Mad Special (1970 Super Special) comic books 1977-1979

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Includes Bonus Diplomas and Awards. Cover by Norman Mingo. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Don (Duck) Edwing, Tom Koch, Paul Peter Porges, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Arnie Kogen, Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres, Dave Berg, Lou Silverstone, 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 endless Planet of the Apes sequel movies, featuring art by Mort Drucker, and the TV series Kung Fu. A Mad look at high school yearbooks and wedding announcements. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. Includes Bonus Diplomas and Awards, pull-out 8-in. x 10-in. spoof certificates, such as a license to live together, and a lifetime achievement award for housework. A Moving Jungle Tale; The Milking of The Planet That Went Ape; Graffiti Through History; One Day in the North Woods; The Mad Car-Owners Hate Book; The Lighter Side of Spectators; One Afternoon in Switzerland; Rewriting Your Way to a PH.D; Spy vs. Spy; A Mad Look at Weddings; 16 Diplomas, Certificates and Other Mad Awards; Mad's Corporate Ecologist of the Year; One Evening at a Masquerade Party; Planned Obsolescence in Everyday Products; Protest Songs for Life's Everyday Complaints; One Day on the Highway; A High School Year Book That Tells It Like it Really Is; The Shadow Knows; Distinctive Wedding Announcements; One Afternoon in the Northwest Territory; The Lighter Side of Permissiveness; One Fine Day During the Civil War; Magazines for Neglected Sports; When All Businesses Rely on Sales Promotion Gimmicks; Kung Fool; Fold-In; Keep America Beautiful. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

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Includes Bonus Don Martin Stickers. Cover by Don Martin. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Tom Koch, Bob Clarke, Dick DeBartolo, Lloyd Gola, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Don Epstein, Paul Coker, Jr., Paul Peter Porges, Jack Rickard, Angelo Torres, Marcelle Pesek, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Don (Duck) Edwing, Larry Gore, 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. A parody of the classic Stanley Kubrick movie A Clockwork Orange. A Mad look at Tarzan, featuring Jack Davis art, and old songs get a feminist twist. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. Includes Bonus Don Martin Stickers, pre-glued, perforated stamps featuring Don Martin's distinctive sound effects in a full-color, attached fold-out. In an Agent's Office; A Crockwork Lemon; The Mad TV Viewers Hate Book; Future Enlistment Posters; The Lighter Side of Fun in the Sun; The Lighter Side of Leisure Time; One Night in a Living Room; Late One Night On a Dark and Scary Street; One Fine Day in the Life of Leonardo da Vinci; One Evening in Spain; One Day With a Wishbone; Middle Class Poverty Is…; Spy vs. Spy; You Know Its Really Summer when…; Relevant Job Applications; MADs Summer Camp Owner of the Year; Don't You Feel Like a Schmuck?!; MAD Rattlers; How Come on TV…?; Interpreting the News; A MAD Look at Tarzan; A Head Shop Supplies Catalog; Tell-Tale Comic Strip Balloons; A Modern Fairy Tale; Old Standards Rewritten for the Liberated Woman; You Never Can Win With a Bigot!; When All of TV Must Grant Equal Time; Fold-in; Heads You Lose! 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

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Does NOT Include Bonus Don Martin Stickers. Cover by Don Martin. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Tom Koch, Bob Clarke, Dick DeBartolo, Lloyd Gola, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Don Epstein, Paul Coker, Jr., Paul Peter Porges, Jack Rickard, Angelo Torres, Marcelle Pesek, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Don (Duck) Edwing, Larry Gore, 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. A parody of the classic Stanley Kubrick movie A Clockwork Orange. A Mad look at Tarzan, featuring Jack Davis art, and old songs get a feminist twist. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. In an Agent's Office; A Crockwork Lemon; The Mad TV Viewers Hate Book; Future Enlistment Posters; The Lighter Side of Fun in the Sun; The Lighter Side of Leisure Time; One Night in a Living Room; Late One Night On a Dark and Scary Street; One Fine Day in the Life of Leonardo da Vinci; One Evening in Spain; One Day With a Wishbone; Middle Class Poverty Is…; Spy vs. Spy; You Know Its Really Summer when…; Relevant Job Applications; MADs Summer Camp Owner of the Year; Don't You Feel Like a Schmuck?!; MAD Rattlers; How Come on TV…?; Interpreting the News; A MAD Look at Tarzan; A Head Shop Supplies Catalog; Tell-Tale Comic Strip Balloons; A Modern Fairy Tale; Old Standards Rewritten for the Liberated Woman; You Never Can Win With a Bigot!; When All of TV Must Grant Equal Time; Fold-in; Heads You Lose! 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

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Includes Bonus "Nostalgic Mad" Comic. Cover by Norm Mingo, Will Elder, Jack Davis, and Wally Wood. Stories and art by Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Wally Wood, Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Lou Silverstone, Robert Kaufman, Jack Davis, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Don (Duck) Edwing, 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 The Poseidon Adventure and the TV show Maude, featuring art by Mort Drucker and Angelo Torres. An ecological horror film with art by Don Martin, and an update on the Wizard of Oz. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. Includes pull-out bonus comic Nostalgic Mad #6, reprinting stories from the classic early comic that unleashed MAD upon the world, written by Harvey Kurtzman. This issue includes Jack Davis's private eye parody Kane Keen; Wally Wood's spoof of Flash Gordon; and Will Elder's masterful spoofs of puzzle pages and crime comics. Flesh Garden!; Puzzle Pages!; Kane Keen!; Mole!; The Poopsidedown Adventure; A Mad City Street Scene We'd Like to See / A Mad Suburban Street Scene We'd Like to See; One Fine Day on a Guided Tour of Mt. Rushmore; The Mad Motorists Guide to American Wildlife; Mad Interviews a Typical Liberal Family; Why Does it Always Happen That...; One Morning at a Bus Depot; Fairy Tales Continued or What Happened After They Lived Happily Ever After; What's in a Name? Part Two: Institutions; The Lighter Side of Corruption; One Morning in Marrakesh; Oz - Revisited - or...Let's Follow the Yellow Brick Road Again...If We Can!; A Mad Look at Karate; An Architectural Triumph; Yecch or "What a Waste!"; Spy vs. Spy; Mad "Bugs" the Insect World; The Lighter Side of Crime in the Streets; Late One Night in a Waterfront Tavern; Fortune Cookies That Are Relevant; A Mad Look at Two Grammar School Generations; Crime Foilers For the Average Citizen; One Day on a Transcontinental Jet; Bawde; Fold-In; Early One Morning in the Near Future. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

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Includes Bonus Posters. Cover by Don Martin and Norman Mingo. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Tom Koch, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Stan Hart, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Arnie Kogen, Paul Coker, Jr., Paul Peter Porges, Jack Rickard, Angelo Torres, Lou Silverstone, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Don (Duck) Edwing, Irving Schild, 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 George Lucas movie American Graffiti and the musical My Fair Lady, featuring art by Mort Drucker. A spoof of heart-warming family drama The Waltons. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. Includes Bonus Don Martin Rock Music Posters, poster-sized prints of Don Martin's spoofs of classic rock stars, including Patti Smith, Stevie Wonder, Kiss and the Beatles. Scenes We'd Like to See - Pinocchio; American Confetti; One Sunday Morning on the Beach; The Mad Bowling Primer; Trademark Graffiti; You Know There's Something Fishy When...; The Lighter Side of Dieting; One Day in the City; Mad's Sure-Fire Cliche Killers; Remember When...; Don Martin "Rock Music" Posters (bonus insert); A Mad History of Sex; Mad Visits the "Realistic School of Medicine"; One Tuesday Afternoon After School; Wishful Thinking; The Dulltons; Spy vs. Spy; Clean Ads for Dirty Movies; A Mad Guide to Status Symbols; One Evening at a Cocktail Party; Picture Road Signs We'd Like to See; The Lighter Side of Minor Ailments; One Fine Evening in the Castle; Picture Road Signs for Everyday Situations; My Fair Laddie; One Dark Night in a Laboratory; Fold-In; Uncle Sam's Medical Report. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.25.

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Includes Bonus Record. Cover by Mort Drucker and Norman Mingo. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Jan Van Wessum, Jack Davis, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Don Epstein, Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres, Norman Mingo, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Stan Hart, Lou Silverstone, Lloyd Gola, Max Brandel and Sergio Aragones, plus audio performances by Jane Gennard, Alfreida Norwood and Norm Blagman. 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 1970s film classics The Exorcist and Serpico, featuring art by Mort Drucker. A Mad look at recycling (1970s-style) and May-December romances. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. Includes Bonus "Makin' Out" Record, a detachable vinyl novelty disk featuring a comedy song about modern romance. Scenes We'd Like To See - The Frog Prince; The Ecchorcist; If People Were Labeled Like Products; One Morning in Surgery; The Lighter Side of The Energy Crisis; One Night in a Police Station; If the World of Yesterday Faced the Conditions of Today; The Mad Tennis Primer; Spy vs. Spy; Mad Academy Awards for Best Performances in Everyday Situations; "Makin' Out" (bonus record insert); "Makin' Out" (lyrics); Sure-Fire Ticket Deterrents for Frustrated Drivers; One Day in a Laboratory; McClod; Bible Rave Magazine; One Fine Day in the Arctic; Mad's "Karate Movie" Producer of the Year; Parental Non-Sequiturs; The Lighter Side of Hot Weather; A Mad Guide to Recycling Garbage; You Know You Married a Gal/Guy Who's Much Too Young/Old For You When...; One Evening at the Stamp Club Meeting; Serpicool; One Day at Notre Dame; Fold-In; Morality...Then and Now. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.25.

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Summer 1979. Includes Bonus Mad Shock-Sticks Stickers. "A Mind-Blowing Incident," script and art by Sergio Aragonés; A man blow-drying his hair is mistaken for a man with a gun. "The Mad Plan for Foiling Obnoxious Sales and Business People," script by Larry Siegel, art by Angelo Torres; Six examples of how to deal with obnoxious salespeople. "Citizen's Arrests," script by Stan Hart, art by Jack Rickard; Humorous citizen's arrests for normal everyday happenings. "Public Service Announcements We Really Need," script by Tom Koch, art by Harry North. "Civil Service Exams," script by Stan Hart, art by Jack Rickard; Fake Civil Service exams. "8 James Bomb Bomb Movies," script by Arnie Kogen, art by Mort Drucker; Parody of 8 James Bond films. "One Day on a Tennis Court," script and art by Don Martin. "Mad's Singles Only Resort Owner of the Year," script by Lou Silverstone, art by George Woodbridge. "Spy Vs Spy" by Antonio Prohías. "Unavoidable Exercises for the Urban Dweller," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Al Jaffee. "The Lighter Side of... Cold Weather," script and art by Dave Berg. "The Six Million Dollars, Man!", script by Lou Silverstone, art by Angelo Torres; In a parody of the TV series "The Six Million Dollar Man," an astronaut injured in an accident is given bionic implants and must rescue the surgeon who implanted them from his Soviet abductors. "The Lighter Side of... the High Cost of Living," script and art by Dave Berg. "1974 Hospital Supply Catalogue," script by Tom Koch, art by Bob Clarke. "The Zing," script by Arnie Kogen, art by Mort Drucker; In a parody of the film "The Sting," two con men run an elaborate con on a crime boss in retaliation for the killing of one of the men's partner. 86 pgs., B&W. Cover price $1.25.

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Fall 1979. Includes Bonus Nostalgic Mad Comic. Cover art by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder (Robinson Crusoe, Resturant! and Shermlock Shomes figures), Wally Wood (Prince Violent figure), and Jack Davis (Face Upon the Floor figure). "The Nostalgic Mad #7" cover reprint of MAD #4 by Harvey Kurtzman. "Robinson Crusoe!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Will Elder; Parody of the novel Robinson Crusoe. "Prince Violent," script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; Prince Violent pursues Maid Alota, hacking many a foe before meeting her. "Restaurant!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Bill Elder; The deprivations the Sturdleys suffer at a typical Sunday restaurant outing. "The Face Upon the Floor!", script by Jack Davis (plot) and H. Antoine D'Arcy (original poem), art by Jack Davis and Basil Wolverton (final panel); An illustration of D'Arcy poem. "The Hound of the Basketballs!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Bill Elder; Shermlock captures the hound that has cursed the Basketball family. "The Castaway," script and art by Sergio Argonès; A castaway on a desert island makes a boat. "Angel of Misery Hospital Orientation Guidebook & Official Souvenir Program," script by Tom Koch, art by Jack Rickard. "Mad's More Realistic City Monuments," script by Stan Hart, art by Bob Clarke. "The Towering Sterno," script by Dick DeBartolo, art by Mort Drucker; A satire of the movie "The Towering Inferno." "Don Martin Escapes ...From Prison... Almost!", script and art by Don Martin. "The Lighter Side of... Graduation," script and art by Dave Berg. 120 pgs., B&W. Cover price $1.25.

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Winter 1979. Includes Bonus Posters. "Scenes We'd Like To See," script by Don Edwing, art by Don Martin; The princess get a surprise when she kisses a frog and it becomes a prince. "Jaw'd," script by Larry Siegel, art by Mort Drucker; In a parody of the film "Jaws," a local sheriff teams with a foul-mouthed fisherman and a nerdy ichthyologist to catch a shark menacing the local beach. "More Modern Fairy Tales," script by Don Reilly, art by Paul Coker, Jr.; Six "Modern" fairly tales: The Man Of The People, The Wise Carriage Makers, The Generous Minstrels, The Rescue, The Author and The Careful Chemist. "A Mad Look At Sharks," script and art by Sergio Aragonés. "The Lighter Side Of... Anxiety," script and art by Dave Berg. "One Day In South Dakota," script and art by Don Martin; A lumberjack helps work on Mount Rushmore. "Photo-Monotony," script by Dick DeBartolo, photos by Irving Schild; A humorous look at a photography magazine. Pull-out section to cut up and make into a display for your wall, script and art by Don Martin. "Headlines of the Insect World," script by Paul Peter Porges, art by Bob Clarke. "A Mad Look At... Model-Building," script and art by Sergio Aragonés; Humourous look at model kits. "The Mad Economics Primer," script by Stan Hart, art by Al Jaffee. "The Lighter Side Of... Summer Hazards," script and art by Dave Berg. "Mad's Obnoxious Sports Spectator of the Year," script by Lou Silverstone, art by Jack Davis. "The Mad Handbook of House-Guesting," script by Paul Peter Porges, art by Jack Davis. "Kojerk," script by Arnie Kogen, art by Angelo Torres; In a parody of the TV series "Kojak," a Manhattan police detective tries to solve crimes in between being stylish and lovable. 84 pgs., B&W. Cover price $1.25.

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Does NOT Include Bonus Record. Cover by Norman Mingo. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Don (Duck) Edwing, Jack Davis, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Paul Peter Porges, Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres, Tom Koch, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Irving Schild, Lou Silverstone, Lloyd Gola, 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. A parody of 1970s film classic The Godfather Part II, featuring art by Mort Drucker. A Mad look at guidance counselors and Sports Illustrated. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. Another Day in the Jungle; The Odd Father Part, Too!; Don Martin Beats the High Cost of Gasoline; Additions to the Dictionary; You Know You're Really a Pet Owner When...; The Lighter Side of Chores; One Morning on an Assembly Line; It Ain't Fair When...; Pollution Alert; Young Sports Illustrated Magazine; A Mad Look at Commuting; Spy vs. Spy; Mad's Recession Mother Goose; One Fine Day in Suburbia; A Mad Look at Burial at Sea; TV Disclaimers We'd Like to See; Footnotes* to Football; Some Real Life Scenes We'd Like to See; What is a Guidance Counselor?; The Lighter Side of The Fast Food Craze; A Modern Business Success Story; One Beautiful Evening Last May; How Many Mistakes Can You Find in this Picture?; Mad's College Football Coach of the Year; Other Betting Pools; A Mad Look at Backpacking; One Saturday Night at the North Pole; Barnacle Groans; Fold-In; Here's Looking at You, Kid! 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.