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97September 1965
$0.30

Mad #97

EC · September 1965 · on sale 1965-06-29

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Series
Mad (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#97
Publication date
September 1965
Key date
1965-09-00
On-sale date
1965-06-29
Indicia publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
Price
$0.30
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0You'll Get a Charge Out of This Issue of Madcover1pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo; colors: Norman MingoAlfred E. Neuman
1Being Rich Is Better Than a Warm Puppycomic story4script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee
2A Frightful Incidentcomic story1script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
3Mad Goes to a Screening of Cheyenne Awfulcomic story5script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerJohn Ford [as John Furd]; Richard Widmark [as Richard Widemark [as Capt. Tom Arches]]; Carroll Baker [as Carroll Babydoll]; Pinocchio (cameo); Linus Van Pelt (cameo); Sal Mineo [as Sal Meanio [as Torn Shirt]]; John Wayne (cameo); Patrick Wayne [as Patrick Waine [as Lt. Scat]]; Gilbert Roland [as Gil
4Drawn Out Dramascartoon0script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés
5A Mad Look at Garbagemencomic story4script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés
6-comic story1script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio ProhíasThe Black Spy; The White Spy
7The Walt Cronkite Showcomic story3script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack RickardWalter Cronkite; Harry Reasoner; Bob Trout; Roger Mudd; Mike Wallace; Thomas Dewey; Richard Nixon; Barry Goldwater; King Faisel; Chet Huntley; David Brinkley; Lyndon Johnson; Hubert Humphrey; Everett Dirkson; Casey Stengel; Yogi Berra
8In the Desertcomic story1script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
9Load & Crashcomic story6script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
10What They Say and What It Really Meanscomic story3script: Ronald Axe, Sol Weinstein; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr.
11-comic story1script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio ProhíasThe Black Spy; The White Spy
12Mad Interviews a "John Birch Society" Policemancomic story4script: Ronald Axe, Sol Weinstein; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando
13Mad's Modern Believe It or Nutscomic story1script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke; letters: Bob Clarke
14The Lighter Side of Employeescomic story3script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg
15-comic story1script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio ProhíasThe Black Spy; The White Spy; The Gray Spy
16The Rookscomic story5script: Stan Hart; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerDavid Niven [as Alec Fleming]; Charles Boyer [as Muscel St. Care]; Gig Young [as Toby]; Robert Coote [as Tommy St. Care]; Gladys Cooper [as Auntie Margaret]; Broderick Crawford [as Orville Cess]; Zelda Cess
17In an Alleycomic story1script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
18What Comes After Pop Art and Op Artcartoon1script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee
19The Day They Shot the "Ten-foot-tall Washing Machine" Ad in an 8-foot High Basementillustration1pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild; colors: Irving Schild

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