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Issue Details

Issue #194
Published October 1977
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 52
Editing Albert B. Feldstein

Cover Details - "Mad"

Characters Rockhead; Alfred E. Neuman
Genre Humor; Satire
Pencils Jack Rickard
Inks Jack Rickard
Letters Typeset

1 page Mad foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Table of Contents"

Genre Fact
Letters Typeset

2 page Letters Dept. letters page "untitled"

Genre Fact
Letters Typeset

7 page It's Stallone Ranger! Dept. story "Rockhead"

Characters Rockhead; Appalling Greed; Atrium; Bawly
Genre Humor; Satire
Script Stan Hart
Pencils Mort Drucker
Inks Mort Drucker
Letters Typeset
Notes Spoof of the motion picture "Rocky"

1 page Don Martin Dept. Part 1 story "Early One Morning Out on the Bay"

Genre Humor
Script Don Martin
Pencils Don Martin
Inks Don Martin

4 page Muse Paper Dept. story "The Daily Rhyme"

Characters Charlie Brown; Lucy
Genre Humor
Script Frank Jacobs
Pencils Bob Clarke
Inks Bob Clarke
Letters Typeset

2 page A Star Is Shorn Dept. story "If Today's Sex Symbols Weren't in Show Biz"

Characters Telly Savalas; Cher; Dean Martin; Alice Cooper; Paul Williams; Barbra Streisand; Henry Winkler; Ron Howard
Genre Humor; Satire
Script Lou Silverstone
Pencils Harry North, Esq.
Inks Harry North, Esq.
Letters Typeset

5 page Berg's-Eye View Dept. story "The Lighter Side of ... Nights"

Genre Humor
Script Dave Berg
Pencils Dave Berg
Inks Dave Berg
Letters Typeset

1 page Don Martin Dept. Part 2 story "One Afternoon in the Post Office"

Genre Humor
Script Don Martin
Pencils Don Martin
Inks Don Martin
Letters Typeset

3 page Fool's Paradox Dept. story "You're an Eternal Optimist If ..."

Genre Humor
Script Tom Koch; Jack Kent
Pencils Jack Davis
Inks Jack Davis
Letters Typeset

4 page A Moon for the Misbegotten Dept. story Mad's "Religious Cult Leader" of the Year

Characters Mike Malice; Reverend Loony
Genre Humor; Satire
Script Lou Silverstone
Pencils George Woodbridge
Inks George Woodbridge
Letters Typeset

3 page Character Assassination Dept. story "Obituraries for TV Show Characters"

Characters Ted Baxter [Ted Knight]; Archie Bunker [Carroll O' Connor]; Steve Austin [Lee Majors]; "Mother" Jefferson [Zara Cully]; J.J. Evans [Jimmie Walker]; Marcus Welby [Robert Young]; Cmdr. James Kirk [William Shatner]; John-Boy Walton [Richard Thomas]; Maude Findlay [Bea Arthur]
Genre Humor; Satire
Script Frank Jacobs
Pencils ? (Photographs)
Inks ? (Photographs)
Letters Typeset
Notes Based on an idea by Billy Doherty

2 page Beach Nuts Dept. story "A Mad Look at Sun 'n' Surf"

Genre Humor
Script Paul Peter Porges
Pencils Paul Peter Porges
Inks Paul Peter Porges
Letters Typeset

3 page Put Your Funny Where Your Mouth Is Dept. story "Mad's Cliche Killers"

Genre Humor
Script Stan Hart
Pencils Paul Coker, Jr.
Inks Paul Coker, Jr.
Letters Typeset

1 page Don Martin Dept. Part 3 story "Early One Evening in the Country"

Genre Humor
Script Don Martin
Pencils Don Martin
Inks Don Martin
Letters Typeset

3 page On the Job, Straining Dept. story "The Office Workers' Hall of Fame"

Genre Humor
Script Dick De Bartolo
Pencils Bob Clarke
Inks Bob Clarke
Letters Typeset

6 page Broad Humor Dept. story "Lavoine & Shoiley"

Characters Lavoine; Shoiley; Pop; Squeegee; Loonie; The Funz; Coalmine
Genre Humor; Satire
Script Lou Silverstone
Pencils Angelo Torres
Inks Angelo Torres
Letters Typeset
Notes Parody of the TV series "Laverne & Shirley"

1 page Mad Fold-In activity "untitled"

Genre Humor
Script Al Jaffee
Pencils Al Jaffee (signed)
Inks Al Jaffee
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside Back Cover (full color)

1 page More Scenes We'd Like to See story "The Frog Prince"

Genre Humor; Satire
Script Don Martin
Pencils Don Martin
Inks Don Martin
Letters Don Martin
Notes Back Cover