Mad #235 December 1982

• Cover Artist: Jack Rickard

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• Note: Flip issue over and then read.
• Ad for Mad Super Special Spring 1983 - Cops, Politicians,
  Teachers, and Other Corrupt Professions (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "One reason it's so expensive to support the government these days is because so many people are holding it up!"
  -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Letters (2-3)
• Ad for Mad Barfs Paperback, Alfred E. Neuman portraits,
  Subscriptions (matador headbutts bull - Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• Rockhead III (movie satire)
  (written by Arnie Kogen / Jack Davis art) (4-10)
• Hidden Charges in Typical Bills
  (written by Stan Hart / Bob Clarke art) (11-13)
• Dumb Kind of Hero (movie satire)
  (written by Larry Siegel / Mort Drucker art) (14-20)
• A Desert Island Game Plan (Don (Duck) Edwing) (21)
• T-Shirts With Messages We'd Like to See
  (written by Larry Siegel / George Woodbridge art) (22-23)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg) (24-28)
• Help Wanted Ads We Never Get To See
  (written by Mike Snider) (29)
• Mad's Real Life "Catch 22's"
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (30-31)
• "If Elected, I Solemnly Promise..."
  (written by Tom Koch / Al Jaffee art) (32-35)
• Spy vs. Spy - falling through hinged
  balcony door (Antonio Prohias) (36)
• The Yaks of Life (TV satire)
  (written by Tom Koch / Angelo Torres art) (37-42)
• Conehead The Barbituate (movie satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Don Martin art) (43-47)
• Page which reads "Hey, Hairball!! We already told you...! This is the back of Mad! Mainly...this is the last page upside-down!! What are you messing around here for?!
  Turn to the front of the magazine...and start reading like any normal person! Geeze...do we have to spell out everything for you?" (48)
• Fold-In -- What would be a vast improvement
  on the "right to bear arms"? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back (Front?) Cover - Conan the Barbarian Cuts the Baloney (written by Al Jaffee / Boris Vallejo art)