MAD #97 — September 1965

"Today's 'Non-Conformists' are getting harder and harder to tell apart!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for MAD's Don Martin Drops 13 Stories! paperback
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  university 43-Man Squamish teams

  Notes

  • 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
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Being Rich is Better than a Warm Puppy (book parody)

  Blue Chips Off the Old Block Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #10 — 1967 Annual
  • The Dirty Old MAD — 1971 (Paperback #30)
  • MAD's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee — 1976 Big Book
  4–7 sample
• A Frightful Incident

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Follies #5 — 1967 Annual
  • The Dirty Old MAD — 1971 (Paperback #30)
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  8
• Cheyenne Awful (movie satire)

  Indian Corn Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker
  9–13
• A MAD Look at Garbagemen

  Canned Laughter Dept.

  Sergio Aragones

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #10 — 1967 Annual
  • The Dirty Old MAD — 1971 (Paperback #30)
  • MAD's Sergio Aragones On Parade — 1979 Big Book
  • MAD Special #50 — Spring 1985
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Turd in a Series — 2003
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonés — 2010
  14–17
• Spy vs. Spy — concrete cliff drive / palm tree trap

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Follies #5 — 1967 Annual
  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • 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
  • MAD Presents Spy vs Spy: The Big Blast — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  18
• The Walt Cronkite Show

  Headline Acts Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #10 — 1967 Annual
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  19–21
• In the Desert

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Follies #5 — 1967 Annual
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  22
• Load & Crash — The High Insurance Risk's Magazine

  One for the Road Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #10 — 1967 Annual
  • The Dirty Old MAD — 1971 (Paperback #30)
  23–28
• What They Say and What it Really Means

  Double-Talk Dept.

  Written by Ronald Axe and Sol Weinstein / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #10 — 1967 Annual
  • The Dirty Old MAD — 1971 (Paperback #30)
  29–31
• Spy vs. Spy — power lines cross bed / safe back ejection

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • MAD Follies #5 — 1967 Annual
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • The Dirty Old MAD — 1971 (Paperback #30)
  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • 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
  • MAD Presents Spy vs Spy: The Big Blast — Special Collector's Edition 2016
  32
• Mad Interviews a "John Birch Society" Policeman

  Squads Right Dept.

  Written by Ronald Axe and Sol Weinstein / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #10 — 1967 Annual
  • The Dirty Old MAD — 1971 (Paperback #30)
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  33–36
• MAD's Modern Believe It or Nuts!

  Behind the Odd-Ball Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Bob Clarke
  37
• The Lighter Side of Employees

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Follies #5 — 1967 Annual
  • The Dirty Old MAD — 1971 (Paperback #30)
  • Dave Berg's MAD Trash — 1977 Big Book
  • MAD #47 — February 2026 (excerpt)
  38–41 sample
• Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy — oppositional bowling / castle rammers meet airplane propeller

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part III

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • 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
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 8 — Mar/Apr 2024
  42
• The Rooks (TV satire)

  Age Before Booty Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Mort Drucker
  43–47
• In an Alley

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Follies #5 — 1967 Annual
  • MAD Special #42 — Spring 1983
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Gushing Fourth Edition — 2004
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  48 sample
• Fold-In — What Comes After Pop Art and Op Art?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover — The Day they Shot the "Ten-Foot-Tall Washing Machine" Commercial in an 8-Foot High Basement

  Photo by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Follies #5 — 1967 Annual
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • MADvertising — 2005
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