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157March 1973
$0.40

Mad #157

EC · March 1973

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Series
Mad (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#157
Publication date
March 1973
Key date
1973-03-00
Indicia publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
Price
$0.40
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0In This Issue We Rip Off... The Planet of the Apescover1pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo; colors: Norman MingoAlfred E. Neuman
1Hysteria Repeats Itself!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
2-table of contents1letters: ?; typeset
3-letters page0.67
4-statement of ownership0.25script: William M. Gaines
5The Milking of the Planet that Went Apecomic story8script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerCharlie Brown (cameo); Charlton Heston [as Tyler]; Kim Hunter [as Zora]; Roddy McDowell [as Carnelius; also as Julius]; Maurice Evans [as Dr. Zaydius]; James Franciscus [as Brunt]; James Gregory [as General Versus]; Sal Mineo; Eric Braeden [as Dr. Hassled]; Ricardo Montalban [as Hermando]
6A Mad Look at Moneycomic story3script: Arnoldo Franchioni; pencils: Arnoldo Franchioni; inks: Arnoldo Franchioni
7One Day on the Highwaycomic story1script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
8You Never Can Win with a Bigot!comic story2script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr.
9Don't You Feel Like a Schmuck?!comic story4script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee
10The Lighter Side of... Permissivenesscomic story5script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg
11-comic story1script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio ProhíasWhite Spy; Black Spy
12Middle Class Poverty Is...comic story3script: Lloyd Gola; pencils: Lloyd Gola; inks: Lloyd Gola
13Your Monthly "Pen Pal"comic story6script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
14Some Really Dangerous Jobs for George Plimptoncomic story3script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack DavisGeorge Plimpton
15Oz-Revisited Or...Let's Follow the Yellow Brick Road Again...If We Can!comic story2script: Don Edwing; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
16The Funny & Glare Showcomic story5script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo TorresFunny; Glare; George C. Scott; James Franciscus [as Mike Longstreet]; Dick Smothers; Tom Smothers
17Late One Night on a Dark and Scary Streetcomic story1script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
18What Crazy New Trips Are the Freaks into Lately?activity1script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee
19The Choke's on Us!illustration1script: Max Brandel; pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild
20Drawn-Out Dramascomic story0script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés

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