Mad #146 October 1971

• Cover Artist: Norman Mingo
• Mad Logo: Al Jaffee

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• Ad for Mad Special #5 featuring the "Mad Flag" Poster (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "Today, the game isn't 'Following The Leader'...
  it's Swallowing The Leader'!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Letters Dept. (2-3)
• Ads for Subscriptions (beanstalk giant - Paul Coker, Jr. art), Paperbacks, Alfred E. Neuman portraits
• Drawn-Out Dramas by Sergio AragonesMARGINAL THINKING DEPT. (summary)
  **various places around the magazine
• Lover's Story THE OLD BAWL GAME DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  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
  (movie satire)
  (written by Larry Siegel / Mort Drucker art) (4-10)
• Hawks & Doves FOWL PLAY DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee - 1976 Big Book
  Mad Special #118 February 1997
  - war game tanks (Al Jaffee) (11)
• This is America...TURNING A PHRASE DEPT.
  (Max Brandel / Wide World and UPI photos) (12-15)
• The Lighter Side of the "Now Look" BERG'S-EYE VIEW DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #16 Fall 1975
  
  (Dave Berg) (16-20)
• The Very First Musical Instrument DON MARTIN DEPT. PART I
  
  article was reprinted in:
  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
  (Don Martin) (21-22)
• The Mad "Effluent Society" Pollution Primer ECCHOLOGY DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #17 Winter 1975
  A Mad Treasure Chest - 1978 (Paperback #49)
  Mad Special #79 February 1992
  Mad Art - 2002 (excerpt)
  Mad Treasure Trove of Trash - Vol. 4 - Nov/Dec 2022
  Mad #28 December 2022
  70th Anniversary Issue - Vol. 3 - December 2022 - B&N Edition
  
  (written by Sy Reit / Angelo Torres art) (23-25)
• Spy vs. Spy JOKE & DAGGER DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  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
  - girl's photo in glasses
  (Antonio Prohias) (26)
• Mad Interviews a Typical "Middle American" Family HYPOCRITIC OAFS DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Sucks - 1979 (Paperback #50)
  
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (27-31)
• Recruiting Posters Through History A HITCH IN TIME DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #18 Summer 1976
  A Mad Treasure Chest - 1978 (Paperback #49)
  Mad Special #40 Fall 1982
  Mad Special #82 July 1992
  (32-34)
  (written by Paul Peter Porges / George Woodbridge art)
• A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Resort Hotel INSIDE-OUCH DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  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
  
  (written by Larry Siegel / Bob Clarke art) (35-37)
• A Mad Look at Amusement Parks UP-CHUCKLES DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  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
  
  (Sergio Aragones) (38-41)
• One Fine Day a Million Years Ago DON MARTIN DEPT. PART II
  
  article was reprinted in:
  A Mad Treasure Chest - 1978 (Paperback #49)
  Mad's Greatest Artists - The Completely Mad Don Martin - 2007
  (Don Martin) (42)
• Mad's Reality Street OPENED SESAME DEPT.
  
  article was reprinted in:
  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
  (TV satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Jack Davis art) (43-48)
• Fold-In -- What's always been the favorite method of camouflaging military activity? article was reprinted in:
  The Mad Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 - 2011 (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- The Four Horsemen of the Metropolis article was reprinted in:
  Mad Special #18 Summer 1976
  Mad #16 December 2020
  
  (idea by Frank Jacobs / Jack Thurston art)