Item Specifics

Series Name

Mad (1952)

Issue Number

279

Publisher

EC

Genre

Humor/Satire

Item Description

Cover by James Warhola. Stories and art by Al Jaffee, Dick DeBartolo, Stan Hart, Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola, Barry Liebmann, Tom Koch, Larry Siegel, Mike Snider, Paul Peter Porges, Don (Duck) Edwing, Frank Jacobs, Mort Drucker, Paul Coker Jr., George Woodbridge, Harvey Kurtzman, Irving Schild, Angelo Torres, Bob Clarke, Harry North, Esq., Jack Davis, Dave Berg, and Sergio Aragones. Spoofs of Fatal Attraction and TV sitcom Designing Women, featuring art by Mort Drucker and Angelo Torres. Sergio Aragones looks at classic Disney films. More appropriately-shaped comics word balloons. A rare latter-day gag by original Mad creator Harvey Kurtzman. Mad's takes on magazine sweepstakes, corporate culture, and government thinking. Plus a back-page spoof ad for exercise machines, featuring photos of controversial publishers Lyle Stuart, Al Goldstein and Bill Gaines in their underwear - Gaines, of course, being the publisher of Mad. Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Spy vs. Spy. Feeble Attraction; The Frantic Fog-Filled Folly; Mad Looks at Handshakes; New Laws that Congress Should Pass Right Now!; The Lighter Side of...; The Befuddling Balcony Blunder; Mad Opens a Typical Magazine Sweepstakes Package; That'll Be the Day!; A Mad Look at Disney Classics; Mad's Guide to Making It in the Business World; Spy vs. Spy; Practical Uses for Well-Trained Porcupines; All-Purpose Video Game Instructions Kit; Tell-Tale Comic Strip Balloons (The Sequel); A Mad Look at Real-Life Government "Logic"; ReDesigning Women; The Demonic Detector Disaster; Fold-In; Bulgin' Belly Burner. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

Seller Information

Seller

HightydeComics (0)

Registered Since

08/05/2025

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Store

Hightyde Comics & Collectables

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Item Location

Florida, United States

Ships To

Worldwide

Item Weight

0 Lbs 5 oz

Returns Accepted

Yes