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40Fall 1982
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Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #40

EC · Fall 1982 · on sale 1982

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Series
Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series)
Issue
#40
Publication date
Fall 1982
Key date
1982-10-00
On-sale date
1982
Indicia publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
Price
$2.00
Pages
92
Barcode
0709893408023

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard; colors: Jack RickardAlfred E. Neuman
1Is It True Blondes Have More Fun?photo story1pencils: Lester Krauss; inks: Lester Krauss; colors: Lester Krauss
2Departmentstable of contents1letters: typeset
3Trademark Graffiticomic story4script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee
4The MAD Madison Avenue Primercomic story3script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Wallace Wood; inks: Wallace Wood
5While Strolling Through the Citycomic story2script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
6We're Looking for Idiots Who Like to Drawphoto story1script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Lester Krauss; inks: Lester Krauss
7Mad's Do-It-Yourself Modern Movie Adscomic story2script: Sy Reit; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
8Violent TV Commercialscomic story4script: Earle Doud; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerArthur Godfrey; Jane Withers [as Josephine the Plumber]; Chuck McCann
9Does This Ad Look Blurred to You?text story1letters: typeset
10The Mad Plan for Beating TV Commercial-Breakscomic story5script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
11After You Let Your Fingers Do the Walkingphoto story1pencils: Lester Krauss; inks: Lester Krauss
12How to Read a Resort Adcomic story3script: Gilbert Barnhill; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
13When Advertising Takes Over Magazines Completelycomic story2pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
14New Ad Spacescomic story3script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
15Make Beautiful Hair Blecchillustration1pencils: Frank Frazetta; inks: Frank Frazetta; colors: Frank FrazettaRingo Starr
16-photo story1pencils: Lester Krauss; inks: Lester Krauss; colors: Lester Krauss
17The Best Friend Your Dentist Ever Hadillustration1pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke; colors: Bob Clarke
18The 60-Second Disappointmentillustration1pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild; colors: Irving Schild
19Why We Always Look Angry in These Adphoto story1pencils: Lester Krauss; inks: Lester Krauss; colors: Lester Krauss
20After the Most Hair-Raising Adventure of My Lifeillustration1pencils: Lester Krauss, Bob Clarke; inks: Lester Krauss, Bob Clarke; colors: Lester Krauss, Bob Clarke
21Great Moments in Medicinecomic story1pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas; colors: Kelly Freas
22Famous Marble-Row Funereal Blackillustration1pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild; colors: Irving Schild
23If Magazine Ads Spoke the Language of the Magazinescomic story4script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard
24Out Westcomic story2script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
25TV Commercial Aidscomic story3script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee
26Feature By Feature Advertisingphoto story2script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild
27If There'd Been a Madison Ave. Down Through Historycomic story4script: Sy Reit; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
28Unspoken Messages in TV Commercialscomic story2script: Tom Koch; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando
29-photo story1pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild
30Advertising Space on Road Signscomic story3script: Earle Doud; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
31Recruiting Posters Through Historycomic story3script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
32One Fine Day While Touring Floridacomic story1script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
33A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at an Ad Agencycartoon2script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard
34Ads We Never Got to Seecomic story3script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
35Pesky Importcartoon1pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
36Yellow Pages for Super-Heroescomic story2script: Don Reilly
37Hazards of Illuminated Signscomic story4script: Sy Reit; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando
38A Mad Guide to Classified Ad Abbreviationscomic story2script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
39-photo story1pencils: Lester Krauss; inks: Lester Krauss
40The Subtle Science of Packagingcomic story6script: Don Reilly; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
41One Day Downtowncomic story2script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
42What Have We Got Against Coldscartoon1letters: typeset
43Us Cigarette Makers Will Fight Rather Than Quitillustration1pencils: Lester Krauss; inks: Lester Krauss; colors: Lester Krauss

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