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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: EC
Title: MAD
Page Count: 52
Genre: Humor, Satire-parody
Era: Bronze
Cover Price: 0.35 USD
Cover Date: April 1970
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Country: United States
In a parody of the film "Midnight Cowboy," an idiot Texan befriends a lowlife New Yorker while they try to make a living in the big, bad city.; In a parody of the TV series "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir," a widow lives in a house with the ghost of a sea captain only she can see.; Satirizing civilization's obsession with money.; Nursery rhymes describing current celebrities.; Satirical remembrance, in verse, of the Woodstock Music Festival.; Ads for products with dubious connections to the space program.; New concepts in aerosol products.; Examples of notes and letters making less-than-subtle hints for gifts.; Examples of people experiencing responsibilities they aren't ready to accept yet.; The corner men of a professional fighter get a little too mechanical in their jobs.; A man adrift in the ocean inflates a raft.; A man gets fitted for glasses.; The gradual evolution of a chair.; The White Spy fakes out the Black Spy with a box and a manhole cover.; The Black Spy uses projected images to harass the White Spy.; In a short parody of the TV series "Mission: Impossible," Mr. Phelps gets an unexpected assignment.