Mad #288 July 1989

• Cover Artist: Richard Williams

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• Ad for Subscriptions featuring Mad Buttons Bonus (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• Letters (photo of Dick DeBartolo with Alfred E. Neuman lookalikes) (photo of cast of 21 Jump Street
  (including a young Johnny Depp) with #286) (2-3)
• Ad for Mad Fantasy, Fables, and Other Foolishness
  by Don (Duck) Edwing Paperback
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• Twinge (movie satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Mort Drucker art) (4-7)
• A Mad Look at Self-Defense (Sergio Aragones) (8-10)
• New Comic Book Superheroes Based on Real People
  (written by Mike Snider / Angelo Torres art) (11-15)
• The Star Wars Defense System Can't Fail!
  (written by John S. Marshall / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (16-17)
• Leather Clothes Must be Worn (Poison song parody)
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Jack Davis art) (18-19)
• Mad Switcheroos
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Al Jaffee art) (20-21)
• A Mad Guide to Lesser-Known Hollywood Tourist Traps
  (written by Mike Snider / Bob Jones art) (22-23)
• Mad's Heavy Metal Quiz
  (written by Chris Hart / Rick Tulka art) (24-25)
• Scientific Advances That Unimprove Our Lives
  (written by Tom Koch / George Woodbridge art) (26-27)
• The Diabolical Dungeon Deception
  (Don (Duck) Edwing) (28)
• Lurking Girl (movie satire)
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Angelo Torres art) (29-32)
• Spy vs. Spy - elevator doors slam down flat
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art) (33)
• Mad's Cheap and Painless Methods for Overcoming Baldness at Little Expense and Even Less Pain
  (Paul Peter Porges) (34-35)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg) (36-40)
• Deceptive Ways to Get Junk Mail
  Senders to Excitedly Open Your Reply!
  (written by Dick DeBartolo) (41)
• The Ghastly Gallows Good-Bye (Don (Duck) Edwing) (42)
• Dreary John (TV satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Sam Viviano art) (43-47)
• The Inconceivable Island Incident (Don (Duck) Edwing) (48)
• Fold-In -- What new exam will every
  student soon be required to pass? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Metal Sludge Magazine
  (written by Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola)
  (Irving Schild Lucifer and tongue photos)