HEY GUYS AND GALS, IF YOU GREW UP IN THE 60's ON, YOU MORE THAN LIKELY WERE A REGULAR READER OF MAD MAGAZINE 

 IF YOU WERE LIKE ME, YOU CHECKED THE LOCAL DRUG STORE WHENEVER YOU COULD AROUND THE DATE YOU FIGURED THE NEW ISSUE WOULD BE THERE SO YOU WOULD BE THE FIRST OF YOUR FRIENDS TO SHOW OFF THE NEW ISSUE.

 AND AGAIN, IF YOU WERE LIKE ME, YOU READ IT COVER TO COVER AND RELISHED ALL THE MARGIN JOKES.  MAYBE YOU EVEN TUCKED IT IN YOUR NOTEBOOK SO YOU COULD READ IT IN CLASS WHEN YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE....

WELCOME TO KEITH'S KOLLECTABLES, ONE OF EBAY'S PREMIERE BUYERS AND SELLERS OF RADIO SHOWS AND RARE AMERICANA.

AND PLEASE NOTE MY LIMITED TIME OFFER .  BUY FIVE OR MORE ITEMS FROM MY STORE AT ONE TIME AND EBAY WILL  AUTOMATICALLY DEDUCT 20% FROM YOUR TOTAL AT CHECKOUT.  IT IS THE LEAST I CAN DO FOR MY FELLOW COLLECTOR FRIENDS .

THIS IS FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION, THE EARLY YEARS READ BY ME AND THEN IN LATER YEARS ME AND MY SON  (MANY TIMES, OF COURSE) AND STORED SINCE IN AIR CONDITIONED SPACE, AN EDITION OF

MAD MAGAZINE

THIS ISSUE IS DATED DECEMBER 1987  AND IS VOLUME 1 NUMBER 275

WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT MAD MAGAZINE WOULD CEASE PUBLICATION, A REAL SHOCK AND FOR LOYAL FANS A TRAGEDY BECAUSE MAD PROVIDED SATIRE THAT IS MOST IMPORTANT FOR EVERY GENERATION AND IN A FORMAT THAT YOU COULD HOLD, AND TREASURE, AND RETURN TO OVER AND OVER, THESE ISSUES WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN.  GET THEM NOW WHILE YOU CAN.  I AM ONLY SELLING MINE BECAUSE IT IS TIME TO LET THEM GO TO OTHERS TO LOVE THEM AS WE HAVE.

READ WHAT FAMOUS COMEDIANS OF TODAY SAY ABOUT HOW MAD MAGAZINE INSPIRED THEM.  THIS MAGAZINE WAS THE ROOT OF AMERICAN SATIRE OF WHICH ITS MEMORY NEEDS TO BE PRESERVED

IT COMES PROTECTED, SEALED IN PLASTIC (WHICH CAN BE OPENED AND RESEALED EASILY) WITH MOISTURE ABSORBENT CARDBOARD BACKING.

IT SHOWS NORMAL WEAR.  REMEMBER IT NEVER WAS PRINTED ON THAT FINE A PAPER TO BEGIN WITH!  BUT GIVEN THAT,  IT IS IN WONDERFUL CONDITION.  

IT IS HARD TO FIND EARLY EDITIONS SUCH AS THIS IN SUCH GOOD CONDITION.  REMEMBER, IT IS ALMOST 43 YEARS OLD!

AS ALWAYS, I OFFER A MONEY BACK GUARANTEE, NO QUESTIONS ASKED, IF YOU ARE NOT COMPLETELY HAPPY.  CHECK MY FEEDBACK.  I PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICE I EXPECT WHEN I ADD TO MY OWN COLLECTION.

YOUR MAGAZINE WILL BE SAFELY SHIPPED IN EBAY BRANDED SHIPPING MATERIALS WITH CARDBOARD ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MAGAZINE SO THAT YOUR POSTAL PERSON CAN'T STUFF IT INTO YOUR MAILBOX AND DAMAGE IT

THANKS FOR LOOKING AND GOD BLESS.