doves -
7.
The Lighter Side of Sound Equipment
Berg's Eye View Dept. -
8.
One Afternoon at the Beach
Don Martin Dept. -
9.
Make Love - - Not War
Mad Mini-Poster Dept. -
10.
A Collection of Mad X Ray-vings
Everything's Coming Up Sub Rosa Dept. -
11.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
12.
The F.I.B.
Forced-Feds Dept. -
13.
Modern Art
Hung Up Dept. -
14.
TV... as Viewed by the Animal World
Zoo's View Dept. -
15.
A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Recording Studio
Inside-Ouch Dept. -
16.
One Hot Summer Morning
Don Martin Dept. -
17.
Incredible Occult Magazine
Seer-Suckers Dept. -
18.
The American Tourists in a Tokyo Restaurant
Don Martin Dept. -
19.
What Deadly Missions Are More and More Servicemen Voluntarily Going on?
Mad Fold-In -
20.
The Morning Delivery
A Scene We'd Hate to See
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- Igor Dybzinski
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