Mad 1952 #126 - back issue - $14.00
Satire of comic book activity pages; Find things beginning with the letter 'a', color the picture, find the number in the colored dots, and determine which two pictures are the same.
An Eskimo has his subscription copy of Mad delivered to his igloo by a walrus.
Wire photos are labeled with the names of actual diseases for ironic effect.
Parody of the TV series "Family Affair"; a bachelor and his butler reluctantly take in the three sickeningly adorable children of his dead brother.
A comparison, in verse, between Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner and Cosmopolitan publisher Helen Gurley Brown.
A man seeks a means of avenging a practical joke played on him.
National Football League plays are examined from the perspective of the triumphant participant and from the perspective of the participant defeated.
The Black Spy tries to infiltrate the White Spy's headquarters through its sewage system.
Various comic strips have current social issues injected into their story lines.
Cliche scenes from the "Opera Movie" genre are assembled into a movie script.
Examples of less-than-admirable events occurring at a typical airport.
Examples of how you can sense that you're in an embarrassing or dangerous situation.
A restaurant patron complains about his dish of spaghetti.
Examples of how to reduce highway sign clutter by combining billboards and traffic signs.
Examples of boorish behavior from American tourists abroad and from the foreign people entertaining those tourists.
The Black Spy sets up an elaborate ruse to allow him entry to the White Spy's headquarters.
Examples of frustrating incidents in life.
A cynical look at contests perpetuated by businesses.
Comparison of films with the plot of a young man searching for personal fulfillment, one made in the forties and the other made in the sixties.
An ode to the modern newspaper cartoonist.
A police officer chasing a crowd of anti-war protesters stops to attack a man not involved with the protest.
On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
- Mad's Color Puzzle Page - Inside front cover.
- Drawn Out Dramas - Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
- A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at an Airport - Comic strip character Steve Canyon makes a cameo as an airline pilot.
- Which Modern Artist Is Most Successfully Communicating with His Audience? - Inside back cover.
- The Beat Generation - Back cover.
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