Mad 1952 #503 - back issue - $3.00
Alfred has taken a marker to his I ? Obama tee shirt, to indicate a change of heart.
Ad for game from Sony Online Entertainment.
Letters, photos and fan art.
Ad for art school.
Various short satires of pop culture.
Advertisement for videos of phony movies "30,000"; White House Crashers; and "Made Up."
Parody of cover of magazine "Tiger Beat" featuring women Tiger Woods has supposedly had affairs with.
A parody of a Toyota apologetic ad.
House ad for book "MAD About Super Heroes Volume 2."
Notes about goofy news of the past quarter.
Parody of tv show "The Big Bang Theory", where we are introduced to the cast and Shellshock takes over the show with a diabolical experiment.
House ad for various MAD books, including 4 exclusive at Barnes & Noble.
Ideas for a new golf business for Tiger Woods, to cash in on his marital troubles.
New gags written for Dave Berg's drawings
A message stringing together some well-known lines from the US Revolution.
Parody of Amish fireplace ads, showing how they are a scam.
Two strips. In the first, the Black Spy is shot by a piece of White modern art. In the second, the White Spy is propelled into the path of a bus by a motorized umbrella.
Absurd ideas on benefits of being a convenience store clerk.
Things that could have gone wrong with various scenes from the movie Avatar.
Nine stupid or annoying things to do that would stop anyone from hiring you.
A boy writes an absurd science fiction story and is sent to the school psychologist because of the violence in the story...which he plagiarized anyway.
A look at the bad jokes, bad bits, bad decisions and repetitiveness of late night tv comedy shows.
Stills from the movie "Iron Man 2" with fake dialogue.
Stupid ideas to stay germ free.
A collection of comic strips.
A collection of snappy Tweets for unimaginative people to use.
Answer is A Bruised Reputation.
Ad for gum from Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company.
Last quarterly issue.
- Now Available - inside front cover
- Departments - Art is excerpts from various articles in this issue. The feature "Spanx-Giving Department" is phony and does not actually appear in the issue.
- Random Samplings of Reader Mail - Includes art by Sergio Aragones for the Free Comic Book Day 2010 t-shirt.
- The Fundalini Pages - Additional features are: Graphic Novel Review; Signs of A Growing Gun Problem In The NBA; Reasons Cited By Sportswriters...; Pros And Cons of The Kindle; Product Acronyms You Never Knew Existed.
- Relive The Stupidity! - between pages 3-4 of The Fundalini Pages
- Tiger Cheat - between pages 4-5 of The Fundalini Pages
- On Sale Now! - Alfred is dressed in a Batman costume.
- Fight Unemployment! - Art is covers of the books.
- The Darker Side of The Lighter Side - The new gag writer is not credited.
- An Important Message From MAD's Director of Business & Development - House ad for Mad subscriptions; #72 in a series. Jeffrey is wearing a Revolutionary War costume.
- Stop The Spread Of Germs! - A MAD Healthy Living Poster.
- The MAD Vault 1969 - Single panels, pages and covers from previous issues.
- What Condition Definitely Won't Be Covered By The New Obama Health Plan? - inside back cover
- Drawn-Out Dramas - Gags appear on 8 different pages.
- Ever Tried Sliding Down A Bobsled Run Naked? - back cover
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