CATALOG RECORD

Mad #85

EC · Series began 1952 · March 1964

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Dates

Cover date: March 1964
On sale: December 26, 1963
Pages: 52

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #85 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition25¢ cover
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Canadian price edition0.30 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.30 CAD.
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Creators

pencils: Norman Mingo, Lester Krauss, Paul Coker, Jack Rickard, Bob Clarke, Sergio Aragonés, Don Martin, Joe Orlando, Mort Drucker, Antonio Prohías, Dave Berg, Wally Wood, George Woodbridgeinks: Norman Mingo, Lester Krauss, Paul Coker, Jack Rickard, Bob Clarke, Sergio Aragonés, Don Martin, Joe Orlando, Mort Drucker, Antonio Prohías, Dave Berg, Wally Wood, George Woodbridgecolors: Norman Mingo, Lester Kraussscript: Bill Gaines, Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart, Sergio Aragonés, Don Martin, Antonio Prohías, Dave Berg, Larry Siegel, Dick DeBartolo

Stories

Mannie Get Your Ghoul · Downbeast Dept. · 8 pages
A Broadway musical is written and staged starring old movie monsters.
Famous Protest Campaigns · And the Bans Played On Dept. · 3 pages
Historical situations where organized protest demonstrations might have changed history.
At a Matinee · 1 pages
At a movie theater, a man loudly complains about his blocked view.
The Rescue · Claws and Effect Dept. · 1 pages
Fire fighters rescue a cat from a tree.
The Minute That TV Show is Over · The Other Side of the Corn Dept. · 2 pages
Unexpected events that happen after a television show has been broadcast.
Untitled · 1 pages
The White Spy decoys the Black Spy over a cliff.
The Lighter Side of the College Crowd · 3 pages
Life in college is satirized.
The Sunday Drive · 1 pages
A shrewish woman criticizes her meek husband's driving.
What Could Happen When They Use Numbers for Everything · No. Dept. · 3 pages
Numbers begin to replace words in ordinary conversation.
Untitled · 1 pages
The White Spy gathers the rocket parts the Black Spy "accidentally" drops.
Future Educational Comic Pamphlets · 5 pages
Using well-known comic strip characters in promotional pamphlets for various businesses and organizations.
A TV Ad We'd Like to See · Candid Camerawork Dept. · 1 pages
Parody of Tide Detergent television ads; a housewife caught on camera praising the product isn't as spontaneous as we're led to believe.
The Mad Hospital Primer · A Ward to the Wise Dept. · 3 pages
Examples of what to expect if you have to spend time in the hospital.
The Real Story Behind the News · Stop the Pressures Dept. · 4 pages
Normally barely noticed news stories are given expanded coverage for reasons other than the story's newsworthiness.
Untitled · 1 pages
The Gray Spy tries to be a peace broker between the other two spies.
Strange Interlude With Hazey · Maid in the U.S.A. Dept. · 3 pages
The television series "Hazel" is staged as if it were the play "Strange Interlude".
The Hunter · 1 pages
A hunter tests a new moose call.

Reprinted in

Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (1970), Good 'n' Mad (1981), The Completely Mad Don Martin (1974), Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin (2014), Mad Spoofs Movie Classics (2015)