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123December 1968
$0.35

Mad #123

EC · December 1968 · on sale 1968-10-10

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Identification plate

Series
Mad (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#123
Publication date
December 1968
Key date
1968-12-00
On-sale date
1968-10-10
Indicia publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
Price
$0.35
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Collect Them All!cover1pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo; colors: Norman MingoAlfred E. Neuman
1One Day in the Park 2comic story1script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; colors: Don Martin
2-letters page1.33script: Nick Meglin
3Why Not Have the Next Issue Sent Directly to Your Home?promo (ad from the publisher)0.67pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr.
4Adventures of The Red Baron or Happiness ist ein Kleine Kaput Beaglecomic story3script: Frank Jacobs, Bob Muccio; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack RickardSnoopy [as The Famous World War I Flying Ace]; The Red Baron
5Can a Lotcomic story7script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerRichard Harris [as Arthur King]; Vanessa Redgrave [as Vera Gwen]; Franco Nero [as Lance A. Clod]; David Hemmings [as Morbread]; Laurence Naismith [as Merlyn M. Merlyn]
6Mad's Home Moviescomic story4script: Dean Norman; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr.
7The Lighter Side of High School Footballcomic story5script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg
8Mad About Fashion Fadstext story1script: Ronnie Nathan; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard
9A Psychedelic Diarytext story2script: Dick DeBartolo
10Mad's Academy Awards for World Celebritiesphoto story3script: Max Brandel, Frank JacobsHubert Humphrey; Frank Sinatra; Mia Farrow; Ho Chi-Mihn; Adam Clayton Powell; Richard Nixon; Charles DeGaulle; Dean Rusk; George Romney; Nelson Rockefeller; Eugene McCarthy; H. Rap Brown; Dr. Timothy Leary
11Drawn Out Dramascartoon0script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés
12One Evening at the Health Clubcomic story1script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
13A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Service Stationcartoon2script: Larry Siegel; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
14Spy Vs. Spycomic story1script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio ProhíasThe Black Spy; The White Spy
15Free-Loader: The Magazine for Deadbeatscomic story5script: Stan Hart; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando
16More Effective Advertising Spacescomic story2script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
17On the Setcomic story1script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
18Mad Mini-Vision: Jugg for the Defensecomic story2script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerCarl Betz [as Clinton Jugg]; Stephen Young [as Bem Caldwell]
19Mad Mini-Vision: Mannecchcomic story2script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerMike Connors [as Mannecch]; Joseph Campanella [as Mr. Loot]
20Mad Mini-Vision: It Takes a Crookcomic story2script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerRobert Wagner [as Wednesday Tuesday]; Malachi Throne [as Chief Nowhere]
21In What Battle Zone Are the Most Shocking Atrocities Being Committed?illustration1script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee
22Scenes We'd Like to Seecomic story1script: Don Edwing; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard; colors: Jack RickardPinocchio; Jiminy Cricket; Dorothy; The Cowardly Lion; The Scarecrow; The Tin Woodsman; Toto; Peter Pan; Wendy Darling; John Darling; Michael Darling

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
1,112,362 CoverSee the GCD record for identification notes.
1,376,485 CoverSee the GCD record for identification notes.
1,111,784 CoverSee the GCD record for identification notes.

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