MAD comic books issue 15

Cover by John Tenniel. "Gasoline Valley!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Will Elder; The question of "will Caulky ever grow" is answered; Parody of the Gasoline Alley comic strip. "Pot-Shot Pete Sheriff of Yucca-pucca Gulch!", script and art by Harvey Kurtzman; Pot-Shot tries to halt arms sales to the Apaches. E. C. Fan-Addict Club! ad. "Wild ," script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; Johnny and his gang give up motorcycles; Parody of the movie "The Wild One." "Captain Tvideo!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; A parody of the Captain Video television program. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Includes Bonus "Nostalgic Mad" Comic. Cover by Norm Mingo and Harvey Kurtzman. Stories and art by Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Wally Wood, Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Sy Reit, Jack Davis, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Stan Hart, Mort Drucker, Arnie Kogen, Angelo Torres, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Tom Koch, George Hart, Max Brandel, Irving Schild and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Special, later known as the Super Special, reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine, often accompanied by original stories and attached bonuses in the form of posters, stickers, recordings and comics. Parodies of the movies Patton and Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, featuring art by Mort Drucker. A spoof of the TV series Hawaii Five-O. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. Includes pull-out bonus comic Nostalgic Mad #3, reprinting stories from the classic early comic that unleashed MAD upon the world, written by Harvey Kurtzman. This issue includes Wally Wood's spoofs of the comic strips Little Orphan Annie and Ripley's Believe It or Not; and Will Elder's takes on The Shadow and Frankenstein. Ripup's Believe it or Don't!; Frank N. Stein!; Little Orphan Melvin!; Shadow!; Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid; One Day on Location; The Mad Blow-Your-Mind Drug Primer; If the World's Great Painters Drew the Comics; Spray Can Sprays We'd Like to See; The Lighter Side of Sex; One Day in a Garage; A Sports Fan's Garden of Verses; Deceptive Money-Saving Labels; More "So How Come...?"; How-Are-Ya-Five-O; One Day in the Garden of Eden; Hints For Special Occasion Gifts; The Mad Love Book; Progress; A Mad Look at College; The Problem; Spy Vs. Spy; Mad's Christmas Carols for the 1970 Holiday Season; The Lighter Side of Transportation; One Day at a Construction Site; A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes of Home Services; Silent Majority - The Magazine For Middle America; You Know You're Really a Football Fan When...; Great Non-Violent Guns; PUT*ON; Fold-In; One Day in the Park. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

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Does NOT Include Bonus Nostalgic Mad Comic Book. Cover by Norm Mingo and Harvey Kurtzman. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel, Sy Reit, Jack Davis, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Stan Hart, Mort Drucker, Arnie Kogen, Angelo Torres, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Tom Koch, George Hart, Max Brandel, Irving Schild and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Special, later known as the Super Special, reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine, often accompanied by original stories and attached bonuses in the form of posters, stickers, recordings and comics. Parodies of the movies Patton and Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, featuring art by Mort Drucker. A spoof of the TV series Hawaii Five-O. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and early Don Martin cartoons. Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid; One Day on Location; The Mad Blow-Your-Mind Drug Primer; If the World's Great Painters Drew the Comics; Spray Can Sprays We'd Like to See; The Lighter Side of Sex; One Day in a Garage; A Sports Fan's Garden of Verses; Deceptive Money-Saving Labels; More "So How Come...?"; How-Are-Ya-Five-O; One Day in the Garden of Eden; Hints For Special Occasion Gifts; The Mad Love Book; Progress; A Mad Look at College; The Problem; Spy Vs. Spy; Mad's Christmas Carols for the 1970 Holiday Season; The Lighter Side of Transportation; One Day at a Construction Site; A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes of Home Services; Silent Majority - The Magazine For Middle America; You Know You're Really a Football Fan When...; Great Non-Violent Guns; PUT*ON; Fold-In; One Day in the Park. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

Wonder Woman Cover by Isabel Samaras. Inside Back Cover is a MAD Fold-In by Johnny Sampson. Back Cover features "Other Superhero Deaths" by Barry Liebmann and Angelo Torres, originally from MAD #319. Need to save your summer from ruin by a villainous virus? MAD's superhero-themed issue to the rescue! We lampoon your favorite caped characters in all-new features, including favorites like "Snappy Answers to Super-Stupid Questions" by Kerry Callen, Spy vs. Spy by Peter Kuper, and Sergio Aragonés' "The Shadow Knows." And we're reprinting beloved MAD classics like "Bat Boy and Rubin!" by Harvey Kurtzman and Wally Wood from way back in 1953 from MAD #8! It's an issue that's sure to leave you shouting, 'Holy blecch, Batman!'

Also in this issue: "Eccch-Men" by Dick DeBartolo and Sam Viviano from MAD #327; "With Great Power Comes Great Instability" by Jon Adams; "New Comic Book Superheroes Based on Real People" by Mike Snider and Angelo Torres from MAD #288; "Meanwhile..." by Ian Boothby and Pia Guerra; "More Powerful Than a Locomotive..." by Sergio Aragonés from MAD #172; "A 'Comics' Scene We'd Like to See" by Don Edwing and George Woodbridge from MAD #103; "Everyday Pet Peeves of Transformers" by Jacob Lambert and Tom Bunk from MAD #480; "How Does Captain America Stack up Against Other Legendary Captains?" with art by Hermann Mejia from MAD #510; The Wisenheim Museum: Mort the Master by Tom Richmond; "Teen Rage Moolah Nitwit Turtles II" by Dick DeBartolo and Mort Drucker from MAD #306; "A MAD Peek Behind the Scenes on the Set of The Hulk" by Dick DeBartolo, Greg Leitman and Tom Richmond from MAD #431; "A MAD Look at...Quarantine" by Sergio Aragonés; "The Pros and Cons of Working at Home!" by Teresa Burns Parkhurst from MAD #491; "Real-Life Superheroes at Comic Book Conventions" by Desmond Devlin and Al Jaffee from MAD #334; "When Spider-Man Goes International (Again)" by David Shane, Marcos Martín, Tom Raney and Álvaro López from MAD #448; "Everyday Pet Peeves of Second-Rate Superheroes" by John Caldwell from MAD #460; and "Your 2020 MAD Horoscope" with script by Rebecca Bohanan. 56 pages, full color. Cover price $5.99.

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The Exit of Dr. Boiffard: Part 4 of 4 - Story and art by Mike Allred. Frank Einstein is finally rescued from the Island of Solitude. The revelations he's gained while secluded there come into play as he makes the long journey back to Buzz Town. Reunited with Dr. Flem and the whole gang, a prank that is initiated by G-Man from Hell, Mike Mattress, goes horribly wrong! With the tension between Frank and Mattress at an all-time high, something's got to give! And, it does, with tragic results! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.

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Written by Matt Wagner. Art and cover by Michael Wm. Kaluta. Comics legends Matt Wagner and Michael Wm. Kaluta wrap up their dynamic collaboration as Madame Xanadu and the golden age Sandman confront an ancient terror in the mind-bending conclusion to 'Exodus Noir.' 32 pages, full color. MATURE READERS. Cover price $2.99.

Cover by Samm Schwartz. "The Teen-Age Machine Age," art by Orlando Busino; The wonders of the electronic world are put to use for teenagers in such machines as the Teachitron, Jukeboxitron, and Snack-O-Mat. "If Girls Ran Baseball!", pencils by Bob White; A look at what would happen if girls ran to baseball, including changes to base shapes, uniforms, team names, and sports announcers. Ad for BATS magazine. "Wild West Days," art by Orlando Busino; A look at teen-agers in the frontier days. "New Sources of Energy," art by Joe Edwards; Ways to utilize energy generated by teen-agers, including dialing the phone energy, striking out energy, and erasing energy. "Shop Squawk!", pencils by Tom Moore; Pop decides to make his shop more peaceful by replacing the soda fountain with an automated soda machine. "The Invention of Kissing!", pencils by Bob White; A look at Louie the Lip, who discovered kissing after he leaned in too far to show a nurse his lip injury. Ads for Archie Giant Series Magazines, The World of Jughead. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Story by MICHAEL ALLRED. Art and Cover by MICHAEL ALLRED. 'MISTER GRINNING SOUL!' A crazed cell phone salesman is being compelled to kill by some unseen force. Frank 'Madman' Einstein and his groovy pals, the Atomics, receive 'the call' to stop the horror. Cover price $3.50.

Stories and Art by The Usual Gang of Idiots. An Xtra Large snootful of MAD cLassiX. In this issue: 10 pages of classic Star Wars stupidity. Plus: Artist of the Issue - Dave Berg. And: Don Martin looks at Spider-Man. 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.99.

Get two great magazines for the price of one! This special 64-page bonus edition contains all new material from both The Journal of Madness and Thwak, featuring a double cover. The Journal of Madness #15 celebrates 50 years of MAD as both a comic book and a magazine. Relive 50 years of MADness with Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Al Feldstein, Bill Gaines, Don Martin, Antonio Prohias, Dave Berg, Norman Mingo, Kelly Freas, Al Jaffee, and more! Explore the creative mind of MAD's original Art Director John Putnam. Reprinted for the first time are many rare Putnam creations meant for the "usual gang of idiots." Putnam was a true Renaissance man and a real New York Bohemian. His story is told via friends, colleagues, and through his art and written work. Alfred E. Neuman's origin in Part Two of "America Loves and Idiot: The Alfred E. Neuman Story." Part Two begins in 1894 and Alfred's first commercial uses through 1914 and the copyrighted image of Stuff and Wilson and documents the second great Alfred transition into American pop-culture icon. Flip over our bonus issue and Thwak #4 starts off with a bang! Cover art by Kent Gamble features an incredible humor mascot reunion and the complete chronological listing of all humor/satire magazines with an accompanying article. Plus, more nutty artwork by Dave Newton as he visits an "Amusement Park," Billy Genius's "Psalm Pilot," Marten Jallad's "A Thwak look at Prehistoric Dentistry," Mike Morse's "Soprano Image Catalog," and many more! With influences ranging from Don Martin to Wally Wood, Robert Crumb to Gary Larson, there's sure to be something to tickle your funny bone in this laugh packed original humor magazine! (Tool Publications) Magazine, 64pg Cover price $3.99.

UK Humor magazine featuring characters from the Marvel Comics universe. 36 Pages, B&W, 40p cover price, 8-in x 11 1/4-in.

Stories and Art by The Usual Gang of Idiots. The very best of our worst stuff from past issues! In this summer blockbuster issue: Our ogre-rated Shrek spoof! Spider-Man squashed! Tony Soprano vs. George W. Bush! Out-of-control parents! A dullsville Smallville! 96 pages. Cover price $4.99.