Spring 1981:
Special Television Issue. Cover by Norman Mingo. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Tom Koch, Stan Hart, Dick DeBartolo, Lou Silverstone, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Arnie Kogen, Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres, Earle Doud, Ronald Axe, Sol Weinstein, Lois Carpenter, Gary Belkin, Stan Hart, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, 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 classic TV series Star Trek, The Six Million Dollar Man, All in the Family, and Batman, featuring art by Mort Drucker and Angelo Torres. A one-page Mission Impossible spoof written by the legendary Chevy Chase, one of his first forays into professional comedy. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. Star Blecch; Genteel Ben; How-Are-Ya-Five-O?; Fold-In; Late Night TV Roulette; A CBS-TV Summer Memo to The Smothered Brothers; Bananaz; A TV Ad We'd Like to See; Football "In Depth; Mission: Ridiculous; Mad's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself TV Premiere; The Infernal Triangle; Mad Looks at a Typical Kiddie TV Show; The Six Million Dollars, Man!; If "Peanuts" Were a Weekly TV Series; Commercial Roulette; Hokum's Heroes; Mad's "TV Game Show" Originator of the Year; Gall in the Family Fare; If TV Shows Were Actually Like Their Capsuled Descriptions; Mad's Reality Street; A Mad Guide to "Do-It-Yourself" TV Repairs; Bats-Man; A TV Ad We'd Like To See - The Shill Gasoline Commercial; The Television Studio. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W.
Summer 1981:
No Bonus Stickers. Cover by Norman Mingo. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Tom Koch, Stan Hart, Dick DeBartolo, Lou Silverstone, Frank Jacobs, Larry Sharp, Jerry DeFuccio, John Caldwell, Arnie Kogen, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Paul Peter Porges, Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres, Bob Clarke, Tony Garcia, Alis Ellis, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Don (Duck) Edwing, Jack Davis and Sergio Aragones. The Mad 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 Watergate film All the President's Men and the TV show Happy Days, featuring art by Mort Drucker and Angelo Torres. Mad predicts where 1970s celebrities will be in 1996. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Don Martin cartoons. Includes Bonus Window Stickers, pre-glued, perforated stamps with satirical messages, in a full-color, attached fold-out. More Scenes We'd Like to See - The Frog Prince; Gall of the President's Men; Late One Afternoon at the Warsaw Dike; Has Anybody Ever Really Heard...; Where Else But on TV...?; The Lighter Side of Grooming; Spy vs. Spy; Mad Penny-Pinching Hints; One Fine Afternoon in a Gym; Mad's Nice Graffiti; The Cockroach; The Neuman Book of World Records That Led to Lesser-Known Follow-Up Records; Mad Car & Home Window Stickers; A Mad Look at 50 Years of College Life in America; Mad's First and Probably Last Reader Survey; What's the Story...?; Getting Involved; Whatever Became of...? (Stars of the 1970s in 1996); What's Worse Than...?; If TV Commercials Told Us Everything; Late One Afternoon Last January; Mad's Traffic Commissioner of the Year; A Mad Gallery of People It's Hard to Feel Sorry For; Other Forms of Malpractice Insurance; Take It With a Grain of Salt When...; The Lighter Side of Consumers; One Fine Day at the Corner of South Finster Boulevard and Fonebone Street; Christmas Carols for the 1976 Holiday Season; Crappy Days; Fold-In; Fish or Foul? 8.5-in. x 11-in., 100 pages, B&W.
Spring 1980:
"Lover's Story," art by Mort Drucker; In a parody of the film "Love Story," a rich college boy romances an ethnic girl below his social station in spite of pressure from his parents, and then she dies--beautifully. "At A Matinee," script and art by Don Martin; A man speaks up when he can't see the movie because of what he thinks are two lovers making out in front of him at the theater. "Hollywood Surplus Sale," script by Earle Doud, art by George Woodbridge; Humorous uses for movie props. "Airplot," script by Larry Siegel, art by Mort Drucker; Parody of the movie Airplane. "The $ound of Money," script by Stan Hart, art by Mort Drucker; Parody of the movie The Sound of Music. "Balmy and Clod," script by Larry Siegel, art by Mort Drucker; Parody of the movie Bonnie and Clyde. "The Mad Drive-In Movie Primer," script by Larry Siegel, art by George Woodbridge; 10 lessons on going to a drive-in movie. "The Poopside Down Adventure," script by Dick DeBartolo, art by Mort Drucker; Parody of the movie "The Poseidon Adventure." "New Movie Monsters from the Medical World," script by E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Jack Rickard; Monster Movie style posters based on things that happen in the Medical profession. "Put On," script by Larry Siegel, art by Mort Drucker; Parody of the movie Patton. "What's the Connection?", script by Dick DeBartolo, art by Mort Drucker; In a parody of the film "The French Connection," a racist, violent narcotics detective tries to arrest the members of a drug-smuggling ring. "A Mad Guide to TV Late Show Clich Movie Props," script by Paul Peter Porges, art by Angelo Torres. "Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid," script by Arnie Kogen, art by Mort Drucker; Parody of the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. "A Mad Look at Movie Monsters," script and art by Sergio Aragons. "201: A Space Idiocy," script by Dick DeBartolo, art by Mort Drucker; Parody of the movie 2001 A Space Odyssey. 120 pgs., B&W.
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 Argons; 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.
Condition: very good - excellent range (1979 insert comic intact and near mint)
Measurements: 8 1/2" x 11"
