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Issue Details

Issue #193
Published September 1977
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 52
Editing Albert B. Feldstein

Cover Details

Characters Jolly; Saccharina; Killy; Alfred E. Neuman
Genre Humor; Satire
Pencils Jack Rickard
Inks Jack Rickard

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Table of Contents"

Genre Fact
Pencils Various
Letters Typeset

2 page Letters Dept. letters page "Letters Dept."

Genre Fact
Letters Typeset

7 page Rock of Aged Dept. story "A Star's a Bomb"

Characters Kris Kristofferson; Barbra Streisand
Genre Humor; Satire
Script Larry Siegel
Pencils Mort Drucker
Inks Mort Drucker
Letters Typeset
Notes Spoof of movie "A Star Is Born"

1 page Don Martin Dept. story "Don Martin Dept. Part 1: One Monday Afternoon in a Downtown Jewelry Store"

Genre Humor
Script Don Martin
Pencils Don Martin
Inks Don Martin
Letters Typeset

2 page Show and Sell Dept. story "Mad Products with Paired Names"

Genre Humor
Script Al Jaffee
Pencils Bob Clarke
Inks Bob Clarke
Letters Bob Clarke (?)

6 page Unbecoming Attractions Dept. story "Welcome to Mad Magazine's Reality World"

Genre Humor; Satire
Script Larry Siegel
Pencils Al Jaffee
Inks Al Jaffee
Letters Typeset
Notes Parody of Disneyland; based on an idea by Marc Bilgrey

4 page A Mad Look story "A Mad Look at Movie Making"

Genre Humor
Script Sergio Aragones
Pencils Sergio Aragones
Inks Sergio Aragones

2 page Fone-Bonus Dept. story "Famous People's Telephone Answering Machine Messages"

Genre Humor
Script Dick De Bartolo
Pencils ? (Photograph)
Inks ? (Photograph)
Letters Typeset

1 page Don Martin Dept. story "Don Martin Dept. Part 2: One Wednesday Evening in a Restaurant Men's Room"

Genre Humor
Script Don Martin
Pencils Don Martin
Inks Don Martin
Letters Typeset

3 page The Joke's on U.S. Dept. story "More American Jokes They're Telling in Poland"

Genre Humor
Script Frank Jacobs
Pencils Paul Coker, Jr.
Inks Paul Coker, Jr.
Letters Typeset

2 page Sick Transit Gloriously Dept. story "The Mad Travel Agency's Specialized Tours for You and Your Neurosis"

Genre Humor
Script Stan Hart
Pencils Harry North, Esq.
Inks Harry North, Esq.
Letters Typeset

5 page The Lighter Side of... story "The Lighter Side of... Afternoons"

Genre Humor
Script Dave Berg
Pencils Dave Berg
Inks Dave Berg
Letters Typeset

2 page Look for the "Union" Army Dept. story "When Members of Our Armed Forces Join a Union"

Genre Humor
Script Lou Silverstone
Pencils George Woodbridge
Inks George Woodbridge
Letters Typeset

3 page How Much Is on First? Dept. story "Casey at the Talks"

Characters Casey
Genre Humor; Satire
Script Frank Jacobs
Pencils Jack Davis
Inks Jack Davis
Letters Typeset
Notes Updated version of Ernest Lawrence Thayer's famous poem "Casey at the Bat"

1 page Joke and Dagger Dept. story "Spy vs. Spy"

Genre Humor
Script Antonio Prohias
Pencils Antonio Prohias
Inks Antonio Prohias

5 page Private-Eyefuls Dept. story "Churlie's Angles"

Characters Boresly; Saccharina; Killy; Jolly; Lynda Carter; Lindsay Wagner; Telly Savalas; Robert Blake; Angie Dickinson; Cindy Williams; Penny Marshall
Genre Humor; Satire
Script Lou Silverstone
Pencils Angelo Torres
Inks Angelo Torres
Letters Typeset
Notes Parody of television series "Charlie's Angels"

1 page Don Martin Dept. story "Don Martin Dept. Part 3: Late One Friday Night on an Uptown Street Corner"

Genre Humor
Script Don Martin
Pencils Don Martin
Inks Don Martin

1 page Mad Fold-In activity "Mad Fold-In"

Genre Humor
Script Al Jaffee
Pencils Al Jaffee (signed)
Inks Al Jaffee
Colors Al Jaffee
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside Back Cover (full color)

1 page More Scenes We'd Like to See: Fairy Tales story "The Frog Prince"

Genre Humor; Satire
Script Don Edwing
Pencils Don Martin
Inks Don Martin
Notes Back Cover