MAD #146 — October 1971

"Today, the game isn't 'Following The Leader'... it's 'Swallowing The Leader'!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD Special #5 featuring the "MAD Flag" Poster
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for Subscriptions (beanstalk giant — Art by Paul Coker, Jr.), Paperbacks, Alfred E. Neuman portraits
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Lover's Story (movie satire)

  The Old Bawl Game Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #16 — Fall 1975
  • MAD Clowns Around — 1978 (Paperback #48)
  • MAD Special #30 — Spring 1980
  • MAD Special #82 — July 1992
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  4–10
• Hawks & Doves — war game tanks

  Fowl Play Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee — 1976 Big Book
  • MAD Special #118 — February 1997
  11 sample
• This is America...

  Turning a Phrase Dept.

  Max Brandel / Photos by Wide World and UPI
  12–15
• The Lighter Side of the "Now Look"

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #16 — Fall 1975
  16–20 sample
• The Very First Musical Instrument

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  • A MAD Treasure Chest — 1978 (Paperback #49)
  • MAD Special #112 — April 1996
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  21–22
• The MAD "Effluent Society" Pollution Primer

  Ecchology Dept.

  Written by Sy Reit / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Special #17 — Winter 1975
  • A MAD Treasure Chest — 1978 (Paperback #49)
  • MAD Special #79 — February 1992
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD #28 — December 2022
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 3 — December 2022 — B&N Edition
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 4 — Nov/Dec 2022
  23–25 sample
• Spy vs. Spy — girl's photo in glasses

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 14 collections

  • MAD Clowns Around — 1978 (Paperback #48)
  • MAD Special #76 — Fall 1991
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • The MAD Summer Survival Guide — 2004
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Spy vs Spy — Mega Mini Kit — 2010
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  • MAD #38 — August 2024
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 9 — Aug/Sep 2024
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• MAD Interviews a Typical "Middle American" Family

  Hypocritic Oafs Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Sucks — 1979 (Paperback #50)
  27–31
• Recruiting Posters Through History

  A Hitch in Time Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  • A MAD Treasure Chest — 1978 (Paperback #49)
  • MAD Special #40 — Fall 1982
  • MAD Special #82 — July 1992
  32–34 sample
• A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at a Resort Hotel

  Inside-Ouch Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #17 — Winter 1975
  • MAD Sucks — 1979 (Paperback #50)
  • MAD Special #41 — Winter 1982
  • MAD Special #82 — July 1992
  • MAD #32 — August 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 6 — Jul/Aug 2023
  35–37
• A MAD Look at Amusement Parks

  Up-Chuckles Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • MAD Special #17 — Winter 1975
  • MAD Clowns Around — 1978 (Paperback #48)
  • MAD's Sergio Aragones On Parade — 1979 Big Book
  • MAD Special #41 — Winter 1982
  • MAD Special #62 — Spring 1988
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion: Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion: The Mother Load — 2004
  • The MAD Summer Survival Guide — 2004
  38–41 sample
• One Fine Day a Million Years Ago

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • A MAD Treasure Chest — 1978 (Paperback #49)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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• MAD's Reality Street (TV satire)

  Opened Sesame Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 12 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  • MAD Sucks — 1979 (Paperback #50)
  • MAD Special #34 — Spring 1981
  • MAD's Maddest Writer Dick DeBartolo presents Here's MAD in Your Eye — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Special #79 — February 1992
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Golden Treasury of Trash — Special Collector's Edition 2013
  • MAD #12 — April 2020
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 1 — May/June 2022
  43–48 sample
• Fold-In — What's always been the favorite method of camouflaging military activity?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — The Four Horsemen of the Metropolis

  Idea by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Thurston

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #18 — Summer 1976
  • MAD #16 — December 2020
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