CATALOG RECORD

Mad #100

EC · Series began 1952 · January 1966

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Dates

Cover date: January 1966
On sale: November 16, 1965
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

script: Frank Jacobs, Dick DeBartolo, Sergio Aragonés, Antonio Prohías, Stan Hart, Phil Hahn, Dave Berg, Arnie Kogen, Sol Weinstein, Ronald Axe, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, Larry Siegel, Don Martin, Don Edwingpencils: Jack Rickard, Bob Clarke, Sergio Aragonés, Antonio Prohías, Mort Drucker, Paul Coker, Dave Berg, George Woodbridge, Al Jaffee, Joe Orlando, Don Martininks: Jack Rickard, Bob Clarke, Sergio Aragonés, Antonio Prohías, Mort Drucker, Paul Coker, Dave Berg, George Woodbridge, Al Jaffee, Joe Orlando, Don Martinletters: Al Jaffee, Bob Clarkecolors: Bob Clarke

Stories

Future Broadway Musicals · Tune Up the Volume Dept. · 5 pages
Famous novels and plays like Moby Dick, Julius Caesar, A Tale of Two Cities and Tarzan of the Apes are turned into Broadway Musicals.
The Wonderful World of Repackaging · Living Off the Fad of the Land Dept. · 3 pages
Making new consumer products out of old fad items, such as hula hoops and coon skin caps.
Spy Vs. Spy · 1 pages
The Black Spy fools the White Spy with a fake submarine.
The Nilson Family · Home-Sweet-Ho-Hum Dept. · 5 pages
In a parody of the TV series "Ozzie and Harriet," the most boring, out of touch family in history is profiled.
The Return of the Mad Beasties · Word Game Preserve Dept. · 2 pages
Common terms are turned into anthropomorphized animals.
The Lighter Side of Sleep · 4 pages
Sleep and sleeping patterns are satirized.
What Is a Blind Date? · Every Dog Has Its Date Dept. · 2 pages
Arnie Kogen contrasts the blind date with various less than desirable situations, while Sergio Aragones illustrates the article with various blind date disasters.
Shirley Finster's New York · Tour De Farce Dept. · 4 pages
A woman conducts a tour of New York City and all of the odd characters who live there.
The Toy Manufacturer of the Year · Tots My Line Dept. · 5 pages
A profile of a toy manufacturer who makes products of questionable quality.
Spy Vs. Spy · 1 pages
The White Spy tricks the Black Spy with a rubber solution.
The Swan Song of a Modern Hiawatha · Poem of the Brave Dept. · 4 pages
In a parody of the poem "The Song of Hiawatha," a native American gets lost on his journey to a southern college campus and is recruited to play football for a school in northern Minnesota.
Hack, Hack, Sweet Has-Been, or Whatever Happened to Good Taste? · Eight Old Tomatoes in that Itty Bitty Film Can Dept. · 5 pages
In a parody of the "older actress slasher film" genre, a woman travels to a creepy mansion and meets the odd people who live with her odder cousin.
On the Subway · 1 pages
A man has a unique way to combat subway muggers.
The Replacement · 1 pages
A lighthouse with a burned out lamp is replaced.

Reprinted in

Polyunsaturated Mad (1971), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (1970), The Ridiculously Expensive Mad (1969), Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin (2014)