Mad 1952 #87 - back issue - $9.00

Serious dramatic films sanitized and altered to appeal to a pre-teen audience. Films parodied are "Days of Wine and Roses", "The Hustler", "Irma La Douce" (with an all funny animal cast), "Never on Sunday" and "Monte Cane".

Merry mix-ups at a costume shop.

Examples of advertised bargains with hidden costs concealed in the fine print.

The Black Spy tricks the White Spy into thinking he has a rodent problem.

Then current television commercials given satirical endings.

A satirical look at circus acts.

Record album covers designed to make you think you're getting something you're not.

The White Spy fools the Black Spy with a fake time bomb.

The 1040 form is redesigned by a psychiatrist.

A satirical look at owning a home.

A dead body objects to a bad blues singer.

Escalating examples of redesigned cigarette filter tips.

Answering machine messages designed to discourage certain callers.

Common words or phrases are given anthropomorphic embodiment.

A man attempts to install a ceiling light fixture.

A niche magazine for people with violent tempers.

People watch a marathon for rats.

Barry Goldwater and Nelson Rockefeller debate who should be the 1964 Republican nominee.

Parody of Contact Cold Remedy print ads; The makers of Contact explain how well they profit off of illnesses prolonged by their ineffective product.

On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• Drawn Out Dramas - Cartoons drawn into the margins of random pages.
• Who Wants to Be President More than Anything? - Inside back cover.
• What Have We Got Against Colds - Back cover.