Mad #344 April 1996

• Cover Artist: C. F. Payne

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• Subscription Ad - Why Kill Yourself?
  (railroad crossing gate guillotine - redrawn from #159)
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Jack Davis art) (C2)
• Contents Page (1)
• Letters (photos of Lenny Brenner)
  (photo of John Shea with #336) (2-3)
• Ad for Super Special March 1996 - Big Bad Mad #2
• Mad Factoids (written by Mike Snider)
  **various places around the magazine
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas (summary)
  **various places around the magazine
• The Alfie Awards - Mad Salutes the Movies
  (written by Stan Hart / Mort Drucker art) (4-8)
• Comic Strip Classics in Their Full Strip Form
  (written by Al Jaffee / Walt F. Rosenberg art) (9-11)
• Opening Lines to Unhappy Stories
  (written by Greg Eckler / Tom Bunk art) (12-13)
• Spy Vs. Spy - cannon on train destroys bridge bomber
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Dave Manak art) (14-15)
• The Malling of America
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Bob Staake art) (16-18)
• Cybernerd Magazine (written by Mike Snider)
  (George Woodbridge, Robert Dale, Phil Franke art) (19-23)
• Mad's Academy Awards Seating Chart
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Drew Friedman art) (24-25)
• Strange But True...
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Rick Geary art) (26-27)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg) (28-32)
• Mad's Colossal, Stupendous, Absolutely
  Fantabulous Plan to Liven Up The Academy Awards
  (written by Barry Liebmann / Sam Viviano art) (33-35)
• Paparazzi Shots That Press Agents Try to Suppress
  (Paul Peter Porges) (36-37)
• Practical School Prayers
  for Today's Students (38-39)
  (written by Pastor Dan Lozer / Dennis Langdon, Jr. art)
• A Mad Look at Nudity (Sergio Aragones) (40-42)
• Police Squad: O.J. on the Rocks
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Angelo Torres art) (43-47)
• The Pernicious Plaything Payoff (Don (Duck) Edwing) (48)
• Fold-In -- What's the new hot sports fan collectible?
  (Al Jaffee) (C3)
• Back Cover -- Dink Clod's Rock, Roll and Remember
  (written by David Shayne / Mort Drucker art)