Mad #223

(June 1981)

EC, 1952 Series

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Price: 0.90 USD
Pages: 52
Indicia Frequency: monthly except February, May, August and November
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
Barcode: 0709893323006
Printer: Printed in U. S. A.

Editing: Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (editor); Nick Meglin (credited) (senior editor); John Ficarra (credited) (associate editor); John Putnam (credited) (art director); Leonard Brenner (credited) (production)

Alfred E. Neuman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Sam Viviano (signed)
Inks: Sam Viviano (signed)
Colors: Sam Viviano ?
Letters: typeset

Genre: humor; satire-parody
Characters: Alfred E. Neuman; J.R. Ewing [Larry Hagman]

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Mad Super Special / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: various
Inks: various
Letters: typeset

Letters Dept. / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: ? (photos)
Inks: ? (photos)
Letters: typeset

Characters: Stephen King (photo); Walter Cronkite (photo)

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Danny Franklin, Donal F. Holway, Stephen King (author of "The Shining"), Carter Jones, Tom Enders, Clark Oliver, John Close, David Brady, Jon May, Stacy Black, Robert Fontaine, Russell Melton, Neil N. Wahlert and Kathleen A. Meister.

Creep in the Heart of Texas Dept. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script: Lou Silverstone (credited)
Pencils: Mort Drucker (credited)
Inks: Mort Drucker (credited)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

J.D. Phewing; Wary Phewing; Juicy Phewing; Sullen Phewing; Booby Phewing; Spamella Phewing; Nelly Phewing; Jerk Phewing; Henna; Don Rickles; Lowland; Dullus Cheerleaders; President Gerald Ford; Henry Kissinger; Billy Carter; Richard Nixon

Synopsis

A satire of the television show Dallas.

Reprints

in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #152 (Dezember 1981)
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #52 (Fall 1985)

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

Script: Don Martin (signed)
Pencils: Don Martin (signed)
Inks: Don Martin (signed)
Letters: Don Martin

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #147 (Juli 1981)
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #56 (Fall 1986)

Getting It Off Their Chest Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Dick DeBartolo (credited)
Pencils: Harry North (credited)
Inks: Harry North (credited)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Napoleon; Josephine; Adam; Eve; Venus De Milo; Tarzan; Baron Von Richthofen; Moses; Robinson Crusoe; Henry VIII; Mona Lisa; King Kong; Christopher Columbus; Samson; Delilah; Joan of Arc; Beethoven; Genghis Khan

Reprints

in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #146 (Juni 1981)
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #56 (Fall 1986)

Patent Blending Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Tom Koch (credited)
Pencils: Bob Clarke (credited)
Inks: Bob Clarke (credited)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #148 (August 1981)

“Point” of Order Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Lou Silverstone (credited)
Pencils: Angelo Torres (credited)
Inks: Angelo Torres (credited)
Letters: typeset

Genre: humor; satire-parody
Characters: Purity Boondock; Cadet Brownie; Cadet Mudd; General Boondock
Synopsis: A satire of a "traditional" West Point movie.

“Point” of Disorder Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Lou Silverstone (credited)
Pencils: Angelo Torres (credited)
Inks: Angelo Torres (credited)
Letters: typeset

Genre: humor; satire-parody
Characters: General Boondock; Purity Boondock; Clairas Mudd; Cadet Mudd
Synopsis: A satire of a "modern" West Point movie.

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

Script: Don Martin (signed)
Pencils: Don Martin (signed)
Inks: Don Martin (signed)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #147 (Juli 1981)
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #56 (Fall 1986)

Edifice Wrecks Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Dennis Snee (credited)
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés (credited)
Inks: Sergio Aragonés (credited)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #56 (Fall 1986)

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

Script: Dave Berg (credited)
Pencils: Dave Berg (credited)
Inks: Dave Berg (credited)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Synopsis

The Lighter Side of... Parking; The Car; Grandparents; Confessions; Jogging; Eating; Dancing; Reunions; Old Friends; The Economy; Hospitality; The Dentist; Relationships; Teenagers; and Meals.

Reprints

in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #52 (Fall 1985)

Poetic Justice Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Mike Snider (credited as Michael J. Snider)
Pencils: Jack Davis (credited)
Inks: Jack Davis (credited)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Alfred E. Neuman

Reprints

in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #54 (Spring 1985)

No Confidence Game Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: George Hart (credited)
Pencils: Paul Coker (credited)
Inks: Paul Coker (credited)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #152 (Dezember 1981)
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #56 (Fall 1986)

From Hero to There-o Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Dennis Snee (credited)
Pencils: Jack Rickard (credited)
Inks: Jack Rickard (credited)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #55 (Summer 1986)

Hokey Focus Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Paul Peter Porges (credited)
Pencils: Paul Peter Porges (credited)
Inks: Paul Peter Porges (credited)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Cheops; Picasso; Albert Einstein; Attila the Hun

Reprints

in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #55 (Summer 1986)

That’s the Way the Kookies Crumble Dept. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script: Stan Hart (credited)
Pencils: Angelo Torres (credited)
Inks: Angelo Torres (credited)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Bess; Conrail; Dr. Burper; Jeannie

Synopsis

A satire of the movie Ordinary People.

Reprints

in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #146 (Juni 1981)
in Norsk Mad (Semic, 1981 series) #1/1981 ([august] 1981)
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #56 (Fall 1986)

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

Script: Don Martin (signed)
Pencils: Don Martin (signed)
Inks: Don Martin (signed)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #52 (Fall 1985)

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

Script: Al Jaffee (credited)
Pencils: Al Jaffee (credited)
Inks: Al Jaffee (credited)
Colors: Al Jaffee (credited)
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Reprints

in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #147 (Juli 1981)
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #72 (Fall 1990)

Indexer Notes

Inside backcover and in color. Answer is: The Oscar award show!

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Don Edwing (credited)
Pencils: Don Martin (credited)
Inks: Don Martin (credited)
Colors: Don Martin ?
Letters: Don Martin

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Synopsis

An escaping prisoner accidentally crushes another prisoner.

Reprints

in Mad (BSV - Williams, 1967 series) #147 (Juli 1981)
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #55 (Summer 1986)

Indexer Notes

On the back cover.

Marginal Thinking Dept. / comic story / 0 pages (report information)

Script: Sergio Aragonés
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
Inks: Sergio Aragonés
Letters: Sergio Aragonés

Genre: satire-parody; humor

Indexer Notes

No page count as gags appear in various places around the magazine.

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Table of Contents

0. Mad... Shoots J.R. and the Rest of His Empty-Headed Family with Our Version of "Dallas"
Alfred E. Neuman
1. Mad Super Special Fall 1981
Mad Super Special
2. [Table of Contents]
3. Letters Dept.
Letters Dept.
4. Dullus
Creep in the Heart of Texas Dept.
5. Don Martin Dept. Part I: One Morning on a Street Corner
Don Martin Dept.
6. T-Shirts Through the Ages
Getting It Off Their Chest Dept.
7. New Inventions to Make Old Inventions Practical
Patent Blending Dept.
8. The Old Gray Line
“Point” of Order Dept.
9. The New Gray Line
“Point” of Disorder Dept.
10. Don Martin Dept. Part II: One Afternoon in the Far East
Don Martin Dept.
11. The Mad Sale of Expendable American Properties, Landmarks and Monuments
Edifice Wrecks Dept.
12. The Lighter Side of...
Berg's-Eye View Dept.
13. A "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime" Up-Date
Poetic Justice Dept.
14. How Can You Possibly Believe...
No Confidence Game Dept.
15. Unsung "Crossings"
From Hero to There-o Dept.
16. Still More Candid Snapshots of Historical Celebrities
Hokey Focus Dept.
17. Extraordinary People
That’s the Way the Kookies Crumble Dept.
18. Don Martin Dept. Part III: Late One Evening on Death Row
Don Martin Dept.
19. What Is Always the Movie Industry's Ghastliest Production?
Mad Fold-In
20. [The Escape]
21. Drawn-Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept.

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Mad #223 (June 1981)

Mad... Shoots J.R. and the Rest of His Empty-Headed Family with Our Version of "Dallas" (Table of Contents)

Alfred E. Neuman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Mad Super Special Fall 1981 (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Mad Super Special / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Table of Contents] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Letters Dept. (Table of Contents: 3)

Letters Dept. / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Dullus (Table of Contents: 4)

Creep in the Heart of Texas Dept. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Don Martin Dept. Part I: One Morning on a Street Corner (Table of Contents: 5)

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

T-Shirts Through the Ages (Table of Contents: 6)

Getting It Off Their Chest Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

New Inventions to Make Old Inventions Practical (Table of Contents: 7)

Patent Blending Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

The Old Gray Line (Table of Contents: 8)

“Point” of Order Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

The New Gray Line (Table of Contents: 9)

“Point” of Disorder Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Don Martin Dept. Part II: One Afternoon in the Far East (Table of Contents: 10)

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

The Mad Sale of Expendable American Properties, Landmarks and Monuments (Table of Contents: 11)

Edifice Wrecks Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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

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

A "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime" Up-Date (Table of Contents: 13)

Poetic Justice Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

How Can You Possibly Believe... (Table of Contents: 14)

No Confidence Game Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Unsung "Crossings" (Table of Contents: 15)

From Hero to There-o Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Still More Candid Snapshots of Historical Celebrities (Table of Contents: 16)

Hokey Focus Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Extraordinary People (Table of Contents: 17)

That’s the Way the Kookies Crumble Dept. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Don Martin Dept. Part III: Late One Evening on Death Row (Table of Contents: 18)

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

What Is Always the Movie Industry's Ghastliest Production? (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Indexer Notes

[The Escape] (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Drawn-Out Dramas (Table of Contents: 21)

Marginal Thinking Dept. / comic story / 0 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Mad #223

(June 1981)