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Mad Special #55 Summer 1986
(More Trash From Mad)
Cover Artist
:
Richard Williams
Cover Idea
:
John Rios
Fold-In --
What ancient slow-moving creature
is threatened with extinction?
(
Al Jaffee
)
Contents Page
Sergio Aragones
Drawn-Out Dramas
**various places around the magazine
Superduperman II
(movie satire)
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Mort Drucker
art)
A Mad Look at Some Celebrities Diapers
(written by
Paul Peter Porges
/
Bob Clarke
art)
Early One Morning in a Hotel Room
(
Don Martin
)
The 1981 Night Before Christmas
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Harry North, Esq.
art)
Good Sounds / Bad Sounds
(written by
Stan Hart
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
The Lighter Side of...
(
Dave Berg
)
Spy vs. Spy
- boat ramp diverts
bomb back to plane (
Antonio Prohias
)
Give Thanks
(written by
John Ficarra
/
Sergio Aragones
art)
Rhyming Ads
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Bob Clarke
art)
Don Martin
's Version of a Movie of Ecchcaliber
(written by
Larry Siegel
)
Your Mad Horoscope
(written by
John Ficarra
)
A Mad Look at Some Not-So-Famous Last Words
(written by
Paul Peter Porges
/
Harry North, Esq.
art)
What Television Says and What it Really Means
(written by
Tom Koch
/
Jack Davis
art)
Still More Candid Snapshots of Historical Celebrities
(
Paul Peter Porges
)
A Basket Case High Up on the 37th Floor
(
Don (Duck) Edwing
)
Customized Organ Donor Cards for Some Very Special Donors
(written by
Dennis Snee
)
Mad's Airline President of the Year
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
George Woodbridge
art)
Where Your Christmas Dollar Goes
(written by
Mike Snider
/
Bob Clarke
art)
You Can't Win!
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
Harry North, Esq.
art)
Mad's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself Mid-East Crisis
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Newspaper Story (written by
Frank Jacobs
)
Why Didn't You Do Your Homework?
(written by
John Ficarra
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
Unsung "Crossings"
(written by
Dennis Snee
/
Jack Rickard
art)
Assaulted State
(movie satire) (written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Angelo Torres
art)
Don Martin
Sells Us Sea Shells by the Sea Shore
Stuff We Don't Get to See on the Tube
(written by
Lou Silverstone
/
Jack Davis
art)
The Lighter Side of...
(
Dave Berg
)
A Mad Look at Teachers
(written by
Stan Hart
/
Bob Clarke
art)
On a Scale of 1-To-10
(written by
Tom Koch
/
Harry North, Esq.
art)
Late One Afternoon on an Interstate Highway
(
Don Martin
)
"Starchie Bonker's Place" or A Christmas Carol O'Conner
(TV satire)
(written by
Arnie Kogen
/
Mort Drucker
art)
Ad for Subscriptions
Fold-In --
What disgusting form of pollution is now considered dangerous to us all?
(
Al Jaffee
)
Back Cover --
Dungeon Wall-Hanger
(written by
Don (Duck) Edwing
/
Don Martin
art)
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