MAD #45 — October 2025

Article title links go to original source issues

NEW = First appearance of original material

Contents

• Contents Page — Frankenstein builds Alfred model

  MAD #89 — Norman Mingo art
  C2–1
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine — new and reprinted)
• A MAD Look at Mutant Monsters NEW

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Carrie Strachan
  2–5
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

  Mad's Maddest Artist Dept. (Don Martin Dept. Part I)

  Don Martin
  6–7
• Spy vs. Spy — invisibility formula / Spy vs. Fly NEW

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper
  8–9
• (Another) MAD Peek Through the Microscope

  Microfolk Dept.

  Written by Phil Hahn / Art by Bob Clarke
  10–11
• Subscription Ad

  MAD #88 — Antonio Prohias spies
  12
• Frank N. Stein!

  Terror Dept.

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Will Elder
  13–20
• Scenes We'd Like to See — The Monster and the Villagers

  Hollywood Dept.

  Written by E. Nelson Bridwell / Art by Joe Orlando
  21
• Everyday Annoyances of Elderly Monsters

  There's No Ghoul Like An Old Ghoul Dept.

  John Caldwell
  22–23
• Spy vs. Spy — Frankenstein bride ba-booms

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Dave Manak
  24–25
• Dastardly Dr. Bunk's MAD Monster Lab!!

  Tom Bunk
  26–27
• One Fine Day in the Animal Testing Lab

  Better Ape Than Never Dept.

  Written by Michael Gallagher / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.
  28
• The Horror of Quack-enstein! NEW

  Rage Against the Vaccine Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Richmond
  29–32
• One Dark Night in a Laboratory

  Mad's Maddest Artist Dept. (Don Martin Dept. Part I)

  Don Martin
  33
• The Man of Science — America's Next Mass Media Hero

  Punch in the I.Q. Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker
  34–37
• Has Your Food Been Genetically Altered?

  I Can't Believe I Mutate the Whole Thing Dept.

  Tom Cheney
  38–40
• A Boy and His Chemistry Set

  Mad's Maddest Artist Dept. (Don Martin Dept. Part III)

  Don Martin / Color by Carrie Strachan
  41
• Another MAD Peek Through the Microscope

  Microfolk Dept.

  Written by Phil Hahn / Art by Bob Clarke
  42–44
• Ad for DC GO Subscription (featuring MAD episodes)

  Mark Fredrickson MAD #541 cover art
  45
• Genetics and You! NEW

  Your Family Cellular Plan Dept.

  Written by Tammy Golden / Art by Bob Fingerman
  46–47
• Frankenslime (movie satire)

  A Scar is Born Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Angelo Torres
  48–52
• The U.S. Czar of Science NEW

  Science Friction Dept.

  Written by Bill Jensen / Art by Hermann Mejia
  53
• Spy vs. Spy — hammock splits with downed tree / flying potion fails

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias / Color by Carrie Strachan
  54
• Scenes We'd Like to See — The Bride of Frankenstein

  Groom and Doom Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Jack Davis
  55
• You May Have Been a Test-Tube Baby If...

  Vial Sense of Humor Dept. (Future Schlock Dept.)

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Don (Duck) Edwing
  56
• Fold-In — What has caused a dramatic rise in mad scientists? NEW

  Johnny Sampson
  C3
• Back Cover — One-On-One Night in the Laboratory

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Don Martin
  C4