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272July 1987
$1.35

Mad #272

EC · July 1987 · on sale 1987

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Series
Mad (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#272
Publication date
July 1987
Key date
1987-07-00
On-sale date
1987
Indicia publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
Price
$1.35
Pages
52
Barcode
07098933230007

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Madcover1pencils: Richard Williams; inks: Richard WilliamsALF, Alfred E. Neuman
1-table of contents1pencils: various; letters: typesetALF
2Letters and Tomatoes Dept.letters page1pencils: ? (photographs); inks: ? (photographs); letters: typeset
3Best of the Millennium Reader's Pollactivity1letters: typeset
4ARFulcomic story6script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerArf; Silly Shammer; Mate; Lame; Brian; Richard Dryface; Dr. McGoy; Spotty; Cliff Robinson; Chewbacca; Dr. Ruse; Simon McKay
5A Mad Look at Fast Foodcomic story2script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés
6Mad's Alibis For All Occasionscomic story2script: Tom Koch; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis
7Don Martin Dept. Part I: One Fine Day in North Calamaricomic story1script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
8The Flim Flam Film Mancomic story4script: Stan Hart; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
9Spy vs. Spycomic story1script: Anthony Prohías; pencils: Anthony Prohías; inks: Anthony ProhíasThe Black Spy, The White Spy
10More Celebrity Silhouettescomic story2script: Rurik Tyler; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob ClarkeBullwinkle J. Moose, Olive Oyl, Raggedy Ann, Robert Rudolph Remus, Barney Rubble, Betty Rubble, Sgt. Slaughter, Smokey Bear, Snoopy, Lucy Van Pelt
11Forget Smartcomic story2script: Dick DeBartolo, Donald K. Epstein; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo TorresMuxwall Smart; Agent 36-B; Chief
12Bushtext story2script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Gerry Gersten; inks: Gerry GerstenPresident George Bush
13The Lighter Side of...comic story5script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg
14When American TV Programs Are Shown in Russiacomic story3script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo TorresB.A. Baracus, Charlie Brown, Templeton "Face" Peck, Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith, James T. Kirk, Howling Mad Murdock, Spock, Hikaru Sulu, Nyota Uhura, Linus Van Pelt, Lucy Van Pelt
15A Mad Guide to Show Biz Successcomic story2script: Mike Snider; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr.
16Rock Groups on the Way Upphoto story2script: Christopher AllenJack and the Crackpots; The Ram-bozos; Charlie and the Bonnie Princes; The Conquistadores; The What; The Ungrateful Living; Amazing Tails; Evolution Express
17Sport Activities for the Hyperactivecomic story2script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges
18Why the U.S. Government Really Spends So Muchcomic story3script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
19Don Martin Dept. Part II: One Fine Day in the South Bronxcomic story1script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
20Mad Visits an Organ Transplant Hospitalcomic story4script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Will Elder; inks: Harvey Kurtzman
21It's a Crummy Job ...comic story1script: John Ellis Sech; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee
22Who Conducted the Most Exhaustive Washington Probe Recently?activity1pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee
23WWWF Magazineillustration1pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); colors: ? (photograph); letters: typeset
24Drawn-Out Dramascomic story0script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés; letters: Sergio Aragonés

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