Mad #181 March 1976

• Cover Artist: Norman Mingo

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• Ad for Mad Super Special Number 18 featuring the fourth
  The Nostalgic Mad assortment of Mad comic articles (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "The pen is mightier than the sword…
  except when it runs out of ink!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Letters (drawing of Al Jaffee as flight attendant) (2-3)
• Ads for Politically Mad Paperback,
  Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions (elephant crush -
  written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas (summary)
  **various places around the magazine
• Rollerbrawl (movie satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Angelo Torres art) (4-11)
• Great Poems Rewritten to Reflect the
  Freaky, Greedy, Rotten World of Today
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (12-14)
• One Fine Day Downtown (Don Martin) (15)
• The Lighter Side of Handicrafts (Dave Berg) (16-20)
• Mad's First and Probably Last Reader Survey
  (written by Dick DeBartolo) (21)
• Some Mad Energy-Saving Devices
  (written by Paul Peter Porges / Bob Clarke art) (22-23)
• A Collection of Paired Mad Thick & Thin Books
  (written by Marylin D'Amico) (24-25)
• Meet Jan Van Wessum -
  A Refreshing "Dutch Treat!" (26-28)
• Exciting Abbreviations for Low Glamor Jobs
  (written by Frank Jacobs / idea by William McCole)
  (Jack Rickard art) (29-31)
• Spy vs. Spy - flamethrower diverter (Antonio Prohias) (32)
• The Alfred E. Neuman University
  Competitive Hard-Sell 1976 Catalogue
  (written by Frank Jacobs / idea by David Reagan)
  (Irving Schild photos / Bob Clarke art) (33-39)
• Historical Scenes We'd Like to See Reenacted
  (written by Larry Siegel / Jack Davis art) (40-42)
• The Cockroach (Sergio Aragones) (43)
• If TV Commercials Told Us Everything
  (written by Tom Koch / George Woodbridge art) (44-47)
• Once Upon a Time in the Black Hills of South Dakota
  (Don Martin) (48)
• Fold-In -- What kind of vicious big shots
  have been taking over our cities? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- City Plights (idea by Nicky Zann)