MAD #153 — September 1972

"If you were old before your time, you probably got that way having a time before you were old!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• One Day in the Comics Suburbs

  Written by Arnoldo Franchioni / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD About Comic Strips — 2003
  • MAD Special #36 — Fall 1981
  • MAD Special #44 — Fall 1983
  C2 sample
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Ads for MADvertising and MAD-ly Yours Paperbacks, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions (balloonist — art by Paul Coker, Jr.)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine)
• Dirty Larry (movie satire)

  The Wrong Arm of the Law Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Sucks — 1979 (Paperback #50)
  • MAD Special #42 — Spring 1983
  • MAD Special #76 — Fall 1991
  • MAD About the Movies — 1998
  • MAD About the Movies — Director's Cut — 2008
  4–10 sample
• The MAD Religion in America Primer

  A Blessing on All Your Houses Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #20 — Winter 1976
  • MAD Sucks — 1979 (Paperback #50)
  • Completely MAD — 1991 (excerpt)
  • MAD Special #94 — July 1994
  11–15 sample
• Don Martin Looks at Cavemen

  Don Martin Dept.

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #20 — Winter 1976
  • MAD Special #52 — Fall 1985
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD Classics #18 — October 2007
  16–18
• Typical Sports Movies of the Past

  Boolah-Boolah Dept.

  Typical Sports Movies of the Present

  Moolah-Moolah Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #21 — Summer 1977
  19–23
• MAD's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself Labor Dispute Newspaper Story

  Picket Yourself Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #76 — Fall 1991
  24–25
• Snappy Answers to Stupid TV Commercials

  Ad Insult to Injury Dept.

  Idea by Marcelle Pesek / Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #20 — Winter 1976
  • MAD Special #48 — Fall 1984
  • MAD Special #76 — Fall 1991
  • MAD Special #127 — March 1998
  26–28
• Spy vs. Spy — macaroni factory

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 9 collections

  • MAD Special #19 — Fall 1976
  • MAD Sucks — 1979 (Paperback #50)
  • MAD Special #64 — Fall 1988
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  • MAD #18 — April 2021
  • MAD #29 — February 2023
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 4 — Nov/Dec 2022
  29 sample
• MAD Postcards from MAD Vacationers

  Post-Waste Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo and Don Epstein

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #20 — Winter 1976
  • A MAD Treasure Chest — 1978 (Paperback #49)
  • MAD Special #76 — Fall 1991
  30–31
• The Lighter Side of Summer Activities

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #20 — Winter 1976
  • MAD Sucks — 1979 (Paperback #50)
  32–36
• A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes at a Political Convention

  Inside-Ouch Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Rickard
  37–39
• A Microscopic Look at Modern-Day Bacteria

  The Malady Lingers Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Bob Clarke / Idea by Max Brandel
  40–41
• Longshot (TV satire)

  Blindfolderol Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Angelo Torres
  42–48
• Fold-In — What sudden assault wipes out more and more Americans each year?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #76 — Fall 1991
  • MAD Fold This Book — 1997
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 — 2011
  • MAD #8 — August 2019
  C3
• Back Cover — Wanted For Murder! — Joe Pusher

  Idea by Max Brandel / Photo by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #19 — Fall 1976
  C4