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Dates
- Cover date
- 1972
- Pages
- 112
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Don Martin Tries 8 New Ways to Fly · Up, Up and Oy-Vay Dept. · 4 pages
- A Mad Peek into Some... Legendary Medicine Cabinets · Toilet Article Dept. · 3 pages
- When the 'No Opinion' People Become the Majority · Swept Under the Shrug Dept. · 3 pages
- Criticisms for the Common Man · Lowest Common Denunciatior Dept. · 3 pages
- Can a Lot · Knight-Schtick Dept. · 7 pages
In a parody of the musical "Camelot," the president of a canned wax fruit corporation deals with the plots and drama of his board and his cheating wife.
- The Mad Plan to Beautify America · Road Show Dept. · 4 pages
Examples of how to reduce highway sign clutter by combining billboards and traffic signs.
- The Lighter Side of American Tourists · 5 pages
Examples of boorish behavior from American tourists abroad and from the foreign people entertaining those tourists.
- The Mad Ice Hockey Primer · Sport 'n' Blood Dept. · 3 pages
Examination of the sport of ice hockey, presented in the form of a child's reading primer.
- Me and My Big Mouth · Tongue-In-Check Dept. · 2 pages
People say things they're later sorry for saying.
- If Comic Strips Covered the Burning Issues of the Day · Pen-and-Inculcation Dept. · 3 pages
Various comic strips have current social issues injected into their story lines.
- The Hunters · 1 pages
Two hunters misuse a duck call and get a surprise.
- The Mad Poetry Round Robin · Shifting into Re-Verse Dept. · 4 pages
Examples of famous poems rewritten in the styles of different famous poets.
- A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at an Airport · 2 pages
Examples of less-than-admirable events occurring at a typical airport.
- Christmas Is... · 3 pages
Series of cynical examples of how Christmas has been corrupted by commercialism and greed.
- Bridge Trap · 1 pages
The White Spy leads the Black Spy's tank across a bridge whose planks roll up behind the White Spy as he walks, sending the tank over the ledge.
- Horrifying Cliches [Part 7] · Spooking From Pictures Dept. · 3 pages
Cliche phrases are given horrifying visualizations.
- The Lighter Side of the Generation Gap · 5 pages
The misunderstandings and miscommunication between generations is explored.
- In a Fancy Restaurant · 1 pages
A restaurant carving station cuts more than just some ham.
- If Polls and Surveys Had Been Used Through History · Poll-Taxed Dept. · 2 pages
Examples of how history would have been altered if those involved had listened to pollsters.
- A Mad Look at...Frustration · Food for Thwart Dept. · 3 pages
Examples of frustrating incidents in life.
- Odd Squad · Teeny-Coppers Dept. · 6 pages
In a parody of the TV series "The Mod Squad," three runaways are recruited by the police as undercover operatives and sent on inherently silly missions.
- Plunger on the Window · 1 pages
The Black Spy sticks a plunger to the inside of the White Spy's window, then uses a hose to make it appear to be raining. When the White Spy tries to shut his window the plunger handle comes down with the window and knocks him over the head.
- Signs of Status · Display As You Go Dept. · 4 pages
Clothing or objects with messages imprinted on them denoting how affluent the owner is.
- In an Italian Restaurant · 1 pages
A restaurant patron complains about his dish of spaghetti.
- Superduperman! · 8 pages
Superduperman defeats Captain Marbles by causing Marbles to punch himself out, but Superduperman still can't make it with Lois.
- Melvin of the Apes! · 7 pages
The Greystrokes take Melvin back to London but then flee him by going to Africa.
- Outer Sanctum! · 8 pages
The Professor creates Heap and uses him to rob banks until Heap leaves to find a mate.