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MAD Comic Front Becomes MAD Magazine Back

Letter about the upside-down back cover of MAD #64

Hiding your MAD comic or magazine from teachers and other authority figures became easier with comic issue #20 and magazine issue #64. The only problem with the back of #64 was that it was printed upside down in relation to the rest of the issue, raising teachers' eyebrows and aggravating kids who got caught reading MAD.