Mad #193
(September 1977)

EC, 1952 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly except February, May, August and November
On-sale Date
1977-06-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
Editing
Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Rickard
Inks
Jack Rickard
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Jolly; Saccharina; Killy; Alfred E. Neuman
Reprints

[Table of Contents] (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
various
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

Letters Dept. (Table of Contents: 2)

Letters Dept. / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

A Star's a Bomb (Table of Contents: 3)

Rock of Aged Dept. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Larry Siegel
Pencils
Mort Drucker
Inks
Mort Drucker
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Kris Kristofferson; Barbra Streisand
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Spoof of movie "A Star Is Born"

Don Martin Dept. Part 1: One Monday Afternoon in a Downtown Jewelry Store (Table of Contents: 4)

Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don Martin
Pencils
Don Martin
Inks
Don Martin
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

Mad Products with Paired Names (Table of Contents: 5)

Show and Sell Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Al Jaffee
Pencils
Bob Clarke
Inks
Bob Clarke
Letters
Bob Clarke ?

Genre
humor
Reprints

Welcome to Mad Magazine's Reality World (Table of Contents: 6)

Unbecoming Attractions Dept. / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Larry Siegel
Pencils
Al Jaffee
Inks
Al Jaffee
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Parody of Disneyland; based on an idea by Marc Bilgrey

A Mad Look at Movie Making (Table of Contents: 7)

Film-Flam Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Sergio Aragonés
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés

Genre
humor
Reprints

Famous People's Telephone Answering Machine Messages (Table of Contents: 8)

Fone-Bonus Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dick DeBartolo
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

Don Martin Dept. Part 2: One Wednesday Evening in a Restaurant Men's Room (Table of Contents: 9)

Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don Martin
Pencils
Don Martin
Inks
Don Martin
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

More American Jokes They're Telling in Poland (Table of Contents: 10)

The Joke's on U.S. Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Jacobs
Pencils
Paul Coker
Inks
Paul Coker
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

The Mad Travel Agency's Specialized Tours for You and Your Neurosis (Table of Contents: 11)

Sick Transit Gloriously Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Hart
Pencils
Harry North (credited as Harry North, Esq.)
Inks
Harry North (credited as Harry North, Esq.)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

The Lighter Side of... Afternoons (Table of Contents: 12)

Berg's-Eye View Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Berg
Pencils
Dave Berg
Inks
Dave Berg
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

When Members of Our Armed Forces Join a Union (Table of Contents: 13)

Look for the "Union" Army Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Lou Silverstone
Pencils
George Woodbridge
Inks
George Woodbridge
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

Casey at the Talks (Table of Contents: 14)

How Much Is on First? Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Jacobs
Pencils
Jack Davis
Inks
Jack Davis
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Casey
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Updated version of Ernest Lawrence Thayer's famous poem "Casey at the Bat"

Spy vs. Spy (Table of Contents: 15)

Joke and Dagger Dept. DO NOT USE; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Antonio Prohías
Pencils
Antonio Prohías
Inks
Antonio Prohías

Genre
humor; spy
Reprints

Churlie's Angles (Table of Contents: 16)

Private-Eyefuls Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Lou Silverstone
Pencils
Angelo Torres
Inks
Angelo Torres
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Boresly; Saccharina; Killy; Jolly; Lynda Carter; Lindsay Wagner; Telly Savalas; Robert Blake; Angie Dickinson; Cindy Williams; Penny Marshall
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Parody of television series "Charlie's Angels"

Don Martin Dept. Part 3: Late One Friday Night on an Uptown Street Corner (Table of Contents: 17)

Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don Martin
Pencils
Don Martin
Inks
Don Martin

Genre
humor

Where Are Some of the World's Great Oil Deposits? (Table of Contents: 18)

Mad Fold-In / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Jaffee
Pencils
Al Jaffee (signed)
Inks
Al Jaffee
Colors
Al Jaffee
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inside Back Cover (full color)

The Frog Prince (Table of Contents: 19)

More Scenes We'd Like to See: Fairy Tales / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don Edwing
Pencils
Don Martin
Inks
Don Martin
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Back Cover

Editing
Edits to this Issue are being reviewed by GCD Editor Jochen G.
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [Table of Contents]
  3. 2. Letters Dept.
    Letters Dept.
  4. 3. A Star's a Bomb
    Rock of Aged Dept.
  5. 4. Don Martin Dept. Part 1: One Monday Afternoon in a Downtown Jewelry Store
    Don Martin Dept.
  6. 5. Mad Products with Paired Names
    Show and Sell Dept.
  7. 6. Welcome to Mad Magazine's Reality World
    Unbecoming Attractions Dept.
  8. 7. A Mad Look at Movie Making
    Film-Flam Dept.
  9. 8. Famous People's Telephone Answering Machine Messages
    Fone-Bonus Dept.
  10. 9. Don Martin Dept. Part 2: One Wednesday Evening in a Restaurant Men's Room
    Don Martin Dept.
  11. 10. More American Jokes They're Telling in Poland
    The Joke's on U.S. Dept.
  12. 11. The Mad Travel Agency's Specialized Tours for You and Your Neurosis
    Sick Transit Gloriously Dept.
  13. 12. The Lighter Side of... Afternoons
    Berg's-Eye View Dept.
  14. 13. When Members of Our Armed Forces Join a Union
    Look for the "Union" Army Dept.
  15. 14. Casey at the Talks
    How Much Is on First? Dept.
  16. 15. Spy vs. Spy
    Joke and Dagger Dept. DO NOT USE; Spy vs. Spy
  17. 16. Churlie's Angles
    Private-Eyefuls Dept.
  18. 17. Don Martin Dept. Part 3: Late One Friday Night on an Uptown Street Corner
    Don Martin Dept.
  19. 18. Where Are Some of the World's Great Oil Deposits?
    Mad Fold-In
  20. 19. The Frog Prince
    More Scenes We'd Like to See: Fairy Tales
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  • mcomics
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • R. S. Martin
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Karsten S.
  • Tanya Schuehle
  • Karl Wilcox