CATALOG RECORD

Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #27

EC · Series began 1970 · 1978

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Dates

Cover date: 1978
Pages: 86

Editions and covers

Original edition

Barcode 709893408027
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Creators

pencils: Norman Mingo, Sergio Aragonés, Angelo Torres, Arnoldo Franchioni, Jack Rickard, Harry North, Mort Drucker, Paul Coker, Don Martin, George Woodbridge, Antonio Prohías, Al Jaffee, Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Bruce Dayinks: Norman Mingo, Sergio Aragonés, Angelo Torres, Arnoldo Franchioni, Jack Rickard, Harry North, Mort Drucker, Paul Coker, Don Martin, George Woodbridge, Antonio Prohías, Al Jaffee, Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Bruce Daycolors: Norman Mingo, Al Jaffeescript: Sergio Aragonés, Larry Siegel, Arnoldo Franchioni, Stan Hart, Tom Koch, Arnie Kogen, Don Martin, Lou Silverstone, Antonio Prohías, Frank Jacobs, Dave Berg, Larry Gore, Al Jaffee, E. Nelson Bridwell

Stories

A Mind-Blowing Incident · 1 pages
A man blow-drying his hair is mistaken for a man with a gun.
The Mad Plan for Foiling Obnoxious Sales and Business People · Pitch Switch Dept. · 4 pages
Six examples of how to deal with obnoxious salespeople.
Labor Pains · Our Capitalist Schtick Society Dept. · 2 pages
Cartoons highlighting the difference between management and labor in the workforce.
Citizen's Arrests · Short Arm of the Law Dept. · 3 pages
Humorous citizen's arrests for normal everyday happenings.
Public Service Announcements We Really Need · TV Freebies Dept. · 3 pages
Humorous public service announcements.
Civil Service Exams · Tests for the Testy Dept. · 4 pages
Fake Civil Service exams.
8 "James Bomb" Bomb Movies · 9 pages
Parody of 8 James Bond films.
The Mad Crisis Primer · 4 pages
One Day on a Tennis Court · 1 pages
Two men play tennis.
Mad's "Singles Only" Resort Owner of the Year · 4 pages
Mark Spritz interviews the owner of a singles resort.
Untitled · 1 pages
Black Spy tricks the White Spy with a cake with a file in it.
Unavoidable Exercises for the Urban Dweller · 2 pages
A look at hectic life and the exercise people get everyday on a big city street.
The Lighter Side of... Cold Weather · The Lighter Side · 5 pages
At "The National Association of Professional Glass-Eaters" Banquet · 1 pages
A Downer Is · 2 pages
Eat Out and Lose Weight! · 1 pages
How to eat out and still lose weight.
The Six Million Dollars, Man! · 7 pages
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.
Mad Solutions to Big City Doggie-Do Problems · 5 pages
Humorous ways to pick up after your dog in the city.
One Day in a Run-Down Shack · 1 pages
An inventor invents the first bullet-proof vest.
The Lighter Side of... the High Cost of Living · 5 pages
1974 Hospital Supply Catalogue · 4 pages
Humorous hospital supplies.
Bluff That Mugger! · 1 pages
Humorous ways to bluff a mugger.
The Zing · 8 pages
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.
One Day in the Patent Office · 1 pages

Characters

Alfred E. Neuman

Reprinted in

Mad (2018)