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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: April 1964
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Country: United States
In a parody of the film "Lawrence Of Arabia," a British soldier helps lead the Saudi revolution against British rule, even though he's an idiot.; Examples of societal attempts to compensate for and explain away anti-social behavior in various professions.; Satirical look at married life focusing on the husband's side.; Targeting advertising to the genre of magazine the ad will appear in.; Presenting alleged historical ancestors to modern standard songs.; Snide replies to letters soliciting business.; Using famous comic strip characters, the author illustrates some of the pitfalls of childhood.; Awards created for dubious high school achievements.; Examples of news photos of cliched situations.; Examples of newspaper photos of the same cliche situations turned on their heads.; Examples of short vacations.; The son of a shrunken head shop proprietor tries to convince his father to carry a new line of products.; The White Spy buys a paper to read about how the Black Spy was injured.; A man complains about the bugs in his hotel room.; The Gray Spy lures the other spies onto active railroad tracks.; A man goes to a dentist, complaining about an elongated front tooth.