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A Mad Look At Star Wars - The Force Awakens
(Sergio Aragones / Jim Campbell color) (12-16)
William Shakespeare, Pothead? (written by Desmond Devlin / Rick Geary art) (17)
Taylor Swift Fun Facts (written by Mike Morse and Evan Waite / John Martz art) (18-19)
13 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Hoverboards (Tom Bunk art) (20-21)
The Real Reasons Batman and Superman Hate Each Other
(written by Kenny Keil / Hermann Mejia art) (22-23)
Ad for tons of Mad books (24-25)
Sure-Fire Ways Your Parents Will Know You Had a Party (written by Teresa Burns Parkhurst) (26-27)
Star Wars - The Sales Force Awakens (movie poster parody)
(written by David Richards / Scott Bricher art) (28-29)
Ad - Mad is now on Android Phones and Tablets! (30)
The Strip Club (31-34)
- The Dork Side (written by Kit Lively / Scott Nickel art)
- It Only Hurts When I Laugh (Christopher Baldwin)
- Trigger McBride: Horse Cop in "Rotten Apples" (Peet Tamburino)
- Almost Perfect Universe (Dakota McFadzean)
- Jerry Stathes - Prank Expert (written by Charles Brubaker / Pat Dorian art)
- The Continuing Adventures of Willy Nilly (written by John Caldwell / Jacob Chabot art)
Ad for Back Issues on the iPad App (35)
Planet TAD!!!!! (written by Tim Carvell) (36-37)
Spy vs. Spy - hoverboard into light pole / fattened spy bar stool TNT detonator (Peter Kuper) (38-39)
Mad's Make Your Own Batman vs. Superman Movie (written by Matt Roppolis) (40-41)
Mad's Completely Honest Domino's Pizza Tracker (written by Kenny Keil / Rich Powell art) (42-43)
Ad for Mad's Slipcase Set of Original Idiots: Will Elder, Jack Davis and Wally Wood (44)
The Hunger Pains: Much Delay - Parts 1 & 2 (movie satire)
(written by Desmond Devlin / Tom Richmond art) (45-52)
The Mad Vault Article From #328 -- Ten Concrete Laws of Home Repair! (Tom Cheney) (53-55)
How to Avoid the Filthiest Parts of Airports and Airplanes
(written by Dick DeBartolo / Gary Hallgren art) (56)
Fold-In -- What's the greatest April Fool's joke ever? (Al Jaffee) (C3)
Back Cover -- Mad Redesigns the U.S. Map (Al Jaffee)

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Not so much a true cover variant as much as an extra cover that just happens to be blank,
some issues of #538 were available with this curious addition to Mad history.
This outer cover had no interior printing or artwork, but the back cover featured the same
Al Jaffee redesigning of the U.S. map.
For an excellent explanation of what this was all about click over to Tom Richmond's blog.

<---- and click this for a larger view of absolutely nothing!

Mad #538 April 2016