CATALOG RECORD

Mad #81

EC · Series began 1952 · September 1963

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Dates

Cover date: September 1963
On sale: June 27, 1963
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Bob Clarke, Lester Krauss, Norman Mingo, Giuseppe Baggi, Sergio Aragonés, Joe Orlando, Don Martin, Jack Rickard, Mort Drucker, Antonio Prohías, Dave Berg, George Woodbridge, Wally Wood, Swedowsky & Weissinks: Bob Clarke, Lester Krauss, Norman Mingo, Giuseppe Baggi, Sergio Aragonés, Joe Orlando, Don Martin, Jack Rickard, Mort Drucker, Antonio Prohías, Dave Berg, George Woodbridge, Wally Wood, Swedowsky & Weisscolors: Bob Clarke, Swedowsky & Weissscript: Al Feldstein, Dick DeBartolo, Sergio Aragonés, E. Nelson Bridwell, Don Martin, Phil Hahn, Arnie Kogen, Antonio Prohías, Dave Berg, Al Jaffee, Stan Hart

Stories

New Movie Monsters From Everyday Life · Horror Things By You Dept. · 3 pages
Horror movies centered on contemporary nuisances.
The Class Program · 1 pages
A school performance of shadow puppets doesn't go as rehearsed.
On the Beach · Term Warfare Dept. · 2 pages
NASA terminology applied to situations on the beach.
If Modern Comedians Performed For Civilizations in the Past · Jest in Time Dept. · 5 pages
Contemporary comedians do their stand-up act in historical situations.
Untitled · 1 pages
The Black Spy uses a helicopter to steal the White Spy's secret plans; the White Spy uses a camera and slingshot to take a photo of the Black Spy's secret plans.
The Lighter Side of Summer Camp · 4 pages
Various strips satirizing life at summer camp.
Another Brain Operation · 1 pages
A surgeon examines a patient's brain.
The Mad Plan for Beating TV Commercial-Breaks · Stepping Away from the Pitch Dept. · 5 pages
Various plans for doing things around the house in the space of a TV program commercial break.
Mad's Wonder Drugs for Common Teenage Ailments · A Cure for the Common Clod Dept. · 3 pages
Drugs designed to counteract embarrassing situations endemic to post-pubescent life.
Off the Deep End · Oy-Vay All Boats Dept. · 1 pages
A man goes diving in the on-board pool of a luxury liner.
If Comic Strip Characters Behaved Like Ordinary People · 4 pages
Fictional characters are placed in authentic situations and react in authentic fashion.
A Mad Look at Motorcycle Cops · Where's the Fire Dept. · 2 pages
Series of cartoons satirizing motorcycle police.
Untitled · 1 pages
The Gray Spy traps the other spies burglarizing her safe.
Popular Scientific Mechanics · For Whom the Fools Tool Dept. · 7 pages
Parody of magazines like Popular Science and Popular Mechanics.
A Domestic Scene · 1 pages
A woman gives her husband a hair cut.

Characters

Dennis the MenaceAlice MitchellHenry MitchellCharlie BrownDick TracyAlfred E. NeumanSnoopyLucy Van PeltLinus Van PeltMandrakeThe Black SpyThe White SpyLotharLittle Orphan AnnieSupermanB.C.Bob HopeDaddy Warbucks

Reprinted in

Burning Mad (1975), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (1970), The Worst from MAD (1958), Mad Follies (1963), The Ridiculously Expensive Mad (1969), Mad (2018), The Completely Mad Don Martin (1974), Dave Berg's Mad Trash (1977), Dave Berg's Mad Trash (1981), Mad's Sergio Aragonés on Parade (1982)