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CATALOG RECORD

Mad #279

EC · Series began 1952 · June 1988

Dates

Cover date
June 1988
Pages
52

Editions and covers

  • Original edition

    Barcode 07098933230004

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Creators

pencils: James Warhola, Sergio Aragonés, Mort Drucker, Don Edwing, Al Jaffee, Paul Coker, Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Jack Davis, George Woodbridge, Antonio Prohías, Paul Peter Porges, Harvey Kurtzman, Harry North, Angelo Torres, Irving Schildinks: James Warhola, Sergio Aragonés, Mort Drucker, Don Edwing, Al Jaffee, Paul Coker, Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Jack Davis, George Woodbridge, Antonio Prohías, Paul Peter Porges, Harvey Kurtzman, Harry North, Angelo Torres, Irving Schildscript: Stan Hart, Don Edwing, Frank Jacobs, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, Dave Berg, Charlie Kadau, Joe Raiola, Barry Liebmann, Sergio Aragonés, Larry Siegel, Antonio Prohías, Paul Peter Porges, Mike Snider, Dick DeBartolocolors: Irving Schild

Stories

  • Feeble Attraction · And They Call It Yuppie Love Dept. · 5 pages
  • The Frantic Fog-Filled Folly · 1 pages
  • Mad Looks at Handshakes · 2 pages
  • New Laws That Congress Should Pass Right Now! Right Now! Right Now! · Better Legislate Than Never Dept. · 2 pages
  • The Lighter Side of... · 5 pages

    A cynical look at relationships, modern technology, tantrums, status, self-effacement, neighbors, quotations, style, school, shopping, cars, effort, predictability, and doctors.

  • The Befuddling Balcony Blunder · 2 pages
  • Mad Opens a Typical Magazine Sweepstakes Package · The Envelope, Sleaze! Dept. · 3 pages
  • That'll Be the Day! · The Odds Must Be Crazy Dept. · 2 pages
  • A Mad Look at Disney Classics · 3 pages
  • Mad's Guide to Making It in the Business World · Hire Education Dept. · 4 pages
  • Practical Uses for Well-Trained Porcupines · A View to a Quill Dept. · 2 pages
  • All-Purpose Video Game Instructions Kit · Joy-Schtick Dept. · 2 pages
  • Tell-Tale Comic Strip Balloons (The Sequel) · The Funny Form Dept. · 2 pages
  • A Mad Look at Real-Life Government "Logic" · None Dare Call It Reason Dept. · 3 pages
  • ReDesigning Women · Catty-Shack Dept. · 5 pages
  • The Demonic Detector Disaster · 1 pages
  • Drawn Out Dramas · 0 pages

Reprinted in

Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (1970), Mad about the Oscars (2003), Mad for Decades (2007)

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