MAD #226 — October 1981

"Nuclear energy may be the one thing that will finally prove to us that all men are cremated equal!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for the MAD Magazine Board Game and MAD Magazine Card Game

  Art by Jack Davis
  C2 sample
• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Al Jaffee draws an ad on a barf-bag

  Notes

  • Ads for MAD's Don Martin Grinds Ahead and Clods' Letters to MAD Paperbacks, Alfred E. Neuman portraits, Subscriptions (kicking fellow high-rise worker's lunch off steel beam — written by Don (Duck) Edwing / art by Paul Coker, Jr.)
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Superduperman II (movie satire)

  All Men Are Creating Sequels Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • MAD Zaps the Human Race! — Frank Jacobs — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Special #55 — Summer 1986
  • Soaring MAD — 1989 (Paperback #82)
  • MAD About the Movies — 1998
  • MAD About Super Heroes — 2002
  • MAD Classics #8 — July 2006
  • MAD Presents Superman — Summer 2013
  4–13
• Don Martin Sells Us Sea Shells by the Sea Shore

  Schtick it in Your Ear! Dept.

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #55 — Summer 1986
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  14–16
• Stadium & Team Owners' Paraphenalia, Inc. — 1981 Supply Catalogue

  Fan Danglers Dept.

  Written by Tom Koch / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #54 — Spring 1986
  • MAD in the Box — 1989 (Paperback #81)
  17–20
• Stuff We Don't Get to See on the Tube

  TV Guise Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Davis

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #55 — Summer 1986
  • The Weather MAD — 1990 (Paperback #83)
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  21–23
• A Pledge That Employees Can Really Live Up To

  Over 12 Billion Fooled Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD's Maddest Writer Dick DeBartolo presents Here's MAD in Your Eye — 1984 Big Book
  • MAD Special #54 — Spring 1986
  • MAD in the Box — 1989 (Paperback #81)
  • Good Days and MAD — 1994
  • MAD Special #123 — September 1997
  • MAD XL #4 — July 2000
  24–25
• The Lighter Side of...

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Special #54 — Spring 1986
  • The Weather MAD — 1990 (Paperback #83) (excerpt)
  26–30
• Spy vs. Spy — sidewalk rocket

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #54 — Spring 1986
  • The Weather MAD — 1990 (Paperback #83)
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  • MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy — An Explosive Celebration — 2015
  31
• How Many Mistakes Can You Find in This Picture? (Rock Concert)

  Err Apparent Dept.

  Written by Chris Hart / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Special #54 — Spring 1986
  • MAD Special #74 — Spring 1991
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  • MAD #13 — June 2020
  32–33
• Thought Patterns for Assorted Real-Life Every-Day Situations

  Balloony Tunes Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Harry North, Esq.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD XL #24 — November 2003
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  34–36
• Still More American Jokes They're Telling in Poland

  The Jokes on U.S. Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Special #54 — Spring 1986
  • The Weather MAD — 1990 (Paperback #83)
  • MAD Special #102 — March 1995
  37–39
• Roadside Plaques

  Tourist Distractions Dept.

  Idea by W. G. Will / Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Soaring MAD — 1989 (Paperback #82)
  • MAD XL #15 — June 2002
  • 1001 MAD Pages You Must Read Before You Die — 2009
  40–41
• Too Gross For Comfort (TV satire)

  Knight of the Living Dead Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Angelo Torres

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #54 — Spring 1986
  42–47
• Your MAD Horoscope

  Zodiacs Murder Dept.

  Written by John Ficarra

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • MAD Special #54 — Spring 1986
  • Soaring MAD — 1989 (Paperback #82)
  • MAD Special #79 — February 1992
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — Number Two — 2001
  • The MAD Bathroom Companion — The Mother Load — 2004
  48
• Fold-In — What convenient place has the chemical industry found to dump its toxic products?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Fold This Book — 1997
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964–2010 — 2011
  C3 sample
• Back Cover — One Day in Metropolis

  Art by Don Martin

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • MAD Special #46 — Spring 1984
  • MAD Classics #8 — July 2006
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD Presents Superman — Summer 2013
  • Free Comic Book Day — 2024
  • MAD #44 — August 2025
  C4