CATALOG RECORD

Mad #200

EC · Series began 1952 · July 1978

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Dates

Cover date: July 1978
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition

Barcode 0709893323007
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Creators

pencils: Jack Rickard, Don Martin, Mort Drucker, Sergio Aragonés, Jack Davis, Dave Berg, Harry North, George Woodbridge, Antonio Prohías, Paul Coker, Paul Peter Porges, Angelo Torres, Al Jaffeeinks: Jack Rickard, Don Martin, Mort Drucker, Sergio Aragonés, Jack Davis, Dave Berg, Harry North, George Woodbridge, Antonio Prohías, Paul Coker, Paul Peter Porges, Angelo Torres, Al Jaffeecolors: Jack Rickard, Al Jaffee, Don Martinscript: Don Martin, Stan Hart, Sergio Aragonés, Tom Koch, Dave Berg, Paul Peter Porges, Frank Jacobs, Lou Silverstone, Antonio Prohías, Dick DeBartolo, Al Jaffee

Stories

Clod Encounters of the Absurd Kind · Boffo UFO Dept. · 7 pages
In a parody of the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," a possible contact with an alien race has ordinary people acting sillier than usual.
The Rime of the Modern Skateboarder · From Fad to Verse Dept. · 4 pages
In a parody of the poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, three over-aged skateboarders try to attract girls.
You Can Never Escape From Stress · That Old Familiar Strain Dept. · 3 pages
Examples of how no matter what you do, stress is going to get you.
The Lighter Side of Fads · 5 pages
Examination of how people flock to, or from, fads.
Graduating Class Pictures as Staged by Some of the World's Best-Known Picture-Makers · Awful Assembly Dept. · 3 pages
Graduation pictures taken by film auteurs Busby Berkeley, Federico Fellini, Sam Peckinpah, Cecil B. DeMille, Alfred Hitchcock, Woody Allen, John Ford, Mel Brooks and Steven Spielberg.
When Those "Old-Time Comic Strips" Follow the New Wave, Cerebral "Doonesbury" Trend · Tried and Trudeau Dept. · 3 pages
Veteran comic strip characters try the Garry Trudeau way of comedy.
Mad's College Concert Comic of the Year · The Dirty End of the Schtick Dept. · 4 pages
Mad interviews popular college circuit stand-up comedian Carl Carnal.
Spy Vs. Spy · 1 pages
The Black Spy destroys the White Spy's ship with a specially designed torpedo.
The Mad Book of Odds · You Bet Your Life Dept. · 2 pages
Odds are quoted on how likely discouraging events will happen in one's life.
How to Read Between the Lines · Hidden Meanies Dept. · 4 pages
Examples of how quotes are taken out of context or dressed up to change their meaning.
A Mad Look at the Moment Before the Disaster · Zings to Come Dept. · 3 pages
Depicting the act that led to various disastrous outcomes.
The Dummy & Mareek Show · Sweetness Counts Dept. · 5 pages
In a parody of "Donny and Marie," a pair of overbearingly cute singers host a variety show.
Before the Rock Concert · Socket to 'em Dept. · 1 pages
How a rock singer gets his mane of curly hair.
The Frog Prince IV · 1 pages
A princess finds she has competition for her prince.

Reprinted in

Mad Super Special (1984), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (1970), A Mad Big Book [Mad Zaps The Human Race!] (1984), Mad for Decades (2007)