Mad Magazine #178 VG 1975 Stock Image Low Grade
| Grade | VG |
| Year | 1975 |
| Publisher | EC |
This is a low grade item. It will be complete and readable, but will show significant wear. Allowed defects for this grade include: spine roll, a moderate amount of staining or water damage, writing or other marks on the cover, up to one inch spine splits or other tears, a cover or centerfold that is detached at one staple, discoloration due to oxidation, and a minor piece or pieces missing. An item could be assigned this grade due to either an accumulation of minor/moderate defects or one or two major defects.
Description
Cover by Jack Davis. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Arnoldo Franchioni, Alen Robin, E. Nelson Bridwell, Stan Hart, Paul Peter Porges, Dick DeBartolo, Lou Silverstone, Don (Duck) Edwing, Frank Jacobs, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres, Irving Schild, George Woodbridge, Paul Coker, Sandy Kossin, Jack Rickard, Jack Davis, Dave Berg, Antonio Prohias and Sergio Aragones. Spoofs of the classic 1970s films The Godfather Part II and Murder on the Orient Express, featuring art by Mort Drucker and Angelo Torres. A prescient "family tree," showing all the then-current and future TV spin-offs from "All in the Family," is not far from the eventual reality. Mad's takes on Mother Goose, President Ford, and vitamin ads. The cover by Jack Davis is practically a Who's Who of 1975 Hollywood caricatures. Classic Don Martin strips, Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Spy vs. Spy. Mad Artists' Response to a "Draw This Figure" Ad; The Odd Father Part, Too!; The Mad Circus; One Day in South Dakota; The Mad Economics Primer; Zappers That History Forgot; Spy vs. Spy; Business and Social Cards; The "All in the Family" Tree; The Lighter Side of Indoor and Outdoor Gardening; A TV Ad We'd Like to See - The Geritol Commercial; A Mad Look at Some Well-Kept Celebrities' Secrets; Mad's Recession Mother Goose; Muddle on the Orient Express; One Saturday Night at the North Pole; Fold-In; Here's Looking At You, Kid! 8.5-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W.
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