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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: EC
Title: MAD
Page Count: 52
Genre: Humor, Satire-parody
Era: Silver
Cover Price: 0.25 USD
Cover Date: December 1956
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Country: United States
Behind the scenes look at the 5 worlds of Dizzyland: Tomorrowsland, Frontrearland, Adventuresland, Fantasticland, Moneyland.; Quick recap of typical plots from the show.; Shows the scoring, style tips, psychological underpinnings, and problems of bowling.; Tells the tale of the ill-fated voyage of the Peckwad in a vain attempt to kill the white whale.; Various genres of pulp stories are all given the same treatment, showing underlying similarity.; Gag cartoons from the following college publications: Iowa State Green Gander; Harvard Lampoon; Stanford Chaparral; Florida Smoke Signals; Cornell Widow; Minnesota Daily; Michigan Gargoyle; California Pelican; U.C.L.A. Scop; Satirical look at various facets of Elvis Presley's style.; Excerpts from a treatise on The Manly Art of Self Defense by Edmund E. Price, published 1867, with illustrations and new captions.; Several supposedly civilized ways to trap and kill mice.; Describes the escalating efforts of police to patrol highways unnoticed, including several of the latest unmarked vehicles.; Techniques for using a band saw.; Scout-type merit badges for everyday lazy, loutish clods.; Phony ad for tires from B. F. Goodnrich that don't need a car.; Advice for a man who loves both his wife and taxidermy, but whose wife hates his taxidermy.; A man is thrown into the gladiatorial ring and defeats a better armed opponent...but loses to a lion.; Advice to a man whose girlfriend's father threatens that the man will only marry his daughter over his dead body.; Advice for a girl who's being stalked by a boy.