Mad #42 April 2025

• Cover Artist: Tom Bunk

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• Contents Page - Beautiful Girl of the Month cover
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Basil Wolverton art) (C2-1)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine (new and reprinted)
• A MAD Look at Beautification
  (Sergio Aragones / Carrie Strachan color) (2-5)
• Body Modification Trends of the Future
  (written by Brian Farrelly and Sean Farrelly)
  (Tom Bunk art / Carl Peterson reprint color) (6-8)
• One Evening at the Health Club (Don Martin) (9)
• Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy -
  plastic surgery facial recognition error (Peter Kuper) (10-11)
• Subscription Ad (Antonio Prohias spies from #88) (12)
• Yoga Positions That Occur in Daily Life
  (written by Darren Johnson / Gary Hallgren art) (13-15)
• Universal Pet Peeves of Beloved Yoga Masters
  (John Caldwell) (16)
• The Totally Amazing Ab Terrorizer!!!
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Irving Schild photo) (17)
• The Schlubstance -
  (written by Paula Sevenbergen / Hermann Mejia art) (18-21)
• The Ten Commandments of Body Piercing
  (Tom Cheney) (22-23)
• Mad Reader!
  (written by Harvey Kurtzman / Basil Wolverton art) (24-28)
• Blecch Shampoos
  (featuring Ringo Starr) (Frank Frazetta art) (29)
• It's Time to Unfollow an Influencer When...
  (Ivan Ehlers) (30-31)
• The Lighter Side of Health Nuts (Dave Berg) (32-36)
• The Mad Orthodontia Primer
  (written by Larry Siegel / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (37-39)
• A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Health Spa (written by Dick DeBartolo / Al Jaffee art / Nathan Kane color) (40-41)
• A Mad Commentary: Tattoos
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Al Jaffee art) (42-44)
• The Miss American Beauty Pageant (TV satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Mort Drucker art) (45-49)