Mad #23 February 2022

• Cover Artist: Tom Richmond
• Cover Writer: Desmond Devlin

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• Contents Page -
  features Mark Fredrickson cover art from #455 (C2-1)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine (new and reprinted)
• A Mad Look at Batman
  (Sergio Aragones / Carl Peterson color) (2-3)
• Bats-Man (TV satire)
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Mort Drucker art) (4-9)
• The Real Reasons Batman and Superman Hate Each Other
  (written by Kenny Keil / Hermann Mejia art) (10-11)
• Subscription Ad (featuring Antonio Prohias spies) (12)
• Batman Funnies (Kerry Callen) (13)
• Crime Foilers For the Average Citizen (Al Jaffee) (14-19)
• Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy - (20)
  vampire bats / guillotine window setup (Antonio Prohias)
• What if Batman Were Actually 80 Years Old?
  (written by Arie Kaplan / Pete Woods art) (21-23)
• Indisputable Tip-Offs You Weren't
  Cut Out for a Life of Crime (John Caldwell) (24-25)
• Using DNA Testing For Questions We Really Want Answered
  (written by John Prete / Tom Bunk art) (26-27)
• O Batman! My Batman!
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Tom Richmond art) (28-29)
• Battyman (movie satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Mort Drucker art) (30-36)
• Bluff that Mugger!
  (written by E. Nelson Bridwell / Bruce Day art) (37)
• Really Appropriate Brand Name Sound Effects
  (written by Russ Cooper / John Pound art) (38-39)
• Batsman: The Anemic Series (TV satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Sam Viviano art)
  (Carl Peterson color) (40-44)
• Horrifying Crime Cliches...
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (45-47)
• The Lighter Side of Crime in the Streets (Dave Berg) (48-52)
• Spy vs. Spy - vampire bat in butterfly costume
  (Antonio Prohias / Carrie Strachan color) (53)
• Suburban Deviants and Their Really Minor Crimes
  (written by Ryan Pagelow / Amanda Conner art) (54-55)
• Final Frightful Funny! -
  (originally Plugged Nickel - Edward from Twilight sees
  a doctor) (written by Kit Lively / Scott Nickel art) (56)
• Fold-In -- What sets Bruce Wayne apart from
  the other billionaires? (Johnny Sampson) (C3)
• Back Cover -- The FBI's 6 Most Wanted Renegade Clowns
  (written by Dan Birtcher / Greg Theakston art)