Mad #97 September 1965

• Cover Artist: Norman Mingo
• Cover Writer: Sergio Aragones
• Mad Logo: Don Martin

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• Ad for Mad's Don Martin Drops 13 Stories! paperback (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "Today's 'Non-Conformists' are getting harder
  and harder to tell apart!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Letters Dept. (university 43-Man Squamish teams) (2-3)
• Ads for Subscriptions - "Are you bugged by the little monsters who short out the supply of Mad at the newsstands?" (sculpture by Giuseppe Baggi), Alfred E. Neuman portraits
• Drawn-Out Dramas by Sergio AragonesMARGINAL THINKING DEPT. (summary)
  **various places around the magazine
• Being Rich is Better than a Warm PuppyBLUE CHIPS OFF THE OLD BLOCK DEPT. (book parody)
  (Al Jaffee) (4-7)
• A Frightful IncidentDON MARTIN DEPT. PART I (Don Martin) (8)
• Cheyenne AwfulINDIAN CORN DEPT. (movie satire)
  (written by Larry Siegel / Mort Drucker art) (9-13)
• A Mad Look at GarbagemenCANNED LAUGHTER DEPT. (Sergio Aragones) (14-17)
• Spy Vs. SpyJOKE AND DAGGER DEPT. PART I - concrete cliff drive /
  palm tree trap (Antonio Prohias) (18)
• The Walt Cronkite ShowHEADLINE ACTS DEPT.
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Jack Rickard art) (19-21)
• In the DesertDON MARTIN DEPT. PART II (Don Martin) (22)
• Load & Crash - The High Insurance Risk's MagazineONE FOR THE ROAD DEPT.
  (written by Tom Koch / George Woodbridge art) (23-28)
• What They Say and What it Really MeansDOUBLE-TALK DEPT.
  (written by Ronald Axe and Sol Weinstein)
  (Paul Coker, Jr. art) (29-31)
• Spy Vs. SpyJOKE AND DAGGER DEPT. PART II - power lines cross bed /
  safe back ejection (Antonio Prohias) (32)
• Mad Interviews a "John Birch Society" PolicemanSQUADS RIGHT DEPT. (33-36)
  (written by Ronald Axe and Sol Weinstein / Joe Orlando art)
• Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts!BEHIND THE ODD-BALL DEPT.
  (written by Arnie Kogen / Bob Clarke art) (37)
• The Lighter Side of EmployeesBERG'S-EYE VIEW DEPT. (Dave Berg) (38-41)
• Spy Vs. Spy Vs. SpyJOKE AND DAGGER DEPT. PART III - oppositional bowling / castle
  rammers meet airplane propeller (Antonio Prohias) (42)
• The RooksAGE BEFORE BOOTY DEPT. (TV satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Mort Drucker art) (43-47)
• In an AlleyDON MARTIN DEPT. PART III (Don Martin) (48)
• Fold-In -- What Comes After Pop Art and Op Art?
  (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- The Day they Shot the
  "Ten-Foot-Tall Washing Machine" Commercial
  in an 8-Foot High Basement (Irving Schild photo)

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