CATALOG RECORD

Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #31

EC · Series began 1970 · Summer 1980

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Dates

Cover date: Summer 1980
Pages: 84

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Norman Mingo, George Woodbridge, Mort Drucker, Don Martin, Lloyd Gola, Dave Berg, Jack Rickard, Sergio Aragonés, Jack Davis, Bob Clarke, Antonio Prohías, Paul Coker, Don Edwing, Angelo Torres, Al Jaffee, Irving Schildinks: Norman Mingo, George Woodbridge, Mort Drucker, Don Martin, Lloyd Gola, Dave Berg, Jack Rickard, Sergio Aragonés, Jack Davis, Bob Clarke, Antonio Prohías, Paul Coker, Don Edwing, Angelo Torres, Al Jaffee, Irving Schildcolors: Norman Mingo, George Woodbridge, Al Jaffee, Irving Schildscript: Don Edwing, Larry Siegel, Don Martin, Frank Jacobs, Lloyd Gola, Dave Berg, Lou Silverstone, Sergio Aragonés, Tom Koch, Antonio Prohías, Paul Peter Porges, Dick DeBartolo, Al Jaffee

Stories

Another Day in the Jungle · 1 pages
An elephant hides from two hunters.
The Odd Father Part, Too! · Family Reunion Dept. · 8 pages
Don Martin Beats the High Cost of Gasoline · 3 pages
Various ways to deal with the gas shortage.
Additions to the Dictionary · Neumanclature Dept. · 1 pages
A list of proposed new slang terms.
You Know You're Really a Pet Owner When... · 2 pages
Examples of the trials of being a pet owner.
The Lighter Side of Chores · 5 pages
The good and bad points of performing menial household tasks.
One Morning on an Assembly Line · 1 pages
A man is assembled in order to receive an award.
It Ain't Fair When... · Sour Gripes Dept. · 2 pages
Pollution Alert · Ecchology Dept. · 1 pages
A man tries to get a spewing sewage pipe closed off.
Young Sports Illustrated · Minor Disaster Dept. · 5 pages
A Mad Look at Commuting · Round Trip-Schtick Dept. · 2 pages
The trials of trying to get from your home to your job.
Spy Vs. Spy · 1 pages
The Black Spy fools the White Spy with a false bay in his armored car.
Mad's Recession Mother Goose · From Bad Times to Verse Dept. · 3 pages
One Fine Day in Suburbia · 1 pages
A man buys a tree.
A Mad Look at Burial at Sea · Float Some and Jettison Some Dept. · 2 pages
Examples of burial at sea that don't go as planned.
TV Disclaimers We'd Like to See · Affrontal Attack Dept. · 4 pages
Celebrities appear on network TV series in order to deliver disclaimers concerning the uninspired content of the series.
Footnotes* to Football · 2 pages
Flubs and foibles on the football field, with the characters shown only from the knees down.
Some Real Life Scenes We'd Like to See · 4 pages
Examples of socially annoying people getting what's coming to them.
What is a Guidance Counselor? · Advice to the Forelorn Dept. · 2 pages
Satirical essay on the profession of guidance counseling.
The Lighter Side of the Fast-Food Craze · 5 pages
Examples of how fast-food restaurants have changed life.
A Modern Business Success Story · Inferiority Complex Dept. · 2 pages
Genesis of a business from its humble roots to its ultimate destiny.
One Beautiful Evening Last May · 1 pages
Spy Vs. Spy · 1 pages
The Black Spy tries to steal a bag through the White Spy's window but the White Spy sets a trap.
Mad's College Football Coach of the Year · Doin' the Varsity Dragon Dept. · 5 pages
A college football coach is interviewed and program excesses are exposed.
Other Betting Pools · Odds for the Love of Moola Dept. · 2 pages
Examples of office betting pools that have nothing to do with sporting events.
One Saturday Night at the North Pole · 1 pages
Barnacle Groans · Tired Bloodhounds Dept. · 6 pages
In a parody of the TV series "Barnaby Jones," a folksy senior citizen becomes a private detective.

Characters

Alfred E. Neuman