Mad Magazine Recurring Features


A Mad Peek Through the Microscope


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Preceding Mad Beastlies and Horrifying Clichès, we discovered the worlds of the smallest creatures.

FEATURE TITLE EXAMPLE WRITER / ARTIST ISSUE / DATE
A Mad Peek Through the Microscope From a hospital bed a bacterium asks his doctor,
"Do you suppose they'll ever find a cure for Penicillin?"
Phil Hahn / Paul Coker, Jr. 61 - Mar 1961
Another Mad Peek Through the Microscope One member of a gang of germs with "Upper Tract Banshees"
written on their leather jackets says, "Whattya say we all go
down t'de Stomach... an' start a rumble!?"
Phil Hahn / Bob Clarke 70 - Apr 1962
Another Mad Peek Through the Microscope Plaque foreman yells at worker, "Crest--shmest! Either you
meet your cavity quota... or I'll find someone who can!"
Phil Hahn / Bob Clarke 89 - Sep 1964
Another Mad Peek Through the Microscope Disease bartender to thirsty client, "Name your miracle drug!" Phil Hahn / Paul Coker, Jr. 104 - Jul 1966
A Mad Peek Through the Microscope

Excerpt from Another Mad Peek Through the Microscope -
from #70 - April 1962