CATALOG RECORD

Mad #137

EC · Series began 1952 · September 1970

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Dates

Cover date: September 1970
On sale: June 23, 1970
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Jack Rickard, Al Jaffee, Jack Davis, Paul Coker, Sergio Aragonés, Mort Drucker, Don Martin, Dave Berg, Basil Wolverton, Antonio Prohías, George Woodbridge, Bob Clarke, Angelo Torresinks: Jack Rickard, Al Jaffee, Jack Davis, Paul Coker, Sergio Aragonés, Mort Drucker, Don Martin, Dave Berg, Basil Wolverton, Antonio Prohías, George Woodbridge, Bob Clarke, Angelo Torresscript: Al Jaffee, Stan Hart, Don Martin, Lou Silverstone, Dave Berg, E. Nelson Bridwell, Basil Wolverton, Antonio Prohías, Frank Jacobs, Dick DeBartolo, George Hart, Sergio Aragonés

Stories

Untitled · 1 pages
Private Doves uniquely puts a peace symbol on Major Hawks back with a beach umbrella.
Boob and Carnal and Tad and Alas · Switch Hit Dept. · 6 pages
A satire of the movie, "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice".
Great Non-Violent Guns! · 2 pages
Series of gags featuring non-violent guns.
The Lighter Side of Summer Resorts · 5 pages
Dave Berg's Lighter Side of gag section focusing on a singular topic, Summer Resorts.
A Boy-Dog Named "Lassie" · Male Bitch Dept. · 3 pages
A parody of the song, "A Boy Named Sue", featuring Lassie.
Sports Cars We'd Like to See · Auto-Suggestion Dept. · 3 pages
A series of gags featuring wacky cars designed by the insane mind of Basil Wolverton.
Spy VS. Spy · 1 pages
White Spy falls for Black Spy's fake flower and hose trap.
If The World's Greatest Painters Drew the Comics · 4 pages
Famous painters drawing comic strips in their unique style.
Spy VS. Spy · 1 pages
Black Spy falls for White Spy's rubber club trap.
21st Century Outdoors Magazine · We Will Bury Us! Dept. · 6 pages
A mock magazine focusing on outdoor life and man's involvement in destroying it.
What They Say... And What It Really Means · 3 pages
Gags featuring people saying one thing but meaning another.
While Hanging Around the Corner · 1 pages
A nose picker gives directions.
Makeus Sickby M.D. · The Sterile Cuckoos Dept. · 6 pages
A parody of the TV series, "Marcus Welby, M.D."
One Day in the Park · 1 pages
A kid tries to break a seller's balloons.

Characters

Alfred E. Neuman

Reprinted in

Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (1970), The Medicine Mad (1977), Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin (2014), A Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] (1984), Mad about Comic Strips (2003), Mad for Decades (2007), Mad's Greatest Writers: Frank Jacobs (2015), Mad (2018)