Mad 1952 #155 - reader copy - $5.00

A man on the brink of suicide is visited by his fairy godmother.

An actress has her subscription copy of Mad delivered to her while on stage.

In a parody of the film "The Godfather," a Mafia Don's son is reluctantly recruited into the family business due to an attempt on his father's life.

Two witnesses attempt to get a man run over by a steamroller to the hospital as quickly as possible.

Celebrities of one political leaning hold up signs next to the signs held by celebrities of the opposite political leaning to change that sign's meaning.

The behind the scenes antics of the employees of a local utility are depicted.

Generic templates of political campaign positions with fill-in-the-blanks to tailor them to specific situations.

The White Spy sabotages the Black Spy's trap.

Various hunter types and hunting situations are satirized.

Examples of the more annoying aspects of commuting and of those who commute.

A holiday mail order gift catalog filled with useless junk gifts.

A photographer tries to produce a flattering picture of a homely woman.

An ode, patterned after Ernest Lawrence Thayer's poem "Casey at the Bat", to the importance of announcer Howard Cosell to the popularity of ABC's Monday Night Football.

Four people pick the wrong place to hold a seance.

Parody of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"; a flighty divorcee tries to find career and romantic success amid the incompetent antics of a local TV newsroom.

Example of a different type of holiday fashion.

The Statue Of Liberty sheds a tear over the choice for President in 1972.

On-sale date from 1972 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• The Fairy Godmother - Inside front cover.
• - Among the letters is one from actor Clint Eastwood, as well as a photo of contributor Al Jaffee receiving a National Cartoonist Society award along with "Steve Canyon" artist Milton Caniff.
• Drawn Out Dramas - Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
• What Special Spirit Seems to Inspire Today's Nutty Fashions? - Inside back cover.
• Election Day 1972 - Back cover.