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Mad Special #45 Winter 1983
(Book of Silly Nonsense)
Cover -
Alfred
Artist:
Frank Kelly Freas
Fonebone
Artist and Writer:
Don Martin
Pay Toll - Fifty Feet
(written by
Don (Duck) Edwing
/
Don Martin
art)
Contents Page
Sergio Aragones
Drawn-Out Dramas
**various places around the magazine
Mad Solutions to Big City Doggie-Do Problems
(
Al Jaffee
)
In the Hospital
(
Don Martin
)
Answers to Children's Letters - From God
(
UPI
photo)
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
and
Don Epstein
)
Mad's Cliche Killers
(written by
Stan Hart
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
In a Las Vegas Hotel Lobby
(written by
Don (Duck) Edwing
/
George Woodbridge
art)
Horrifying Cliches
(
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
(written by
Phil Hahn
and
Jack Hanrahan
)
Mad One-Time Use Products
(written by
Paul Peter Porges
/
Al Jaffee
art)
The First Echo
(
Don Martin
)
Announcements for Everything
(written by
Frank Jacobs
)
Visiting Day
(
Sergio Aragones
)
Mad's Physical Fitness Program
(written by
Dean Norman
/
Jack Rickard
art)
A Mad Peek Through the Microscope
(written by
Phil Hahn
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
Mad's Cheap Revolutionary Way to Eat Out and Lose Weight!
(written by
Larry Gore
/
Al Jaffee
art)
A Mad Look at Burial at Sea
(
Don (Duck) Edwing
)
The Rejection Slip
(
Tom Hudson
)
Gambling in the Amazon
(
Don Martin
)
Shape-ly Mad Verse
(written by
William Garvin
)
Some Legendary Commodes
(written by
Paul Peter Porges
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
The Prophet
(written by
Don (Duck) Edwing
/
Joe Orlando
art)
The Shadow Knows
(
Sergio Aragones
)
A Mad Look at Tarzan...Today
(written by
Don (Duck) Edwing
/
Jack Davis
art)
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The Rescue
(written by
Sergio Aragones
/
Joe Orlando
art)
Boy Scouts vs. Little Old Ladies
(written by
Don (Duck) Edwing
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
Stereotype-Casting By the Numbers
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Bob Clarke
art)
One Day in the Pasture
(
Don Martin
)
Mad Beastlies
(written by
Phil Hahn
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
Mad Goes to a Buffet Supper
(
Paul Peter Porges
)
Russian "Russian Roulette"
(
Sergio Aragones
)
You Never Really Get Used To...
(written by
Tom Koch
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
Candid Mad Snapshots of Historical Celebrities
(
Paul Peter Porges
)
In the Klondike
(
Don Martin
)
When the "UPC" Symbol Takes Over Completely
(
Henry Clark
)
Wheelers and Dealers
(
Basil Wolverton
)
The Turtle
(written by
Paul Peter Porges
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
Scenes We'd Like to See - The Doctor's Pronouncement
(written by
Al Jaffee
/
Mort Drucker
art)
Mad's Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions
(
Al Jaffee
)
One Evening at Home
(
Don Martin
)
A Mad Look at Karate
(
Sergio Aragones
)
Mad's Comprehensive Small Irritation Insurance
(written by
Sy Reit
/
George Woodbridge
art)
The Parting Shot
(written by
Don (Duck) Edwing
/
Joe Orlando
art)
A Mad Look at Bugs 'N Worms 'N Things
(written by
Don (Duck) Edwing
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
An Architectural Triumph
(
Al Jaffee
)
Novelty Items for Practical-Joker Jocks
(written by
Paul Peter Porges
/
Jack Davis
art)
One Afternoon in Downtown Lourdes
(
Don Martin
)
Support Gun Control!
(text added to #102 cover image)
(written by
Sergio Aragones
/
Norman Mingo
art)
Back Cover --
Composition Book Cover
Red = First Appearance of Original Material
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