Mad #209 September 1979

• Cover Artist: Norman Mingo
• Cover Writer: Al Jaffee

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• Ad for Subscriptions - Why Kill Yourself?
  (last day of school trampling - Angelo Torres art) (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "Most of the books published these days go into total obscurity…especially the ones your friends borrow!"
  -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Letters (Ku Klux Klan complains about slander) (2)
• Ad for Super Mad Paperback (3)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas (summary)
  **various places around the magazine
• Invasion of the Booty Snatchers (movie satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Mort Drucker art) (4-10)
• The Disco Man (written by Tom Koch / Don Martin art)
  - with apologies to Alfred Noyes' The Highwayman (11-14)
• Guarantees We'd Like to See
  (written by Tom Koch / Bob Clarke art) (15-17)
• The Lighter Side of Inadequacy (Dave Berg) (18-22)
• Mad Medals to be Presented to Deserving Politicians
  (Al Jaffee) (23)
• Future "Famous Collector's Series"
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Bob Clarke art) (24-26)
• Mad's "Judge of the Year" (27-30)
  (written by Lou Silverstone / George Woodbridge art)
• The Turtle
  (written by Paul Peter Porges / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (31-34)
• Other Household Security Alarm Systems
  (written by Dennis Snee / Bob Clarke art) (35-36)
• Spy vs. Spy - rotating fuselage
  takes bomb hit (Antonio Prohias) (37)
• When "Truth-In-Advertising" Laws Apply to Classified Ads
  (written by Tom Koch) (38-39)
• A Mad Assortment of Exposed "Jocks"
  (Paul Peter Porges) (40-42)
• Shmork & Windy (TV satire) (Angelo Torres art)
  (written by Lou Silverstone and Dick DeBartolo) (43-48)
• Fold-In -- What kind of "tripping" is becoming
  a big turn-off for many kids? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- He's sure heavy, Voters... he's m' brother!
  (Jack Rickard art)