Mad #292 January 1990

• Cover Artist: Sam Viviano

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• Ad for Subscriptions (Kelly Freas art from #52) (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• "It's called take-home pay because there's nowhere
  else you can afford to go with it!" -- Alfred E. Neuman
• Letters (photo of Howard Stern reading #290)
  (image of real 25 cent postage stamp by Jack Davis) (2-3)
• Ad for Soaring Mad and Antonio Prohias' Spy vs. Spy - The Updated Files #7 Paperbacks
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas (summary)
  **various places around the magazine
• Funny to Shrink the Kids (movie satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Mort Drucker art) (4-8)
• The Mad Guide to New Computer Games
  (written by Matthew T. Smith / Rick Tulka art) (9-11)
• The Mad Week
  (written by Charlie Kadau / Paul Coker, Jr. art) (12-13)
• Spy vs. Spy - spy dog dunks bomb in hydrant
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke art) (14)
• Mad's Home Version of Double Jeopardy!
  (written by John Prete) (15-16)
• A Mad Look at Musical Instruments
  (Sergio Aragones) (17-19)
• One Fine Morning in Miami
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Jack Davis art) (20)
• Six Minutes Looks at Smoking (TV satire) (21-24)
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Angelo Torres art)
• What's Your Choice? A Mad Magazine Opinion Poll
  (Paul Peter Porges) (25-27)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg) (28-32)
• One Typical Afternoon in the Bronx
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Jack Davis art) (33)
• The Great Toon Surplus Sale
  (written by Larry Siegel / Angelo Torres art) (34-35)
• Big City Signs of the Times
  (written by Stan Hart / George Woodbridge art) (36)
• Don (Duck) Edwing Chills Out Up North (37-39)
• Mad's Catalogue of Practical Joke Items for the Computer
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Al Jaffee art)
  (idea by Seth Greenberg) (40-41)
• One Sultry Evening in Cairo
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Jack Davis art) (42)
• Buried With Children (TV satire)
  (written by Dennis Snee / Sam Viviano art) (43-47)
• Exciting But Meaningless Movie Studio Blurbs
  (written by Russ Cooper) (48)
• Fold-In -- What do we fear will be the Bush admini-
  stration's solution to flag burning? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Joystick Jabberwacky
  (written by Frank Jacobs / George Woodbridge art)