MAD comic books issue 119

First 35-cent cover price. Cover art by Norman Mingo. "One Day in the Park," script and art by Don Martin; A man sitting on a bench is annoyed by another man with a kaleidoscope. "Balmy and Clod," script by Larry Siegel, art by Mort Drucker; In a parody of the film "Bonnie and Clyde," two really adorable bumpkins decide to embark on a life of crime. Cartoons drawn in the margins by Sergio Aragones. "One Day in the Jungle," script and art by Don Martin; A jungle man tries to grab a beautiful explorer, but misses. "The Mad Fad-and-Fetish Primer," script by Stan Hart, art by Bob Clarke; An examination of fads and fetishes in American society, presented in the form of a children's primer. "Mad's 1968 All-Star Basketball Teams," script by Tom Koch, art by Jack Davis. "What Is a Square?", script by Arnie Kogen, art by Sergio Aragones; Analysis of what makes someone a social outcast in current society. "The Lighter Side of Hobbies," script and art by Dave Berg; Satirical look at what people collect and why. "Songs of Wealth, Possessions, Greed, Property and Creeping Materialism," script by Frank Jacobs, art by George Woodbridge; The lyrics of popular songs are altered to reflect contemporary greed. "A Mad Portfolio of Some Famous Protest Buttons We'd Like to See Worn By Some Famous People" photo story, script by Max Brandel; featuring Hubert Humphrey; Jerry Lewis; Richard Nixon; Robert Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy; Gamel Abdul Nasser; Ronald Reagan; J. Edgar Hoover; Sophia Loren; Julie Andrews; Billy Graham; Twiggy; Lyndon Johnson; and Alfred E. Neuman. "The Invasioners," script by Lou Silverstone, art by Jack Davis; In a parody of the TV series "The Invaders," a lone human tries to warn an uncaring world about the invasion of inept aliens. "What Dedicated Group Does a Lot of Planting, and Yet Nothing Ever Comes of It" Mad Fold-In by Al Jaffee. Parody of Shell Oil TV commercials, script by Lou Silverstone, art by George Woodbridge. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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March 1997. Collector's Series #14. Cover by Norman Mingo. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Dick DeBartolo, Arnie Kogen, Larry Siegel, Tom Koch, Michael Goodwin, Stan Hart, Bob Clarke, Paul Peter Porges, Frank Jacobs, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., James Warhola, Kathi Maloney, Mort Drucker, George Woodbridge, Norman Mingo, Angelo Torres, Antonio Prohias, Dave Berg, Jack Davis and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Super Special reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine. Reprints from Mad paperback Viva Mad, Sergio Aragones' first book-length strip collection. Parodies of the Robert Redford-Paul Newman films The Sting and Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, featuring art by Mort Drucker. A spoof of Snoopy's WWI flying ace Peanuts comic strips, told from the Red Baron's point of view. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Spy vs. Spy. Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid; One Fine Day at the Pyramids; Everyday Scenes We'd Love to See; Further Adventures of the Red Baron, or Security Ist Eine Grounded Beaglehundt; Spy vs. Spy; The Lighter Side of...; The Mad Psychoanalysis Primer; Some Legendary Wire Hangers; Mad: The Lost Pages: Viva Mad!; The Lighter Side of Driving; The Mad Good News - Bad News Book; One Afternoon in Switzerland; The Half-Wit and Wisdom of Alfred E. Neuman; Intimidations and Antidotes; Cause or Coincidence?; Some Truly Joyous Things You Could Do if You Won the Lottery; When CB-Type Code Language is Used in Other Walks of Life; A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Laundry and Dry Cleaners; One Fine Day in the Arctic; Mad Forms for Personalized Wills; The Zing; In the Delicatessen; Fold-In; I Want, Too. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.99.

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Cover pencils by Stan Goldberg. Hostess snack cakes ad with Josie. "The Campus Clowns," pencils by Stan Goldberg; Meet Jock, Boomer, and Hondo, members of the Springton University Magna Moo fraternity, whose fraternity house is nicknamed "the Mad House"; Boomer invents an anti-gravity solution to sneak into girls' dorms, which the college president plans to use to make the college rich. "Fang Harangue," art by Bob Bolling; Dracula and Igor move to America to escape those who hate them in Transylvania, but find that America's discos and celebrity culture are worse. "Platinum Chum," pencils by Stan Goldberg; Tommy grows up side by side with his robot companion Sparky, but when Tommy becomes interested in girls, the friendship seems to be over--until Tommy builds a robot wife for Sparky. "Lust for Loot," art by Dick Malmgren; Game show host Jim Darling leads a contestant through stupid questions and severe punishments for the wrong answers. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.40.