MAD #157 ~ March 1973 ~ 4.5 VG+ ~ Very Nice Copy
Mad Magazine #157 ~ March 1973 ~ 4.5 VG+ ~ E. C. Publications. My grading is very conservative and most sellers would grade this higher. Bright colors; binding intact; b&w interior fine; Front cover some soiling on white areas; diagonal crease lower right, vertical crease left edge; slight stress on binding edge; otherwise a Fine copy. Issue in 2-mil archival poly bag with stiffener. Image shows the actual comic you will get (it is NOT a stock photo).

Issue highlights: Cover art by Norman Mingo. Berg's Eye View: The Lighter Side of Permissiveness; Capive Audience Department: "Pen" Pal Magazine; Don Martin Department: One Day on the Highway / One Dark and Scary Night; Gee, Wizard! Department: OZ Revisited; In The Ire of the Beholder Department: You Can Never Win With A Bigot; Joke And Dagger Department: Spy Vs. Spy; Letters Deparment: Random Samplings of Reader Mail; Let George Do It Department: Some Really Dangerous Jobs for George Plimpton; Marginal Thinking Department: "Drawn Out Dramas" by Aragones; Mint Conditioning Department: A MAD Look at Money; Misfortune Cookie Department: Don't You Feel Like A Schmuck When...; Monkey Big Business Department: The Milking of the Planet That Went Ape; The Mod Couple Department: The Funny And Glare Show; Tightening the Money Belt Department: Middle Class Poverty Is.... 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.40.

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