Publishers / EC / Mad (1952) / #226
226October 1981
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Mad #226

EC · October 1981 · on sale 1981

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Series
Mad (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#226
Publication date
October 1981
Key date
1981-10-00
On-sale date
1981
Indicia publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
Price
$0.90
Pages
52
Barcode
0709893323010

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard; colors: Jack RickardAlfred E. Neuman
2A Barf Bag That Advertisescartoon0.125script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee
3Superduperman IIcomic story10script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerChristopher Reeve [as Superduperman [Cluck Kennt]]; Margot Kidder [as Lotus]; Gene Hackman [as Lox Looter]; Terence Stamp [as General Klodd]; Sarah Douglas [as Cursa]; Jack O'Halloran [as Noggin]; Susannah York [as Lara]; Jackie Cooper [as Perry Blight]; Leonard Nimoy [as Mr. Spock] (cameo); E.G. Ma
4Drawn Out Dramascartoon0script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés
5Don Martin Sells Us Sea Shells by the Sea Shorecomic story3script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
6Stadium & Team Owners Paraphenalia Inc. 1981 Supply Cataloguecomic story4script: Tom Koch; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
7Stuff We Don't Get to See on the Tubecomic story3script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack DavisJames Garner [as Jim Rockford]; Stuart Margolin [as Angel Martin]; Johnny Carson; Bob Hope; Howard Cosell; Tom Bosley [as Howard Cunningham]; Ron Howard [as Richie Cunningham]; Jack Klugman [as Dr. Quincy]; Gary Walberg [as Lt. Monahan]; Buddy Ebsen [as Barnaby Jones]; Larry Wilcox [as John Baker];
8A Pledge that Employers can Really Live Up tocomic story2script: Dick DeBartolo
9The Lighter Side of ...comic story5script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg
10Spy Vs. Spycomic story1script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio ProhíasThe Black Spy; The White Spy
11How Many Mistakes can You Find in this Picture?illustration2script: Chris Hart; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
12Thought Patterns for Real-Life Every-Day Situationscomic story3script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North
13Still More American Jokes They're Telling in Polandcomic story3script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr.
14Roadside Plaques That We Never Waited Around to Finish Readingcomic story2script: Frank Jacobs, W. G. Will; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard
15Too Gross for Comfortcomic story6script: Stan Hart; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo TorresTed Knight; Nancy Dussault; Deborah Van Valkenburgh; Lydia Cornell [as Starer]; Jim J. Bullock; Gavin Macleod [as Captain Stubing] (cameo); Ed Asner [as Lou Grant] (cameo); Mary Tyler Moore (cameo)
16Your Mad Horoscopetext story1script: John Ficarra
17What Convenient Place has the Chemical Industry Found to Dump its Toxic Products?illustration1script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee
18One Day in Metropoliscomic story1script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; colors: Don Martin; letters: Don MartinClark Kent, Superman

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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