MAD #86 — April 1964

"Somehow, I always get the same seat at a ball game: Between the hot dog vendor and his best customer!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Wilkinson Sword-Edge Blades

  Photo by Lester Krauss

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • MAD's Greatest Artists: Dave Berg — 2013
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Including tributes to John F. Kennedy / ads for AEN portrait, paperbacks, subscriptions — Why Kill Yourself? toilet flush drowning — Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  2–3 sample
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Insecurity is a Pair of Loose Swim Trunks (book parody)

  Good Grief Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • Hopping MAD — 1969 (Paperback #27)
  • MAD XL #10 — July 2001
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  4–6 sample
• The Small Businessman in the Amazon

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  7
• News Photos You're Sure to See This Year / News Photos We'd Like to See This Year

  Pannin' the Flash Dept. Parts I and II

  Written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel / Art by Joe Orlando

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #3 — Summer 1971
  8–11
• MAD Beastlies

  Word Game Preserve Dept.

  Written by Phil Hahn / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • MAD Special #50 — Spring 1985
  • MAD Fixes Cats — Special Collector's Edition 2025
  12–13
• When This Trend Toward "Understanding" Gets Out of Hand

  The Error of Good Feeling Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel / Art by Wally Wood

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  14–17
• New School Letters for Unheralded Achievements

  Award to the Wiseguys Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  18–20
• Spy vs. Spy — fan parachute fail / newspaper extra: spy injured

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • Spy vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  21
• The Lighter Side of Married Men

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • Hopping MAD — 1969 (Paperback #27)
  • Dave Berg's MAD Trash — 1977 Big Book
  22–25
• In the Acme Ritz Central Arms Waldorf Plaza Hotel

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • Completely MAD — 1991
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  26
• If Magazine Ads Spoke the Language of the Magazines

  Ad-Itorial Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Follies #4 — 1966 Annual
  • MAD Special #40 — Fall 1982
  27–30
• Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy — she shoots spy like an arrow / spies die saving lady on train tracks

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • Spy vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • Epic MAD — 2012
  • Insanely Awesome MAD — Deluxe Edition — 2014
  31 sample
• The Evolution of a Popular Song

  The Malady Lingers On Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • Hopping MAD — 1969 (Paperback #27)
  32–35
• Another Visit to the Dentist

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  36 sample
• The MAD Plan for Fighting the War Against Junk Mail

  Missive Retaliation Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • Hopping MAD — 1969 (Paperback #27)
  37–40
• Future Quickie Vacations

  Fast Getaway Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Jack Rickard
  41–42
• Flawrence of Arabia (movie satire)

  What Kind O'Toole Am I Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 8 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • MAD Special #2 — Spring 1971
  • The MAD World of William M. Gaines — 1972 (excerpt)
  • MAD About the Sixties — 1995
  • MAD About the Oscars — 2004
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  43–48
• The First MAD Fold-In — featuring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #9 — 1966 Annual
  • MAD About the Sixties — 1995
  • MAD Fold This Book — 1997
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  C3 sample
• Back Cover — Likely Strife Cigarettes

  Photo by Lester Krauss

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #10 — 1967 Annual
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • MAD About the Sixties — 1995
  • MAD Art — 2002
  • MADvertising — 2005
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