Winter 1983. Book of Silly Nonsense. Cover by Kelly Freas and Don Martin. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Wally Wood, Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Don Epstein, Phil Hahn, Stan Hart, Paul Peter Porges, Dick DeBartolo, Jack Rickard, Don (Duck) Edwing, Frank Jacobs, Dean Norman, Larry Gore, Tom Hudson, William Garvin, Mort Drucker, Sy Reit, Antonio Prohias, Paul Coker, Jr., Jack Hanrahan, Bob Clarke, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Henry Clark, Jack Davis, Norman Mingo, Joe Orlando, and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Super Special reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine, often accompanied by original stories and attached bonuses in the form of posters, stickers, recordings and comics. A smorgasbord of past articles and comics, featuring art by classic Mad artists Wally Wood, Jack Davis and Basil Wolverton, among others. Vintage Mad takedowns of celebrities, cliches and computers. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Don Martin cartoons. Mad Solutions to Big City Doggie-Do Problems; In the Hospital; Answers to Children's Letters - From God; Mad's Cliche Killers; In a Las Vegas Hotel Lobby; Horrifying Cliches; Mad One-Time Use Products; The First Echo; Announcements for Everything; Visiting Day; Mad's Physical Fitness Program; A Mad Peek Through the Microscope; Mad's Cheap Revolutionary Way to Eat Out and Lose Weight!; A Mad Look at Burial at Sea; The Rejection Slip; Gambling in the Amazon; Shape-ly Mad Verse; Some Legendary Commodes; The Prophet; The Shadow Knows; A Mad Look at Tarzan...Today; The Rescue; Boy Scouts vs. Little Old Ladies; Stereotype-Casting By the Numbers; One Day in the Pasture; Mad Beastlies; Mad Goes to a Buffet Supper; Russian "Russian Roulette"; You Never Really Get Used To...; Candid Mad Snapshots of Historical Celebrities; In the Klondike; When the UPC Symbol Takes Over Completely; Wheelers and Dealers; The Turtle; Scenes We'd Like to See: The Doctor's Pronouncement; Mad's Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions; One Evening at Home; A Mad Look at Karate; Mad's Comprehensive Small Irritation Insurance; The Parting Shot; A Mad Look at Bugs 'N Worms 'N Things; An Architectural Triumph; Novelty Items for Practical-Joker Jocks; One Afternoon in Downtown Lourdes; Support Gun Control!; Composition Book Cover. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 100 pages, B&W.
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