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MAD Magazine Recurring Features

Marginals — other than those created by Sergio Aragonés

in Order of Appearance in Regular Issues

**various places around the magazine

Marginal Title Writer Issue / Date
Untitled (Random Questions and Comments) 29 — Sep 1956
Arnie Rosen and Coleman Jacoby make keen observations Arnie Rosen, Coleman Jacoby 30 — Dec 1956
Purloined Proverbs Ascribed to Popular People 31 — Feb 1957
Fictitious Want Ads placed by Famous Folk 32 — Apr 1957
Jobs We'd Like to Have 33 — Jun 1957
Meaningless Musings While Munching Miltown 34 — Aug 1957
Suggested Theme Songs for some Famous Folks 35 — Oct 1957
Contrivances for Clichés 36 — Dec 1957
Christmas Gifts that will No Doubt be Returned 37 — Jan 1958
MAD Definitions 38 — Mar 1958
Movies' Secret Sponsors 39 — May 1958
New Authors for Old Books 40 — Jul 1958
Edited Advertising Slogans 41 — Sep 1958
Where they spent their vacations 42 — Nov 1958
Proverbs Revisited 43 — Dec 1958
Some Items “For Sale — Cheap” 44 — Jan 1959
Old Quotes Attributed to Modern Folks 45 — Mar 1959
MAD Daffynitions 46 — Apr 1959
MAD Double-Features 47 — Jun 1959
New Stars for Old Movies 48 — Jul 1959
Capsule Movie Reviews 49 — Sep 1959
Marvin talks about “Secret Ingredients” 50 — Oct 1959
New Singers for Old Songs 51 — Dec 1959
Marvin Talks About the Tobacco Industry 52 — Jan 1960
Marvin Talks About Small Cars 53 — Mar 1960
Marvin Introduces A New Game: “MAD Y'OX” Paul Laikin 54 — Apr 1960
More “MAD Y'OX” Paul Laikin 55 — Jun 1960
More “MAD Y'OX” 56 — Jul 1960
More “MAD Y'OX” 57 — Sep 1960
More “MAD Y'OX” 58 — Oct 1960
English Translations of Foreign Phrases Gary Belkin 59 — Dec 1960
Appropriate Casting For Old Movies 60 — Jan 1961
MAD's Anti-Cliché Museum Herb Grochos 61 — Mar 1961
MAD Answers to Cliché Remarks Paul Laikin 62 — Apr 1961
MAD Phoolosophies Bob Margolin 63 — Jun 1961
MAD Stuffs David Susskind's Suggestion Box Bob Margolin 64 — Jul 1961
Special License Plates For Special People Frank Jacobs 65 — Sep 1961
New Sport Cars (For Special People) We'd Like to See 66 — Oct 1961
MAD's Capsule Movie Reviews 67 — Dec 1961
“Namelies” — A New MAD Game 68 — Jan 1962
Introducing “Hitchy-Switchies” — A New MAD Game 69 — Mar 1962
“If They Had A Brother, Brother!” — A New MAD Game 70 — Apr 1962
We Knew Them When Rochelle Davis 71 — Jun 1962
Little-Known Mottos for Little-Known Organizations 72 — Jul 1962
Appropriate Birthplaces for Some Famous Folk 73 — Sep 1962
Favorite Chinese Dishes of Some Famous Folk Jack Mendelsohn 74 — Oct 1962
Speak, and Ye Shall Find (The Answers) Jack Mendelsohn 75 — Dec 1962
Songs That Never Made It 111 — Jun 1967
“Good Guy” Vs. “Bad Guy” Pennants George Hart 122 — Oct 1968
“Next Donahue” Charlie Kadau, Joe Raiola,
Rick Tulka (art)
311 — Jun 1992
Things That Suck Hal Pinurciolo 326 — Mar 1994
What Government Initials Really Stand For Michael Goodwin 329 — Jul 1994
MAD Equations Desmond Devlin 331 — Oct 1994
MAD Factoids Mike Snider 333 — Jan 1995
Why Bother? Russ Cooper 334 — Mar 1995
MAD Factoids Mike Snider 335 — May 1995
So What's the Problem? Desmond Devlin 336 — Jun 1995
Questions From the Edge Henry Clark 337 — Jul 1995
Who Gives a Rat's Ass? Russ Cooper 341 — Dec 1995
You Know America's Been Nuked When… Andrew J. Schwartzberg 342 — Jan 1996
Points to Ponder Desmond Devlin 343 — Mar 1996
MAD Factoids Mike Snider 344 — Apr 1996
Well, Duh! Russ Cooper 345 — May 1996
Now That It's All Over Desmond Devlin 346 — Jun 1996
Aren't You the Genius Dennis Snee 348 — Aug 1996
MAD Whozits? Mike Snider 349 — Sep 1996
Consumer Product Factoids Desmond Devlin 350 — Oct 1996
It's a Moot Point Desmond Devlin 351 — Nov 1996
Concert Pairings That Make Sense Andrew J. Schwartzberg 352 — Dec 1996
Special License Plates For Special People

Special License Plates For Special People — from #65, September 1961