CATALOG RECORD

Mad #71

EC · Series began 1952 · June 1962

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Dates

Cover date: June 1962
On sale: March 27, 1962
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Norman Mingo, Lester Krauss, Wally Wood, Bob Clarke, Dave Berg, Antonio Prohías, Joe Orlando, Don Martin, Jack Rickard, George Woodbridge, Mort Drucker, Kelly Freasinks: Norman Mingo, Lester Krauss, Wally Wood, Bob Clarke, Dave Berg, Antonio Prohías, Joe Orlando, Don Martin, Jack Rickard, George Woodbridge, Mort Drucker, Kelly Freascolors: Norman Mingo, Kelly Freasscript: Al Feldstein, Frank Jacobs, Al Jaffee, Arnie Kogen, Dave Berg, Antonio Prohías, Phil Hahn, Howie Schneider, Walter Farley, Don Reilly, Don Edwing

Stories

What Happened to the Coverage? · Travailers Insurance Companies · 1 pages
A couple discovers their insurance doesn't cover what they expected.
Alfred's Poor Almanac · 1 pages
Ridiculous things that supposedly happened in the period March 27 to May 9.
MAD Investigates the Sordid Business of Gambling · The Wagers of Sin Dept. · 6 pages
A look at the evils of gambling and how they hide in everyday life.
Famous Test Papers · Padding And Pencil Dept. · 3 pages
Supposed essay test answers by famous people.
Rain · Bitter-Patter Dept. [Berg's Eye View Dept.] · 4 pages
A look at all the ways rain can spoil your day.
Spy vs Spy · 1 pages
The Black Spy kicks the White Spy into a bucket of water.
A MAD Guide to Russia · Better Read Than Dread Dept. · 5 pages
A look at Russian culture through the prism of cold-war era stereotypes.
Don Martin in Sherwood Forest · Robin Hood-Winked Dept. · 6 pages
Tales of Robin Hood, slightly fractured.
Celebrities' Wallets · Chairman of the Broad Dept. · 2 pages
A look at what might be in Frank Sinatra's wallet.
MAD's Journal of Future Physical Afflictions · Up for Adaption Dept. · 4 pages
An illustrated listing of possible future physical problems caused by repeated actions undertaken in modern society...going way beyond tennis elbow.
The Birth of a Madison Avenue Brand Name · Artificial Dissemination Dept. · 4 pages
The brainstorming sessions that may have occurred on Madison Avenue to name various products.
Dream girls · Dames and Doze Dept. · 2 pages
A look at what might constitute "dream girls" for men in various professions.
Spy vs Spy · 1 pages
The White Spy fools the Black Spy into eating poisoned food.
South Chicago · Cops and Rodgers Dept. · 5 pages
Parody of musical South Pacific set with gangsters in Roaring 20s Chicago.
The Big Bad Wall · Berlin Airlift Dept. · 1 pages
Disney's Big Bad Wolf is shipped to Berlin to deal with the Wall.
We Knew Them When · 0 pages
Fictitious accounts of having known celebrities before they were famous.
He Thought He Would Rest in Peace...in Place... · John Vaultlock Insurance · 1 pages
Phony ad for John Vaultlock Sta-Put Burial Insurance, a parody of John Hancock Insurance.

Characters

Alfred E. NeumanThe Black SpyThe White Spy

Reprinted in

The Worst from MAD (1958), The Questionable Mad (1967), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (1970), The Completely Mad Don Martin (1974), Dave Berg's Mad Trash (1977), Dave Berg's Mad Trash (1981), Mad (2018)