Publishers / EC / Mad (1952) / #171
171December 1974
$0.40

Mad #171

EC · December 1974

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Series
Mad (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#171
Publication date
December 1974
Key date
1974-12-10
Indicia publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
Price
$0.40
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Mad Salutes the Big Concover1pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo; colors: Norman MingoRichard Nixon [as Henry Gondorff]; Spiro Agnew [as Johnny Hooker]
1A Mind-Blowing Incidentcomic story1script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés; colors: Sergio Aragonés
2The Zingcomic story8script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerPaul Newman [as Henny Goniff]; Robert Redford [as Johnny Looker]; Robert Shaw [as Dull Irishman]; Charles Durning [as Lt. Snide]; Robert Earl Jones [as Lothar]; Eileen Brennan [as Billie]; Dana Elcar [as Agent Poke]; Dimitra Arless [as Doretta]
3Drawn Out Dramascartoon0script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés
4Alfred's Poor Almanactext story1script: Frank Jacobs
5The Mad Crisis Primercomic story4script: Stan Hart; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr.
6One Morning in Surgerycomic story1script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
7We're Losing Our War Against Computerscomic story2script: Tom Koch; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
8The Lighter Side of Dietingcomic story5script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg
9One Day in a Run-Down Shackcomic story1script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
10A Mad Look at Fairy Talescartoon3script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés
11Poor Richard's Almanacillustration1script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack RickardBenjamin Franklin; Richard Nixon
12Mad's Sure-Fire Cliche Killerscomic story4script: Stan Hart; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis
13Spy Vs. Spycomic story1script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio ProhíasThe Black Spy; The White Spy
14Bible Ravecomic story5script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
15You Have Reached a State of Apathy When...comic story2script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard
16One Evening at the Stamp Club Meetingcomic story1script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
17The Rookerscomic story6script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo TorresGeorg Stanford Brown [as Willies]; Sam Melville [as Mite]; Kate Jackson [as Pill]; Gerald S. O'Laughlin [as Lt. Pyker]; Michael Ontkean [as Terrier]
18What Looks Like the Surest, Fastest Transportation to Washington This Year?illustration1script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee
19Morality...Then...and Nowcartoon1script: Max Brandel; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr.; colors: Paul Coker Jr.

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