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 an EXCELLENT copy of this January 1972 issue.

little sign of wear on this delightful issue of Mad from 1976. 
creased in upper corner of front cover
Some  yellowing and light wear in general, but all in all,
this CLASSIC issue with VIETNAM ERA references, is in really good shape.
NO crease on back from Fold-in

Staples are secure

Shipped in a plastic bag in a large envelope.

included:
IN LETTERS SECTION: PICTURE OF JACK NICHOLSON "SHARING A COPY OF MAD with actress Helena Kallianiotes and Michele Phillips
If the characters in "Peanuts" aged like ordinary people - ( at the ages of 19, 35, and 65 ...HILARIOUS! ) Bob Clarke & Frank Jacobs
When Madison Avenue appeals to extremists
The Trauma of '42 ( parody of The Summer of '42) - Mort Drucker & Stan Hart
The great escape plot - Aragones
Don Martin in a playland -Don martin
The Lighter side of living space - Dave Berg
Hawks & Doves - Al Jaffee
Answers to childrens letters to Santa - Dick De Bartolo & Donald K Epstein
Spy vs Spy
Mad's rhyming guide to pro football - Jack Davis & Frank Jacobs
One Thursday afternoon on the moon - Don Martin
Behind the scenes at an underground newspaper - Paul Coker Jr & Sy Reit
A Mad look at waterbeds - Peter Porges
Spy vs Spy
Messy's Thanksgiving Day parade - Angelo Torres & Dick Bartolo & Kedzie North
The Daily Congressional Off-The-Record - newspaper parody - Lou Silverstone

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