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MAD Special [MAD Super Special] comic books issue 23

  • Issue #23A
    Mad Special (1970 Super Special) 23A
    • Interior is complete.

    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.

  • Issue #23B
    Mad Special (1970 Super Special) 23B

    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.