Mad #81
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "New Movie Monsters From Everyday Life," EC's Mad #81 delivers a sharp, satirical twist on 1963 Edsel advertising, parodying the era's car commercials with a mock-serious tone. The story features a 1963 Edsel station wagon that's actually a vintage early-20th-century Ford wagon, all drawn with the deadpan precision of Swedowsky & Weiss, whose distinctive art and color work define the issue's visual humor. The cover by Bob Clarke captures the absurdity perfectly, blending classic automotive nostalgia with a touch of surreal satire.
In this classic Mad humor piece from 1963, the Black Spy commandeers a helicopter to swipe the White Spy’s classified documents—only for the White Spy to snap a picture of the Black Spy’s own plans using a camera and a trusty slingshot. A perfectly absurd standoff of espionage and slapstick, all in one page.
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Reprinted in Mad Follies #3 (1965), The Worst from MAD #8 (1965), The Ridiculously Expensive Mad #[nn] (1969), The Completely Mad Don Martin #[nn] (1974), Burning Mad #25 (1975), Dave Berg's Mad Trash #[nn] (1977), Dave Berg's Mad Trash #[nn] (1981), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #36 (1981), Mad's Sergio Aragonés on Parade #14 (1982), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #40 (1982), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #42 (1983), Mad #12 (2020), Mad #33 (2023), Mad #42
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