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Mad Special #15 Summer 1975
Cover Artist
s:
Norman Mingo
and
Harvey Kurtzman
Introduction Page for
The Nostalgic Mad #3
-
"Our Third Assortment of Collectors' Items
From These Valuable Issues of the '50's"
-
Shows covers from
#4
,
#8
,
#9
,
#17
, and
#23
.
The Nostalgic Mad #3
(bonus insert)
Cover - #8
(
Harvey Kurtzman
)
Ripup's Believe it or Don't!
(written by
Harvey Kurtzman
/
Wally Wood
art)
Frank N. Stein!
(written by
Harvey Kurtzman
/
Will Elder
art)
Little Orphan Melvin!
(written by
Harvey Kurtzman
/
Wally Wood
art)
Shadow!
(written by
Harvey Kurtzman
/
Will Elder
art)
Ripup's Believe it or Don't!
(continued)
Back Cover - #17
(written by
Harvey Kurtzman
)
Contents Page
Sergio Aragones
Drawn-Out Dramas
**various places around the magazine
Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid
(movie satire)
(written by
Arnie Kogen
/
Mort Drucker
art)
One Day on Location
(
Don Martin
)
The Mad Blow-Your-Mind Drug Primer
(written by
Sy Reit
/
Bob Clarke
art)
If the World's Great Painters Drew the Comics
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Jack Rickard
art)
Spray Can Sprays We'd Like to See
(written by
Stan Hart
/
George Woodbridge
art)
The Lighter Side of Sex
(
Dave Berg
)
One Day in a Garage
(
Don Martin
)
A Sports Fan's Garden of Verses
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Jack Davis
art)
Deceptive Money-Saving Labels
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Irving Schild
photos)
More "So How Come...?"
(written by
Stan Hart
/
George Woodbridge
art)
How-Are-Ya-Five-O?
(TV satire)
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Angelo Torres
art)
One Day in the Garden of Eden
(
Don Martin
)
Hints For Special Occasion Gifts
(written by
Tom Koch
)
The Mad Love Book
(written by
George Hart
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
Progress
(written by
Max Brandel
/
Bob Clarke
art)
A Mad Look at College
(written by
Stan Hart
/
Jack Davis
art)
The Problem
(
Sergio Aragones
)
Mad's Christmas Carols for the 1970 Holiday Season
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Jack Rickard
art)
The Lighter Side of Transportation
(
Dave Berg
)
One Day at a Construction Site
(
Don Martin
)
A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes of Home Services
(written by
Stan Hart
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
Spy Vs. Spy
- top secret crate (
Antonio Prohias
)
Silent Majority - The Magazine For Middle America
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
George Woodbridge
art)
You Know You're Really a Football Fan When...
(written by
Stan Hart
/
Jack Davis
art)
Great Non-Violent Guns
(
Don Martin
)
PUT*ON
(movie satire)
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
Mort Drucker
art)
Fold-In --
What innocent product threatens the world with an immense explosion?
(
Al Jaffee
)
Back Cover --
One Day in the Park
(
Don Martin
art)
Red = First Appearance of Original Material
/
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