CATALOG RECORD

Mad #184

EC · Series began 1952 · July 1976

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Dates

Cover date: July 1976
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Bob Jones, Sergio Aragonés, Mort Drucker, Arnoldo Franchioni, Don Martin, Jack Davis, Antonio Prohías, Jack Rickard, Dave Berg, George Woodbridge, Al Jaffee, Bob Clarke, Paul Coker, Angelo Torres, Irving Schildinks: Bob Jones, Sergio Aragonés, Mort Drucker, Arnoldo Franchioni, Don Martin, Jack Davis, Antonio Prohías, Jack Rickard, Dave Berg, George Woodbridge, Al Jaffee, Bob Clarke, Paul Coker, Angelo Torres, Irving Schildcolors: Bob Jones, Al Jaffee, Irving Schildscript: Sergio Aragonés, Dick DeBartolo, Arnoldo Franchioni, Don Martin, Paul Peter Porges, Antonio Prohías, Alis Ellis, Dave Berg, Tom Koch, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Marylin D'Amico, Arnie Kogenletters: Bob Clarke

Stories

One Cuckoo Flew over the Rest · Looney Binge Dept. · 8 pages
In a parody of the film "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest," a con pretends to be mentally ill to avoid a prison sentence, then proceeds to butt heads with the martinet head nurse at the mental institution.
An Angry Mad Look at Unpunished Criminals · Ten Least Wanted Dept. · 3 pages
Cropped photos are inserted into drawings of incongruous situations for ironic effect.
One Day Last April · 2 pages
A man channels his inner Gene Kelly.
Disaster Magazine · Calamity Gains Dept. · 6 pages
A niche magazine for people obsessed with natural and human-induced disasters.
Spy Vs. Spy · 1 pages
The Black Spy plays a puppet arcade game.
What's Worse Than...? · Quit While You're Behind Dept. · 2 pages
Providing worse alternatives to bad situations.
The Lighter Side of Annoyances · 5 pages
Examples of things that drive people crazy.
Lawsuits We'd Like to See · Docket To 'em Dept. · 3 pages
Class-action suits filed over every day annoyances.
Mad Solutions to Big City Parking Problems · Auto-Suggestions Dept. · 4 pages
Devices designed to alleviate the over-abundance of parked cars.
Footnotes* to Great Lovers · 2 pages
Examples of lovers interacting, depicted from the waist down.
Rhota · Spin Awful Dept. · 5 pages
In a parody of the TV series "Rhoda," the hilarious antics of a loud Jewish family are profiled.
Late One Afternoon at the Warsaw Dike · 1 pages
A man tries to plug a leak in a dam from the wrong side.

Reprinted in

Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (1970), Mad for Decades (2007), Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin (2014), Mad's Greatest Artists: Mort Drucker (2012), Mad (2018)