Mad Specials were reprints of past articles, sometimes with new stuff thrown in. Each Special's contents page has reprinted article titles linked to their regular issue sources. Where new stuff exclusive to the Specials happens, I note the article title in red. The UGOI (Usual Gang Of Idiots: contributing artists, writers, etc.) responsible for non-reprinted, original material has beed added to each idiot's respective list.
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The 141 issues of Mad Special were not the only collection of garbage from past issues, just the longest running collection. Before Mad Special were the annual collections More Trash From Mad, The Worst From Mad, and Mad Follies. After Mad Special came the titles Mad XL, Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad, Mad Classics, Mad Color Classics, Mad Kids, and other single issues. For a general cover listing of these other issues visit the late, great Dick Hanchette's site.