CATALOG RECORD

Mad #69

EC · Series began 1952 · March 1962

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Dates

Cover date: March 1962
On sale: December 26, 1961
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Kelly Freas, Lester Krauss, Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Dave Berg, Don Martin, George Woodbridge, Bob Clarke, Antonio Prohías, Mort Drucker, Jack Rickard, Norman Mingoinks: Kelly Freas, Lester Krauss, Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Dave Berg, Don Martin, George Woodbridge, Bob Clarke, Antonio Prohías, Mort Drucker, Jack Rickard, Norman Mingocolors: Kelly Freas, Norman Mingoscript: Bill Gaines, Frank Jacobs, Don Reilly, Larry Siegel, Dave Berg, Don Martin, Antonio Prohías, Tom Koch, Earle Doud, Lois Carpenter, Dick DeBartolo, Al Jaffee, E. Nelson Bridwell, Sy Reit

Stories

Alfred's Poor Almanac · Useless Information Dept. · 1 pages
Satirical anecdotes for every day in the month of January.
If Babies Could Take "Parent Pictures" · Spocking of Pictures Dept. · 5 pages
Comparison of the pictures adults take of babies with the pictures babies take of adults.
Mad Previews the Top News Stories of 1962 · The Hearst Is Yet to Come Dept. · 4 pages
Satirical newspaper items of events yet to come.
The Lighter Side of the Dentist · Tooth-Tooth-Toothie, Good-bye Dept. · 3 pages
Series of jokes with a dentist theme.
The Painter · 1 pages
An artist paints a miniature portrait of a large woman.
Fight Songs For Schools That Can't Afford Major Sports · Siss-Boom-Blah Dept. · 2 pages
Fight songs geared for so-called "non-revenue" NCAA sports.
At the Movies · 1 pages
An usher tries to evacuate a theater after someone yells "fire".
Model Building Kits for Adults · Hobby Horse-ing Around Dept. · 4 pages
Hobby kits geared to an adult audience.
Spy Vs. Spy · 1 pages
The Black Spy tries to bomb the White Spy's tent.
The Guest of Royalty · 1 pages
At a mansion, a guest rings for service.
Padded Magazine Stories · Pay as You Snow Dept. · 3 pages
Padding magazine text stories to bump up the word count.
Spy Vs. Spy, Part 2 · 1 pages
The White Spy sets a trap for the Black Spy, but is foiled.
If TV Shows Were Actually Like Their "Capsule Descriptions" · Spittin' On The Image Dept. · 3 pages
Television shows act literally like their descriptions.
The Infernal Triangle · Throwing a Wench Into the Works Dept. · 1 pages
An ode to television sitcom wives.
Some TV Ads We Never Got to See · 4 pages
Four satirical versions of the television ad for Imperial Margarine.
The Stone-Age Trend on TV · 2 pages
Adapting other television programs to the "Flintstones" formula.
Less Violent TV Shows · 3 pages
Making typical television action scenes less grisly.
TV Dinners to Match the Shows · 1 pages
Adapting frozen entrees to the program being viewed.
When Culture Comes to Top-Rated TV Shows · 2 pages
Injecting high-brow culture into "The Untouchables" and "American Bandstand".
The Hitchiker · 1 pages
A hitcher tries everything to get a ride.

Characters

Alfred E. NeumanThe Black SpyThe White Spy

Reprinted in

Boiling Mad (1966), Mad Follies (1963), More Trash from Mad (1958), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (1970), The Worst from MAD (1958), The Completely Mad Don Martin (1974), Mad Spoofs Movie Classics (2015)