CATALOG RECORD

Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #15

EC · Series began 1970 · 1975

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Dates

Cover date: 1975
Pages: 84

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Norman Mingo, Harvey Kurtzman, Mort Drucker, Don Martin, Bob Clarke, Jack Rickard, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Jack Davis, Irving Schild, Angelo Torres, Paul Coker, Sergio Aragonés, Antonio Prohías, Al Jaffee, Wally Wood, Bill Elderinks: Norman Mingo, Harvey Kurtzman, Mort Drucker, Don Martin, Bob Clarke, Jack Rickard, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Jack Davis, Irving Schild, Angelo Torres, Paul Coker, Sergio Aragonés, Antonio Prohías, Al Jaffee, Wally Wood, Bill Eldercolors: Norman Mingo, Al Jaffee, Marie Severinscript: Arnie Kogen, Don Martin, Sy Reit, Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart, Dave Berg, Dick DeBartolo, Tom Koch, George Hart, Max Brandel, Sergio Aragonés, Antonio Prohías, Larry Siegel, Al Jaffee, Harvey Kurtzmanletters: Don Martin, Harvey Kurtzman, Ben Oda

Stories

Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid · Shooting From the "Hip" Dept. · 7 pages
In a parody of the film "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid," two wild west outlaws rob, steal, have fun and generally act adorably.
One Day on Location · 2 pages
On the set of a "King Kong" film, the lead actor has a special talent for the role.
The Mad Blow-Your-Mind Drug Primer · 3 pages
Satire of the emerging drug culture in society.
If The World's Greatest Painters Drew the Comics · 4 pages
Famous painters drawing comic strips in their unique style.
Spray Can Sprays We'd Like to See · Psssst! Dept. · 2 pages
New concepts in aerosol products.
The Lighter Side of Sex · 5 pages
Satirical examples of the sexual attraction between genders.
One Day in a Garage · 1 pages
A surgeon gets ironic revenge on his auto mechanic.
A Sports Fan's Garden of Verses · Athletic Pentameter Dept. · 4 pages
Poems based on various sports themes. Poems included are: Broadway Joe; Skis; The Sportsman's Hour; Doubleday; I Must Go Out to the Track Again; Lew Alcindor; On the Road to Baltimore; Come Bowl with Me; and The Hometown Goalie.
More "So How Come..."? · 3 pages
Examples of how the same situation can be viewed differently from different perspectives.
How-Are-Ya, Five-0? · 6 pages
In a parody of the TV series "Hawaii Five-0," a dense police detective and his squad of equally dense subordinates search Hawaii for a missing Hawaiian artifact.
One Day in the Garden of Eden · 1 pages
Adam makes another use for the fig leaf.
Hints for Special Occasion Gifts · Gi'Me Gimmicks Dept. · 2 pages
Examples of notes and letters making less-than-subtle hints for gifts.
The Mad Love Book · 3 pages
Gags featuring the opening line..."Don't you just love..."
Progress · There's No Stool Like an Old Stool Dept. · 1 pages
The gradual evolution of a chair.
The Problem · 1 pages
A psychiatrist tries to allay his patient's phobia about being in a horrible random accident.
Mad's Christmas Carols for the 1974 Season · 4 pages
The lyrics of traditional Christmas carols are altered to reflect current events.
The Lighter Side of Transportation · 5 pages
Dave Berg's Lighter Side of gag section focusing on a singular topic, Transportation.
One Day at a Construction Site · 1 pages
A hippy uses flower power, literally.
Spy vs. Spy · 1 pages
The White Spy fakes out the Black Spy with a box and a manhole cover.
Silent Majority the Magazine for Middle America · Putting the Right on Dept. · 5 pages
A mock magazine focusing on Middle American lifestyles.
You Know You're Really a Football Fan When... · 2 pages
Examples of behavior that identifies a person as an obsessed football fan.
Great Non-Violent Guns! · 2 pages
Series of gags featuring non-violent guns.
Put*On · Great Scott! Dept. · 7 pages
In a parody of the film "Patton," the Allies win World War II in spite of the psychotic sadist in charge of the tank brigade.
One Day in the Park · 1 pages
A kid tries to break a seller's balloons.

Characters

Alfred E. Neuman