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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: EC
Title: MAD
Page Count: 52
Genre: Humor, Satire-parody
Era: Silver
Cover Price: 0.30 USD
Cover Date: June 1965
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Country: United States
A niche magazine dedicated to outlandish hairstyles.; Satire of the beach movie genre; a group of teenagers surf, suffer relationship problems, surf some more, and generally act irresponsibly.; In a satire of the film "Peyton Place," a newspaper publisher takes the audience on a tour of a town where the population is too busy cheating on each other to get anything constructive done.; The classic poem "The Highwayman" is updated to reflect modern times.; The behavior of people during springtime is satirized.; Examples of children acting out famous overdone movie scenes.; Mad creates a new sport, a combination of polo, soccer and gang fighting.; Satirical look at guns, gun owners and hunters, presented in a children's primer format.; Parody of the "Ripley's Believe It or Not" cartoon panel; examples of odd people and odd behavior are presented.; Satirical look at a neighborhood in a typical small town.; Typewriter fonts are manipulated to create humorous images.; Examination of the contents of Hugh Hefner's wallet.; The Black Spy booby-traps a bridge.; The White Spy tricks the Black Spy into crashing his plane.; More examples of odd people doing odd things.