Mad #86 April 1964

• Cover Artist: Norman Mingo
• Mad Logo: Harvey Kurtzman

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• Wilkinson Sword-Edge Blades (Lester Krauss photo) (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• Letters -
  Including tributes to John F. Kennedy (2-3)
• Ads for Alfred E. Neuman portrait, paperbacks, subscriptions - Why Kill Yourself? - toilet flush drowning (Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas (summary)
  **various places around the magazine
• Insecurity is a Pair of Loose Swim Trunks
  (book parody) (Bob Clarke art)
  (written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart, Larry Siegel) (4-6)
• The Small Businessman in the Amazon (Don Martin) (7)
• News Photos You're Sure to See This Year /
  News Photos We'd Like to See This Year (Joe Orlando art)
  (written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel) (8-11)
• Mad Beastlies
  (written by Phil Hahn / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (12-13)
• When This Trend Toward "Understanding"
  Gets Out of Hand (14-17) (Wally Wood art)
  (written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel)
• New School Letters for Unheralded Achievements
  (written by Arnie Kogen / Bob Clarke art) (18-20)
• Spy Vs. Spy - fan parachute fail /
  newspaper extra: spy injured (Antonio Prohias) (21)
• The Lighter Side of Married Men (Dave Berg) (22-25)
• In the Acme Ritz Central Arms Waldorf Plaza Hotel
  (Don Martin) (26)
• If Magazine Ads Spoke the Language of the Magazines
  (written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel)
  (Jack Rickard art) (27-30)
• Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy - she shoots spy like an arrow /
  spies die saving lady on train tracks (Antonio Prohias) (31)
• The Evolution of a Popular Song
  (written by Tom Koch / George Woodbridge art) (32-35)
• Another Visit to the Dentist (Don Martin) (36)
• The Mad Plan for Fighting the War Against Junk Mail
  (written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel)
  (Bob Clarke art) (37-40)
• Future Quickie Vacations
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Jack Rickard art) (41-42)
• Flawrence of Arabia (movie satire)
  (written by Frank Jacobs, Stan Hart and Larry Siegel)
  (Mort Drucker art) (43-48)
• The First Mad Fold-In by Al Jaffee
  featuring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (C3)
• Back Cover -- Likely Strife Cigarettes (Lester Krauss photo)