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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: September 1960
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Country: United States
Satire of fishing.; Parody magazine for the beat generation.; In the wake of investigations of deceptive practices by television networks and their ad agencies, said agencies are divesting themselves of their deceptive props at close-out prices.; Tailoring comic strips to the magazines they appear in.; Parody of gangster films.; Product ingredient labels the Mad Magazine way.; Stretching or squashing photos to make the products seem more impressive.; Cynical look at the negative effect of ice cream trucks on society.; Satirical look at documentary-style LP records.; Series of single panel cartoons with the panel being twice the normal height of standard newspaper panel cartoons.; Cuban revolution leader Fidel Castro endorses Stikky brand peanut butter.; A fortune teller makes a horrific discovery about her client.; Parody of the cliche "car racing the train to the railroad crossing" scene.; A man gets fitted for a tailored suit.; A man at the buffet gets a surprise.; Parody of a Ban Roll-on deodorant commercial.; Two moving men try to catch a woman falling from an upper floor window.