Issue Details

Issue	#197
Published	March 1978
Cover Price	0.60 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Albert B. Feldstein

Cover Details - "Mad"

Characters	President Jimmy Carter; Alfred E. Neuman
Genre	Humor
Pencils	Jack Rickard (signed)
Inks	Jack Rickard
Letters	Typeset

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

Genre	Humor
Letters	Typeset

2 page Letters Dept. letters page "untitled"

Genre	Humor
Script	Albert B. Feldstein
Letters	Typeset

7 page [Political Satire] story "White House Follies of 1977"

Characters	Jimmy Carter; Rosalyn Carter; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Harry Truman; Lyndon Johnson; John F. Kennedy; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Eleanor Roosevelt; Abraham Lincoln; Billy Carter; Edmund Muskie; Ted Kennedy; Jerry Ford; Andy Young; Walter Mondale; Charlie Brown; Lucy Van Pelt
Genre	Humor
Script	Frank Jacobs
Pencils	Mort Drucker
Inks	Mort Drucker
Letters	Typeset

1 page Don Martin Dept. Part 1 story "One Morning in an Old English Forest"

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

2 page Hire Flyer Dept. activity Mad's "Do It Yourself" Job Application Letter

Genre	Humor
Script	Tom Koch
Letters	Typeset

3 page Sergio Aragones Dept. story A Mad Look at "Star Wars"

Characters	Princess Leia; R2D2; Luke Skywalker; Darth Vader; Grumpy; Doc; Dopey; Chewbacca; Han Solo
Genre	Humor; Satire; Fantasy
Script	Sergio Aragones
Pencils	Sergio Aragones
Inks	Sergio Aragones

3 page Charitease Dept. filler "Some Minor Medical Research Foundations' Collection Drives"

Characters	Gerald Ford; Alfred E. Neuman; Chester T. Risible
Genre	Humor
Script	Dennis Snee
Pencils	Bob Clarke
Inks	Bob Clarke
Letters	Typeset

2 page Telescopic Eye-Sore Dept. story "Mad Close-Ups"

Genre	Humor
Script	Paul Peter Porges
Pencils	Harry North, Esq.
Inks	Harry North, Esq.
Letters	Typeset

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

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

1 page Don Martin Dept. Part 2 story "One Afternoon in a New American Home"

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

3 page Aid-de-Chump Dept. story "Instructions for Things That Need Instructions"

Genre	Humor
Script	Tom Koch
Pencils	Bob Clarke
Inks	Bob Clarke
Letters	Typeset

6 page Creature Presentation Dept. story Mad Goes to a Preview of an "In Search of ..." Movie

Characters	Leonard Nimoy; Dr. Carl Cranium
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Lou Silverstone
Pencils	Jack Davis
Inks	Jack Davis
Letters	Typeset

1 page Don Martin Dept. Part 3 story "One Evening in a Hollywood TV Studio"

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

2 page Hexercise Dept. story "Staying in Shape"

Genre	Humor
Script	Dean Norman
Pencils	Dean Norman
Inks	Dean Norman
Letters	Typeset

3 page Heart Failure Dept. story Mad's "Romance-Love-Relationship" Book

Genre	Humor
Script	Frank Jacobs
Pencils	Paul Coker, Jr.
Inks	Paul Coker, Jr.
Letters	Typeset

6 page Log Cabin Syrup Dept. story "Little House Oh, So Dreary"

Characters	Jowls Angels [Michael Blandone]; Carrylines Angels; Merry Angels; Laurel Angels; Caries Angels; Reverend; Doctor; Miss Wells; Emmy Lou; Willie
Genre	Humor; Satire
Script	Dick De Bartolo
Pencils	Angelo Torres
Inks	Angelo Torres
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Spoof of television series "Little House on the Prairie"

1 page Mad Fold-In activity "untitled"

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

1 page Still More Fairy Tales Scenes We'd Like to See story "Rapunzel"

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