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Mad Special (1970 Super Special) comic books 1972-1974

  • Issue #8A
    Mad Special (1970 Super Special) 8A

    Includes Bonus "TV Guise Fall Preview." Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Lou Silverstone, Jack Davis, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Stan Hart, Mort Drucker, Phil Hahn, Ronnie Nathan, Tom Koch, Dave Berg, Dave Gantz, Dean Norman, Earle Doud, Max Brandel, Don (Duck) Edwing, Neal Barbera, May Sakami, Frank Ridgeway, Irving Schild and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Special, later known as the Super Special, reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine, often accompanied by original stories and attached bonuses in the form of posters, stickers, recordings and comics. Parodies of 2001: A Space Odyssey and "success story" movies, featuring art by Mort Drucker. A spoof of Snoopy's WWI flying ace Peanuts comic strips, from the Red Baron's point of view. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. Includes Bonus "TV Guise Fall Preview," a 16-page pull-out spoof of TV Guide and 1972 TV shows. 201 Minutes of a Space Idiocy; Mad About Fashion Fads; Mad's Practical New Car Designed to Eliminate Owner Aggravation; You and Your Big Mouth!; Another Sickening Collection of Mad Greeting Cards; The TV Guise Fall Preview; The Conservative Dream; What Politicians Say in Public and in Private; More Mad Namelies; If the President Were Chosen Like Miss America; Don Martin on the Golf Course; Further Adventures of the Red Baron, or Security Ist Eine Grounded Beaglehundt; The Lighter Side of High School Football; Casey at the Dice; A Mad Look at Bugs 'N Worms 'N Things; MafiaCo Incorporated 1968 Annual Report; Horrifying Cliches; A Mad Look at Sex Education in the Schools; Mad's Book Publisher of the Year; On the Set; Mad's Follow-Up Report on Progress; Spy Vs. Spy; The Lighter Side of Teenage Dances; One Day in Baghdad; You Know You've Really Made It When...; The Typical "Success Story" Movie of the Past / The Typical "Success Story" Movie of the Future; Fold-In; The 60-Second Disappointment - Parloraid Color Pack Camera. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.60.

  • Issue #8B
    Mad Special (1970 Super Special) 8B

    Does NOT include Bonus "TV Guise Fall Preview." Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Lou Silverstone, Jack Davis, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Stan Hart, Mort Drucker, Phil Hahn, Ronnie Nathan, Tom Koch, Dave Berg, Dave Gantz, Dean Norman, Earle Doud, Max Brandel, Don (Duck) Edwing, Neal Barbera, May Sakami, Frank Ridgeway, Irving Schild and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Special, later known as the Super Special, reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine, often accompanied by original stories and attached bonuses in the form of posters, stickers, recordings and comics. Parodies of 2001: A Space Odyssey and "success story" movies, featuring art by Mort Drucker. A spoof of Snoopy's WWI flying ace Peanuts comic strips, from the Red Baron's point of view. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. 201 Minutes of a Space Idiocy; Mad About Fashion Fads; Mad's Practical New Car Designed to Eliminate Owner Aggravation; You and Your Big Mouth!; Another Sickening Collection of Mad Greeting Cards; The Conservative Dream; What Politicians Say in Public and in Private; More Mad Namelies; If the President Were Chosen Like Miss America; Don Martin on the Golf Course; Further Adventures of the Red Baron, or Security Ist Eine Grounded Beaglehundt; The Lighter Side of High School Football; Casey at the Dice; A Mad Look at Bugs 'N Worms 'N Things; MafiaCo Incorporated 1968 Annual Report; Horrifying Cliches; A Mad Look at Sex Education in the Schools; Mad's Book Publisher of the Year; On the Set; Mad's Follow-Up Report on Progress; Spy Vs. Spy; The Lighter Side of Teenage Dances; One Day in Baghdad; You Know You've Really Made It When...; The Typical "Success Story" Movie of the Past / The Typical "Success Story" Movie of the Future; Fold-In; The 60-Second Disappointment - Parloraid Color Pack Camera. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.60.

  • Issue #9B
    Mad Special (1970 Super Special) 9B
    • INCOMPLETE. Page missing, interrupts art and story.

    Does NOT Include Bonus "Nostalgic Mad" Comic. Cover by Norm Mingo and Harvey Kurtzman. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Sy Reit, Jack Davis, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Paul Peter Porges, Mort Drucker, Elaine Dunn, Alphonse Normandia, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Gilbert Barnhill, Dean Norman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Max Brandel, Harold Morrison, May Sakami, Frank Ridgeway, Irving Schild and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Special, later known as the Super Special, reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine, often accompanied by original stories and attached bonuses in the form of posters, stickers, recordings and comics. Parodies of Camelot and The Mod Squad, featuring art by Mort Drucker. Mad takes on poetry, ice hockey and Christmas. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. Don Martin Tries 8 New Ways to Fly; Mads Chemical Banquet; Some Legendary Medicine Cabinets; When No Opinion People Are the Majority; Criticism for the Common Man; Can A Lot, a Mad Musical; The Mad Plan to Beautify America; The Lighter Side of American Tourists and the Generation Gap; The Mad Ice Hockey Primer; Me and My Big Mouth; If Comics Covered Issues of the Day; The Hunters; In a Fancy Restaurant; In an Italian Restaurant; The Mad Poetry Round Robin; Behind the Scenes at an Airport; Christmas Is; Spy Vs. Spy; Horrifying Cliches; A Mad Look at Realistic Dolls; Polls and Surveys Through History; A Mad Look at Frustration; The Odd Squad; Signs of Status. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.60.

  • Issue #10A
    Mad Special (1970 Super Special) 10A


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    • Water damage: Slight.

    Includes Bonus "Nonsense Stickers". Cover by Don Martin. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Tom Koch, Jack Davis, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Paul Peter Porges, Mort Drucker, Giuseppe Baggi, Arnie Kogen, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Earle Doud, Stan Hart, Jack Kent, David Hunter, and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Special, later known as the Super Special, reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine, often accompanied by original stories and attached bonuses in the form of posters, stickers, recordings and comics. Parodies of The Wizard of Oz and The Academy Awards, featuring art by Mort Drucker. A Mad look at movie ad campaigns and comic-strip sound effects. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. Includes Bonus Don Martin Nonsense Stickers, pre-glued, perforated stamps featuring Don Martin cartoons in a full-color, attached fold-out. Don Martin Takes a Look at a Fairy Tale; Teaching History Through Television; At a Water Cooler; An Assortment of Ridiculous Mad Double-Takes; The Mad Laboratory Report on Noise; Beware of Politicians Who...; When Magazine Editors Write Their Own Subscription Letters; Don Martin Nonsense Stickers; The Academy Awards Show We'd Like to See; Don Martin Takes a Another Look at the Same Fairy Tale; The Mad Primer of Bigots, Extremists and Other Loose Ends; A Mad Look at Dogs; Dr. Benjamin Spock - Teenage Care; Don Martin Takes a Last Look at the Same Fairy Tale; Mad Origami Zoo of Cliche Creatures; Spy Vs. Spy; The Lighter Side of Status Seeking; One Day in a Hospital; What Is a Make-Out Man?; A Mad Portfolio of Appropriate Comic Strip Sound Effects; On a Saturday Afternoon; A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Laundry and Dry Cleaners; The Anatomy of a Movie Ad Campaign; A Mad Gray Paper - "The State of Our Cities"; You Know You're Really Overweight When...; Some "Greeting Cards to the Newlyweds" We'd Like to See; The Heart Transplant; A Mad Look at Two College Generations; The Guru of Ours; Fold-In; One Day on the Prairie. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.60.

  • Issue #10B
    Mad Special (1970 Super Special) 10B

    Does NOT Include Bonus "Nonsense Stickers". Cover by Don Martin. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Tom Koch, Jack Davis, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Paul Peter Porges, Mort Drucker, Giuseppe Baggi, Arnie Kogen, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Earle Doud, Stan Hart, Jack Kent, David Hunter, and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Special, later known as the Super Special, reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine, often accompanied by original stories and attached bonuses in the form of posters, stickers, recordings and comics. Parodies of The Wizard of Oz and The Academy Awards, featuring art by Mort Drucker. A Mad look at movie ad campaigns and comic-strip sound effects. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. Don Martin Takes a Look at a Fairy Tale; Teaching History Through Television; At a Water Cooler; An Assortment of Ridiculous Mad Double-Takes; The Mad Laboratory Report on Noise; Beware of Politicians Who...; When Magazine Editors Write Their Own Subscription Letters; The Academy Awards Show We'd Like to See; Don Martin Takes a Another Look at the Same Fairy Tale; The Mad Primer of Bigots, Extremists and Other Loose Ends; A Mad Look at Dogs; Dr. Benjamin Spock - Teenage Care; Don Martin Takes a Last Look at the Same Fairy Tale; Mad Origami Zoo of Cliche Creatures; Spy Vs. Spy; The Lighter Side of Status Seeking; One Day in a Hospital; What Is a Make-Out Man?; A Mad Portfolio of Appropriate Comic Strip Sound Effects; On a Saturday Afternoon; A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Laundry and Dry Cleaners; The Anatomy of a Movie Ad Campaign; A Mad Gray Paper - "The State of Our Cities"; You Know You're Really Overweight When...; Some "Greeting Cards to the Newlyweds" We'd Like to See; The Heart Transplant; A Mad Look at Two College Generations; The Guru of Ours; Fold-In; One Day on the Prairie. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.60.

  • Issue #12B
    Mad Special (1970 Super Special) 12B
    Published 1973 by EC.

    Does NOT Include Bonus "Nostalgic Mad Comic". Cover by Norm Mingo, Wally Wood and Harvey Kurtzman. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Sy Reit, Jack Davis, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Paul Peter Porges, Mort Drucker, Arnie Kogen, Angelo Torres, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Tom Koch, Dean Norman, Larry Gore, Earle Doud, Ronnie Nathan, May Sakami, John Johns, Irving Schild and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Special, later known as the Super Special, reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine, often accompanied by original stories and attached bonuses in the form of posters, stickers, recordings and comics. Parodies of the movie Bullitt and Consumer Reports magazine, featuring art by Mort Drucker. Mad takes on hospitals, taxes and TV listings. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. When the "All in the Family" Gimmick Spreads to Other Types of TV Shows; The Sky-Jacker; A Mad Look at Zoo Veterinarians; Mad's Famous Gas Station Attendant Course; Mad Scrambles; A Mad Look at Some Rules of Etiquette; If Everyone Talked Like Don Rickles; A Mad "Show Biz Success Story"; Mad's Lifetime Chart of Attitudes and Behavior; The Lighter Side of Birthdays; The Month Before Christmas (A Non-Scheduled Visit From St. Nicholas); A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Hospital; Specific Income Tax Forms for Specific Professions; The Facts of Life and Death; Horrifying Cliches; The High Diver; A Mad Look at Celebrities in Real-Life Situations; On the Trail With a Zoologist; Condemner Reports Magazine; Spy Vs. Spy; Sergio Aragones Takes a Mad Look at Protest Demonstrations; One Day in the Mountains; Mad's Green Paper - "The State of Our Suburbs"; One Day on a Hike; Mad's "Do-It-Yourself" Modern Movie Ads; The Lighter Side of Wheels; You Know You're Really in Trouble When...; If TV Shows Were Actually Like Their Capsuled Descriptions; The Heist; A Mad Look at Antiques of the Future; What is a Born Winner?; During a Summer Shower; Bullbit; Fold-In; A Valentine to All Our Mad Readers. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

  • Issue #13A
    Mad Special (1970 Super Special) 13A
    • INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, interrupts art or story. Missing some of the bonus stamps.

    Includes Bonus Mad Sickie-Stickies. Cover by Norman Mingo. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Tom Koch, Max Brandel, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Paul Peter Porges, Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres, Arnie Kogen, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Dean Norman, Lou Silverstone, John Putnam, Gloria L. Rich, Joe Orlando and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Special, later known as the Super Special, reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine, often accompanied by original stories and attached bonuses in the form of posters, stickers, recordings and comics. Parodies of the movies Airport and True Grit, featuring art by Mort Drucker. A Mad look at the legendary Woodstock festival (five years later). Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. Plus a look at sports cars by the inimitable Basil Wolverton. Includes Bonus Mad Sickie-Stickies, pre-glued, perforated stamps featuring satirical 1970s messages in a full-color, attached fold-out. Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts!; Cliche Movie Scenes Brought Up To Date; A Mad Glance at a Congressman's Outgoing Mail; A Mad Look at Wars of Yore; Mad's Famous Department Store Clerks' Course; Mad Sickie-Stickies; The Richard M. Nixon Presidential Primer; One Day in a Tenement; True Fat; A Mad Look at Footprints; Mad's Modernized College Entrance Exam; One Day Downtown; A Mad Look at Two High School Generations; The Lighter Side of Money; Spy Vs. Spy; Mad Condolence Cards for Life's Other Tragedies; If "Peanuts" Were a Weekly TV Series; Sports Cars We'd Like to See; U.S. Folksy Income Tax Return 1969; Makeus Sickby M.D.; One Morning in the Life of an Optician; I Remember, I Remember The Wondrous Woodstock Music Fair; Mad's Foreign Film Producer of the Year; 21st Century Outdoors Magazine; The Fitting; A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at the U.S. Congress; You Know You're Really on Your Own When...; The Lighter Side of Family Gatherings; More Up-To-Date Health & Safety Songs for Children; Once Again in Front of a Novelty Shop; Airplot; Fold-In; Ditched in the South Pacific. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

  • Issue #13B
    Mad Special (1970 Super Special) 13B

    Does NOT Include Bonus Mad Sickie-Stickies. Cover by Norman Mingo. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Tom Koch, Max Brandel, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Paul Peter Porges, Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres, Arnie Kogen, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Dean Norman, Lou Silverstone, John Putnam, Gloria L. Rich, Joe Orlando and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Special, later known as the Super Special, reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine, often accompanied by original stories and attached bonuses in the form of posters, stickers, recordings and comics. Parodies of the movies Airport and True Grit, featuring art by Mort Drucker. A Mad look at the legendary Woodstock festival (five years later). Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. Plus a look at sports cars by the inimitable Basil Wolverton. Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts!; Cliche Movie Scenes Brought Up To Date; A Mad Glance at a Congressman's Outgoing Mail; A Mad Look at Wars of Yore; Mad's Famous Department Store Clerks' Course; The Richard M. Nixon Presidential Primer; One Day in a Tenement; True Fat; A Mad Look at Footprints; Mad's Modernized College Entrance Exam; One Day Downtown; A Mad Look at Two High School Generations; The Lighter Side of Money; Spy Vs. Spy; Mad Condolence Cards for Life's Other Tragedies; If "Peanuts" Were a Weekly TV Series; Sports Cars We'd Like to See; U.S. Folksy Income Tax Return 1969; Makeus Sickby M.D.; One Morning in the Life of an Optician; I Remember, I Remember The Wondrous Woodstock Music Fair; Mad's Foreign Film Producer of the Year; 21st Century Outdoors Magazine; The Fitting; A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at the U.S. Congress; You Know You're Really on Your Own When...; The Lighter Side of Family Gatherings; More Up-To-Date Health & Safety Songs for Children; Once Again in Front of a Novelty Shop; Airplot; Fold-In; Ditched in the South Pacific. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

  • Issue #14A
    Mad Special (1970 Super Special) 14A

    Includes Bonus Don Martin Posters and Paintings. Cover by Don Martin. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Tom Koch, Max Brandel, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Paul Peter Porges, Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres, Arnie Kogen, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, John Jonik, Lou Silverstone, Stan Hart, Sy Reit, William Garvin, Gilbert Barnhill, Earle Doud, Irving Schild, Norman Mingo, Jack Davis and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Special, later known as the Super Special, reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine, often accompanied by original stories and attached bonuses in the form of posters, stickers, recordings and comics. Parodies of the classic 1960s movies Easy Rider and Midnight Cowboy, featuring art by Mort Drucker. A Mad look back at the '60s and the changing American lifestyle. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. Includes Bonus Don Martin Posters and Paintings, poster-sized prints of Don Martin's spoofs of 1970s lifestyles and classic works of art. The Vampire; The Mad Spotter's Guide to Professional Types; The Mating Call of the Wild; When Special Interest Magazines Review New Movies; A Mad Look at Rapunzel; "Specific Form Answer Letters" There Really Ought To Be; Mad Greeting Cards to Shake Up People You Hate; The Nightmare; Midnight Wowboy; One Night at the Fights; Mad's Updated Modern Day Mother Goose; A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Fancy Restaurant; Ads For Movie Revivals; One Day in a Crash-Pad; The Lighter Side of Worry; The Mad Sex Education Primer; Mad's Guaranteed Effective All-Occasion Non-Slanderous Political Smear Speech; Don Martin Vital Message Posters and Art Depreciation Paintings (bonus insert); Spy Vs. Spy; How to Read a Resort Ad; Those Wonderful Sixties!; You Know You're Really a Bore When...; One Day at the Ocean; The Mad Plan for Combatting the Boredom of Baseball; Mad's Frozen Foods That Fake-Out Fresh; Mad "Minute Nature Study"; The Lighter Side of Summer Resorts; Obituaries for Traditions, Pastimes and Other Dying-Out Landmarks of the American Way of Life; While Hanging Around the Corner; A Mad Look at Birds; Feature By Feature Advertising; Sleazy Riders; Fold-In; The Nightmare. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

  • Issue #15B
    Mad Special (1970 Super Special) 15B

    Does NOT Include Bonus Nostalgic Mad Comic Book. Cover by Norm Mingo and Harvey Kurtzman. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Sy Reit, Jack Davis, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Stan Hart, Mort Drucker, Arnie Kogen, Angelo Torres, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Tom Koch, George Hart, Max Brandel, Irving Schild and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Special, later known as the Super Special, reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine, often accompanied by original stories and attached bonuses in the form of posters, stickers, recordings and comics. Parodies of the movies Patton and Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, featuring art by Mort Drucker. A spoof of the TV series Hawaii Five-O. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid; One Day on Location; The Mad Blow-Your-Mind Drug Primer; If the World's Great Painters Drew the Comics; Spray Can Sprays We'd Like to See; The Lighter Side of Sex; One Day in a Garage; A Sports Fan's Garden of Verses; Deceptive Money-Saving Labels; More "So How Come...?"; How-Are-Ya-Five-O; One Day in the Garden of Eden; Hints For Special Occasion Gifts; The Mad Love Book; Progress; A Mad Look at College; The Problem; Spy Vs. Spy; Mad's Christmas Carols for the 1970 Holiday Season; The Lighter Side of Transportation; One Day at a Construction Site; A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes of Home Services; Silent Majority - The Magazine For Middle America; You Know You're Really a Football Fan When...; Great Non-Violent Guns; PUT*ON; Fold-In; One Day in the Park. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.75.