Mad #48 April 2026

• Cover Artist: Mark Fredrickson

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• Contents Page - Jackpot #64 (Kelly Freas art) (C2-1)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine (new and reprinted)
• A Mad Look at Las Vegas (Sergio Aragones) (2-5)
• Late One Night at the Roulette Table
  (Hunchback Gambler - untitled back cover)
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Don Martin art) (6)
• Mad Investigates the Sordid Business of Gambling
  (written by Al Jaffee / Wally Wood art) (7-12)
• Subscription Ad (Antonio Prohias spies from #88) (13)
• When Casino Gambling Comes to Your City
  (written by Stan Hart / George Woodbridge art) (14-15)
• Sure Bets in Vegas
  (written by Scott Maiko / Daniel Guidera art) (16-17)
• The Sights and Sounds of the U.S.A. -- Las Vegas, Nevada
  (written by Frank Jacobs and Larry Siegel)
  (Paul Coker, Jr. art) (18-19)
• Mad's Gambler of the Year
  (written by Mike Snider / George Woodbridge art) (20-24)
• In a Las Vegas Hotel Lobby (25)
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / George Woodbridge art)
• Spy vs. Spy - roulette wheel chop /
  one-armed bandit wack (Peter Kuper) (26-27)
• Mad's Guide to Proper All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Etiquette
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Tom Bunk art) (28-29)
• Heartbreaking Problems of Aging Elvis
  Impersonators (John Caldwell / Nathan Kane color) (30-31)
• You're a Winner and a Loser
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Tom Bunk art) (32-34)
• Early One Evening in Atlantic City (Don Martin) (35)
• Life: A Game of Chance!
  (written by Tammy Golden / Tom Richmond art) (36-37)
• Thanks to the Popularity of Poker... (John Caldwell) (38-40)
• Early One Evening in Las Vegas
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Don Martin art) (41)
• A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at Celebrity Poker Showdown
  (written by Desmond Devlin, Steve Rosso,
  John Caldwell, David Shayne / Tom Richmond art) (42-44)
• Ben Affleck - The Art of the Poker Face (ad parody) (45)
  (written by Andrew J. Schwartzberg / Drew Friedman art)
• Choose Your Fantasy Football League Carefully!
  (written by Matt Cohen / Hermann Mejia art) (46-47)
• Sure Bets in Sports
  (written by Tom Koch / Jack Davis art) (48-50)
• Spy vs. Spy - spy sculpture becomes toilet
  (Antonio Prohias / Carrie Strachan color) (51)
• Other Betting Pools (52-53)
  (written by Lou Silverstone / George Woodbridge art)
• Pigeon Drop (Jon Adams) (54-55)
• Mad's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death
  Betting Odds: Johnny Knoxville
  (written by Mike Snider / Hermann Mejia art) (56)
• Fold-In -- What new game of chance has people
  rolling the dice on streets all over? (Johnny Sampson) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Jack Squat App
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Mike Loew art)