MAD comic books issue 261

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Mike Snider, Dick DeBartolo, Rurik Tyler, Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola, Earle Doud, Paul Peter Porges, Don (Duck) Edwing, Lou Silverstone, John Ambrosio, Frank Jacobs, George Woodbridge, Mort Drucker, Paul Coker Jr., Angelo Torres, Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder, Harry North, Esq., Sam Viviano, Bob Clarke, Jack Davis, Dave Berg, Antonio Prohias and Sergio Aragones. Spoofs of Miami Vice and Murder She Wrote, featuring art by Mort Drucker and Angelo Torres. Plus a parody of the song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." A rare latter-day cover by original Mad artists Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder, plus their look at urban-animal camouflage. An insanely detailed "scavenger hunt" by Sergio Aragones. A "Do-It-Yourself" Indiana Jones sequel. Mad's takes on yuppies, personal ads, and baking soda. Classic Don Martin strips, Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Spy vs. Spy. Miami Price; One Tuesday Morning on Easter Island; Mad's Do-It-Yourself "Indiana Jones" Sequel; Mad's Great American Scavenger Hunt; Some American Express Card Commercials We'd Like to See; The Lighter Side of...; One Wednesday Morning in Roxbury, Connecticut; Mad Suggestions on How to Enjoy the Feeling of a Mid-Winter Beach Vacation While Staying at Home; Camouflage Tricks of City Animals; Mad's 14 Rules of Good Behavior; Spy vs. Spy; New Uses for Arm & Hammer Baking Soda; Specialized Cable TV Networks of the Future; Zonk Me Out at the Ball Game; Mad's Human Equivalency Scale; The Mad Guide to Yuppies, Yullies, and Yuffies; One Thursday Morning in the Dungeon; Murder She Hopes; Mad's Personal Ads; Picnicking Over a Missile Silo; The New, Improved Mad Pooper Scooper. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.35.