MAD Magazine Recurring Features
in Order of Appearance in Regular Issues (and other places)
The stars of these articles were the words and letters themselves.
| Article Title | Writer / Artist | Issue / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Hazards of Illuminated Signs | Sy Reit / Joe Orlando | 53 — Mar 1960 |
| A Portfolio of Shape-ly MAD Verse | William Garvin / | 104 — Jul 1966 |
| A Portfolio of MAD Namelies | Max Brandel | 108 — Jan 1967 |
| A Portfolio of MAD Zoo-Lulus | Max Brandel | 110 — Apr 1967 |
| A Portfolio of MAD Placelies | Max Brandel | 111 — Jun 1967 |
| Criminal Types Dept. (Put Them All Together They Spell…) |
Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke | 152 — Jul 1972 |
| More MAD Namelies | Max Brandel | Special #8 — Win 1972 |
| What's in a Name? Part One: People | Max Brandel | 161 — Sep 1973 |
| What's in a Name? Part Two: Institutions | Max Brandel | 164 — Jan 1974 |
| Spell It Like It Is | Norman Miller / | Special #18 — Sum 1976 |
| MAD Turn-Arounds | Mike Metz | 252 — Jan 1985 |
| MAD's Modern Day Tongue Twisters | David Ames / George Woodbridge | 267 — Dec 1986 |
| MAD's Instant Movie Reviews | Russ Cooper / Gerry Gersten | 305 — Sep 1991 |
| MAD's Instant TV Reviews | Russ Cooper / Gerry Gersten | 316 — Jan 1993 |
| Another Portfolio of MAD Namelies | Russ Cooper / Bob Clarke | Special #93 — May 1994 |
| MAD's Instant Movie Reviews: The Sequel | Russ Cooper / Rick Tulka | 375 — Nov 1998 |
| MAD's Instant TV Reviews | Russ Cooper / Grey Blackwell | 381 — May 1999 |
| Instant Music Reviews | Russ Cooper / Rick Tulka | 405 — May 2001 |
| Still More Instant Movie Reviews | Russ Cooper / Amanda Conner | 415 — Mar 2002 |
| Shorts & Briefs — What's in a Name? | Zach Sherwin / Rick Tulka | 2 — Aug 2018 |
Excerpt from What's in a Name? Part Two: Institutions — from #164, January 1974