Mad
#274
(October 1987)
EC,
1952 Series
- Price
- 1.35 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except February, May, August and November
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Barcode
- 070989332300 10
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Nick Meglin (credited) (editor); John Ficarra (credited) (editor); Leonard Brenner (credited) (art director); Thomas Nozkowski (credited as Tom Nozkowski) (production); Charlie Kadau (credited) (associate editor); Joe Raiola (credited) (associate editor); Dick DeBartolo (credited) (creative consultant); Sara Fowler (credited) (associate editor)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
What Group Displaying Sexual Behavior Did the Meese Commission Overlook?
Mad Fold-In / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #89 (September 1993)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
LA Lewd
Law and Ardor Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Characters
- Richard Dysart [as Leeward McKingpin]; Harry Hamlin [as Mydol Muzak]; Michele Greene [as Drabby Percodan]; Susan Dey [as Glaze Van Open]; Jimmy Smits [as Vigoro Cementhead]; Jill Eikenberry [as Antsy Calcium]; Michael Tucker [as Stupor Microwits]; Corbin Bernsen [as Carnie Banger]; Alan Rachins [as Rugless Barfman]; Susan Ruttan [as Rockhead Malomar]; Judge Joseph Wapner (cameo)
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Parody of the TV show “LA Law”.
Ultimate Accessories for Personal Stereos
Dick DePartment / comic story / 2 pages
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #92 (March 1994)
-
One Quiet Morning on Willow Road East
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Charlie Kadau (credited)
- Pencils
- Don Martin (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (credited, signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
Obituaries for Merchandising Characters
Requiem Mass-Cot Dept. / text story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Mr. Whipple; Mr. Clean; Campbell Kids; Pillsbury Doughboy; Mr. Goodwrench; Morris the Cat; Ronald McDonald; Cap’n Crunch; Jolly Green Giant; Charlie the Tuna
- Synopsis
- Obituaries for Celeb Mascots when they pass on.
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #89 (September 1993)
- in Mad for Decades (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2007 series) (2007)
-
A Mad Look at “Nightmare on Elm Street”
Sergio Aragones Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Sergio Aragonés (credited)
- Pencils
- Sergio Aragonés (credited)
- Inks
- Sergio Aragonés (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Freddy Krueger
Stuff We Didn’t Get to See on TV for One Reason or Another
To Air is Inhuman Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- David Letterman; Bob Eubanks; Gary Coleman [as Emmanuel Lewis]; Arthur Fiedler; Vanna White; Pat Sajak; Bob Hope; Richard Dawson; Geraldo Rivera
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #87 (May 1993)
-
Major League Baseball Rule Changes for the 1980’s
Law and Batting Order Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Chuck Shepherd
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #87 (May 1993)
-
One Quiet Afternoon on Willow Road West
Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Edwing (credited)
- Pencils
- Don Martin (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Don Martin (credited, signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
In the Beginning…
Altar Egos Dept. / text story / 3 pages
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #89 (September 1993)
-
Clever Ways to Get Out of Embarrassing Situations
The Ploy’s the Thing Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #86 (March 1993)
-
The Lighter Side of...
Berg's Eye View Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The trials and ironies of sleep, service charges, sickness, upmanship, hospitals, jogging, choosing, dress code, guilt, chores, marriage, cults, emergencies, addition and subtraction, professionalism, birthdays, and doctors.
Little Known World Landmarks
A Place in the Pun Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #87 (May 1993)
-
Spy vs. Spy
Joke and Dagger Dept. DO NOT USE; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- The Black Spy; the White Spy
- Synopsis
- The Black Spy's speedboat lures the White Spy's submarine over a waterfall.
- Keywords
- Submarine
Why Owning a VCR is Better Than Going to the Movies
Renting and Raving Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #87 (May 1993)
- in Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (EC, 1997 series) #8 (Winter 1999)
-
Legal Wreckin’
Law and Slaughter Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- Danny Glover [as Detective Martyr]; Mel Gibson [as Detective Buggs]; Tom Atkins [as Bunksacker]
- Reprints
- in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #86 (March 1993)
-
Indexer Notes
Parody of the movie “Lethal Weapon”.
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
Back to the Futile Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
Mad’s NoCredit Cards
illustration / 2 pages
- Script
- Joe Raiola (credited); Charlie Kadau (credited); Bill Doherty (credited as Billy Doherty) (idea)
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Back cover
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
What Group Displaying Sexual Behavior Did the Meese Commission Overlook?
Mad Fold-In -
2.
LA Lewd
Law and Ardor Dept. -
3.
Ultimate Accessories for Personal Stereos
Dick DePartment -
4.
One Quiet Morning on Willow Road East
Don Martin Dept. -
5.
Obituaries for Merchandising Characters
Requiem Mass-Cot Dept. -
6.
A Mad Look at “Nightmare on Elm Street”
Sergio Aragones Dept. -
7.
Stuff We Didn’t Get to See on TV for One Reason or Another
To Air is Inhuman Dept. -
8.
Major League Baseball Rule Changes for the 1980’s
Law and Batting Order Dept. -
9.
One Quiet Afternoon on Willow Road West
Don Martin Dept. -
10.
In the Beginning…
Altar Egos Dept. -
11.
Clever Ways to Get Out of Embarrassing Situations
The Ploy’s the Thing Dept. -
12.
The Lighter Side of...
Berg's Eye View Dept. -
13.
Abra-Cadaver
Wake Watchers Dept. Part I -
14.
Little Known World Landmarks
A Place in the Pun Dept. -
15.
Spy vs. Spy
Joke and Dagger Dept. DO NOT USE; Spy vs. Spy -
16.
Why Owning a VCR is Better Than Going to the Movies
Renting and Raving Dept. -
17.
Legal Wreckin’
Law and Slaughter Dept. -
18.
The Plot Sickens
Wake Watchers Dept. Part II -
19.
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
Back to the Futile Dept. -
20.
Mad’s NoCredit Cards
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