Here for your delectation is the SPECTACULAR RARE---------------MAD MAGAZINE NO. 81 /SEPTEMBER '63 . THE FAMOUS EARLY ISSUE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL!!! Mad #81 September 1963 Cover Artist: Bob Clarke Mad Logo: Harvey Kurtzman Nationwide Warning - Beware of Crazy Insurance Companies Labels We Should've Seen New Movie Monsters From Everyday Life Don Martin -- The Class Program, Another Brain Operation, A Domestic Scene Some Mad Observations Made While on the Beach in the Technology of the "Cold War" Dave Berg -- The Lighter Side of Summer Camp If Modern Comedians Performed for Civilizations in the Past The Mad Plan for Beating Commercial-Breaks Wonder Drugs for Common Teenage Ailments Spy Vs. Spy Off the Deep End If Comic Strip Characters Behaved Like Ordinary People Sergio Aragones --A Mad Look at Motorcycle Cops Popular Scientific Mechanics (Magazine Satire) Back Cover -- The 1963 3/4 Edsel Mad is an influential American humor magazine founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952. The last surviving title from the notorious and critically acclaimed EC Comics line, the magazine offers satire on all aspects of American life and pop culture, politics, entertainment, and public figures. Its format is divided into a number of recurring segments such as TV and movie parodies, as well as freeform articles. Mad's mascot, Alfred E. Neuman, is typically the focal point of the magazine's cover, with his faceoften replacing a celebrity or character that is lampooned within the issue. This is the stated Volume 1, Number 81 Edition from SEPTEMBER 1963. Other than a few small tears on the cover and some tiny dog-ears (no pig's feet!) from storage, the magazine is in very good condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc.---and the pages and binding are tight (see photo). **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe. So bid soon for this magnificent, impossible-to-find HUMOR MAGAZINE COLLECTIBLE. I gladly accept Paypal. I will ship internationally for additional charges. ALL OF MY LISTINGS ARE BETTER THAN AN AUCTION!! IF YOU SEEK OUT INCENTIVES LIKE FREE SHIPPING---TRY THIS INSTEAD!!! CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT TO PAY!!!! IF THE LISTED PRICE IS A BIT OUT OF YOUR PRICE RANGE, CHECK BEST OFFER AND STATE THE REASONABLE PRICE YOU WOULD LIKE TO PAY---CHANCES ARE THE ITEM WILL BE YOURS--IMMEDIATELY!! (Sometimes I even accept unreasonable offers!) DON'T JUST BROWSE!!! THIS IS THE ITEM YOU SEARCHED FOR---AND IT COULD BE YOURS FOR THE PRICE YOU WOULD LIKE!! NO WAITING FOR AN AUCTION TO END!! _______________________________________________________________________________________ WANT TO SEE MORE LIKE THIS?? FOR EXTRA-SPECIAL SAVINGS GO TO BARRYS BARGAIN BIN (CLICK HERE--) for BOOKS THOUSANDS OF UNIQUE TITLES (no duplication) ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FIRST EDITIONS ! MUSIC IN ALL GENRES AND FORMATS (lps, 45s, 78s, and cassettes) ASSORTED RARE CURIOSITIES EVERYTHING (except death and taxes) IS NEGOTIABLE! MAKE ME AN OFFER I CAN'T REFUSE!! (NO HORSE'S HEAD IN THE BED, PLEASE!) ALL REASONABLE OFFERS WILL BE ACCEPTED!!! (EVEN THE OCCASIONAL UNREASONABLE OFFER) Be sure to add me to your favorites list 011510