Mad #288 July 1989

• Cover Artist: Richard Williams

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• Ad for Subscriptions featuring Mad Buttons Bonus
• Contents Page
• Letters (photo of Dick DeBartolo with Alfred E. Neuman lookalikes) (photo of cast of 21 Jump Street
  (including a young Johnny Depp) with #286)
• Ad for Mad Fantasy, Fables, and Other Foolishness
  by Don (Duck) Edwing Paperback
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• Twinge (movie satire) (written by Stan Hart / Mort Drucker art)
• A Mad Look at Self-Defense (Sergio Aragones)
• New Comic Book Superheroes Based on Real People
  (written by Mike Snider / Angelo Torres art)
• The Star Wars Defense System Can't Fail!
  (written by John S. Marshall / Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• Leather Clothes Must be Worn (Poison song parody)
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Jack Davis art)
• Mad Switcheroos (written by Frank Jacobs / Al Jaffee art)
• A Mad Guide to Lesser-Known Hollywood Tourist Traps
  (written by Mike Snider / Bob Jones art)
• Mad's Heavy Metal Quiz
  (written by Chris Hart / Rick Tulka art)
• Scientific Advances That Unimprove Our Lives
  (written by Tom Koch / George Woodbridge art)
• The Diabolical Dungeon Deception (Don (Duck) Edwing)
• Lurking Girl (movie satire)
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Angelo Torres art)
• Spy vs. Spy (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art)
• Mad's Cheap and Painless Methods for Overcoming Baldness
  at Little Expense and Even Less Pain (Paul Peter Porges)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg)
• Deceptive Ways to Get Junk Mail Senders to
  Excitedly Open Your Reply! (written by Dick DeBartolo)
• The Ghastly Gallows Good-Bye (Don (Duck) Edwing)
• Dreary John (TV satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Sam Viviano art)
• The Inconceivable Island Incident (Don (Duck) Edwing)
• Fold-In -- What new exam will every
  student soon be required to pass? (Al Jaffee)
• Back Cover -- Metal Sludge Magazine (Irving Schild Lucifer
  and tongue photos / written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola)