MAD #210 — October 1979
"The trouble with most vacation resorts is: they never have the same shapely girls you saw in their ads!" — Alfred E. Neuman
Contents
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featuring MAD Collectable ConnectablesC2
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Contents Page1
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Letters Dept.
Notes
- Curt Swan Superman with Alfred E. Neuman drawing
- Ads for MAD's Don Martin Digs Deeper Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions (cymbal head smash — Paul Coker, Jr. art)
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(various places around the magazine) summary
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The Ring and I — The MAD "Lord of the Rings" MusicalBreaking the Hobbit Dept.Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Mort Drucker
Reprinted in 1 collection
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The MAD Nasty BookAll Kidding a Snide Dept.Written by Tom Koch / Art by Harry North, Esq.
Reprinted in 3 collections
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Sixty Seconds (TV satire)Schlock Watch Dept.Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Davis
Reprinted in 2 collections
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MAD Medals to be Presented to Deserving Professional AthletesGivin' 'em a Ribbin' Dept.
Reprinted in 1 collection
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Don Martin's Guide to Some Very Obscure Comics Sound EffectsNoise Solution Dept.Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Don Martin
Reprinted in 10 collections
- MAD Special #53 — Winter 1985
- 'til MAD do us part — 1987 (Paperback #76)
- MAD Special #101 — January 1995
- MAD About Super Heroes — 2002
- MAD About Comic Strips — 2003
- MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
- MAD Kids #8 — August 2007 (excerpt)
- MAD Kids #9 — December 2007 (excerpt)
- MAD Kids #11 — June 2008 (excerpt)
- MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
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MAD's All Inclusive Do-It-Yourself "Dear John Letter"Applying the Break Dept.Written by Frank Jacobs24–25
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The Lighter Side of Cooling OffBerg's-Eye View Dept.
Reprinted in 2 collections
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Spy vs. Spy — amusement game with clubJoke and Dagger Dept.
Reprinted in 7 collections
- MAD Special #47 — Summer 1984
- 'til MAD do us part — 1987 (Paperback #76)
- Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
- The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
- The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
- Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
- MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
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MAD's Table of Little-Known and Very Useless Weights, Measures & DistancesStatis-Tickle Dept.Written by John Ficarra / Art by Bob Clarke32–33
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34–37 sample
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Wait Till You Get Home and Find That...Return Enragement Dept.38–39 sample
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More "New-Improved" Products That Really Are New and ImprovedDevice, Man, Cometh Dept.Al Jaffee / Idea by Billy Doherty
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Vague-$ (TV satire)Shooting Crap Dept.Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres
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Fold-In — What type of revolting theater fare will not appear this summer… Thank God!C3
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Back Cover — Yes… Me Worry!
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