Mad 1952 #505 - back issue - $3.00

Alfred basks on a beach with oily waves coming in.

Ad for shoes from Converse with DC superhero characters on them.

Letters, photos and fan art, including Celebrity Snaps and Employees of The Month.

House ad for subscriptions.

House ad for figurines.

House ad for subscriptions.

Various short satires of pop culture.

Two hands forming "L"s.

Ridiculous ideas that "prove" President Obama is either a terrorist, socialist, or both.

Advertisement for game from Nintendo and TECMO.

A look a things that could go wrong with assuming that all people of a given race act alike.

Book titles for children's books that would never be published, illustrated by fake covers. Parodies of real titles, characters, or genres.

In the first story, the White Spy is destroyed while spying by satellite camera on the Black Spy. In the second story, the Black Spy is shot by a machine gun disguised as a ladder.

Wall plaques with stupid, hopeless, or meaningless sayings.

Tad discusses seeing-eye dogs, a mosquito trap using blood, the TV show Glee, and helping his mother with a baby shower.

Stupid ideas to pass the time using items typically found in a waiting room, and hosting a tailgate party while waiting.

Stills from the movie "True Blood" with fake dialog.

A fake letter from BP explaining away their slow response to the Gulf oil spill.

A collection of comic strips.

Shows Jesus walking on an oil slick on water.

Parody of a celebrity gossip website.

Supposed US commemorative postage stamp sets that were never printed.

New gags written for Dave Berg's drawings.

Dorothy is lamenting the bad economy in the wasteland of Detroit, MI and is magically transported to Punditland, where nothing makes sense. Dorothy, the Unfair-Crow, the Spin Man, and lion travel to see the Wizard, who turns out to be just another "cheap backroom politician" who cannot save any of them.

A pastry chef's dog relieves itself on someone's lawn and is kicked off the property. The chef finds a most unusual revenge with the plastic bag of dog do.

Answer is sky-high airline luggage fees.

Ad for chewing gum from Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company.

• Even Looks Good With Tights - inside front cover
• Departments - The feature "Testicular Homicide Department" is phony and does not actually appear in the issue. Art is from various articles in this issue.
• Subscribe To MAD! - Image on the iPad is replaced with the image of the cover of MAD #500. Between pages 1-2 of letters pages.
• An Offer You Can't De-Fuse! - On page 3 of letters pages.
• - on bottom of page 4 of letters pages
• Subscribe To MAD And Own A Piece of MAD History! - Cover art (without text) from MAD #96 is reproduced as part of ad.
• The Fundalini Pages - Additional features are: A Sex Tape We Hope We Never See; A Skateboarding Term Or BP Cleanup Tactic?; Possible Theories To Explain Justin Bieber's Ever-Present Hand Gesture; Universal Pet Peeves of Beloved Yoga Masters; Dating Tips With Donnie The Douche; Things You Don't Want To Overhear At A Bachelor Party.
• Glee Blows - "A MAD Public Service Announcement."
• Spy Vs. Spy - 2 cartoons
• The Darker Side Of The Lighter Side - The new gag writer is not credited.
• The Wizard of O - The Pundits are not named, but I have listed them by their likenesses. Many other political celebrities that I do not recognize are depicted in the background and in singing parts.
• The MAD Vault 2001 - Single panels, pages and covers from previous issues.
• What Strospheric Condition Caused Many Not To Fly This Year? - inside back cover
• Drawn Out Dramas - Gags appear on 17 different pages.
• Everyone Experiences It Differently - back cover