CATALOG RECORD

Mad #79

EC · Series began 1952 · June 1963

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Dates

Cover date: June 1963
On sale: March 28, 1963
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Norman Mingo, Lester Krauss, Mort Drucker, Joe Orlando, Sergio Aragonés, Wally Wood, Don Martin, George Woodbridge, Bob Clarke, Antonio Prohías, Jack Rickard, Dave Berginks: Norman Mingo, Lester Krauss, Mort Drucker, Joe Orlando, Sergio Aragonés, Wally Wood, Don Martin, George Woodbridge, Bob Clarke, Antonio Prohías, Jack Rickard, Dave Bergcolors: Norman Mingo, Lester Kraussscript: Arnie Kogen, Sergio Aragonés, Gerald Gardner, Stan Hart, Don Martin, Pearl Dee Belkin, Antonio Prohías, Dick DeBartolo, Larry Siegel, Dave Berg, Tom Koch

Stories

If They Held a Summit Meeting at the White House · A White House is Not a Home Dept. · 4 pages
President Kennedy's attempt to hold an international summit at the White House is sabotaged by his family and his family's hangers-on.
TV's Effect on Children · Helf-Nielsen Dept. · 3 pages
Examples of how television is negatively influencing children's behavior.
The High Dive · 1 pages
A man realizes in mid-dive that he's still wearing his wristwatch.
Movie Dialogue We'd Like to Hear · 2 pages
Movie cliches redone to make them less cliche.
How to Succeed at Childhood · Bratmanship Dept. · 3 pages
A child's primer for coping with adults.
Spy Vs. Spy · 2 pages
The Black Spy tries to strafe the White Spy with his plane. The White Spy tries to bomb the Black Spy from his helicopter. The Black Spy tries to diffuse a bomb placed under his bed by the White Spy.
Tax Time U.S.A. · The Ides of Taxes Are Upon Us Dept. · 4 pages
The income tax filing deadline presented as a star-studded television telethon.
How to Transform Your Dumpy City Into an Attractive Tourist Trap · Dept. of the Inferior · 5 pages
Hints on how to turn the less attractive aspects of a city into points of interest.
The First Echo · 1 pages
Three cavemen discover echoes.
Mad's Realistic, Up-To-Date Service Songs · March Along with Mitch Dept. · 3 pages
Military marches updated to reflect the times.
The Lighter Side of Family Doctors · 3 pages
Series of cartoons looking at the foibles of people's relationship with the medical community.
The Rise and Fall of a Recording Star · Slipped Disc Dept. · 2 pages
The career of a fictional recording star traced through her record album covers.
More Movie Dialogue We'd Like to Hear · 1 pages
Movie cliches reworked so they're no longer cliches.
Mad's "Discount Center" Owner of the Year · The Price is a Riot Dept. · 5 pages
An interview with the owner of a discount department store.
The Inventor at the Novelty Company · 1 pages
A man pitches his newly invented novelty to the company owner.

Characters

Alfred E. NeumanAbraham LincolnThe Black SpyThe White SpyJohn F. KennedyLyndon JohnsonNikita KhrushchevFidel CastroMao ZedongJackie KennedyRobert F. Kennedy

Reprinted in

The Worst from MAD (1958), The Indigestible Mad (1968), The Completely Mad Don Martin (1974), Burning Mad (1975), The Ridiculously Expensive Mad (1969), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (1970), Dave Berg's Mad Trash (1977), Dave Berg's Mad Trash (1981), Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin (2014)