MAD About Super Heroes TPB (2002) comic books

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Cover by Alex Ross. Stories and art by Don Martin, Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood, Will Elder, Mort Drucker, Russ Heath, Joe Staton, Angelo Torres, Greg Theakston, Sam Viviano, Al Jaffee, Dick DeBartolo, Frank Jacobs, Lou Silverstone, Larry Siegel, Don Reilly, Desmond Devlin, Charlie Richards, Don (Duck) Edwing, Stan Hart, Jonathan Bresman, Barry Liebmann, Mike Snider, Arnie Kogen, Bob Supina, John Putnam, Bob Clarke, Russ Cooper, George Woodbridge, Paul Coker Jr., James Bennett, Amanda Conner, Bob Jones, and Sergio Aragones, plus an Introduction by Adam West. A collection of vintage Mad material spoofing superheroes, from several generations of the Usual Gang of Idiots. Classic Mad spoofs of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and Plastic Man, by EC legends Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood, Will Elder, and Russ Heath. Parodies of superhero movies and TV series through the years, featuring art by Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres and Sam Viviano. Intro by OG TV Batman Adam West, and art by E-Man co-creator Joe Staton and comics legend Greg Theakston. Don Martin's versions of Spider-Man, the Hulk, and comics sound effects; superhero-related Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Sergio's versions of Superman, Batman and other superheroes. Plus a cover by legendary cover painter Alex Ross... it was inevitable he would get around to Alfred E. Neuman sooner or later! Bats-Man; A Super Opportunity; Superduperman; Yellow Pages for Super Heroes; Battyman; Superduperman!; Plastic Sam!; Famous Artists' Paintings of Comic Book Characters; Teen-Rage Moolah Nitwit Turtles!; More Powerful than a Locomotive...; Superhero High; A Mad Look at Superman; Ecch-Men; Real-Life Superheroes at Comic Book Conventions; Superduperman II; A Mad Look at Batman; What If Superman Were Raised by Jewish Parents?; Don Martin's Guide to Some Very Obscure Comics Sound Effects; Buttman Returns; Clooney as The Bat; Other Superhero Deaths; Woman Wonder!; Batman & Robin Outtake #621: The Kiss; Lesser-Known Ninja Turtles; Bat Boy and Rubin!; One Rip-Roaring Day in Metropolis; Stuporman ZZZ; If Truth in Advertising Laws Applied to Comic Book Previews; Don Martin Looks at The Hulk; Buttman & Rubbin'; A Mad Look at Super Heroes; Superman R.I.P.; Upcoming Movies Based on Comic Books; Lotus & Cluck - The New Misadventures of Stuporman; If Super Heroes Needed Extra Money; Don Martin Looks at Spiderman; A "Comics" Scene We'd Like to See; $-MEN; Smellville; A Modern Day Fairy Tale: The Turtle and the Hare; Batsman: The Anemic Series. Softcover, 176 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Cover by Alex Ross. Stories and art by Don Martin, Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood, Will Elder, Mort Drucker, Russ Heath, Joe Staton, Angelo Torres, Greg Theakston, Sam Viviano, Al Jaffee, Dick DeBartolo, Frank Jacobs, Lou Silverstone, Larry Siegel, Don Reilly, Desmond Devlin, Charlie Richards, Don (Duck) Edwing, Stan Hart, Jonathan Bresman, Barry Liebmann, Mike Snider, Arnie Kogen, Bob Supina, John Putnam, Bob Clarke, Russ Cooper, George Woodbridge, Paul Coker Jr., James Bennett, Amanda Conner, Bob Jones, and Sergio Aragones, plus an Introduction by Adam West. A collection of vintage Mad material spoofing superheroes, from several generations of the Usual Gang of Idiots. Classic Mad spoofs of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and Plastic Man, by EC legends Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood, Will Elder, and Russ Heath. Parodies of superhero movies and TV series through the years, featuring art by Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres and Sam Viviano. Intro by OG TV Batman Adam West, and art by E-Man co-creator Joe Staton and comics legend Greg Theakston. Don Martin's versions of Spider-Man, the Hulk, and comics sound effects; superhero-related Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Sergio's versions of Superman, Batman and other superheroes. Plus a cover by legendary cover painter Alex Ross... it was inevitable he would get around to Alfred E. Neuman sooner or later! Bats-Man; A Super Opportunity; Superduperman; Yellow Pages for Super Heroes; Battyman; Superduperman!; Plastic Sam!; Famous Artists' Paintings of Comic Book Characters; Teen-Rage Moolah Nitwit Turtles!; More Powerful than a Locomotive...; Superhero High; A Mad Look at Superman; Ecch-Men; Real-Life Superheroes at Comic Book Conventions; Superduperman II; A Mad Look at Batman; What If Superman Were Raised by Jewish Parents?; Don Martin's Guide to Some Very Obscure Comics Sound Effects; Buttman Returns; Clooney as The Bat; Other Superhero Deaths; Woman Wonder!; Batman & Robin Outtake #621: The Kiss; Lesser-Known Ninja Turtles; Bat Boy and Rubin!; One Rip-Roaring Day in Metropolis; Stuporman ZZZ; If Truth in Advertising Laws Applied to Comic Book Previews; Don Martin Looks at The Hulk; Buttman & Rubbin'; A Mad Look at Super Heroes; Superman R.I.P.; Upcoming Movies Based on Comic Books; Lotus & Cluck - The New Misadventures of Stuporman; If Super Heroes Needed Extra Money; Don Martin Looks at Spiderman; A "Comics" Scene We'd Like to See; $-MEN; Smellville; A Modern Day Fairy Tale - The Turtle and the Hare; Batsman: The Anemic Series. Softcover, 176 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Cover by Mark Fredrickson. Stories and art by Dave Gibbons, Glenn Fabry, Jerry Ordway, Evan Dorkin, Bruce Timm, R. Sikoryak, Ted Rall, Mort Drucker, Drew Friedman, Gary Hallgren, Peter Kuper, Johnny Ryan, Ty Templeton, Sam Viviano, Al Jaffee, Dick DeBartolo, Ray Alma, Scott Maiko, Greg Leitman, Jeff Kruse, Desmond Devlin, Matthew A. Cohen, Don (Duck) Edwing, David Shayne, Jonathan Bresman, Jacob Lambert, Mike Snider, Joe Raiola, Arie Kaplan, Arnie Kogen, Mark Stutzman, Tom Richmond, Charles Akins, Mark Fredrickson, Hermann Mejia, John Caldwell, Jack Syracuse, Amanda Conner, Tom Fowler, Marcos Martin, Ale Garza, Tom Raney, Kagan McLeod, Todd Nauck, Kevin Pope and Sergio Aragones. Plus a special section with art by Frank Miller, J. Scott Campbell, Dave Gibbons, John Byrne, John Romita, Jr., Michael Allred, Arthur Adams, Jim Lee, Terry Dodson, Sam Kieth, John Cassaday, Mike Mignola, Chris Bachalo, Kevin Nowlan, and Humberto Ramos. A collection of vintage Mad material spoofing superheroes, from several generations of the Usual Gang of Idiots. Completely different from Volume 1, this covers the superhero movies and comics of the early 2000s through the dawn of the MCU. Movie parodies include the first X-Men and Spider-Man movies, Watchmen, The Dark Knight and Iron Man. Intro by Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons. Gibbons also does the cover art for a Watchmen spoof, making this some sort of meta-meta. Send-ups of superhero graphic novels, crossovers, and The Sandman. Parodies featuring the art of indie cartoonists R. Sikoryak, Ted Rall, Drew Friedman, Gary Hallgren, Peter Kuper, Johnny Ryan, and Ty Templeton, and mainstream artists Glenn Fabry, Jerry Ordway, Evan Dorkin, and Bruce Timm. Superhero-related Marginals by Sergio Aragones, Spy vs. Spy, and Sergio's versions of the Hulk, Spider-Man, and the San Diego Comic Con. Spider-Sham; Graphic Novel Review: Cathy: Revenge of the Chocoholic by Cathy Guisewite and Frank Miller; A Mad Look at Spider-Man; The 8 Greatest Comic Books of All Time!; The Adventures of Fantabulaman; Corporate Fraud Task Force #1; $-MEN2; Comic-Con Bingo!; Botchmen Graphic Novel Review; Incredi-Man Archives; The Hulk Gets Mad; Mad Gets The Hulk; Behind the Scenes on the Set of The Hulk; A Mad Look at Hulk; Hulk-A-Rama!; League of Rejected Superheroes; Spider-Sham Too; Pet Peeves of Spider-Man's Girlfriend; A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at The Incredibles Studio; The Hulk Has a Bad Week; A Mad Look at The Incredibles; When Spider-Man Goes Completely International; Constant-Theme; The 10 Most Pathetic Hulk Fans; Graphic Novel Review: The Blandman: Endless Tripe by Neil Graveman; Battyman, Begone!; The Fantastic Four has a Crap-tastic Two Weeks!; Everyday Pet-Peeves of Second Rate Superheroes; Graphic Novel Review: Infinite Secret Crisis On All Earthly Worlds; A Mad Look at The San Diego Comic-Con; Stuporman Reruns!; Lesser-Known Comic Book Villains; Graphic Novel Review; Batman: When Worlds Contrive; Modern Hassles Superman Would Face If He Really Returned; Spider-Sham 3; A Mad Look At Spider-Man 3; Fold-In; SuperDelegate; Zeroes; A Mad Look At This Summer's Super Heroes; Ironic, Man; Mad's Rusty Ironman Outtakes; Photos Peter Parker Couldn't Sell to The Daily Bugle; The Dork Knight; Insanity Claws: An Unhealthy Obsession with Wolverine; Spy vs. Spy; Graphic Novel Review: The Amazing Spider-Man: Irreversible Terminal Demise, Vol. 1; Botchmen; Spider-Man Has a Bad Week! Softcover, 192 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $12.99.