Mad
#185
(September 1976)
EC,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except February, May, August and November
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (editor)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Norman Mingo (signed as Norman Mingo)
- Inks
- Norman Mingo (signed as Norman Mingo)
- Colors
- Norman Mingo (signed as Norman Mingo)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Reprints
-
in Mad (EC, 1952 series) #190 (April 1977) which is reprinted - in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #28 (December 2022)
-
The Frog Prince II
More Fairy Tales Scenes We'd Like to See / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Martin
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Colors
- Don Martin
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A frog transforms into a prince, but in the wrong place.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #35 (Summer 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Unwedding Cake
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Karen Carbone
- Pencils
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Inks
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Example of an "unwedding cake", where the bride and groom atop the cake aren't speaking to each other.
Indexer Notes
Cartoon appears in the letters page section, illustrating a suggestion by a reader.
Alfred Takes a "Madde" Bow
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Norman Mingo
- Pencils
- Norman Mingo (signed)
- Inks
- Norman Mingo (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- Alfred dons eighteenth century attire in honor of the Bicentennial.
Indexer Notes
Cartoon appears in the letters section.
Borey Lyndon
Kubrick-a-Brac Dept. / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Hart
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Ryan O'Neal [as Borey Lyndon]; Hardy Kruger [as Capt. Potzoff]; Patrick Magee [as Chevalier de Tutti Frutti]; Marisa Berenson [as Countess de Gournish]
- Synopsis
- In a parody of the film "Barry Lyndon," a dim youth is forced to wander through eighteenth century Britain, going from war to war and woman to woman.
- Reprints
-
in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #93 (January 1977)
-
Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. / cartoon / 0 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
One Day on the Highway
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Don Martin
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A highway patrol unit thinks it has caught a speeder.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #33 (Winter 1980), #50 (Spring 1985)
-
Whatever Became of...?
Old Folks Tome Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Frank Sinatra; George Plimpton; Muhammad Ali; Cher; Richard Nixon; Howard Cosell; Jimmy Conners; The Beatles [John Lennon; Paul McCartney; George Harrison; Ringo Starr]; Al Pacino
- Synopsis
- Ramdom celebrities have their pictures artificially aged twenty years. The pictures are accompanied by synopses of their activities in those twenty years.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #35 (Summer 1981)
-
The Lighter Side of the Summer Scene
Berg's Eye View Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Satirical examples of how people spend their summers.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #33 (Winter 1980)
-
A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at the Major Oil Companies and Their Myriad Operations
Fuel's Gold Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- How oil companies conspire to maximize both their profits and their influence in the world.
- Reprints
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #95 (März 1977)
-
Where Else but on TV...?
Telly it Like it is Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Rock Hudson [as Stewart McMillan]; Ron Howard [as Richie Cunningham]; Jean Stapleton [as Edith Bunker]; Telly Savalas [as Theo Kojak]; William Conrad [as Frank Cannon]; Buddy Ebsen [as Barnaby Jones]
- Synopsis
- Examples of the artificial reality created by television for its own convenience.
- Reprints
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #91 (November 1976)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #35 (Summer 1981)
-
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 Black Spy cons the White Spy into blowing himself up.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #52 (Fall 1985)
-
More Lawsuits We'd Like to See
Docket To 'em II Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Examples of lawsuits filed against people perpetrating petty annoyances.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #33 (Winter 1980)
-
A Mad Look at the Beach
Sights for Shore Eyes Dept. / cartoon / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Series of humorous occurrences at the beach.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #33 (Winter 1980), #62 (Spring 1988)
-
Some Useful Mad Gadgets for Slob-Proofing Your Home
Mess Hysteria Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Gadgets designed to keep your home clean from the assaults of thoughtless people.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #50 (Spring 1985), #97 (Late Spring 1994)
- in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #14 (August 2020)
-
A Mad Guide to the Modern American Class System
Status Quotients Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Frank Jacobs; Marylin D'Amico (plot)
- Pencils
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Inks
- Paul Coker (credited as Paul Coker Jr.)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Examples of how people react to situations, and how situations react to them, based on their economic status.
- Reprints
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #92 (December 1976)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #97 (Late Spring 1994)
- in Mad for Decades (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2007 series) (2007)
-
Harsky & Stutch
Blunder-Cover Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Lou Silverstone
- Pencils
- Angelo Torres (signed)
- Inks
- Angelo Torres (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- David Soul [as Stutch]; Paul Michael Glazer [as Harsky]; Bernie Hamilton [as Captain Dopey]; Antonio Fargas [as Buggy Hair]
- Synopsis
- In a parody of the TV series "Starsky and Hutch," a pair of unconventional, violent and not too bright undercover detectives wreck havoc on Los Angeles.
- Reprints
- in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #111 (Juli 1978)
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #47 (Summer 1984)
-
An Advertisement
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Martin
- Pencils
- Don Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A television commercial makes effective use of sound effects to sell its services.
What Abused Old Timer Needs More Tender Loving Care than Ever Lately?
Mad Fold-In / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; humor
- Synopsis
- Your country needs you.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Sorry State U.S.A.
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Rickard (signed as JR)
- Inks
- Jack Rickard (signed as JR)
- Colors
- Jack Rickard (signed as JR)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Richard Nixon; Gerald Ford; Nelson Rockefeller; Ronald Reagan; George Wallace; Jimmy Carter; Henry Jackson; Morris Udall; Hubert Humphrey; Edmund Muskie; Edward Kennedy
- Synopsis
- Cover of the mythical political directory from the telephone company, showing the major political figures of the day calling each other.
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
The Frog Prince II
More Fairy Tales Scenes We'd Like to See -
2.
Unwedding Cake
-
3.
Alfred Takes a "Madde" Bow
-
4.
Borey Lyndon
Kubrick-a-Brac Dept. -
5.
Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. -
6.
One Day on the Highway
Don Martin Dept. -
7.
Whatever Became of...?
Old Folks Tome Dept. -
8.
The Lighter Side of the Summer Scene
Berg's Eye View Dept. -
9.
A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at the Major Oil Companies and Their Myriad Operations
Fuel's Gold Dept. -
10.
Where Else but on TV...?
Telly it Like it is Dept. -
11.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
12.
More Lawsuits We'd Like to See
Docket To 'em II Dept. -
13.
A Mad Look at the Beach
Sights for Shore Eyes Dept. -
14.
Some Useful Mad Gadgets for Slob-Proofing Your Home
Mess Hysteria Dept. -
15.
A Mad Guide to the Modern American Class System
Status Quotients Dept. -
16.
Harsky & Stutch
Blunder-Cover Dept. -
17.
An Advertisement
Don Martin Dept. -
18.
What Abused Old Timer Needs More Tender Loving Care than Ever Lately?
Mad Fold-In -
19.
Sorry State U.S.A.
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