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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 1957
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Country: United States
What tv dramas might look like if they embedded commercials directly within movies.; Story of Wally Cox's incredibly stupid boyhood friend.; Parody of movie "Gunfight At The OK Corral."; Parking meters for all types of waiting activities, and a solution to the problem.; Interview with a notorious kitten dumper.; Parody of men's magazines, with beginnings of several adventure stories.; Details of pop culture stereotypes presented as a field guide to wildlife from a Martian point of view.; Customized tv antennas to show your profession or hobby.; Everyday household containers used as women's hats.; A story of a blind date, as told differently by the boy and girl involved.; Nursery rhymes reported as realistic news stories. Fake photos credited to Ozgood Z'Beard and Melvin Coznowfski.; Story of how the handbook of real Indian lore that came with a kid's Indian outfit saved the day.; Comparing the improved photographic opportunities presented by movies versus still cameras.; Humorous drawings to illustrate the famous poem, with a macabre ending.; Henry empties his 12 bottles of whiskey down the sink, except for one glass per bottle...which he drinks.; Parody of ad for Phillip Morris cigarettes.; At a gun duel, the seconds and other spectators shoot each other and the man in charge of the weapons finishes off the crowd.; Parodies to songs are written for the post-nuclear war days.; A bank robber takes a hostage to enable his getaway, but she turns out to be in on the scheme.