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Mad Special #85 January 1993
(Collector's Series #4)
Cover Artist:
Richard Williams
from Special
#56
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Contents Page
Sergio Aragones
Drawn-Out Dramas
**various places around the magazine
What's the Connection?
(movie satire)
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
Mort Drucker
art)
Wishful Thinking
(written by
Paul Peter Porges
/
Jack Davis
art)
Spy vs. Spy
- electrified harp /
briefcase getaway through customs (
Antonio Prohias
)
A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at the Post Office
(written by
Larry Siegel
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
Time Drags...Time Flies...
(written by
Stan Hart
/
Jack Rickard
art)
Spy vs. Spy
- giant swing club (
Antonio Prohias
)
Ripoff Cafe Accessories, Inc. Restaurant Supply Catalogue
(written by
Tom Koch
/
Bob Clarke
art)
Trademark Graffiti
(
Al Jaffee
)
Future Broadway Musicals Based on Famous Literary Classics
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Jack Rickard
art)
A Portfolio of Mad Zoo-Lulus
(
Max Brandel
)
Spy vs. Spyplanes
(bonus insert) (
Hugh McMahon
design)
Some Mad Articles You Never Got to See
(written by
Frank Jacobs
)
Honest Greeting Cards
(
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
The Mad Crime Alphabet Book
(
Bob Clarke
art)
The Lighter Side of Death
(
Dave Berg
)
The Civil War Buff's Shopping Guide
(
George Woodbridge
art)
Mad Automobile Inspection Stickers
Jobs on the Fringe of Show Business
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
/
George Woodbridge
art)
The Lighter Side of Goofs
(
Dave Berg
)
Spy vs. Spy
- rafter shark bait (
Antonio Prohias
)
When You're Poor...and...When You're Rich
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
Jack Davis
art)
What's the Story...?
(written by
Don (Duck) Edwing
/
Bob Clarke
art)
Football as Covered by Other Publications
(written by
Frank Jacobs
/
George Woodbridge
art)
Horrifying Cliches
(written by
May Sakami
/
Paul Coker, Jr.
art)
Letters from the Internal Revenue Service
(written by
Dick DeBartolo
and
Don Epstein
)
Spy vs. Spy
- karate swinging arm (
Antonio Prohias
)
Crappy Days (TV satire)
(written by
Arnie Kogen
/
Angelo Torres
art)
Fold-In --
What is the only thing that
completely ignores the law of gravity?
(
Al Jaffee
)
Back Cover --
The Replacement
(written by
Don (Duck) Edwing
/
Bob Clarke
art)
Red = First Appearance of Original Material
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