Hi True Believer

Sign Up for Your 5-day Free Trial To See Comic Values

ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: EC
Title: MAD
Page Count: 52
Genre: Humor, Satire-parody
Era: Silver
Cover Price: 0.25 USD
Cover Date: October 1962
UPC:
ISBN:
Country: United States
In a parody of the television series Dr. Kildare, a handsome but incompetent doctor and his crusty but equally incompetent supervisor make a mess in a large metropolitan hospital.; A summer camp designed to indoctrinate children to the corporate way of thinking.; Example of a newspaper put together by fill-in editors.; How various professions would fare if unqualified replacements performed them.; How ex-rock and roll singers will cope after rock and roll dies out.; Different examples of humorous situations in restaurants.; Examples of various film and television celebrities, written in the form of a children's reading primer.; Examples of how current television shows would be altered to cash in on the then-current medical show craze.; Examples of greeting cards aimed at various professions that emphasize the superiority of management.; A water-skier attempts to avoid a retractable bridge.; Cynical parodies of commercials for Allstate Insurance, Anacin, Dash detergent, Imperial margarine and Raleigh cigarettes.; A look into the wallet of "Ben Casey" star Vince Edwards.; Satirical anecdotes related to each day in August.; The White Spy lures the Black Spy into a trap.; A man tries to watch a film while sitting behind a woman with a large hat.; The Gray Spy booby-traps the hats of the other two spies.; Attendants roll out the red carpet from the King's carriage.