MAD #174 — April 1975

"The women who go around wearing padded bras, false eyelashes and phony wigs are usually the ones who complain, 'There aren't any real men left!'" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Gulliver's Travails

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #133 — December 1998
  C2 sample
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Reader suggestion — Al Jaffee with dog collar and leash, Ads for The MAD Jumble Book Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions (in with the bowling pins — written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Death Wishers (movie satire)

  Mugger-Bugger Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #47 — Summer 1984
  • MAD Special #100 — Late Fall 1994
  4–10 sample
• Young Doctor Freen

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #29 — Winter 1979
  • A MAD Carnival — 1982 (Paperback #59)
  • MAD Special #47 — Summer 1984
  • MAD Special #133 — December 1998
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  11
• A MAD Look at the Military

  General Staff Infection Dept.

  Arnoldo Franchioni / Photos by UPI & Wide World
  12–14 sample
• Spy vs. Spy — rowboat submarine, wrecking ball fisherman

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #29 — Winter 1979
  • The Eggs-Rated MAD — 1981 (Paperback #58)
  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  15
• More "Modern" Fairy Tales

  Grimm Reality Dept.

  Written by Don Reilly / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #29 — Winter 1979
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  16–19
• Some Real Life Scenes We'd Like to See

  Jest Desserts Dept.

  Written by Paul Peter Porges / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #31 — Summer 1980
  • MAD Special #114 — July 1996
  20–23 sample
• A Second MAD Collection of Extremely Thin Books

  Narrow-Minded Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #28 — Fall 1979
  • The Eggs-Rated MAD — 1981 (Paperback #58)
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  24–25
• The Lighter Side of Anxiety

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #29 — Winter 1979
  • A MAD Carnival — 1982 (Paperback #59)
  • MAD Special #94 — July 1994
  • MAD Color Classics #8 — September 2003
  26–30
• One Afternoon at a Bus Stop

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • A MAD Carnival — 1982 (Paperback #59)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  31
• A White House "Garage Sale"

  Making Room for the Ford Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Bob Clarke
  32–33
• The MAD "Good News - Bad News" Book

  Flip/Flops Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #28 — Fall 1979
  • MAD Horses Around — 1981 (Paperback #57)
  • MAD Zaps the Human Race! — Frank Jacobs — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Special #119 — March 1997
  • MAD XL #27 — June 2004
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  34–37 sample
• It Almost Restores Your Faith When...

  Many Happy Returns Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • A MAD Carnival — 1982 (Paperback #59)
  38–39 sample
• Professor Bleent and the Floon Beetle Expedition

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #28 — Fall 1979
  • MAD Horses Around — 1981 (Paperback #57)
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  40
• Additions to the Dictionary

  Neumanclature Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #31 — Summer 1980
  • MAD About the Seventies — 1996
  41
• The Tommy-Red Seed (movie satire)

  Bullshevik Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres
  42–48
• Fold-In — What special interest group is benefitting most from our jammed courts?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #28 — Fall 1979
  • MAD Special #38 — Spring 1982
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3
• Back Cover — The Silencers

  Idea by James C. Froelich / Photo by Irving Schild
  C4