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Cover: Jack Rickard

Mad #193

Sep 1977 · EC · 0.60 USD
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Contains 16 stories
A Star's a Bomb
7 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Kris KristoffersonBarbra Streisand
Don Martin Dept. Part 1: One Monday Afternoon in a Downtown Jewelry Store
1 pp · Humor
Mad Products with Paired Names
2 pp · Humor
Welcome to Mad Magazine's Reality World
6 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
A Mad Look at Movie Making
4 pp · Humor
Famous People's Telephone Answering Machine Messages
2 pp · Humor
Don Martin Dept. Part 2: One Wednesday Evening in a Restaurant Men's Room
1 pp · Humor
More American Jokes They're Telling in Poland
3 pp · Humor
The Mad Travel Agency's Specialized Tours for You and Your Neurosis
2 pp · Humor

In *The Mad Travel Agency's Specialized Tours for You and Your Neurosis*, a middle-aged American couple sets off on a European jaunt that quickly turns into a comedic reckoning with their own biases. As they encounter familiar stereotypes—overly formal bureaucrats, health-obsessed locals, and other cultural clichés—their preexisting anxieties only deepen, turning every interaction into a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The Lighter Side of... Afternoons
5 pp · Humor
When Members of Our Armed Forces Join a Union
2 pp · Humor
Casey at the Talks
3 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Casey
Spy vs. Spy
1 pp · Humor
Churlie's Angles
5 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
BoreslySaccharinaKillyJollyLynda CarterLindsay WagnerTelly SavalasRobert BlakeAngie DickinsonCindy WilliamsPenny Marshall
Don Martin Dept. Part 3: Late One Friday Night on an Uptown Street Corner
1 pp · Humor
The Frog Prince
1 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Fine) $9
CGC 9.8 · 2 in census $650*
CGC 9.6 · 2 in census $172
CGC 9.4 · 4 in census $111
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $78*
CGC 9.0 · 2 in census $58
CGC 8.5 none in existence
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CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $48*
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 none in existence
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 none in existence
CGC 5.0 · 2 in census $20*
CGC 4.5 none in existence
CGC 4.0 none in existence
CGC 3.5 none in existence
CGC 3.0 none in existence
CGC 2.5 none in existence
CGC 2.0 none in existence
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
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Full credits

writer Larry Siegel
artist, inker Mort Drucker
cover pencils, inks Jack Rickard

Reprints

↩ Reprints Mad #103 (1977)

Reprinted in Mad #102 (1977), Mad #103 (1977), Mad #108 (1978), Mad #95 (1978), Mad #124 (1979), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #37 (1981), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #39 (1982), Mad About Town #[nn] (1983), Mad Super Special #Mad Autumn '87 Super Special Number 60 (1987), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #58 (1987), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #70 (1990), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #74 (1991), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #97 (1994), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #102 (1995), Mad for Decades #[nn] (2007), Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin #[nn] (2014), Mad #47 (2026)

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